Few Little Things I've Learned Today

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-sleeping almost half of the day during your rest day is good for the soul--really.

-you have to check your mobile phone every once in a while coz you might be missing some important text messages from someone special miles and miles away.

-you dont need to be a master chef to cook some delicious/mouth-watering dish.

-a recipe of joy and serenity can rather be simple: open windows,balmy weather,a book,a guitar,and those little sweet kisses from your beautiful nieces.

-last but not the least, it's entirely possible to re-fall inlove multiple times.

Semper Fidelis,
Ash

Kare- Kare

Kare Kare is a dish that seem complicated to do, but compare to other stews, it's not too difficult at all-- and today, I tried this recipe.

If you're on a budget, you dont need to buy Ox tail/tripe, you can use pork pata or any type of pork, it's really up to you. ***

Ingredients:

-Ox tail/tripe,pork pata,or any beef meat ***, cut into serving pieces

-5 cloves garlic, crushed

-1 onion, sliced

-3 tbsp oil

-4 to 5 pieces of eggplant, cut into 1/2 thin slices

-a bundle of sitaw cut into 3 inches long

-banana heart, trimmed and sliced

-100 to 150 grams of pechay

-a pouch of Mama Sita’s Peanut Sauce (Kare-Kare) Mix, dissolved in a cup of broth

-salt and pepper to taste

-2 tbsp Patis

Procedures:

1.Rub pata/pork with garlic and patis. Boil in enough amount of water, boil once and discard the water. Boil again, until tender.

2.In another pan, sauté garlic and onion in oil, add the pre-cooked meat.

3.Add Mama Sita's Peanut Sauce.Bring to boil with constant stirring.

4. Add the vegetables except for pechay, simmer until the veggies are cooked. Add salt and pepper to taste.

5.Add pechay. Simmer once.Serve.

It is best served with bagoong and hot, steaming white rice.

You dont need to go to Barrio Fiesta to taste this delicious dish, if I can do it,so can you!

Munch on lovelies ♥ ♥ ♥

Semper Fidelis,
Ash