Hello! How's everyone here? I'm finally getting the spark to check Hive again after months. Hee hee!
Life's been quite monotonous but alright. I went back to visit some old hobbies I've neglected for months and even years, perhaps. Oh, how I missed my little life that simply being in my own tiny world was more than enough to make me happy and content.
Before I get any more dramatic here, I hope anyone here from the island of Luzon are safe from the typhoons and southwest monsoon. It's a whole month of gloom. I love the weather, however, it's been also a month since I did my laundry. Lol. I wish for the sun to come out and floods to recede soon!
As usual, let me share some foods I had this gloomy month.
Story time!
Since the roads going to the mall I usually shop to was flooded, I had no choice but to shop on a nearby mall. It didn't have all the stuff I need that I even have to go to the wet market to purchase vegetables and fruits because the ones sold on the supermarket didn't look fresh and were sold for a steep price.
I have to be creative to make a meal out of the ingredients I had while also making sure I'm able to stretch these meals for more days because of the uncertainty of weather and flood.
First, is the avocado burger. The avocados I bought from the wet market were so good that I wish I bought more. Here in my country, avocados are usually eaten as a dessert with condensed milk. I sometimes put it on a toasted bread with scrambled eggs and bacon for breakfast, however, I couldn't find any loaf bread on the grocery so I went for what's available. The burger buns somehow still felt the same and I actually had fun preparing my meal, even naming it avocado burger. Lol. I also didn't have bacon. It's okay but it tastes better with it.
I finally was able to cook the salmon belly burried in ice in the freezer for months. I used it for my sinigang (sour soup). The funny thing is that I forgot to purchase most ingredients for this soup. I was only able to remember kangkong (water spinach) and tomatoes. It's still good anyways.
And since I still have lots of water spinach left, I also made some adobong kangkong. It's my first time cooking water spinach into adobo and I guess it turned out alright because it still tasted edible for me. Haha. I also added some slices of pork meat and some tomatoes and lots of garlic.
Speaking of pork meat, I also made pork adobo. A meal that's quite a regular on my monthly menu.
Due to the cool weather, it's a no-brainer to cook some sopas. I felt bad that I also forgot to buy some chicken breast so here we go with just a boiled egg. Good thing I bought a pack of frozen vegetables (carrots and corn kernels). I was supposed to use it for fried rice but use it for this instead.
Last would be the classic champorado or chocolate porridge! I remember walking at the aisles of the grocery and was approached twice by the same woman asking me where I got the chocolate porridge. Seems like it's so in demand on this weather!
Hmm..that's all for now. Will be back for more stories, foods, and whatnot. Have a nice day and stay safe, everyone!
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