Filipino Parenting

Canned Tuna Lumpia is a tasty and delicious treat for the entire family to enjoy.  It is easy to prepare and the ingredients are simple, affordable, and can easily be found in your kitchen pantry.

Ottawa is the capital city of Canada.  It is a beautiful and tranquil place that is filled with fun and adventure so a lot of tourists from all over the world go there to explore and experience what the city has to offer.  Most of the historical places and points of interests such as the museums, libraries, parks, churches, schools, shopping centers, and eateries are conveniently located and situated in the heart of the city itself.

Palitaw is definitely one of the simplest Filipino dessert recipes that is very easy to make, affordable, delicious, and a more nutritious food alternative that you can serve for snack, merienda or dessert.

My husband would always crave to eat a sweet snack or simple dessert after dinner time so I serve him this Biko recipe, a Filipino version of a sweet rice cake.  This Biko Recipe combines the perfect blend of sweetness from the sticky glutinous rice and creamy coconut milk topping.

This Filipino congee is called Arroz Caldo - it is made with a combination of sweet smelling Jasmine rice and sticky glutinous rice sauteed with aromatics such as white onions, garlic, and ginger then slowly simmered with chicken stock and chicken meat pieces.  It is simply seasoned with salt, ground black pepper then garnished and sprinkled with green onions and topped with slices of boiled eggs.

Kutsinta is a very simple Filipino steamed dessert with a distinctive shade of orange hue or color brought about by using dark brown sugar and annato seeds as a natural food coloring.  These kutchinta resemble the look of steamed sticky rice cakes with a sweet, soft, and chewy texture.  It is then topped with freshly grated coconut meat or kinayod na niyog.

If you are missing the magical taste of this colorful layers of sticky rice cake dessert with a mild creaminess of coconut milk, tasty purple yam, and hint of sweetness from the jackfruit or langka, then allow me to show you how to make this very simple steamed Filipino dessert called Sapin-sapin.

In the Philippines, my Ilocano grandparents own a small farm lot where they plant a lot of cassava root crop or kamoteng kahoy, along with corn, sugar cane, camote, and other simple vegetable plants that are indigenous to the Filipino people such as the saluyot, parya, sitaw, and upo.

These tilapia fish balls are very light, fluffy, and tasty Filipino street food snacks that is usually eaten for merienda in the Philippines.  Have a great time learning with me as I show you how to make these delicious Tilapia Fish Ball Recipe that will surely satisfy your craving for a balance between sweet, sour, and salty street food treats.

These chocolate chip cookies are very soft and the chocolate bits melt in your mouth with every bite.  Come and join me as I show you how I make these very easy recipe for chocolate chip cookies using the toaster oven.

For the last few weeks, I have been gathering the required documents to apply for dual citizenship in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.  Finally, I was able to finalize and complete all the necessary forms to be filled out, gathered all the required documentations and papers needed, as well as set out the time to go to the Philippine Embassy for the Dual Citizenship Application.

Taro is a root crop that grows abundantly in the Philippines. The taro plant has heart-shaped leaves and the root is usually the edible part that is used in cooking as well as used for its very potent medicinal properties.

Mung beans or monggo beans is one of the most common crop that is usually eaten by Filipinos because of its abundancy and affordability in the Philippines. The monggo bean sprouts are also very commonly used as a fresh garnish for making noodle soup bowls along with fresh basil and red siling labuyo.

Calamansi is a citrus fruit that grows abundantly in tropical places with warm climates like the Philippines. 

Join us in learning how to bake these tasty treats that combine a perfect blend of the decadent chocolate and aromatic coffee. These are soft and moist cupcakes topped with white and creamy cream cheese frosting then sprinkled with chocolate candy sprinkles.

Have a wonderful time bonding with your little ones as you involve them in helping you make this cute and adorable rainbow unicorn craft using empty toilet paper rolls.

