Big Save: Dishwashing Liquid

I normally buy Joy dishwashing liquid in the refill packs of 200ml each for about P37.  One sachet lasts me a week.  Recently, I found Bubble Man Dishwashing Liquid in Landmark.  It is locally manufactured in Quezon City, thus a lower price.  I got 2 liters of dishwashing liquid for only P109!  When I buy Joy I get 400ml for P74.  For the same amount of Bubble Man brand 400ml will only cost P21.80.  Big savings, plus I can support a local brand.

For my spluge of the month, I bought Human Nature's Tough Love Dishwashing Li

Update: Malaysian Chili and Lemon Pine

 Hooray for the red chilis!

 I wonder why the chili leaves always seem to have dust on them.  I have to keep cleaning them.

 This is 10 days after the first picture.

I'm not sure if the lemon pine has grown.

Update: Basil Growth

 After 10 days, here is what happened to my basil plant.  Hooray!  Watering regularly is working.  See how many leaves have grown!  I sprinkle it with water, about 3 times a day to keep the leaves free of insects, and the soil moist.

 The stem I cut from the top of one stalk is growing too!

 Very green!

Excited to harvest

Trying to Grow Basil Again

I bought three plants while up in Baguio.  Basil, lemon pine and malaysian chili.   You know you are getting old when you start caring about plants.  As a second (actually third) attempt to grow my own basil, I will document what my plant first looked like, until I have successfully made a big bush out of the wee little thing.

 angle 1: leaves are nice and ever to green.  This pic was taken 7 days from purchase.  Hooray! Basil is still alive!  I am having trouble with something making holes in my leaves at the moment.  I had to pluck off some leaves.  I stuffed those leaves in the soil. Is that any good for fertilizing the plant?

 Angle 2

 My lemon pine.  

Please grow to 6 feet.

My Malaysian Chili plant.  Please be red soon!

Chocolate Cake Friday at Home

Baking in the oven

Kids love cake!

Frosting, check!

All warm and oozy

How to Make Boring pork Cubes Delish!

Tastes like a mix of barbeque sauce and Mexican/Mediterranean soft taco filling.

Ingredients: 

Boring pork cubes with some fat on them

Pick me up ingredients:

2 cloves garlic

2 pinches dried basil, be generous

dash toyo

1/2 C vegetable oil

dash cumin

2 Tbsp brown sugar

4 Tbsp Del monte Italian spaghetti sauce

salt

pepper

How to:

• Put pick me up ingredients in your Jamie Oliver flavor shaker. Shake.
• Cut up the pork cubes into small pieces, so that they cook quickly and evenly. 
• Pour the mix over the pork. Marinate while you cook some steamed rice.
• Fry the pork in oil until well cooked but still soft.  Remove from pan.  Pour the marinade in the pan and boil.  Mix in the pork again briefly to coat with sauce.
• Serve with homemade tortillas and rice.
• Maybe some cilantro...if you have it.

my version of cibo's beef with garlic and rosemary

Beef breakfast steak 400g or sukiyaki
Oil
2 cloves garlic
Toyo
Rock salt
Pepper
Rosemary

Cost approximately P200 vs Cibo's meal portion of p415, but this has 3x as much beef.

Cheap!