Cook and Brew.

Two nights have already passed and yet I can still taste the scrumptious dinner we had at Texas Roadhouse Grill last Saturday in Bonifacio High Street. “Diet”, specifically the terms “hcg diet” were not part of our vocabulary then as my sisters and I feasted over delectable and mouth watering steaks. They gave us humongous servings that I had a hard time finishing my whole plate. I was so full that the last spoonfuls I had refused to slide down my throat. In fact, I felt like barfing already. I would have loved to eat a slice of cake for dessert but there really was no more space left in my tummy. I totally need one more day to have my taste buds (and intestines) recover before I can have a taste of steak again.

Seeing these luscious and refreshing Halo-halo and ice cream desserts at this humid moment makes me want to forget all about those diet pills that work I’ve just read and run to Manila Hotel now.

Halo-halo is a mixture of various boiled sweet beans and fruits added with shaved ice, leche flan and milk served cold in a tall glass or bowl. Common ingredients are garbanzos, sugar palm fruit (kaong), kidney beans, macapuno, nata de coco, ube, kamote, jackfruit (langka), tapioca or sago, sweetened corn kernels, pinipig, leche flan, ice cream and gelatin.

Other variants of simpler Halo-halo are saba con yelo using bananas as the primary ingredient and mais con yelo using sweetened corn kernels.

These cooling snack delights are perfect to beat the scorching summer heat.

Easter Sunday’s near and so, have you planned yet what to serve on your Easter table? As for us, we don’t normally celebrate it with bountiful meals but instead we go out, let the little one enjoy Easter activities for kids then have a special lunch or dinner in our favorite resto. But I’m planning to make my special coleslaw which I haven’t prepared for quite some time now. The husband suddenly missed it and so with his help on Easter morning (by rinsing the cabbage and carrots with water from the faucets), we’ll come up with an Easter coleslaw.

This is how I usually do it:

Coleslaw

Ingredients:
2 cups finely shredded cabbage
1 cup thinly sliced carrots
1/3 cup crushed pineapple, well drained
1/4 cup raisins
1/4 cup white sugar

For dressing:
3/4 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup thick whipping cream

Procedure:
1. Put all ingredients in a bowl.
2. Mix well and chill before serving.

Aside from Krispy Kreme’s usual delighting offerings of confections, check out their daily deal starting March 29. It’s the time of the year again when boys and girls fill up their Easter baskets with goodies. But instead of real eggs, Krispy Kreme came up with these egg-citing limited edition egg-shaped donut treats. Available in chocolate variants of Hershey’s Dark Chocolate, Hershey’s Cookies and Crea, Peanut Butter and Kreme, Snickers classic, Chocolate Custard Filled, Chocolate Kreme Filled, Cinnamon Apple, Caramel Kreme Crunch, Chocolate Iced with Sprinkles and a lot more. It’s just Php 365 per dozen.

My son loves donuts and this is something he can look forward to on Easter Sunday after having our Easter activities.

I got a wedding invitation the other day from one of my closest friends who’s based in the United States. Their union will be celebrated in three weeks time. These are the times when you really can call an airmail a snail mail because the transit is as slow or even slower than a snail. I would love to be in attendance and see their romantic union, however, it was such a short notice that I would not be able to process the necessary Visa regulations in time for her wedding day.

Nevertheless, I know that it will be one majestic wedding as the reception will be held in a luxurious Las Vegas hotel. I’ll just wait for their photos and videos which hopefully, they’ll upload on the web right away. I have always been wanting to see Nevada and experience Las Vegas Holidays. This could have been my first ever adventure but it’s just sad that time is not on my side. Hopefully, I will see them when I get the chance to fly to US on December for some Holidays Vegas adventure. If they’re not still pregnant by then, perhaps, they could join me to spend Holidays to Las Vegas. I’m certain that it will be a one of kind Holiday. So for their upcoming wedding, I just wish them both congratulations and all the best in their married life.