Fancy dinner W/O cooking skills.

How to make a fancy dinner WITHOUT cooking skills?

Lamb with Worcestershire sauce

This is a Lamb. SIMPLE and PLAIN! We do know that there's the internet, cooking book and a lot of stuffs to make your dinner look fancy. BUT! Let's just admit that "some" people can't. Okay! They can have dinner outside, but what if they want to do it to make it perfect with their "EFFORT" on a special day?.

Yup, the word fancy doesn't have to be plain but Lamb meat is expensive. Lamb and Wagyu are one of the finest meat. You don't even need to put a lot of ingredients to make it better but rather, SALT & PEPPER, because the taste is in the meat already. I just added Basil leaves and a little bit of oil to make it better.

And that's it. Grill it and you are done! It is so tasty that everyone would love it. Just add a sauce of your choice, veggies or even a soup then put a wine or a simple juice. 

P.S. I know that it doesn't really have to be a Lamb or a Wagyu to make it fancy BUT ... this dish is definitely for those who doesn't want to cook or just want to make it quick and easier. Bare with that. 

Adult Coloring (Art Therapy)

Remember the old times that we used to draw, paint or even color images for fun? Well, guess what, we can still do it now, not just for fun but to "improve our health".

First try of Mandalas

There is a lot of benefits and study in this year about the famous art theraphy through Doodling or making Mandalas. It is a trend not just for a simple hobby, but Psychologist claim it that is has a healing power.

Zendoodle

Doodle

Mandala

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I'm suffering on PTSD, anxiety, depression and stress and it helps. It also trains my brain to focus better. It is actually relaxing.

My main point of adult coloring is to change the negative thinkers into positive way by visioning colorful arts made by 

the patients. 

Any form of coloring will do. You can buy a book or just print it out. You can even look for old books and make your own art for a cheaper deal. I suggest to look for Mandalas or Zendoodle for advance level. 

"Tortang Talong" or Filipino Eggplant Omelette?

Have you tried our famous "Tortang Talong" or our Filipino Eggplant Omelette? In BAKED?

Tortang Talong 

If not, I dare you to have a taste on it. It is one of our delicious dish in my country. Every kid loves it and it is extremely easy to make one.

My easy steps:

1. For the toppings or stuffings it is just a simple egg and ground pork or beef. You can put whatever ingredients you want to make the taste better. 
2. Boil the eggplant in a couple of minutes. Soft enough to make no. 3.
3. Forked the eggplant a few times and slice the eggplant using the fork from end to end. You can peel the skin if you want to but for me, It is better if you include it for better plating.
4. And lastly, put your own egg relish on top of the shredded eggplant and cook it on each side.

For my Egg relish:

• Onion
• Garlic
• Ground Pork
• Salt, white & black pepper, and choice of herbs & spices.
• Cornstarch for the consistency.

It is that easy! Proudly saying that mine looks like a baked torta but IT IS NOT, 😎💓 really amazing! The cornstarch (or you can use flour) helps my egg relish to look fluffy and creamy. It is delicious, hoped you like it.

Updated: January 16, 2020.
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Here's a little story.

So, I ran out of  CORNSTARCH and I'm so dependent on it in making this. But, luckily, I got a few idea from my mom and other recipe on making a thick consistency for your stuffing and it's BREADCRUMBS.

I bought this from SnR Congressional. The consistency became so perfect when I use this Pull-N-Chop container. It use quick, clean, and well mixed-up result for any type you may use. 

And yes, I placed my Cooked Ground Pork with other ingredients such as 2 eggs and flour for best result.

You see. When I flip it on each other sides, my stuffing was well formed into one. Take note that I dipped the eggplant into another bowl of egg before stuffing it for good cover. 

 

Voila! Another perfect and finished product of BAKED TORTANG TALONG.

You may want to check my IG @theoryofcarmz. This photo was for my DAY 16 challenge of 365 days of daily Instagram posting.

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Hotdog Spaghetti

Finally, My own version of this! 

