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🎸Uke It: Kahit Maputi Na Ang Buhok Ko

One of my all-time fave Original Pinoy Music (OPM) by Mr. Rey Valera.  Reminds me of dad & mum, all their love and also the heartaches in between. Nobody is perfect and nobody's love is perfect, but God and God's love is. I have witnessed in their marriage, the loyal love of God,   at the center, holding them both together, individually and as one, keeping them sane, preserving them, making sweet waters out of the bitterness. Reminds me of Daddy God's promise: Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you. Isa 46:4 Were it not for Christ Jesus, where else would every relationship go, but downhill, no matter how well-meant, willpower can only go so much; but the loneliness and hurts inside, the pride, and selfishness, truly, only the Lord Jesus can heal those. The good in every relationship that we see around?  That's God at work there, even if we don't see...
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🥥 Lami ang Ginataang Gulay 🥬🍆🎃

Curry-like, as my 3 kids thought it was curry cooking in the kitchen.😜 This is fragrant, coconuty, silky, full of flavor. and packed with nutrients. 🤎 A c lassic taste of home sweet home. 🏝️ Easy to make, my Z made this at her first try, and it was so lami! (delicious). Approved by my girls 👌👌.   🥥 Ingredients Coconut milk Fish sauce Shrimp, deveined 5 garlic, minced Veggies, sliced. eggplant🍆, squash🎃, greens: spinach 🥬, okra, string beans, red bellpepper.  Red chili, thinly sliced (optional) Red chili flakes (optional) Paprika (optional) White pepper Shrimp cubes (optional) Dilis (optional) 🥥 Tools Cooking pot & ladle Chopping board & knife  🥥  Steps On medium heat 🔥, saute garlic Add shrimp, stir fry for 3 minutes. Remove  shrimp & set aside, so it does not overcook. Add shrimp paste, saute for 1 minute.  Add veggies, hard veggies first (like root crops), stir. Add fish sauce. Add 1/4 cup water, add coconut milk. Mix well. Cover p...
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Carrot Salad

 What'up, Doc? 🐰 🥕 Tools peeler mixing bowl or large plate Gloves, or fork, for mixing 🥕 Ingredients carrots Sesame oil Soy sauce Vinegar, or lime juice Sesame seeds (optional) Chili flakes (optional) 🥕 Steps Peel the carrots. In mixing bowl, add the careot peels and all other ingredients. Mix well by hand or with a fork. 💡Inspired by: that viral TikTok recipe
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.BLT classic.

Hmm, be-connnnn. BoLT.  BLasT. BriLlianT. Bacon Lettuce Tomato. Nothing beats a  classic . 🥓 Ingredients Bacon , 1 pack, cook til crispy as per package instruction. Lettuce leaves, washed and spin-dried. Tomatoes , sliced like flat moons 🌚, seeds removed. Boiled eggs (optional) Cheese singles (optional) Onion, sliced to thin rings (optional) Sauce (Mayo,  Ketchup, Mustard) Pickles (optional) Burger buns, or wraps, warmed, buttered, toasted, however you fancy. 🥓 Steps Prepare ingredients. Serve separately. Plate & stack as you like it, and discover surprising combos along the way! ! 🤤 
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Miswa, unswa?

Misua  or Mee-sua. Our family's version: we love it with gyoza / wanton / dumplings added in. Soul food.  Comfort food. Easy to prep ahead, and quick to cook. 🍲 Tools   Chopping board and knife  Soup pot Soup ladle Big bowl for soaking noodles 🍲  Ingredients Onion, minced or sliced Garlic,minced Spring onion, minced Carrots,1 big, julienne Cabbage, 1/3 head julienne (pechay, spinach, or whatever leafy greens work too) Misua noodles, 3 bunches, soaked in tepid water for 10mins then drained. Minced pork, 250g.  Gyoza / wanton / dumpling, 1 pack. Chicken broth, OR chicken bouillon cube. KalamaNsi (lime),sliced 🍲 Steps Saute minced pork in garlic & onion. Season with oyster sauce, salt, black pepper. Add carrots. Add leafy greens: white / firmer parts first, the softer leaves can follow before the noodles are added in (#8). Add broth. Add enough water ( soup, mah). Add gyoza / wanton / dimsum, & allow to cook as per package instructions (i.e., until ...
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Turon turon, sinta 🎵

Yummy turon , airfried ! An easy Pinoy  merienda   swak  for   snack time, tea time, breakfast, anytime, really! 🫔 Tools Chopping board & knife Bowl or plate for sugar Baking tray Baking paper Kitchen towel Kitchen tongs (for flippin'). 🫔 Ingredients Fruit:  banana, peach, mango, pineapple, what-have-you  🍌🥭🍑🍍🍎 Brown sugar, 1 cup  cinnamon powder, 1tsp (optional) Lumpia wrapper (or dumpling wrapper). water, or cornflour / cornstarch with water 🫔 Steps Pat-dry fruits with kitchen towel, then slice thinly. (thick slices need bigger wraps). Dip & coat the fruit in brown sugar . Wrap in lumpia wrapper. Wet the end with water or or cornflour / cornstarch mixture. One last roll to seal the turon. Line in baking paper, space them well -- do not overcrowd. Sprinkle with more brown sugar (optional). Preheat airfryer 5minutes at 160°. Bake turon 10mins 160° in the airfryer. Flip turon. Bake turon for 13mins 160°. Take out from airfryer....
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Curry, curry how we love thee.

This is THE Hainanese Curry. A crowd favorite of my pack. They will literally eat this every day, if only i'd say yes. 😂 (if they knew how close i was about to crumble & give in too!) At long last, after endless requests, I got to make this tempting version at home, with the taste ~exactly like Encik Tan's. My boy, while having it for dinner, gave it an 8️⃣, then a 9️⃣, then finally "Can i give it a 🔟?", he asked. 😂 just kept tastin' better & better, no? 😅 🌶️ Tools Cooking pot deep enough for sauce & pairings Ladle 🌶️ Ingredients Curry mix, 1 pk. Water, 600ml Coconut milk 300 ml. 1 whole head cabbage, sliced to squares. Fried eggs (a bit runny) Fried Chicken, fried! 😅 🌶️ Steps- Braised Cabbage in the same pot where ur cooking the curry after, on medium heat, add the cabbage to roast for 5minutes. Add 1 tbsp of cooking oil. Add 1 tbsp of soy sauce, 1  tbsp of sugar. A tsp of lime (or better yet, 1 tsp of tamarind sauce). A tbsp of water. Saute f...
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