More Smores!

Did you know that the first ever smore recipe can be found in the (US) Girl Scouts handbook of 1927. The traditional smore is made with marshmallows, graham crackers and a few pieces of chocolate. Now many had made varieties for this snack recipe. S'more by the way is a contraction of the phrase, "some more" :)

I taught my niece how to make s'more last night. :)

To make this you'll need:

graham crackers

Chocolate Bar

large marshmallows

Break graham crackers in half. Break chocolate bar in half; center one section on each of 2 graham cracker halves. Top each with marshmallow. Place on paper towel. Microwave in 10 second intervals until marshmallow puffs. Top each with another graham cracker half; press gently. Let stand 1 minute to soften chocolate. Serve immediately. :)

Pasta cooking made much easy

Angelhair Pasta with Tuna in Red Sauce

An easy and quick Pasta recipe. Glad there's this del monte tomato and cheese spag sauce. I love it's blend. It has the sour taste of tomato and the perfect flavor of cheese. :)

Okay enough said, del monte's not paying me here harhar!

So here’s what I did;

1.Cook pasta (500 grams) according to pack directions. Drain and set aside. I used angelhair pasta. It cooks in 3-4 minutes only.

2. In a pan saute onion then garlic, add the 2 cans of tuna (I used tuna in oil)drained and set aside.

3. Add a can of drained sliced mushroom (or olives)

4. Mix mix mix then set aside

5. In a saucepan, melt butter; add flour and cook on medium-low heat for 2 minutes, stirring constantly

6. Add the spaghetti sauce (I used delmonte tomato and cheese) and simmer

7. Then slide in the sauted tuna and mushroom.

8. Add chili pepper for some spice (optional)

9. Topped your cooked pasta with the red sapg sauce and sprinkle some grated cheese.

10.Done!

Easy Peasy right? :)

For Parents

Let me share this awesome site I found for first time parents. I’m not a mom yet but I am so certain this site would be truly helpful when we will have our own baby. Anyway, the site I’ve been telling is parentricity.com.

Parentricity is a social network that was created that aims to help first parents find informative stuffs such as product reviews, advice, experiences from other parents too. It’s an exchange of information from one parent to another. So you could be sure that each product reviews are real and safe as it comes from real parents who actually used the products to their own kids.

I visited the site a while ago and I assimilated a lot from their advice section. Actually I got hooked reading everything. People there are so kind in giving advices. Another thing that interests me, they have a section for books reviews. It would be very helpful to parents who are looking for books for their kids or for themselves Instead of going to the bookstore, read their review first to be inform on what book to get that would be time saving.

Parentricity.com is like you're well experienced parent that will help you in finding good products for your kids. So if you are a first time parent or just looking for somthing for your kids, do visit their site to know what I mean.

Good Deals

In need of a credit card but is worried what to get. Worry no more there's this site that will guide you on what to pick for you credit card application.

Nowadays, more people are accustomed to enjoy the conveniences of credit card. The advantage or disadvantage of credit cards become more and more regarded by most people, so the comparison credit cards of different banks is now important. There’s this site that focus on giving review on credit cards. Visit http://www.dealsforcreditcards.com and find the best credit cards that will suit your needs. The site has credit card comparison guidelines for top consumer whether you’re a student and/or businessman. Views wide arrays of credit cards offers and use the site's tools to compare to find out what is the best credit card for you. Is that easy? With dealsforcreditcards.com, we could never go wrong.

Something fish-y

Daing the bangus from Pangasinan. It might not look that good in that photo (I fried it without oil on our non stcik pan)but I swear it really taste good. The timpla was perfect,that's why were a suki of hubz officemate who sells this. We buy 2-3 packs weekly. :)

What's you favorite fish dish by the way!

Dont be Busted

With the economical drift that is happening, being a mommy right now is becoming a little harder. I am not a mom yet but I have lots of mommy friends telling me that, one of them is Mei. She’s living in the US with his husband Tim and two kids. Her last email told me that she’s feeling busted because of the economy but like any other girls, Mei found shopping an ultimate stress reliever. Great thing, she found out that Sears is offering 75-80% off original prices on fall and winter apparel until April 18. Thus it would be a great help for her to save.

Now another thing that made her more excited, she recently joined a constest sponsored by Sears. The contest is open to anyone who is a legal U.S. resident, and is at least 18 years of age. This campaign was launched to help out moms all through the US in form of $25 gift cards just by following Sears on Twitter @bustedmoms. The main highlight of Sears’ campaign is the $2,500 Mommy Makeover Package giveaway. Visit Busted Moms at bustedmoms.com to enter the cool contest and become a fan on their FaceBook..

Even though we are in the middle of the economical crisis, we can still live the life that we used to have. So get up there and enjoy life!

My Favorite Place

It's been a tiring day.

So after work, I headed to a place were the people are friendly. Who you may ask? The staffs of this local coffee shop. This is what you call great customer service!

Hope eveyone's having a great day!

Talk Perfume

One thing great about being a woman is that we could wear all types of perfumes depending on the occasion and our moods. Perfume really fascinates me. My day is incomplete if I don’t spray some before I go out.

My everyday scent would always be mild perfumes such as fruity and flowery scent. But whenever I’m in an event, I wear perfumes that last longer. Well, I not only have one kind of perfume. I own a few that are mostly given by friends; they knew I’m a perfume addict.

Anyway, I found this great site Talk Perfume it has reviews of information about perfumes from all over the world it smells so nice.

Captured smiles

My niece left and sister right.

I took this photo last Friday. I was practising for my portrait assignment. This was not the photo I submitted for my photo workshop but I just like this shot a lot. Look at those lovely smiles. My personal favorite. You know why they are happy.....my niece turned a year older and my sister will soon get married!

I remembered, when my niece was still young, her mom was working abroad, so we took good care of her. She was so cute and cuddly as a baby. Now she's turning into a lady.

Whilst my sister, well....she's the masungit type but I love her for that hahaha. In a few months she'll have her own family and I think if time permits, they'll settle abroad, a bit sad but this is what I wanted for her. To have someone that will truly take care of her (ate mode!!!!)

Oh well...that's life is all about. Loving your family and enjoying every single moment with them while they are with you!

Summer fun

Vacation time!!!!

It's nice to go swimming. Have you gone swimming na ba? Enjoy the sand, the water, the sun.... Hovewer, we should be armed with these;

My favorite thing to bring during swimming

1. Moisturizing lotion. Aveeno lotion is a nice product :)

2. sunscreen spf50 (from the faceshop). I used this to combat the damaging UV ray.

3. my daily moisturizing cream from the faceshop. I love this product.

4. Vaseline sunblock spf 30. Sobrang mahal kasi yung ibang brand so I opted to buy this. This sunblock is so useful.

This what I usually bring whenever we go swimming.

Now if were going on a real vacation, actually the longest was always 3 days and 2 nights because hubz and I go to work (cannot afford to be absent on Mondays). Upon planning, we check the budget of course. Then if financial side is okay, I proceed to the hotel/place reservation. If our car wont be possible, I'll check on what means of transpo we'll be using.

On the trip day, I usually bring a big bag. Clothes good for a week, hahahaha! Then I bring a small bag for my other things such as lotion, shampoo, toothbrush, toothpaste and the likes. So you could imagine that I bring our house with us lolz. Then I search the net on where to visit on that particular place that will be staying and of course, I wont forget my camera.

So I guess that's about it. Hope this will do. Red was a bit curious what necessary and uncessary things you bring on your trip or vacation and how do you plan your travel. This is my take for his Tambayan on Tuesday carnival! Red I enjoyed this. :)