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Bruschetta & Sabra Hummus Giveaway
In the wake of watching the movie Julie and Julia, The Clone decided she would like bruschetta for a light dinner. She actually wanted to fry the bread too, just like in the movie, but I just could not do it (as deliciously browned and crispy it looked on screen). We opted instead to cook it in the oven as we usually do. We picked tomatoes and basil from our backyard and the only thing we needed was some bread so off to the market we went. While at the store, I remembered I had a coupon for Sabra hummus. So I picked up a pack of those too. I chose the Spinach and Artichoke flavor and the regular flavored hummus just for comparison. We usually get our hummus from Cosco and … Read entire article »
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Sweet Potato Leaves with Garlic and Coconut Oil
One of the greens that I absolutely love is sweet potato leaves. If you’ve never tried it, I definitely recommend the young leaves from a sweet potato plant. This is the sole reason that we even bother planting sweet potatoes in our garden. So when I received a jar of virgin coconut oil to sample, I decided, why not marry the things I love together? So this simple recipe came about and not only is it packed with awesome flavors, it just has to be good for you. I’m not a nutritionist, but what with the green potato leaves, garlic and coconut oil, this dish has to be packing some major vitamins. If you can get your hands on some tender sweet potato leaves, then the rest is easy. You can even … Read entire article »
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Halo-Halo Dreaming
The food that you grow up with follows you the rest of your life. No matter where you go, now matter how your circumstances change, the food that grew you will follow. That’s how it is with us Filipinos and our favorite summertime treat, halo-halo. Halo-halo literally means mix-mix. It’s a mixture of everything good, sweet and delicious floating amidst crushed ice, milk and ice cream. The yearning intensifies as temperatures climb as it did with us this past week of 90 degree plus with humidity weather. So my daughter Asi made us these treats to cool off. There’s really no recipe for this, I’ve posted before about halo-halo that had links to other types of shaved ice desserts. Since I didn’t make this one, I’ll guess at what Asi put in … Read entire article »
Yoplait Whips! Giveaway
The temperature is a little cooler, thank goodness! But summer is not quite over yet and refreshing and cool treats are still very much welcome. My girls and I love cool treats and yogurt is one of them. We actually have a few yogurt related recipes coming up so stay tuned. This time around though, I just want to share with you. OK, you can call it bragging too. I was excited when I got this package in the mail. Check it out! Thanks to My Blog Spark, I received this gift pack along with free coupons for Yoplait Whips!. Yoplait happens to be one of our favorite snack around here so we were happy to get the free coupons! Well happy to receive the gift pack too, who wouldn’t? Look at … Read entire article »
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