A Mom's Life

Arroz a la Cubana Recipe

2011-01-05T22:03:00.000-08:00

Inspired by you Archie Teodoro

Arroz ala Cubana Ingredients :

* 1/2 kilo ground pork
* 2 carrots, cubed
* 2 potatoes, cubed
* 1/2 cup of sweet peas
* 1 bell peppers, chopped
* 1 tbsp. of raisins (optional)
* 1 tbsp. minced garlic
* 1 large onion, chopped
* 3 tomatoes, chopped
* 3 tablespoon of cooking oil or butter ( I always use butter for great tasting )
* salt and pepper to taste
* eggs, fried sunny-side-up
* saba bananas, sliced into 3 parts

Arroz ala Cubana Cooking Instructions :

* Add butter or cooking oil in pan.
* sauté garlic and onions in butter
* Add the bell peppers,tomatoes, sweet peas add raisins only if desire
* Fry the ground pork until golden brown
* Add potatoes and carrots
* salt and pepper and Stir to blend well.
* Stir and cook for another 15 minutes

Serve with rice, and fried egg and fried saba bananas on the side.

Enjoy!

Cooking a Filipino Style Spaghetti

2011-01-05T00:29:00.000-08:00

This is actually my first post when I came here in Singapore

One of my other hobby is to cooked every Filipinos favorite dishes. The only problem is some of the ingredients are not available and so I have to do other alternatives to replace the ingredients and luckily the result is wonderful.

So Here's how to cooked everyone's favorite the Filipino style spaghetti

Filipino Style Spaghetti Recipe

Estimated & preparation & cooking time: 40-45 minutes.

Spaghetti Ingredients:

* kg. spaghetti noodles(organic pasta)
* 1/2 kg. ground pork
* 1/4 kg. hotdogs, diagonally sliced
* 1 kg. tomato sauce or sweet style tomato sauce
* 1/4 cup brown or white sugar
* 2 onions, chopped
* 1 head garlic, minced
* 3 tablespoons of cooking oil
* 1 cup of water
* Salt and ground pepper to taste
* Butter
* grated cheese

Spaghetti Cooking Instructions:

* When cooking noodles, you must first boil the water and put an oil and mix the water add a spoonful of salt then put the noodles for about 6 minutes.
* In a sauce pan , sauté garlic and onions in butter, I prefer butter for the great tasting of the spaghetti sauce
* Add ground beef or pork when the meat is golden brown add 1 cup of water and bring to a boil and let simmer for 10 minutes.
* Add Del Monte tomato sauce Sweet Style spaghetti sauce or if not available used the ordinary tomato sauce then add some sugar to make it a bit sweet, salt and pepper to taste then let simmer for another 10 minutes
* Add sliced hotdogs then continue to simmer for an additional 5 minutes.
* Serve with the cooked spaghetti noodles and grated cheese on top.

taaadaaaaa!!!!
Hope you enjoy!

Baby Food Recipe : Applesauce

2010-05-25T02:53:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

Apple

Directions:

Peel large apple
slice into 4 pieces
prepare a small amount of water into a pan with cover
Boil until tender
Check on the water level and stir
Mashed the apple with potato masher
After mashing the apple, mix the water to the mashed apple

You can also add some cereals if desired

Enjoy =)

A Mom's Life : Getting Ready for Solid Foods!

2010-05-19T03:48:00.000-07:00

CEREALS
I gave my Son a Milupa Rice cereal, but there are some cereals that you can give to your baby while it is affordable to you.
Cerelac and Milupa rice cereals are always available in supermarkets. The
Cerelac is very affordable than milupa rice cereal - the price is equivalent to a two box of cerelac. You can also create your own baby solid foods like mashed potato, carrots, squash and broccoli, better provide a 1 menu in a week so you can easily find out if he is allergic to food that you provided for that week .
Also give your child a porridge made by your own, shred some chicken for natural flavor. do not add some salt and other seasonings.
FRUITS
Begin making your own fruit combination once baby has had several fruits without any allergic reaction. Go slowly if introducing citrus fruits now and watch for possible reactions to the acidity.
banana, apple and orange are the best for me.
again - 1 menu per week

VEGGIES and PROTEIN
Between 10-12 months old you should be able to introduce other types of fish if you have not done so already. Shred chicken and pork and offer with steamed veggies for a healthy meal. do not feed your baby with a mashed egg yolk or a white eggs cause it will only cause an allergic to your baby. Boiled or fried Eggs are usually given at age 1 onwards.

