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31Octmove over Col. Sanders ;)

I was in hurry to go home a while ago because it was almost 8 and my family hasn’t eaten yet. I’m in charge of dinner so there’s no food on the table aside from the pinakbet that my younger brothers swore not to touch. It was almost 9pm when I arrived. I removed my shoes, put on my slippers and dashed to the kitchen to begin my cooking. 20 minutes and 10 million shots later, food was served.

They may look like a bunch of brown rocks but they’re really deep fried chicken - my version of KFC’s ® funshots (it wasn’t spicy enough to be called Hotshots). Since I don’t have the recipe for the gravy, I "cheated" and asked my brother to buy 2 large cups from KFC.

My family loved it. But of course! This was made with love~

My youngest brother, Justin told me he likes it better than KFC because the chicken’s tenderer. My mom couldn’t agree more. I’m one happy cook!

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30OctHelga’s First Shots

I just realized that Helga has the same birthday as my mom.

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25JunSesame Chicken

A yummy chicken dinner I prepared for my family.
(cause I’ll start working tomorrow and may have less time to cook for them

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26MayGotta Start the Day Right

two slices of toasts and a glass of soya milk–my breakfast this morning.

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24MayBefore I start working..

I’m counting the days ‘til I start working. There is no definite date yet, but hopefully, it’ll be around June. In the meantime, I’m stuck at home doing some cooking (among other things of course). The picture above is my take two of the Baked Teriyaki Salmon I prepared about a week ago. I was able to take a picture of it this time so there’s no need for me to “borrow” photos. I served it straight from the broiler. Because 1) the pan was too hot, I didn’t bother transferring it to another plate and 2) I may cause the salmon to break making them unphotogenic.

Yup, I do most of my baking using the trusty turbo broiler. Since our oven hasn’t been working for more than fifteen years, we bake our goodies using other means. Hey, whatever works.

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Geeking
Speaking of the “other things” that I do, I was bored yesterday so I downloaded an ISO of Ubuntu and installed a second OS. Yes, I’m officially a Linux n00b. I played with it for a while—customized my desktop, installed stuff, chat with it, surfed with it—I actually had a blast trying it out. But at the end of the day I realized that I miss my windows. So I’m back to my sluggish, bulky and problematic XP. It’s only here that I get to use my Rainlendar and experience fully my Yahoo! Messenger (can’t get enough of those pinoy audibles—weird voices and all. ). So until they develop something like those two, I guess I’d be switching back to windows.(or probably get myself a Mac. Muahaha! :wink

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Congrats CPA’s!
Kudos to my beloved friends who passed the CPA Board Exams. I knew you guys would do well. I’m so proud of you!

LIBRE! LIBRE!

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16MayFinger-lickin’ good

I happened to stumble upon a recipe of KFC©’s Crispy Chicken Strips. Since my brothers are KFC addicts, I decided to try it out for dinner. I kinda deviated from the original marinade recipe since I didn’t have Potassium, Bottled Chicken Concentrate and MSG. I instead used 5 chicken bouillon cubes to compensate for the chicken concentrate.

Tasted almost the same as the original except that it’s less spicy. I’ll just try to adjust the recipe the next time I cook this. The only drawback of this meal is the lack of KFC’s gravy. But overall, it was delish.

I also started dabbling with food photography. After seeing his portfolio, I was inspired to do the same. While mine aren’t as beautiful as his, I’m still proud of my first shots though they’re quite amateurish.

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Ai5 Top 3!
The final 3 will perform three songs each. It was already confirmed the Elliott will sing Bobby Caldwell’s What You Won’t Do For Love which was chosen by Paula. Taylor Hicks will be singing You Are so Beautiful by Joe Cocker, chosen by Randy Jackson. Katharine McPhee will sing Somewhere Over the Rainbow by Judy Garland picked by Simon Cowell.

For the remaining two, they’ll sing a song of their choice, and a song chosen by music producer, Clive Davis. While there were rumors as to what the three would sing for these categories, those have not been cofirmed yet. Guess we shall just have to wait and see.

I mentioned in my previous entry that my early favorites this season are Taylor and Kat. I’m happy that the two are part of the top 3—but, I’ll be totally ecstatic if Elliott Yamin would get the title. I’ve grown to love him as the season progressed. He’s humble, genuine, goofy, dorky plus he sings soooooooooo damn well I get goose bumps! So yeah, he’s my pick to win this thing! GO ELLIOTT!! ♥♥

Hope he’ll do well on tomorrow’s show. And I hope the voter’s won’t screw up by voting for the wrong person. C’mon! Vote like YAMIN it! ♥

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12MayOnion Rings, Beef with Broccoli

Yesterday, I made onion rings for merienda. I just found out what makes it so tasty and crispy. And that’s half a can of San Mig Lite. Thank goodness my brothers didn’t get drunk haha.

As for dinner, I tried cooking beef with broccoli. Had to marinade it first for 5 hours so the meat will absorb all the flavor. I also learned that par boiling vegetables (boiling it for about a minute) will make the colors brighter. Also, incorporating egg whites in the marinade makes the meat tender (I just theorized this). The result, beef w/ broccoli that almost tastes like the ones we have in restaurants.

The pictures aren’t mine by the way. I just borrowed it. It’s hard to take photos coz once I place them on the table, they disappear immediately. Maybe next time I’ll take pictures of my concoctions.

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11MayBaked Pineapple Teriyaki Salmon

Saw a recipe posted at an LJ community. I tried it for lunch this afternoon and it turned out really good. My brothers loved it! Will definitely prepare this again, this time for dinner so my parents could have a taste.

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20FebHurrah I can cook!

I did it! I never thought that I’d be able to cook anything besides hotdogs and fried egg but I did it! The power of the will does wonders.

I realized that I can cook when I whipped up a nice dinner for my family. Been cooking dinner for 4 nights since then.I’m proud to say that I can now cook: