Cooking with Tidus: Breaded Potato Balls Recipe

Thank you ASEAN and the long holidays since October for the chance to spend more time with Tidus!

I thought of cooking simple merienda with the kiddo. Tidus often sees me cooking so he is very interested in helping me around the kitchen.

This breaded potato ball recipe was shared by one of the mommies in a Facebook group I joined and this is the second time I'm making it. 

Ingredients: 

5 medium sized potato (boiled and mashed with butter and 1/4 cup evaporated milk) 

Salt

Pepper

1 cup Japanese or panko bread crumbs

1/2 block of Eden cheese, cut into cubes 

Oil for cooking 

I've made a slideshow of the process of how to prepare and cook the breaded potato balls.

It's real easy! I hope you and your kids enjoy. :)

  

Bargains at SM: Dinosaur Lunch Set

I was looking for gifts for some of Tidus' classmates, who are celebrating their birthdays this September, when I found some sale items at the children's accessories section in SM Megamall.

I have had this obsession with dinosaur items for Tidus and was very happy that this lunch kit was at 50% off! There were two designs actually, pink/owl for girls and green/dino for boys.

The original price of the lunch kit was P249.75 so I was able to get the box and tumbler for P125 only.

The box is good for snacks and simple baon and the tumbler, although not thermal, closes tightly and does not spill. And one good thing about the lunch kit is it's BPA free.

The little boy is excited to use his new stuff in school!

Bowling for Kids at Timezone Vertis North

Finally gotten around to taking Tidus to go bowling at Timezone in Vertis North, the new Ayala Mall beside Trinoma.

Tidus sort of has this fixation of playing bowling, that early this year, I bought him a plastic bowling set for his 4th birthday.

Today, I had to drop by the office in Quezon City and I decided to let Tidus tag along and ride the MRT with me (another one of his obsessions).

Since we are so near Vertis North, I decided to bring Tidy to the bowling place and hoped it wouldn't be too crowded.

And was he so happy. I tried to teach him how to play properly though but he had his own "diskarte."

A game costs P125 (10 frames) and luckily we had a lane to ourselves as soon as we loaded his power card at the counter.

After 3 games (sinulit ko na) we went around and tried a virtual bowling game, which he also enjoyed.

I hope they also have these games in Megamall soon.

Blogging again

Okay. Had to make some changes around here.

My days are now filled with work, house chores and a very inquisitive 4-year-old.

These page will be filled with posts about motherhood, some links and products I find useful and of course a lot about my son.

Stay tuned.

Churreria La Lola in Mega Mall

I have seen Churreria La Lola at the SM Megamall Atrium last week but we were in a hurry to go home so I just passed on the opportunity to try it as it opened.

Since it was a holiday today, I trooped the kids and yaya to the food outlet. It was packed! We had to wait for a little while to grab a table.

Ordering also took a while as the  churros were only prepared as soon as you order.

My niece and I had to review the menu for a while since I was not familiar with La Lola (which has a branch in Rockwell). We settled for the Mix Churros (Php 180), which was a combo of their classic churros (3 pcs) and the chocochurros (3 pcs).

The chocochurros I found out a bit later were churros totally covered in chocolate. The classic, of course, was the usual donut-like bread in stick form. The chocolate dip was purchased separately from the churros and we ordered it in medium size (Php 60).

After 15 minutes, our churros arrived and it was in a cone-shaped carton. It also had a hole which can hold the chocolate dip in place.

I really liked the chocochurros, it was chilled but still had the crunchy texture of the churros. My son preferred the classic but without the dip. He's not really a fan of sweet stuff (I know, a 2-year-old who doesn't have a sweet tooth!).

We all enjoyed the churros and we would definitely go back. Maybe we will try the Xuxos next (churros stuffed with Nutella, strawberry jam or peanut butter. Or the churroreo, which comes with ice cream and caramel.

Avocado and egg on toast time

Since I've seen this recipe posted on Pinterest, I've always wondered what avocado would taste like as a spread.

Filipinos are used to eating avocado as a dessert mixed with sugar, cream and milk. Or in their ice cream. Not a viand or sandwich spread.

Since it's avocado season, I've finally gotten around following a recipe at this site.

Real simple to follow:

Mash the avocado, season it with a bit of salt and pepper.

Toast the bread. I spread a thin layer of butter on mine before spreading the avocado. :)

Fry the egg sunny side up (pardon my messy eggs). Place on top of the toast.

Red dots = hot sauce optional.

My niece Gab and I had one toast a-piece. She said she could not taste the avocado that much and was overwhelmed with the egg.

For me, it tasted good. Avocado can be a sandwich spread (aside from being guacamole) and it's taste was a good combo with the egg.

Will scrambled eggs work too? We will see next time.

Pocky Matcha

My good friend Ann went on a vacation in Japan and gave me and Tidus Pocky Matcha as her pasalubong.

























I've seen this green box of goodies in the Family Mart at the office but I did not attempt to buy since I'm not really a fan of green tea or matcha flavored stuff.

Upon opening, I was happy to know the big box contained four individual snack packs because I did not want to open the entire thing and have left overs in case I didn't like how it tasted.

However, I liked how it tasted. The chocolate-almond coating tasted like the usual yummy Pocky chocolate but the stick had a slight bitter taste because of the matcha.

Tidus liked it too! He finished one packet by himself :)

Thanks Ninang Ann for the yummy pasalubong from Japan.