This idea is extremely popular in the internet. It was brilliantly made by whoever done it first. So, it is really cute and unique. I want to experience in making it.

How it's done.

• Break the thin spaghetti noodles into half.
• Make sure the hotdogs are not too soft nor too frozen.
• Insert 4 to 7 noodles in each cutted hotdogs.
• Boil it into 5-7 minutes. Depending on the noodle thickness.

And that's it. There is a lot of other ingredients to choose from.

1. For noodles, Fettuccine, Angel hair or Linguini, but I highly suggest to use Angel hair, because, hot dogs will cook faster done the pasta. Though, it will still depends on your meat.
2. For the meat, you can change it into sausages. 
3. For sauces, you can try oil base, white/red or even PURE CHEESE, Mine is Filipino Red Sauce Spaghetti with capers. A twist of sweet and bitterness taste.

Have you done your own too? It could be another great idea for your next party!

Crave and Hunt.

Just having a sudden crave

Guava leaves

Have you ever watched a film and felt crazy after watching it? Well, guess what. I just watched "The Revenant" starring Oscar winning, Leonardo Dicarprio. AND, I suddenly craved for steak. I've became a little bit Carnivore.

Tan-tan's Spicy Butche is a chicken crop. Well, it taste like fried chicken skin. I think it's one of the exotic food in my country. In the middle, It's Adobong Kambing (it's a goat.) This meat is simmered in soy sauce & vinegar and lastly, one of the best finger food of Filipinos, the Chicaron. Not an ordinary one. It's so special that a few of the meat under the skin is still attached, unlike the others.

Seriously, After I watched that film it feels like I wanna go for hunt and grill a meat. Unfortunately, We don't have a steak at our fridge and this is tonight's dinner. At least it's a meat. 

Guava or Bayabas leave tea

And this is the result of my hunt. Thank you neighbor for this free guava leaves I'd picked. Truly, a great organic tea I made. "Bayabas" has a lot health benefits. It is one of the most used organic medicine in the Philippines.

Have you tried hunting for foods and cook it? Could be a great experience.

Early Holiday Snacks

Holiday must better hurry up, most of the basket goodies like this will expire soon.😂

Holidays snacks are awesome and one of the best food reserved after a holidays. Food feast or dish will only last for a couple of days. Better store your favorites from early shopping or gifts that will match for your perfect hot beverage throughout this winter season. 💗

These snacks are totally unique in my country, PH, because it is imported. I'll just make a simple review regarding with these chosen unique flavours like Choco honey (Blanc Rayon) and dried apricot sweet.

Nectaflor Apricot

No added flavour・Not sweet nor sour・Legit taste of a real Apricot
Cailler Blanc Rayon
White chocolate・Too sweet!

No Noodles! A Healthy pasta dish

Avoiding Carbs? No problem!

(Unintentionally, the basil leaves turned into a flower.)

This is a Red Sauce Filipino Style Spaghetti. I was craving for a red sauce spaghetti unfortunately, we don't have a stocked noodles. So, I thought of making an alternative. I came up with an eggplant/aubergine as my noodles. Honestly and sincerely telling to you guys that, I did not even know that it was done before. Just glad I knew it before checking it on the net.

My ingredients I found in my kitchen was extremely simple. 
(makes 2 servings.)

• Tomato Sauce (not Spaghetti Sauce)
• onion &  2 gloves of garlic
• 1 fresh tomato
• 1/4 red bell pepper
• sugar
• Cheese (not just for garnishing)

This vegetable was perfect for Red Sauce, believe me. The taste of the eggplant like eating a real pasta dish. 

And Viola! Instant but Healthy Red Sauce Pasta.

Cucumber Pesto

Another dish is Pesto, but I called it Pesto Salad instead of Pesto Pasta. I intentionally made this for my pesto pasta snack, but It seems that, it is not perfect for pasta. This is cucumber with a Pesto sauce already mixed up pack (Clara Ole, Cheesy Pesto).  Clearly in look and taste, it turned out to be a simple salad.


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