A handaan is never perfect without kare kare on the dining table. That’s a way of saying how popular this dish is during celebrations. Kare kare is a Filipino stew with a rich, thick, and flavorful peanut sauce that is served with bagoong guisado (sauteed shrimp paste). The traditional kare kare recipe uses oxtail or tripe. However, you can also use pork (pork hocks, calves feet, or pig feet), beef stew meat, and seafood (prawns, squid, and mussels). You can also find some recipes with merely vegetables in it. The vegetable ingredients in the kare kare include eggplant, Chinese cabbage or other greens like bokchoy or pechay, string beans, okra,…
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Sometimes, we eat out of boredom and not of hunger. Maybe, that's the reason why snacks are invented. Well, aside from the fact that big businesses are trying to sell their products, and they wanted to create that need for snacks. I feel like snacking recently. Great thing that I have the ingredients to create a homemade protein bars instead of buying.
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How to Enjoy Pizza and Fudgy Brownies When You’re on Low Carb Diet
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COVID-19 Food Diary: Going Low Carb and Doing Intermittent Fasting
Since there is no cure for COVID-19 yet, the best defense we have right now is social distancing, proper hygiene and staying healthy. More studies is still needed about this virus. Right now, we seem to be fighting an unknown enemy, with no conclusive information of where it came from and what the treatment is.
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COVID-19 Food Diary: My Health Journey in this Time of Crisis and Online Grocery Shopping
January 27, 2020 – I was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes. I felt sad and emotional at first. But, at the same time, knowing that I have this disease, was enlightening. It was enlightening because it provides an explanation for what I’ve feeling for a long time. I typically have headaches. Sometimes, it is bearable but there are times that they become paralyzing pain. Sometimes, it would last for days and even up to a week. I was placed under medication for my blood sugar. I’m taking metformin every day aside from the statin drug to control my blood pressure. I’ve been under statin medication since last year because my…
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COVID-19 Food Diary: Delicious Realizations
It's been 2 weeks since I last stepped outside my house. After my exhausting experience of buying my meds, the long queue at the grocery story, and the tiring walk of going home with my heavy grocery items; I thought, I wouldn't go outside again until this ECQ ends. I'd rather pay for the deliveries than go outside to buy stuff.
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Second Week of ECQ: COVID-19, Diabetes and One Delicious Meal
Today marks the second week of the enhanced community quarantine in Metro Manila. To celebrate my survival of this first two weeks of barely leaving the house and for being COVID-free, I believe, I decided to have a delicious pan-fried beef and buttered veggies.
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The First 7 Days of the Coronavirus Lockdown
As you stepped out from your homes, you'll see that the streets are almost empty. The once busy streets are suddenly deserted. Surprisingly, I don't see stray cats and dogs too. They seem to understand what's going on.
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Simple Chicken Recipes for Dinner
Our work week can sometimes be so demanding and hectic that we don’t have the energy to think of what to cook or eat when we get home. It is easier to just go to 7-Eleven, Mini Stop or to the nearest fast-food restaurants to grab food. However, no matter how convenient that sound, it would take a toll on our wallet if we do that every day. It is also not good for our health in the long run. As a simple hack for career people, you need to buy your ingredients during the weekend and have your meals for the following week planned. That way you really don’t…
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