Pasta Weekends

When mi esposo and I started living-together, I took charge in the kitchen. I am no expert but I believe I have know-hows. I also have my own specialty, in my own rights. I believe I can cook the best adobo. Funny, the first time I ever cooked him adobo (we were boyfriends then) was a miss. I don’t know what went wrong but it was not even half of the adobo I was raving him. From then on, he never trusted my adobo ever, even if I already made up for it a 100x. lol

But I’m glad mi esposo has an easy-to-please tummy, he’s also generous with compliments (dish after dish, meal after meal), which in turn makes my ear clap. haha He likes my cooking and rather eat home-cooked meals than dine-out, we even bring packed-meal to the office. To make it more enticing we designate our weekends especially for our favorite foods. I would prepare foods we crave, most of which are pasta dishes. And that’s when the pasta weekends were born.

Every week, I try to come-up with a pasta dish that we would feast on. Different sauces and different ingredients and different noodle types as well, until we voted for a favorite signature dish (read: I made it up dish). Mi esposo simply calls it “white sauce”. It’s a penne pasta in thick white sauce actually and I don’t have a name for it either. I’ll write about how to cook it in the future and/or until I’ve come up with a decent photo of it. Recipes are judged by its photos, don’t you think?

But the pasta weekend has become in hiatus when I became pregnant. With a lot of complete bed-rest thing going on, how can I cook? We were not able to revive it either after I gave birth because 1) I’m pre-occupied with mi bebe, 2) we have a maid to cook for us, whom cannot make a decent pasta dish and 3) I’m plain lazy too tired.

Not until last weekend. Our maid is on indefinite leave, remember? It left me with no choice but to be a yaya and a cook at the same time. I figured it was the best time our pasta weekend resurrects. So I cooked the “white sauce” again but this time with matching garlic bread on the sides. I loved it and I missed it big time. Mi bebe loved it too.

Now I’m contemplating on what to cook tomorrow. TGIF!

Mother's Day Weekend

Mother’s Day in the Philippines and in most of the world is celebrated annually on the 2^nd Sunday of May. It is a day where in the sacrifices of mothers are honored and their influence to the society is celebrated. Mother’s day Grinch would tell you that it is only a fabrication of enterprising minds. It is just a marketing strategy to promote whatever it is that they want to sell. I am a mother, but yes I agree with the Grinch. I don’t believe a single day would be enough to honor mothers with gift and pampering. As a working mother like me, just seeing mi bebe cries as I leave for work is a sacrifice on its own, that’s why that glow on her face when she sees me home is my most precious gift of the day. Don’t get me wrong (esp. mi esposo), I’m still not the Grinch, I would still want to receive material gifts. lol 

This year, Mother's Day falls on the 13th of May. Why do I talk about this on the 4th week of Jan.? Too early you think, not really. Because it’s the weekend! I’m going to be a full time Nanay for the succeeding days and I’m glad, I’m happy, I’m gay. It’s more tiring than by just sitting in front of my office's PC, I tell you, but I love it all the more. Ehem, paging mi esposo, I will be delighted if you have a “mother’s day gift” for me tomorrow. (wink)

Happy mother’s day to all working moms! Let's enjoy our kiddos this weekend.