Join me as I show to you how to make this creative artwork showing a family of lions using toilet paper rolls and other recyclable craft materials that are readily available for use and found in your homes.  These animal crafts can be used for children room decoration as well as for educational purposes such as counting and learning animal names.  

Learn how to make this very simple DIY Unicorn craft that will surely bring sparks to your children's creativity and imagination.  This magical unicorn is so bright and colorful as a rainbow that your kids will surely love and enjoy using it as a mystical character in their pretend play activities.

I have a lot of clothespins that I use for pinning and hanging wet clothes for air drying at our backyard so I decided to use some of the old clothespins that I have in making some wonderful horse crafts for my daughter who loves to do pretend play with farm animals and horses.

My family and I went to the Philippine Embassy located at Ottawa, Ontario. After we are done with our business there and as lunch approached, we were getting hungry and we decided to search for Filipino food. We looked and searched for Pinoy foods nearby on Google and we found a food truck that cooks and serves Filipino street food snacks and merienda.

Magandang araw, mga momsies.  Today, I will share with you some of the grocery items that we bought as food haul in one of our suking tindahan while in Ottawa, Canada.  Most of the items that we got for groceries are products that are made and exported from the Philippines.

Today I will show you how to make a sensory bin with a zoo animal theme. A sensory bin is exactly what it sounds like. It is a bin full of different items that are going to stimulate your child's different senses. There are countless ways to create a sensory bin. Today, we are going to focus on the zoo animal sensory bin.

Cheesy Chicken Afritada RecipeLearn how to make this tasty and very cheesy Afritada Recipe using chicken meat.  Today, I am going to show you how to cook this delicious and very colorful Filipino recipe called Afritadang Manok which is chicken sautéed with red tomatoes, red onions, and white garlic then cooked to perfection before being simmered with tomato sauce and fresh vegetables such as yellow potatoes, orange carrots, red and green bell peppers then topped with lots and lots of grated Cheddar and Mozzarella cheese.

It is such a warm and nice feeling to see a family enjoying an afternoon walk at the park, or to see a mom tending to her cute daughter at the playground, or a dad carrying his little son on his shoulders.  You can't help but smile and wonder how it is like to be a parent, then your imagination starts to kick in showing you a vision of a picture perfect scene of you having a happily married life with kids smiling at the background.

How To Make Avocado SmoothieJoin me today as I show you how to make this very quick and easy avocado smoothie that you can drink to boost your energy as you start your daily routine for the day.  This avocado smoothie is also a healthy drink alternative to processed drinks, fruit juices, and pop soda.  

What is Apple Cider Vinegar?Apple Cider Vinegar or ACV is made by fermenting freshly crushed apple juice with raw sugar and water. The whole fermentation process for making this kind of vinegar usually takes 3 to 6 weeks.
The most popular Apple Cider Vinegar product brand that is being sold in any health food stores or SM Malls is this Bragg Apple Cider Vinegar that was named after its original maker Paul C. Bragg and his daughter Dr. Patricia Bragg.  This apple cider vinegar is certified as organic which means that all the ingredients used to make the product are all natural in nature.  It is made with raw ingredients and it is unfiltered with 'the mother' - which means that it contains all the natural goodness for your health benefits.

I wanted to start and tell you how easy it is to create this style of sensory bin for your children. My children adore playing with these sensory bins especially my daughter. She can play with the same sensory bin for about a month straight.

I tend to create themes that she is currently interested in so one month I might make a theme with dinosaurs or the next month, I could be hot in the summer. I create mostly water based sensory bin activities and I also use our sensory table under the shade tree to create something underneath it.

What Is Cesarean Birth?Cesarian birth refers to the delivery of a baby by an obstetrician or an oby-gyn through surgery by making incisions on the pregnant woman's lower belly area or abdomen and womb or uterus. This surgical method of delivering babies is also known as Caesarean Section, or C-section for short.

No Bake Steamed Banana Moist Cupcakes Pinoy Style RecipeThese steamed banana cupcakes are moist, soft, and lightly sweetened with every bite that it will keep you begging for more.