March 14 stroll

I went for a short walk today and saw these along the way. I think they're plum blossoms. Spring is just around the corner! Officially, it begins on March 20 (the vernal equinox, one of 2 days in a year when the lengths of the day & the night are equal). :) Less than a week to go, yay!

March food: Week 2

brownie snack which Ronjie brought home from a seminar

yakitori

chocolate Meltykiss Fran

McDonald's lunch! The last "Big America" burger was out already so Ronjie had one.

and in celebration of the Oreo's 100th birthday, we shared an Oreo McFlurry for dessert

 This is the Beverly Hills burger. Ronjie was able to try the Broadway burger a week ago but wasn't able to take a photo so, sorry we have nothing to share. :(

 I had chicken fingers.

oven toastered supermarket-bought chicken teriyaki pizza

it has corn!

 Swedish meatballs with spaghetti

spaghetti with meatballs (red sauce this time)

(nasunog ko 'to so it's a bit dark; the previous time I made this was better)

cornflakes with walnuts and crumbled chocolate chip cookies :)

tuna logs, based on this recipe

kani-cucumber salad

(the recipe called for carrots, mango & lettuce too but we didn't have those so this wasn't as wonderful as I wanted it to be :/)

pizza with green peppers & leftover meatballs in tomato sauce

quickie Yoshinoya dinner date after mass

I had gyuudon with tofu

Ronjie had a gyuudon set meal 

which included miso soup & kimchi

pork with monggo

microwaved chocolate mugcakes (based on this recipe, which I got from here)

instead of chocolate chips, I used a broken up chocolate bar
(oh, and instead of unsweetened cocoa, I used Milo :D)

 microwaved chocolate mugcake with chocolate chip cookie bits

used Milo again and crumbled up chocolate chip cookies this time :D

March food: Week 1

menudo from scratch, which turned out dry :(

grapefruit

tuna-cucumber-cheese sandwich

sinigang na salmon sa miso

Mister Donut breakfast date at the Hon-Atsugi station while waiting for Doc/Ninong B who Ronjie was going to tour around his school that day.

I had plain noodle soup. (Yes, the Mister Donut here serves this.)

 And a strawberry-frosted doughnut.

my date with his pastries and coffee

peanut butter and banana sandwich 

oranges :)

oven toastered supermarket-bought pepper pizza

Southern-style fried chicken

adobong broccoli & mushrooms

quick sauteed veggies!
1 Tbsp of garlic + 1/4 cup each of soy sauce, vinegar & water + 1 head of broccoli + some button mushrooms

other February food & cooking experiments

steak (seasoned with this steak & chops spice we got from Momma)

& mixed fruits for dessert

pork barbecue served with tofu with peanut-ginger sauce

chicken adobo (I used a different recipe this time) na nilagyan ko ng saba

beef bulgogi

chicken karaage from the supermarket

bacon-chicken bites with spicy cheese sauce and kiwi for dessert

(didn't turn out as good as I hoped, but well, you can't go wrong with bacon!)

sweet & sour pork, using Momma's recipe

pork sinigang (used a sinigang with gabi mix)

fried chicken with garlic-mayo sauce (or Mang Tomas)

beef with broccoli, enoki mushrooms & garlic stalks

homemade burgers

grilled salmon & vegetables, with miso soup

for the 2 lower pieces of salmon, I used this Asian grilled salmon recipe 

canned Thai mangoes for dessert

(we ate these with cream)

pork burgers with mushroom sauce

parmesan-crusted chicken with blanched broccoli

spaghetti bolognese

(we were able to buy tomato paste from a Filipino store)

seafood paella

macaroni bolognese (using leftover sauce) with garlic bread

sardines with onions, which we had with cucumber-tomato salad

tempura from 7-11 :)

nakabili rin kami ng misua so I made almondigas (using Momma's recipe)

bistek

chicken puttanesca

teriyaki porkchops with asparagus fried rice

tofu with spinach & bean sprouts and chicken katsu