Beautiful Lego Bouquet

I will call this the forever bouquet!

A friend of mine just got married. She wanted a bouquet that would last forever. Her best friend came up with the idea of creating a bouquet made of Lego since they both loved Lego.

I interviewed her best friend, Analyn, after the wedding dinner and asked how she made it. It took her almost a week (and sleepless nights) to finish the bouquet. I was surprised when she told me that she traveled from Manila to Singapore with the bouquet. She said she packed it really well.

This is the most unique bouquet I've seen in my entire life! Amazing work of art Analyn :)

Mabuhay ang Bagong Kasal: Cathy and Mike

Our dear friends Cathy and Mike tied the knot today. May your married life be blessed, happy and filled with kids! 

Easy to Cook Pinakbet

Last Christmas my friend Buddy who owns OnlinePalengke.com surprised me with a box of veggies! In the last ten years Sweetie and I have been married I have cooked veggies sparingly. Sweetie loves eating vegetables, but I don't. I do eat vegetables, but I've been very picky. I know I should be eating more veggies since it's the best kind of food for my blood type so I saw Buddy's gift as a challenge and researched what would be good to cook.

To figure out what dish I could make with the available vegetables I typed in all the veggie names and did a Google Search. It gave me several options and I selected pinakbet since it looked easy to make. On Christmas morning I quickly put the dish together and served it to our parents when we had Christmas lunch. They absolutely loved it and Sweetie's Dad even requested to bring home some take-away. Woohoo!

Ingredients

3 cloves garlic, chopped
1 medium onion, chopped
4 tomatoes, chop into wedges
1/2 cup sitaw, slice 2 inches
3/4 cup ampalaya, chopped
3 pieces sigarilyas
6 pieces baby okra, just cut the stems
3 small eggplants, chopped
1/3 a kalabasa, chop into cubes
chicharon (as much as you want!)
1 liter water with 1 tsp salt
oil
3 Tbsp bagoong (I got it from Gerry's Grill)
bowl of cold water with ice

Steps

1. Boil the kalabasa for 5 minutes, blanch in cold water, drain and then set aside.
2. In the same boiling water, boil the rest of the veggies for 2 minutes, blanch in cold water, drain and set aside.
3. In a large pan, saute the garlic in oil until brown. Add the onions and when translucent add the tomatoes and bagoong. Mix well.
4. Turn off the heat and then add in the rest of the vegetables.
5. Before serving add chicharon or lechon kawali on top. Enjoy!

Mabuhay ang Bagong Kasal: Ms M and Papa I

Last December we have two awesome friends who tied the knot. They had sworn all of us to secrecy so thought I'd just share how I surprised them with a special quilt I toiled on for them. Here's a video of how I enlisted the help of other friends to sneak in the quilt blank in their room.

It was a super happy day and I'm glad the couple loved the quilt blanket :)