Happy Birthday Zerni!

Yesterday, February 3 was my friend's birthday -Zerni. She's my classmate in college and eventually became very close friend. She's my travel buddy too. She's a very sweet person. She's my former housemate back home when I worked and lived in Makati City. I miss her company and everything about her. Happy birthday girl!

Excited For The Weekend!

I haven't been around much in blogging for the past few days. The husband and I were enjoying driving around town enjoying the nice weather for couple of days. The temperature was above freezing! Imagine staying home the entire 2 months keeping ourselves warm. It was really depressing. We just love to enjoy nice weather and have fun.

For this coming Friday or this weekend, I might get my wish! I would love to try one of the winter activities which is snow skiing. I can't wait any longer! I wish the weather will cooperate with me and let me enjoy snow skiing in a nice weather.

Oxtail Stew in Peanut Butter Sauce

I have been looking for an oxtail meat for weeks now. I couldn't find them at Wal-Mart where we usually shop for groceries. Last Thursday, we went to Valley City to find the oxtail meat. We got lucky that they have it and bought 2 packs. Kare-Kare is one of my favorite Filipino dish.

Name of the Recipe: Oxtail Stew in Peanut Butter Sauce (Kare-Kare)

Ingredients:

• 1 pack of oxtail or beef stew meat
  
• 1 pouch Mama Sita's Peanut Sauce (Kare-Kare) Mix, dissolved in 1 cup broth
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1 tablespoon cooking oil
• pechay or bokchoy
• sitaw or long green beans (I used green beans), cut into 2 inches length
• 8 cups of water
• banana blossom
  
• 1 tablespoon of sliced onion
• sliced eggplant
• bagoong gata or sauteed shrimp paste

Procedure:

• Boil oxtail in water. Lower heat and simmer until meat is tender leaving about 1 1/2 cups broth
• In a heavy saucepan, saute garlic and onion in oil. Add oxtail, stir fry and pour in dissolved Mama Sita's Kare-Kare Mix. Add the remaining broth.
• Stir and simmer until sauce thickens, then add the eggplant and sitaw or green beans. Simmer for 3 minutes, more stirring occasionally.
  
• Lastly, add pechay or bokchoy and simmer for 2 minutes or until vegetables are done. Serve hot with rice and shrimp paste.
  

Note: I didn't add eggplant in my Kare-Kare. Banana blossom is not available so it is up to you what vegetable you have.

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Hello February!

The month of hearts! We started the first day of February attending the 10:30AM mass at Saint James Basilica. It is just lovely to start the first day of the month praising and thanking God for all the wonderful blessings. After visiting the church, the husband and I drove around the neighboring town - Spiritwood. All we could see were fields of snow. Everything is white! We went back to the reservoir for a chance to see people who enjoys snow mobiling but we saw very few. The husband and I are looking forward to ride one before winter ends. We should enjoy the remaining wintertime since we are always stuck inside the house. For the past 2 days, the weather was great. The temperature was above freezing. I still hope to get my wish this coming Friday.