Tuna on Crackers and Grape/Cheese Spears

April 28th, 2017

  How to Make Your Simple Snacks Look Presentable Summer makes one lose his/her appetite due to the heat and humidity. More often than not, you’d rather have ice cream, halo-halo or ice cold drinks to tide you over than the conventional packed snacks that you used to eat. You can still have thes [ ... ]

Baked Potato Marbles

February 3rd, 2017

  My teens love these baked potatoes. These are popular among their packed lunch must-haves. These are filling for teens who constantly feel hungry. Baked Potato Marbles are (sort of) easy to prepare. Here is how I do it: Soak the potatoes in water with salt for a few minutes. I brush each small potat [ ... ]

S’mores

September 12th, 2016

  S’mores is a traditional camping food made of roasted marshmallows in between melted chocolate and graham crackers, cooked over an open pit campfire. For us who do not go camping, S’mores can be had at home as a delicious dessert. Here’s how: Ingredients: room temp chocolate chips  [ ... ]

Honey-Calamansi Juice

May 21st, 2015

  Quench your summer thirst with Honey-Calamansi Juice. You can either make the juice sweeter or more sour, it’s all up to you. Just squeeze fresh calamansi juice in a jar with honey and add tablespoons of this sweet-sour juice to your water. We love this, especially since we can get fresh and h [ ... ]

Homemade Snacks

May 14th, 2015

  Homemade snacks are the best for us because we put extra effort in prepping the food and we know what ingredients were used. The photo above was a late lunch/early mid-afternoon snacks that the children and I just shared. The ones in the square plate are turon or banana fritters. To prep turon, here [ ... ]