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Author: Norbis

  • Mango Pineapple Smoothie

    Mango Pineapple Smoothie

    Ingredients

    1 Mango, peeled,seeded & diced

    1 large Banana, peeled & sliced

    1 cup Pineapple chunks (with 100% fruit juice)

    3/4 cup low fat Vanilla Yogurt

    1 cup Ice cubes

    1/2 cup Fresh Milk

    Sugar for tasting ( exclude if necessary)

    Strawberry for topping (or any fruit you desire)

    Preparation

    Combine all ingredients except strawberry in a blender container.

    Blend until mixture is smooth .

    Transfer by pouring mixture into glasses then top with sliced strawberry. (or any fruit you desire)

    Serve, enjoy and be refreshed!

    Preparation Time: 7 minutes

    Serving: 2-3 

  • Moist Chocolate Chip Muffin

    Moist Chocolate Chip Muffin

    Ingredients

    1 ½ sticks of unsalted butter (if you decide to go with salted you can go ahead and exclude the ¼ salt)
    1 cup of sugar
    2 cups chocolate chip
    2 whole eggs
    2 egg yolks
    1 ¼ cups milk
    1 ¼ cups sour cream
    2 teaspoon vanilla extract
    2 ½ teaspoon baking powder
    ¼ teaspoon salt
    2 ½ cups flour

    Preheat your oven to 375 F.

    Place melted butter in a large bowl then add sugar and mix well with a beater or mixer until ingredients are combined and smooth. Add 2 eggs, subsequently adding 2 yolks. Mix that together. From there you can start adding vanilla, baking powder, salt and pour in the milk. Beat until the butter thickens, next add in sour cream and beater at medium speed. Make sure it doesn’t come out too dry but if it does you can add a little bit of milk until butter looks just right. Pour in chocolate chips and with a wooden spoon or spatula carefully mix it in. For the next step you can either use an ice cream scooper to scoop in the mixture into the muffin baking cups or if you don’t have a scooper you can use two spoons. Scoop out a spoonful of butter with one spoon and with the other you can scrape it off the spoon into the muffing baking cups. By now your oven should be ready, place the muffins in the oven and bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until they are golden brown. Let them cool for a few minutes.

    You can always make them ahead of time and store them in a dry container. They won’t dry because the sour cream keeps them moist.

    These muffins are perfect with a fresh morning coffee or a cup of cold milk. Enjoy!

     

  • Pasta Bolognese Quick and Easy Recipe

    Pasta Bolognese Quick and Easy Recipe

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    INGREDIENTS:

    • 2 tbsp. Olive Oil
    • 5 tbsp. Tomato Paste
    • 3 cups Whole Fresh Milk
    • 1 tsp. Oregano
    • 1 1/2 tsp. Salt
    • 2 tbsp. Heavy Cream
    • 2 tbsp. Unsalted Butter
    • Shredded Cheese for serving
    • 1 lb. Ground Beef
    • 1 lb. Penne Pasta
    • 1 medium Onion
    • 4 cloves Garlic
    • 7 baby Carrots

    SAUCE PREPARATION AND INSTRUCTIONS

    Start by chopping spices including garlic, onion and carrots into small finely chops then set aside. Heat the oil in a pan over medium-high heat and saute chopped garlic, onion and carrots for about 3-4 minutes or until it begins to soften. Add the ground beef and cook, stir often until meat begins to brown. Pour in the tomato paste, stir and mix well then add whole fresh milk, oregano and salt. Stir, let it simmer in a reduce low heat and cook with often stirring until sauce becomes thick. Then add and stir in the heavy cream and butter. Add some salt if necessary for tasting. Remove from heat and set aside.

    PASTA PREPARATION AND INSTRUCTIONS

    Boil a pot of water with 1 and a half salt. Pour in the penne pasta, cook until ready and drain.

    PLATING

    Serve pasta into a plate, top with the sauce and desired amount of shredded cheese. Enjoy!

    NOTES: For more complex and artful taste you may add the taste of wine into your sauce about 1 and a half cup.

    Preparation & Cooking Time: 30 minutes

    Servings: Approx. 5

  • California: My First Months in My New Home

    California: My First Months in My New Home

    First Life Experience in California

    Emerville

    My life has been kind of ironic in a way because I never thought that one day I would call San Francisco Bay Area my home, I swear I never thought of it. Life gives us a lot of surprises. Now here I am telling you my story of my arrival to the United States. San Francisco International Airport was my final destination. Before my arrival especially when I was still in my native country the Philippines, I have always pictured the U.S as a perfect country, a very modern, sophisticated and wild one to live in. Tall buildings, big roads, no poverty only wealth, beautiful cities with lots of people of different races.


    Well… some of my envisions and imaginative thoughts were right, the U.S did not really disappoint me, for a person who has never been in the U.S such as me, I was more like impressed to see all the things that the U.S was made of. Maybe watching a lot of movies influenced my way of thinking and maybe that was what made me imagine such a perfect country that was far from reality. Though, not everything turned out to be how I expected I was exhilarated and eager to welcome this new change to my life. One of the most unexpected changes that I encountered was the weather because it is far different from The Philippines’. With four seasons, spring, summer, fall and winter. Adapting to these seasons was quite hard especially the winter season which is when the temperature gets very low. The cold was unbearable, though I tried my best not to shiver so that I don’t make it look obvious for other people to see that I was cold but It was hard, I couldn’t fake it and I had to wear a thick jacket all the time. Good thing it was almost the end of winter when I got here so I didn’t really suffer that much. It might not seem like a big deal but for me it was a major issue that I had to deal with because I was used to only two weathers which are the wet season and dry season.


    I know this is just the beginning, so I try to take things easy because there are still lots of things to discover. as time goes by I will continue adding those upcoming events in my life. so stay tune!

  • Training your imagination

    Training your imagination

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