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Day 26 - BEVERAGE 📸
I often get brain freeze from ice-blended drinks but I never let pain get in my way.
It started out as dried coconut with strawberry and blueberry. I wanted to recreate a Bounty (chocolate bar with coconut filling) dairy-free counterpart for Meg. But the coconut mix turned out too sweet so I chucked it in the freezer and abandoned the plan.
A week later, I took out the coco mix from the freezer and filled a bread dough with it. Roll, cut, two twists later, and voila, delicious coconut twist bread for breakfast. Never throw out anything that can be reused and recycled, LOL.
I’ve been in Toronto for a good month already. Most days I am bored, crazy bored especially when my daughter has to go to work on-site. It’s good that my YouTube Premium subscription allows me to watch all sorts of videos without the ads. Frankly, I didn’t think I could use my paid account here where I am far away from my home in Manila. Anyway, I’m not one to complain.
I whipped up a batch of oatmeal cranberry cookies just because. I ate one and whoa, it’s good. Very, very good. It is crunchy around the edges while soft and chewy in the middle. It’s a recipe by John Kanell of the Preppy Kitchen YouTube channel. I subbed raisins with cranberries because they’re what I have available ATM. Here’s the link to the video if you want to try it yourself.
This is the most delicious cookie that I have ever baked. That I used oatmeal makes for guilt-free eating.
It is said that the eyes eat first. When food as lovely as these arrive on our table, we can’t help but drink everything in with our eyes.
My daughter ordered Avocado Toasts.
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just had to try Chicken and Belgian Waffles when I got here. The food was excellent as I expected.
During insanely hot summer days, cold drinks offer welcome respite. Let’s stay hydrated, folks.
Because making and baking your own bread is tiring business, I ate one straight out of the oven. Yikes, the filling burned, hahaha.
My passion for making bread started when the pandemic hit and everything suddenly ground to a halt. Cooped up in the house, I got doomsday feels especially when our mobility was hampered. Thank goodness for the internet, I watched many videos and zeroed in on how to make pandesal. Pandesal is a local bread that is soft and covered with bread crumbs. It is many Filipinos' comfort food.
So I had it in my head that pandesal will be my first-ever bread project. My first attempt wasn’t my best; heck, it wasn’t the best of my worst even. But I did not let that failure stop me. I have always been obsessive, especially when my interest is piqued and I like what I’m doing.
After a yearlong hiatus (Chronic tendonitis sidelined me, that’s another story), I started baking again. Following a spate of savory and sweet bread, I asked the husband what he wanted and he asked for pandesal. I made a batch and, right before the last proofing, divided the portions- half with corned beef filling and the rest just plain pandesal. Most of the time, I like my bread to have filling because it simplifies eating, just heat it up and voila, instant breakfast or snack. How lazy can one get, right?
BTW, I knead my dough by hand 100% of the time. My husband offered several times to buy me a quality mixer (Hello, Kitchen Aid) but I decline. Not yet. My hands are my best tools. Besides, I love the smell of butter and dough on them. Nothing even comes close to the feeling of home.
If anyone is interested, here’s the recipe youtu.be/4RiNlBSRi…
It’s a slow Saturday so here I am thinking what bread I’ll make today. Do I go with my trusted recipes or do I try to be adventurous?
Note to Self: What I cook, I MUST eat.
We were pleasantly surprised with this dish which we ordered out of curiosity - Wok-Fried Black Curry Lamb. My picture does not do it justice. @BananaLeaf in Estancia Capitol Commons, Pasig.
I’m so hungry I cut up my Sausage Roll at once, thus ruining its photogenic state. This coupled with #StarbucksPH hot Coffee Americano was a great way to start the weekend.