Always give your baby a healthy food made by your own =)

A mom's life : Working Moms

2010-02-15T02:14:00.000-08:00

When I was still working in an office, I would often daydream of just working at home so I could take care and track my child's growth.

I would imagine myself sitting on the couch with a laptop in front of me. My favorite music playing in the background and I’d be working while wearing only pambahay clothes, where I can postpone to take a bath and eat at the table while working.

There’s too much temptation to put down your laptop and reach for the television remote, or just take a short nap which would eventually turn into a couple of hours of sleep. Thank God I can make up my time from work when I have to, So I can also received a full payment on my monthly salary.

So for me to prevent these unproductive situations from happening is by simply creating a home office work station. I don’t just mean having an area where you can comfortably use the computer, but a dedicated space where I can also do paper work. My Workstation is not big as what you think but I can say that I am very comfortable working because of my 19" LCD Monitor.

Are you also one of a Working moms? all moms work, but having a job outside the home as well as raising your family presents special challenges. this can help you through the challenges of balancing work and family life. work-at-home balance moms can be productive and keep baby amused to work or not to work the mother's dilemma relationships that work together.

Sometimes, my reporting duties and my parenting duties collide well. I've found a way to do both at the same time. Me, working at home while taking care of my baby boy. I can say that it really helps me achieve balance in my daily busy lives though it feels very tiring, I am happy indeed because I can see my child's growth perfectly.

A Mom's Life : Fist Milestone for a Growing Toddlers

2009-12-07T18:54:00.000-08:00

One of the first milestones in every toddlers life is having their first haircut. Scissors Shears, Long Cape and Long chair surrounded by the little ones make them very scary while others toddlers never know what is happening around them. Thanks to the cuts4tots, their new innovative way of cutting toddlers hair make it very easy to toddlers to have their first cut. They have this car chair and a television that entertained most of the little tots, you can choose variety educational shows like have barney, sesame streets, mickey mouse clubhouse and more and here is the outcome of Drew's First Haircut tadaa!!!

A Mom's Life : Drew's birthday party supplier

2009-11-22T22:12:00.000-08:00

I wanted to give the best party celebration to my first baby boy DREW!,
but we really need to budget. So, we settled for a Jollibee Party! =) It's always one thing on our mind and that is to make his birthday a memorable one and that we can bring joy to our guests especially the kids.

Hope this will bring help to all ommies out there for preparing your kids birthday party.

VENUE/FOOD: Jollibee
Address: Shaw Blvd. corner Acacia Lane
Website: http://www.jollibee.com.ph/

PHOTOGRAPHER: Nicron Photography
Address: STOP & SHOP Sta Mesa Manila Almost infront of Parochial School
Contact Numbers:+639178431123
Contact Person: Nida Canlas

CAKE: Red Ribbon
Website: http://www.redribbonbakeshop.com.ph/

CHIPPERCUPCAKES: for drew's souviniers SUPERMAN THEME
Contact Name: PJ Mariano
Contact Number: +639178867128
website: http://chippercupcakes.i.ph/

FACE PAINTER: ARTSnFACES
Contact Numbers: +639081101130
Contact Person: Ms. Liby
Email Address: libertysodsod@yahoo.com
Website: http://artnfaces.multiply.com/

The Following Items I bought from Divisoria:

KIDDIE SOUVENIRS: Stationary kit (girls and boys)
GODPARENTS SOUVINIERS: Cupcakes
PRIZES: Stationary kit
DECORS: Balloons and confetti
COSTUME:My Husband and I decided to have a SUPERMAN THEME for Drew's Costume

Miscelleneous items:
Guest Book: Superman Theme
168 Mall
String Spray
Address: 168 mall divisoria
Superman Overall Costume
Address: 168 Shopping Mall
Happy Birthday Candle
Address: 168 Mall
INVITATIONS: My Scrap Design and Jollibee invitation cards

