My husband and I love to cook. Sometimes, we cook together but more often we cook alone. When we got married, my husband didn’t know how to cook. He just learned it after, I think, around 10 years of our marriage. On the other hand, I have known how to cook since I was in …
Air Fryer is just too cool as a kitchen gadget. In our last blog we shared that we bought an air fryer and gave some ideas on how to cook healthy food using it. You may check the link below to read more. https://truehomejoy.com/is-cooking-in-air-fryer-healthy/ We are truly happy with what our air fryer can do …
We have an air fryer at home. We bought it few months ago. As the main cook in the house, I find our air fryer very convenient to use. It makes my food preparation faster especially for breakfast. I use it to fry beef slices, pork chops or chicken breasts while I poach eggs in our …
I love Bitter Gourd. It is called Ampalaya in the Philippines. I cannot remember when did I exactly start loving it but I can remember how I love to eat my mother’s pinakbet (vegetables with shrimp paste) and bitter gourd sauteed in egg, onion and tomato. It truly tastes delicious when the bitterness of Amplaya …
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Our family always include salted eggs in our grocery list. We buy 2 or 3 eggs every two weeks which is the frequency of our visit to the market. Salted eggs are usually colored red. This is for people to distinguish it from the regular eggs although there are also some stores who sell uncolored …
As a homemaker, and a full time financially dependent to the household head, it was my responsibility to ensure that the earnings of my husband were spent optimally and economically. Even now that I am already working I still see to it that we maximize the use of all the things we have in the …
Who is celebrating a birthday today? or Is there someone celebrating a birthday today ? These are the typical questions when a Filipino sees pancit being served on the table. Serving pancit in birthdays is a tradition which identifies a Filipino family from all others in the world. The Filipinos love pancit very much that …
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One morning, I prepared a macaroni soup for breakfast. I cooked a kilo of macaroni for my four children and my husband thinking that they would be able to eat all of it as always. They loved my ‘sopas’ or macaroni soup too much that they ask for a second round every time I serve …
