What is in your sandwich?

Allow me to share the best-to-date sandwich I have crafted. Guilt-free, very healthy, easy and (again) the yummiest sandwich I made. It looks and tastes awesome!

This is a seasonal sandwich because of the avocado, but this would be a variation to the usual avocado shake or cold salad (i'm not even sure if that milk, mashed avocado, with sometimes mango, concoction that we seasonally make is called salad. hahaha) that we Filipinos anticipate to have during avocado season. In fact, I think, we Filipinos only concoct shakes and cold salad out of good old avocado..or at least that's what I have observed growing up.

Well, we discover little things everyday. And I surely would add this to the recipes I would anticipate to make every avocado season.

You'll Need:
2 slices of whole wheat bread
2 leaves of romaine lettuce (you could also use iceberg lettuce, or arugula. though arugula maybe too strong for this)
cheddar cheese
S&P
marinara sauce (optional)
the marinara sauce is left-over from the previous days' spaghetti. if you have one handy, let it join the party then!

You'll Do:
Simply, layer your lettuce, avocado and cheese on top of the bread, sprinkle it with S & P, and DONE!

Enjoy, guilt-freely! :)

xoxo

Potato Hash with Poached Egg

I posted this a while back in Instagram, I have been meaning to share this here yet I cannot find the original picture anymore.. so please bear with my Instagram-filtered picture.

I want to share this recipe because it is a pretty straightforward, no-sweat to make recipe, yet it looks and tastes like it came from a chef's kitchen. It is just 5-6 ingredients + your S & P, and you would have a pretty impressive dish. This is best for breakfast but could be a good side dish too. Yes, presentation is a key.. but mind you, plating it is as easy as counting 1-3. Perhaps I should name this the Easy Potato. Lols.

So, I said that you would need 5-6 ingredients, because it is up to you if you would go basil + parsley or just basil. When I cooked this, I only had basil so it was just a 4-ingredient dish. The potato itself  has pretty simple seasonings. The trick to the taste of this dish is the yolk. Once you break the perfectly poached egg, the yolk would fall into the potatoes, does giving it a very creamy taste.

You'll need:
Potatoes, diced, about half-inch thich
Fresh basil, minced
Canola oil
eggs
a little vinegar (for the poaching)

You'll do:
1. In a pan, add the potatoes, S & P and a little water. The water would help soften the potatoes quicker and absorb the S & P.

2. Let the water evaporate completely to add a little oil. Saute for 2 minutes to let the potatoes caramelize.

3. Add the basil.

3. Poach your eggs, the normal way you do. In case you are not familiar or not that confident with poaching an egg, the instructions on this page is pretty straightforward.

Plating: Simply top a heap of potatoes with the poached egg.

There you go folks, your Easy Potato. Enjoy!

xoxo

Lucky Or Not

*Photo taken from Google

I know I did this -Ohh, how lucky we are. I know! But maybe, all luck wasn't poured my way that day or my luck had a 12-noon expiration. Oh, but don't get me wrong. I had a big blast on birthday, however the #birthdaycation that we originally planned didn't actually happen, well at least, not as  how we planned it to be.

I still got my #birthdaycation. Its just that the planned vacation ended up to be unplanned. All itineraries and reservations were cancelled. Let me share' a bit what happened, because in fairness to our airlines, they accommodated us well. First day of the 5-day #birthdaycation was supposed to be our trip to Coron, however due to bad weather and zero visibility the nearest we got of Coron is it's airspace. The pilot announcing that our flight would be reverted to the nearest airport -Mactan International Airport, was funny at first. We were at first excited to land again, anticipanting what the airlines' plans were for us, and sorely, anticipating to post our experience in social media sites. LOLs  However, when it downed on us that our flight was completely cancelled and we were to go home, we were a bit disappointed. My #birthdaycation hashtag was no more. Our airlines thankfully rebooked our flight via a connecting flight to Manila the next day.. even our return flight was moved a day more.

"the airspace i am talking about.."

Day 2 and all plans were still a go! The first announcement we heard while settling down in NAIA was that the Busuanga flight that was scheduled before us was delayed due to the same reason. So we were, okay.. it's just delayed. I told myself by noon time, this weather would soon improve..yes, I was reassuring myself. However, noon came, siesta came, afternoon came, only our announcement for boarding didn't come, it was delayed and delayed.. Then finally, the sad news of the first trip to Busuanga returning home.. that was the final confirmation that our Busuanga trip won't happen that day -the second day of anticipation!

Two days of our vacation was already spent but the tour we've accomplished was just the NAIA tour. gosh! After checking that the weather has no plans of improving itself in the next 2 days, we decided to change destination. We considered a few places, learning from experience, we checked the state and weather of our prospects before deciding where really to go. (Believe me, I was so hyped with the idea that we are going to Sagada instead of Coron that even the idea of wearing the beach outfits I brought with me in the cool weather of Sagada didn't bother me at all! However, safety was a big issue and Sagada just had bombing reports so it was scratched from the prospects).

Planning Plan B

After thorough assessment of all "factors" that would affect a vacation, we decided to with Tagaytay. Thanks to high speed net, free airport charging ports and portable devices, we were able to do little planning for our Tagaytay back-up-destination.

A view of the Taal Lake from Sky Ranch

Tagaytay is part of our Bucket list, and being able to visit the place (instead of Coron) was still an achievement. More than the destination, the vacation was a refreshing, relaxing moment for us. Beach or mountains, I was still able to do that thing that I love when travelling -observing other cultures. Tagaytay maybe in the same country as home -Cebu, but the people and the culture there is surely not same as what we have in Cebu.

So, when you to on a trip, do you do planning? Do you prepare a Plan B?

xoxo