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Carrot juice regimen

Today, I decided to go back to my carrot juice regimen. To give it some variation, I added an apple to my usual four carrots dose.

Four carrots and one apple equals apple-carrot juice!

Old but still reliable juicer
After scrubbing and washing the carrots thoroughly, I sliced them in thin pieces along with the apple. Then to […]

Filed under: Food & Health by rhodora - 7. June 2007, 44 Comments

My Fitness Program - Do or Die

Okay, ladies and gentlemen. The fear and suspicion that I may have diabetes - (Remains to be confirmed when hubby comes home from Manila; I need him to accompany me to the doctor since I get nervous with the mere sight of a needle) - has jolted my senses. For the past months, I have […]

Filed under: Food & Health by rhodora - 6. March 2007, 36 Comments

Sweet lover

Devil in disguise - my favorite caramel roll cake…
I am a sweet lover… No, not the ’sweet lover’ as in ‘jeepney driver, sweet lover’ LOL! If you live in the Philippines, you will know what this allusion means - that of jeepney driver being a sweet lover. But that is getting off the main […]

Filed under: Food & Health by rhodora - 5. March 2007, 30 Comments

How to prepare a fast barbecue

Housewives are usually identified with the kitchen. With the mere mention of the word mother or wife - the picture of a kitchen instantly flashes in the mind.
Well, sorry to disappoint you, but I am not really much of a “kitchen mom”. In our household, the cooking is mostly delegated to the househelp (if there […]

Filed under: Food & Health and Tips by rhodora - 14. December 2006, 3 Comments

Christmas recipe and memories

contributed by Louie Tacker
HELLO again, dear readers. Been a while, but I’m glad to be back here, giving my humble contribution to this blog.
With the onset of the holidays, my mind always gets busy remembering my childhood memories of Christmas. When I was a child, my mom would do all her rituals for Christmas. Now […]

Filed under: Celebrations and Contributions and Culture and Food & Health by rhodora - 13. December 2006, 1 Comment

Nursing a sick child

Aypee, my younger son spent three days in the hospital and was just discharged the other day. His ailment: amoebiasis.
I’m pretty sure he did not get his sickness from home as we use only purified water from an accredited purifying station for drinking. And true indeed, from the doctor’s interview, we found out he went […]

Filed under: Food & Health and Parenting and Tips by rhodora - 7. July 2006, 5 Comments

Tasty fast shrimp recipe

(by Louie Tacker)  WITH the onset of summer also comes the onset of light thinking and light cooking quick easy kite meals to make the heat of summer more bearable.
I have in my book of recipes, this shrimp dish that I will be sharing with you which is light, tasty and easy to prepare though […]

Filed under: Contributions and Food & Health by rhodora - 14. May 2006, 12 Comments

One for the ‘coffee-holics’

I WAS enjoying my morning coffee as I opened my e-mails to check early senders. I found several business and personal mails, but what caught me lingering on was that of Oliver’s article for the week published in his column ‘OFW Tales’, on The Freeman. (Oliver sends me a copy of of his article every […]

Filed under: Culture and Food & Health and History by rhodora - 4. May 2006, 7 Comments

Baking up Easter memories…

by Louie Tacker - As Easter is fast approaching, I sit back and my mind fills with thoughts of childhood.
Being raised Roman Catholic I realize that Easter is the most holy of all the Catholic Holy days. After all it is the culmination of Jesus’ life, the whole point of His being on this earth. […]

Filed under: Celebrations and Contributions and Culture and Food & Health and Relationships by rhodora - 12. April 2006, 4 Comments

On Filipino Food

I READ from Gerwin Co’s (a former ace student of mine from 1992-1996, who is now based in Hong Kong) entry in his blog - an interesting observation about Filipino food. Here goes:
“I’ve always wondered why Filipino food never attained the acclaim reserved for other Asian food. It’s always Japanese, Thai, Vietnamese. But never Filipino.
I’ve […]

Filed under: Culture and Food & Health by rhodora - 20. March 2006, No Comments