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Wheat Free Snacking

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I can’t remember the last time I shared a recipe here. That doesn’t mean that I’ve been slacking on kitchen duties, I do have 3 people living with me who are constantly in need of something to eat. Grace introduced me to wheat free world, I tired doing it for 3 weeks and was really happy with how my body reacted to wheat elimination. No sudden headache, and didn’t feel bloated or lazy are some of the noticeable changes during the 3 weeks. I’ve been trying to not indulge in any food with wheat, which is a hard for me since I love to snack on bread and crackers. To solve this snacking problem, I’ve been baking wheat free goodies. Here are some of the wheat free recipes I’ve tried and really enjoyed.     1) Almond Meal Chocolate Chip Cookies with Coconut from Minamalist Baker These are crunchy and chewy. The LittleOne liked them as well and we ate a dozen cookies in two days. 2) Carrot Coconut Breakfast Loaf from Anjas Food 4 Thought …

Healthy Chicken Nuggets

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I am guilty of feeding LittleMan V fast food and store bought chicken nuggets. He absolutely likes them and if given a chance to eat nuggets everyday he would. I have tried several recipes for a healthy chicken nuggets and V would either complain that it was not soft (not like the ones from McDo) or just didn’t taste good enough for him. It has been more than a month or two since I stopped buying frozen store bought nuggets and how he miss having them for breakfast or snack. Last week I prepared healthy chicken nuggets for his after school snack and he easily ate 8 pieces in one sitting and LittleMiss enjoyed them as well!   While planning for his school lunch, he once again requested that I prepare Mama’s healthy chicken nuggets.

Ube Cheesecake

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For the past month I’ve been working on improving the taste of the Ube Cheesecake. Daddy C who is a big fan of Ube Cake requested that I re-create the taste of ube ice cream for the cheesecake. The first batch of ube cheesecake was baked using just mashed boiled ube  and the 2nd batch was enhanced with ube flavoring. I discussed the boys comments with Sandy my sister from another mother who lives in Vienna and she suggested I try making it again but this time use halaya (jam). See ube doesn’t have any distinct taste you need to add butter and salt to boiled one or macapuno to enhance it’s flavor.

V is 6 and his MineCraft Cake

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V designed his Minecraft cake. It was a week long holiday here in Dubai when LittleMan V celebrated his 6th birthday. We initially planned to have a family celebration and have dinner at his favorite restaurant  but he insisted that I make him a cake and have 3 of his friends from school come over. Aside from playing Skylanders he’s also into Minecraft (I think every kid is) so before he request me to make him a figure cake I suggested he design his very own minecraft cake. He’s eyes lit up and requested that he make the cake with me.

Crab Festival at Chimes Far Eastern Restaurant

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I’ve been to Singapore twice – first time was with my Uncle Dad and it was also the first time that I got to taste the famous Chili Crabs it was so good! My 2nd trip was with my boys (LittleMan V and Daddy C) sadly during this trip we didn’t get the chance to enjoy them crabs. Mud crab is not widely available in our local Dubai market, it’s one of the things I miss from my hometown-Davao. I grew up having a seafood feast every weekend which my whole clan enjoys. A simple steamed garlic crab dish eaten with rice using our hands and ice cold Coke just makes me so so happy!

School lunchbox week 3 and an Easy Puff recipe

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Some of our lunchbox food this week is just a repeat if what V had two weeks back. He just insisted on not bringing his heavy thermal Sahara lunchbox. Since my V requests almost the same kind of lunch food I will try and feature something new every week. I was getting bored preparing the usual deli meat sandwich every morning, as I was staring at our fruit bowl full of red and green apples (Vs favorite fruit) a sudden craving for McDo’s apple pie happened.