A Mom's Life : Enjoying his day with mommy

2009-11-22T07:57:00.001-08:00

My little baby boy, 13 months old, seems to be growing in leaps and bounds - me and my husband were suddenly looking around and he wasn't a baby anymore but now a little boy! Yesterday we we're dating without his daddy because his daddy had to go to work, so i bring him to his doctor for a follow up check up, We were at this mall and eating at a restaurant and suddenly he was grabbing all the mini cakes there as if he wants to eat it all! matakaw talaga! no wonder he is really big at his age. I was laughing at his reaction and suddenly thinks times flies by...and one time we were outside the house then he sees a dog walking then he called it "dog" i was laughing again. he is so cute! trying to speak out what he was seeing and i wish that he could always be my baby boy.. I was feeling so fulfilled as a mom, a young mom, seeing my baby growing smart and a good boy, being a young mom was not a hindrance at all, even though as young as I am I can see that I can raised my child on my own. He will grow to be respectful to the elders, god fearing and a very sweet child of mine.

A Mom's Life : Babies Developmental Milestone

2009-11-13T22:38:00.000-08:00

Is The wonderful day that everybody was looking forward to has finally arrived? or is now safe on your arms? The adventure, full of love, joy, laughter and love and the awesome responsibility.

Don't be to surprised if your life now is very hectic because your baby will be depending on you for everything until he's growing toddler. This is the very exciting time for mom's and dad's, young mom's can be very happy too taking care of her child because of her instinct of becoming a mom, but be sure to have a family planning because at this day crisis is present everywhere

Your baby's first year is full of wonderful surprises and also for you. Try not to worry about whether he's smiling, crawling, or walking on time, and offer him gentle encouragement. And most of all, enjoy the ride!

Hope this information is helpful to you.

During this months, you will see your baby develop into a real personality. He'll become someone who is able to reward you with enchanting smiles and giggles. Although there are toys for this age, he needs and loves people most of all.
When he is awake, take the time to talk, smile and respond to his facial expressions. Stimulate him with things to lool at, sounds to hear and textures to explore.
During his First Month your baby's head needs support, your baby eats and sleeps most of the time and can hear very well, you can see his first smile, it is a social smile until about 8 weeks. It takes that long for his nervous system and vision to develop enough to see you and produce a smile in response but of course it will give you the feeling of joy.
Rolling over for 2 to 3 months a tummy time which needs to supervise, your baby may lift himself into a push-up position and then start to rock back and forth or kick his feet. Then, if he's strong enough, those movements will send hjis rolling over. Flipping from back to front often takes until around 5 months because it requires more coordination and strength. You don't need to coach your baby to roll but just make sure she has a safe place to try it out if she wants to.
3 to 4 Months babies begin to gauge where things are in space, and they can plan an action, such as grabbing a toy. By simply dropping something and you have to pick it up for you baby to learn that he can manipulate things with his hands, and he's learning more details about how his toys work. He can make the rattle produce a sound, it teaches him the cause and effect.
During his 5 monthsYour baby will quickly learn to hug whoever make him comfortable with as well as her stuffed toys. Not all babies are wild about hugging, though. Some are naturally more affectionate, while others are just too busy exploring their environment to stop for a cuddle. So try not to take it personally if your baby isn't wrapping her arms around you. She might be more receptive to physical affection before naps. He's weight may now be double and He shows his like and dislikes in terms of the food when you let him taste it. if he doesn't show appreciation then he is not yet ready to have his first solid food.
Crawling during 6 to 10 monthsfrom sitting to being on trying to crawl. He'll try to test his arms and then when he figures out that they can support him, off he'll go. Some babies start to move without doing the typical hands-and-knees crawl. Yours might shuffle across the floor on his bottom, slither on his belly, or even roll. To encourage him, clear some space. Then place things he likes And be sure to keep him safe by childproofing the house. Take a tour on your hands and knees, and remove anything your baby shouldn't get into. not just into crawling because this time you can feel the strong mother attachment to your baby he now recognize familiar people and scared to unfamiliar people. He can now also make sounds like 'ba-ba', 'ma-ma', 'goo-goo' and 'da-da'. he may start to pull himself up to learn his first step.
10 to 18 months First steps represent a huge developmental leap. Walking requires muscle strength, coordination, balance. On the most basic level, walking frees up your child's hands to carry items while he moves about independently. By incorporating everything about space, objects, and people, he can now bring you things. He can now follow simple instruction, smiles when he sees himself at the mirror, can stand without help and start use use a few words.
It is Important to have his monthly celebration with God.