Brussels' Mini Europe

It's getting hot in Phnom Penh now. I miss last month's 20-22 degrees temperature. I even miss (just a tad) Paris' and Brussels' cold. Nahh..not really. Hehehe. I just miss travelling. I wish we could travel again soon.

Here are some of our pictures when we were in Mini-Europe in Brussels, Belgium last November. Can you name the monuments in the pictures?











Mini Europe is a great way to see Europe in a few hours. EJ had a great time going through each monument. He particularly loved the working models.

How to Cook Sushi Rice

A friend asked me how I cooked the sushi rice after I posted a photo of my homemade sushi in this blog.

This was my first sushi. Messy but tasty. LOL!

I got the instructions on how to cook sushi rice from the back cover of the roasted seaweed I bought at the grocery. I forgot which brand.

Ingredients:
3 cups Japanese rice
1/3 cup rice vinegar
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt

1) Wash the rice well and cook by rice cooker with water.
2) Prepare Sushi Vinegar: combine vinegar, sugar and salt in pan. Use low heat and cook until sugar dissolves. Cool the mixture.
3) Put the cooked hot rice into a wooden bowl by spatula.
4) Sprinkle the Sushi Vinegar over the rice and gently fold to combine.
5) Cool and remove the moisture of the rice well, use a fan as you mix sushi rice. This will give sushi rice a shiny look.

I never thought it's that easy to make a homemade sushi. Now that I know how, I am sure I'd be experimenting with sushi recipe again soon.

Playdate at home

I am having visitors later today. EJ has a playdate with his classmates and I have invited the moms to come over as well.

I am going to serve my guests (Korean and Japanese) some Filipino snacks. I bought halayang ube at a Filipino store yesterday and I have some Cebu dried mango as well. I just wish I have a keurig b60 coffee maker so I could serve them fresh coffee. Since I don't have a coffee maker, either I will serve them instant coffee (LOL) or I could offer them my green tea.

I hope they'll like the halayang ube and dried mango. Both are my favorites.

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Life is much interesting with little uncertainties on the side, isn't it? Well, that's just me looking at things on the positive side.

It's a busy day today so this is a quick post. Have a great Tuesday everyone!

Please hurry, April

Yesterday, hubby and I were discussing our planned holidays this year. One that I am looking forward to is the one this coming April. We are going to Philippines!

We will be there for three weeks only. That is so short a time when you're talking about a vacation at home!

So I asked hubby if EJ and I can go home earlier than him so we'll have more time in the Philippines. I assured him, we'll do video teleconferencing everyday until the day he joins us. LOL!

I can hardly wait to go home. I am planning our itineraries now and I would like to squeeze in a short stay at Davao. I have a couple of friends who have been inviting me to visit them. And I loved Davao! I want to see what's new in there.

Hubby on the other hand wants to go to Baguio. I'd like to go there too but I am not sure we have enough time because we are still going home to Surigao. I am excited to attend our town's fiesta again. Plus, there's going to be another mini-reunion with my highschool classmates. Well, I hope.

I wish it's April already.

My homemade sushi and the plan to eat healthy food from now on

My love for Japanese food has already penetrated into our home. Hubby likes Japanese food now. And I am hoping EJ will soon follow the lead.

Last night, I prepared a homemade sushi for dinner. It was my first try. So please don't laugh at my efforts. LOL!

Here it is.

It looks messy, I know. But for a first trial, the taste was okay. Just never mind the presentation. LOL!

I only used chicken, carrots and egg so EJ could eat as well. And he did. He said it was yummy.

I also prepared a french onion soup. Yup, it was an international cuisine for dinner at home last night. LOL!

I had fun preparing these food and I am happy that my boys eat whatever I serve them. I try to cook as much as possible now and avoid delivery and take away because we're trying to eat more of the unprocessed food. We want to eat healthy together as a family.

We eat more veggies and fruits now. Our bread is whole wheat and we're trying to shift to brown rice. For now, hubby and I eat brown rice sometimes. Hopefully, we will all eat brown rice.

This conscious healthy eating has made me lose more than 20lbs now since August of last year. I've been doing exercises too. Hubby just joined me last December and he has lost about 5kgs already.

A healthy us is what we aim for this year and beyond.