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In ♥ & Soul, Community, Foodie Friday, Health, Home Sweet Home, Public Interest, Relationships, Weekly Wonders, What's Hot, Yours Truly on 05/22/2015 at 12:30
Happy 🎆Belated🎇 🎊Birthday🎊 to Mami Aya!
My Nanay has always cooked unbroken noodles for 🎈birthdays🎁 to signify long life. Usually, these celebratory main courses are spaghetti🍝 or Pancit🍜 (Filipino dish).
Some of us loyal children out there tend to be biased to our parents’ cooking if we grew up mostly exposed to their food. I’m definitely no different; as a matter of fact, I was so spoiled to the point that I as a preschooler once sobbed at my parents’ friends’ 🏠house🏡 when they dropped me off there for date night, and I was stuck with foreign spaghetti.
While many kids cooked for their moms on 💐Mother’s Day, my Mami Aya insisted on cooking her own special meal. Papa Jun and I didn’t mind. Not only have her masterpieces been delicious, but also nutritious!
I never can pass up what I call Nanay’s Bomb Diggety Spaghetti (she used to put hotdogs to keep up with Pinoy tradition ~ she even made my sis’ separately because she only liked the hotdogs)
Here’s a new side dish that she whipped up: Baked Parmesan Zucchini Sticks
I now prefer these over the fried green tomatoes🍅 or fried pickles ~ or any other fried greens, for that matter
Who needs mozzarella sticks with these bad boys? 
The Birthday Girl also cooked her special meal! 
Pancit Canton goes well with Lumpia (eggrolls)! 
And let’s not forget the 🎂cake🍰 ~ bring on Tres 🍶Leches🍼 con 🍉frutas: fresas🍓 y 🍍piñas!
Friendly reminder: Pray🙏 just to make it today!
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In ♥ & Soul, Community, Foodie Friday, Health, Higher Ed, Home Sweet Home, Pro-DiSPO, Public Interest, Relationships, Travel, Weekly Wonders, Workin' Woman, Yours Truly on 07/11/2014 at 17:40
Faith * Family * Friends * Fellowship * Food * Fun * Fourth of July * Fireworks
*Let freedom ring* … So F is for Freedom
The past couple of weeks (or should I say, month), I’ve had more than my share of YOLOs. Here are the highlights*!
{As I type this, I’ll munch on these frozen grapes and cherries, plus have green veggies to look forward to for lunch}
Berry Burst of Energy
Independence Day
* My parents’
Nanay‘s 7-layer Dip
Fried Rice & Shish-kabob ~ in my handy dandy cooler for my road trip!
* My work trainer’s
Sugar-Rimmed Watermelon Margarita for the 4th ~ Sweet!
Lemonade = ☼Summertime☼ Sappiness
My *USA* Dog & More!
* My gym buddy’s
F is for Flag
F is for Frito Pie
F is for Flag Cake
In-Laws‘ Homecooking
* Day 1: Cajun
Cajun Pasta ~ Chili’s Style!
* Day 2: Fajita
¡Fajitas en la Casa!
* Day 3: Chicken
Reunions
* Beehive (Downtown Abilene)
* Tokyo Fusion (Abilene)
Gyoza (Potstickers)
Sushi Roll
Mochi (Ice Cream) ~ Green Tea
* Abi-Haus (Abilene)
* Colleti’s Italian (Harlingen)
Enjoy your eats & greets this weekend!
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In Foodie Friday, Health, Home Sweet Home, Public Interest, Weekly Wonders, What's Hot on 04/04/2014 at 22:30
These cookies are coo-worthy for being both healthy and tasty! Let these nutritious and delicious photos speak to you, just as the cookies that appear in them called my name…
Macaroons in Caramel Sea Salt by Hail Merry
* Gluten-Free, vegan
{I tried the Chocolate-flavored in my Welcome to My Kitchen on Pretty Fit}
Grace’s Best Petite Sunflower Seed Cookies
* Bite-sized, light and crispy
Flourless Chocolate Cookie from La Boulange of Starbucks
* Melt-in-your-mouth meringue
What’s better than these cookies flying solo?
Savoring a little bit together!
Added Bonus: Top them on the Tiramisu Gelato that I featured last Foodie Friday!
Nothing beats Cookies & Milk! Try this Almond Breeze Blend of Almond & Coconut Milk for a new nutty twist!
CHEERS!!! Let’s clink our frosty mug of milk or fist cookie bump!
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In ♥ & Soul, Community, Health, Higher Ed, Home Sweet Home, Pro-DiSPO, Public Interest, What's Hot, Workin' Woman, Yours Truly on 02/26/2014 at 21:33
Happy Hump Day the Healthy Pretty Fit Way!
Today, I’ll feature food, as a perk to my freelance writing.
When I visited AM Donuts, I was pleased to photograph around the storefront and bakery, as well as to try the main menu items that I intended:
AM Donuts‘ Bubble Tea & Maple Bacon Bar
The added bonus was that the owner packed his personal favorites for me to take home!
AM Donuts & Croissants Care Package, including *exclusive* Cherry Chocolate Fritter & Red Velvet Cake Donut
Then, when I covered the Claudie C. Royals Banquet on Claudie C. Royals Day, I chowed down even more!
Claudie C. Royals Banquet Desserts: Special Strawberry Shortcake Banana Nut Pudding, Lemon & Chocolate Nut Cupcakes, Chocolate Sugar-Dusted Brownies
Today, I wrote about how I ate healthy a week ago then rewarded myself the next day in What I Ate Wednesday and Thursday.
Moral of this story:
A good day can lead into another one!
And because I love y’all so much, here’s how I packed my sweets for the sweet from the sweet on VDay ♥
Now that I’ve gone bananas with good grub and am armed with study food, I’ll get back to working on my dissertation…
3:33 ~ make a wish!!!
The Birthday Girl also cooked her special meal! 
Pancit Canton goes well with Lumpia (eggrolls)! 
And let’s not forget the 🎂cake🍰 ~ bring on Tres 🍶Leches🍼 con 🍉frutas: fresas🍓 y 🍍piñas!
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