VegFest Pilipinas 2016

Time to discover local vegan products!

I think that these vegan desserts will make a good Christmas giveway so I tried all the free taste here at Jertie's Kitchen ;p

Same here @ Earth Desserts ;p

I found a Veggie Meat in one of the stall :)  (P60)

We tried Planted Vegan burgers (P120)

Corned Beet Sandwich 

-a bit spicy for my taste, so I switched with M

Falafel burger

I always cook falafel but not as thick as this one and adding onion gives a tangy taste :)

Take Root

Statement Shirts

I would love to buy one that says "Vegan" but they don't have it in Gray.

Vegan Cupcakes

Malunggay, Smores, Mango cupcakes

Non-Dairy Ice cream from Super Scoops

Greenery Kitchen , where I bought Vegan Bagoong for only P100/bottle

We bought Hummus (P150) and Pita bread (P100) 

The stall where I bought Mushroom atchara (P130)

 Climate Change topic on the stage

CARA (Compassion and Responsibility for Animals) Welfare was there too to talk about Responsible Pet Ownership, Spay and Neuter

Tshirts @ P400

Cutie Patooties!

Before going home, bought Mushroom Sisig  for takeout :)

some of my vegfest haul :)

Hummus, pita bread and Veggie lechon - not in the picture

Mushroom sisig tasted good with lots of kalamansi :)

 You can still join the Vegfest until tom Nov 13 @ Eastwood City.

Next week they will be at Lucky Chinatown.

https://www.facebook.com/VegFestPilipinas/

Real Food @ Molito Alabang

After our brunch @ Designer Bloom's cafe,  just a few steps away,

we found a healthy neighborhood grocer :)

It's like Healthy Options store for our local products.

Or more like, Echo Store

And they carry a lot of products - some are familiar and others I haven't heard of.

I just bought some of our staples from Echo store so on our trip here, I only bought 1 tray of their organic eggs.

 Coconut flour, nutritional yeast, Chips

Happy place!

We scanned the place not just once, checking out each and everything, reading labels, exclaiming 'ay mero palang ganito' ;)

There's no excuse of going 'healthy-healthyhan' nowadays ;p

Designer Blooms Cafe

just sharing this homey and cozy place @ molito alabang :)

my friend chel was here for a couple of days and we just need to have girly catch-up

we're looking for a resto in molito when we noticed some guys leaving this place with a bouquet of flowers. 

I thought it's only a flower shop but the signage says Designer Blooms "Cafe"

 fresh flower scent in the air :)

The menu is just simple and short.

Our orders: mushroom soup, aglio olio pasta

I'm expecting this to be oily but it's not

creamy carbonara for chel

fish and fries

-beer battered  fish and potato wedges

tuna sandwich on their soft homemade focacia bread 

- m's ordered this with a Cafe Americano

We made ourselves feel at home, feeling comfy at their couch, got so full for all these carbs and chatted for 2 hours :)

Great spot for lounging around as the place is not very busy 

- maybe except for valentines day?

Menu 

Happy Weekend!

Pioneer St. Market

My initial goal was to visit My Little Store's The Gourmet Pantry

I've been following their FB account for a while as they carry the products that I wanted to try.

Bottles of bangus belly, tuyo, different spreads and even a vegetarian lechon sauce!

love this coco water in a bottle

I bought my fave salad dressing from Whisk. I have blogged about this before:

http://madjewelled.blogspot.com/2012/12/whisk.html

and also tried this Made by Max almond butter in Cinnamon Vanilla

All-Natural :)

Another stall sells organic produce where we bought a tray of free range organic eggs for P12 each

Another stall, HomeGrown Organics also sells organic produce but for affordable price

I bought tomatoes, turmeric, lettuce, carrots for Php170+

https://www.facebook.com/homegrownorganicph/

Another stall where we bought Garlic bread and Ube-filled (P35) doughnuts :)

There are also other stalls that sells food items, ice cream and drinks that you can buy after shopping for your organic veggies.

The place is like a mini food court with tables and chairs in the middle.

There are also stall outside and some open bar too.

We no longer buy factory farmed eggs so M is willing to drive me back here :)

Pioneer St Market is located at the back of HMR, Pioneer Mandaluyong

Open from 11am-9pm every Sat and Sunday

August 2016: Life Lately

I was not able to update this space for a while. 

Got very busy and all I wanna do on weekend is to do nothing ;p

One weekend, we drove to Laguna for sis-in-law and grandma-in-law(is there such a term?hehe) birthdays.   

It was just a simple celebration over lunch in their new house.

For dessert, I've got to taste this Avocado ice cream for the first time and it is good. :)

After that we drove back to our house to celebrate my youngest bro 19th birthday 

We bought Mernel's cake for him :)

 I got a chance to eat a lot of sushi and maki for a colleagues birthday treat at yakimix :)

One weekend, we went to Salcedo Market.

I ordered Pinangat na Gabi in one of the stalls. 

I just realize I love anything with gata :)

We also bought this Pili Butter :)

I used to love butter on pandesal but since we are staying away from dairy products, this is a good alternative. 

At the last week of this month I got stomach flu and was not feeling well for almost a week.

Last month I have dry cough that lasted for weeks so my mom gave me Lagundi.

I guess my immune system got weak as I now wake up very early in the morning. :/

eto pala ang itsura ng lagundi :)

Ber months ahead :)

Bahay ni San Jose Nueva Ecija

One of the awesome way to celebrate a birthday is to share your blessings to others :)

I'm happy that my bro is trying to teach this to their daughter at a very young age. 

Last year we celebrated it at Teresa Orsini Homes  which I blogged about here

(although of course I think my 2yo niece is too young to grasp the idea back then ;p)

This time, it was just a very simple celebration, no programs nor games. 

The kids welcomed us, said their prayer and then we feast on homecooked food of spaghetti, pansit, hotdogs, etc. 

It was only a gathering of our families but they still sent out this invitation.

The place has its own chapel and it's quite spacious. 

 It took us 3.5 hours trip on a Sunday morning. 

Google Map

The kids are mostly boys of age 3-10, I think. 

My wish for my niece and for the kids in this place is that they grow up as a wise, strong and a  God-fearing person..



"There is no better way to celebrate a birthday than to commit a special act of goodness. It is easy enough to say you are thankful; it is far better to show it by doing a kind deed, something that you did not do yesterday. Not because someone is forcing you. Not because someone suggests it. But simply because your inner goodness, your soul, wants to express its thanks for being born and alive."  via