in an effort to start eating healthy, me and hubby opted for ham sandwich for dinner..boiled ham, slices of cucumber and tomatoes, romaine lettuce..and a dressing made with sour cream, mustard, salt n pepper...this in the hope of consuming lesser calories which is a goal for us both... also made potato salad and same dressing was used..this can last for days and best when chilled first... also made mashed potatoes for the kids..

 lovely orange colored camote mashed up with a few potatoes...

brewed coffee

a beauty of being in the highlands is having great access to coffee, not the instant kind but the freshly picked, roasted and ground beans.. i always buy my coffee in Garcia's Pure Coffee at the baguio public market, the friendly lady at the counter (manang to me) is expert at her beans i say, have been in the business for long they were one of the originals in the market. you can also buy brown sugar or muscovado from them, which is the perfect sweetener for that freshly brewed cup. Garcia's  brew good coffee is an institution for Baguio settlers. Manang confirmed even that a well known uber expensive coffee shop buy beans from them! why? because our home grown arabica beans taste way better than their imported ones! reminding me not to spend my money on that coffeeshop again, i can make my own cup of brew at the comfort of my home

..my sister now based in South Korea brought with her kilos of coffee as pasalubong and how her in-laws loved it! now she misses them!! one of the things she misses about Baguio.

indonesia also has great coffee selections, me and hubby always look forward to a bag or two of their brews whenever my sis-in-law comes home for a visit.. here is a variety which is a mix of arabica and robusta varieties, from Singa Coffee.. tastes so good i can have two full cups for the day and not be jittery..good cup of brew.. :)

pinikpikan..

native chicken, etag (salted pork), ginger and sayote....these are the main stuff in bringing out a really authentic pinikpikan..a true-blue Igorot food..

umali kayo, mangan tako!!!

Fathers' Day food

my own version of garlic-rosemary micro-grilled chicken.....love the smell!! of course tastes yummy and juicy too!!

post Dad's day treat for my Babe...Ethan says "mommy can i help..please!!"..we did this together..he mixing while i poured ingredients...nice team work!!

malunggay-enriched pancit miki..

Dinner for Sunday was pancit miki which i bought from the BSU marketing center last week.. It is a new product which is vegetable enriched, malunggay was added thus the green color of the noodle. Since my family love noodle-based dishes, this is a welcome find..not only delicious but superbly nutritious as well. Also i was able to buy a head of cabbage which is organically grown in one of the university's greenhouses. It costs a fortune but knowing that it was not pesticide-laden was worth it..

i cooked it together with ground pork and seasonings and it was oh so delish....