Here is a recipe<\/a> I previously posted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n3. Paksiw na bangus with black beans <\/strong>— Bangus is so endemic in the country and is inexpensive. Buy half a kilo to 3\/4 kilo of Bangus and slice it. Buy an eggplant and a small amplaya as veggie or some black beans. Fry the bangus first before simmering it in a water-vinegar mixture. Add the ginger, garlic, and eggplant (My mom even likes to add ampalaya to this type of Paksiw) and then bring to a boil, and simmer for 10 minutes uncovered. Once cooked, season with salt and pepper, and add the black beans. adjust seasoning to taste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n4. Fried chicken wings and adobong kangkong<\/strong> — Buy about 3\/4 kg of chicken wings. marinate in a bit of calamansi and patis mixture. dredge in a bit of flour to avoid oil splatters. The remaining budget can be used for a side dish — adobong kangkong. <\/p>\n\n\n\n5. Monggo guisado and daing or fried galunggong<\/strong> — Fry some fresh galunggong fish or its daing counterpart. Then make some monggo guisado — make sure to add either chili leaves or malunggay to make it extra healthier!<\/p>\n\n\n\n6. Yummy Tokwa or Tofu Sisig <\/strong>– My kids eat most veggies, and they also enjoy eating other nutritious food like tokwa, so it is easy for me to incorporate it in our weekly meals. For this recipe, use four squares of tokwa (Tokwa is cheaper than tofu). Fry it and set aside. Make the sauce by using good quality mayonnaise, oyster sauce, salt and pepper to taste. Set aside. In a pan, saute onion, garlic, and bell pepper or siling pansigang if you are adding sili. Then add the tokwa. Let the tokwa absorb the infused oil before adding the sauce mixture. Serve with a smile! <\/p>\n\n\n\n7. Deep fried salmon belly and eggplant salad –<\/strong>– Salmon belly flaps in our grocery sells for around P150.00. Season with salt and pepper, then dredge in a bit of flour, then deep fry or pan fry to a crunch in used cooking oil. Boil or steam or grill some eggplants, peel and then top with sliced onions and tomatoes and seasoned vinegar! You’ve got yourself a yummy lunch there!<\/p>\n\n\n\nHope you picked up a thing or two (or everything) in our list for the week. Just a tip, I am not being haughty or proud about my parenting skills (I am far from being a perfect mom) but one of the best decisions I made as a mother is to train my children to eat veggies. This is an investment on their health, which pays off as well in terms of budget. Having said that if your kids are still very picky I suggest that you start with foregoing the urge to cook a special ulam or dish for them just to get them to eat whenever the ulam is veggie based or is something they would not eat. If they go hungry, they will eat it. \ud83d\ude42 And it takes heart, patience and practice. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Food for the soul<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
At this point, please allow me to share with you one of my favorite bible verses as a mom. It is from the Letter of St. Paul to Titus: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n“Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.”<\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\nTitus 2:3-5<\/em><\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nThank you for stopping by and till next post! <\/p>\n\n\n\n