Summer Cooking

hubby's stir fry with quail eggs

It's hard to think these days what to cook, if only we could survive on fruits, ice cream, cold refreshments and feel as full after a regular meal, I wouldn't budge and exert effort into preparing something. The usual soups are a no-no since it's too hot to eat a hot or even warm soup. Salads are great but we love rice and it has to be rice period.

quail eggs with mushroom soup

Aside from the weather, we also decided to become cheap and at present in the process of being budget conscious, so that's another factor I have to consider lately. And there's this desire to always try something different with limited ingredients and challenge ourselves into coming up with something delicious.

chicken adobo with quail eggs

Luckily, the canned quail eggs are now available again in the supermarket. I could finish a can in one sitting but I'm not that selfish so I share it with my hubby, both kids don't like them and they just look at us with weird reactions on their faces. It's delicious as is but it's more delicious when cooked with something else. Hubby stir fried it with chicken and mixed vegetables. I tried it with young corn, mixed vegetables and canned mushroom soup and I cooked it again with chicken adobo. This canned quail eggs is definitely a #1 on my grocery list these days.

canned sardines with spinach

Another canned favorite is sardines. YUMMY with my favorite fish sauce and a few drops of lemon. I sauteed it with lots of onions and added lots of spinach. Ready in a snap!

We also had a few plantain bananas here that took so long to ripen, when they finally did, I made sweet bananas and put lots of cold milk minus the crushed ice but it was still good.

sweet bananas

Last stop, as I was frying my last batch of crispy spinach, I decided to slice some carrots and attempted to make vegetable tempura using my batter for the crispy spinach. It was delicious, the carrot was sweet inside and crispy outside. I can't wait to try it on other vegetables as well :D

vegetable tempura

Chicken and Egg Curry

I made this dish during the cooler months. I wouldn't attempt cooking anything with coconut milk in this hot weather unless it's gonna stay inside the refrigerator. I finally made this chicken curry with egg, satisfying my desire to make egg curry. Love it mainly because chicken curry is my favorite, anything with coconut milk is also a favorite, the boiled egg along with the curry made it more exciting to eat and drizzling it with fish sauce made it yummier. All in all it's a great dish, adding the egg gave the plain chicken curry a twist!

Lovin' and Hatin' Summer

Summer ready!

Summer is here and it's HOT! Again, I am not a fan of this kind of weather. I'd rather get depressed during those cold months of winter rather than endure this heat but I always look on the brighter side anyway, outdoor fun, road trips, summer vacation and summer sale!!!

Kindergarten Sportsfest

Almost two weeks since classes have ended and I feel like it's been longer than that. I could say I'm close to going crazy already, really close and I blame it all on the HEAT! It makes me so lazy and irritable but not always, because the other day I was able to clean up the house which is really good if only I could maintain it that way. We also managed to have a short trip to Calgary to be with relatives where we had the best food experience ever.

our summer afternoon ritual

And for the past two days, the kids and I have been picnicking outside while hubby is sleeping. It's fun and we'll do it every single day for the entire summer I guess. This and a whole lot more exciting summer stuff :D