Special Double Celebration

Reyna's Birthday Celebration

Sweet Day to all you :)
It's been a pretty laid back week for me. We spent most of our time outside enjoying the warm weather. As expected the kids is loving every minute of it which make this summer so much fun. As, I promise from previous post that I'll be posting my daughter's 5th birthday celebration and Father's Day, here it is! I know its kinda late, BUT its not to late to get some birthday ideas and recipes that you might want to try on your next birthday celebration.
Anyways, We did celebrate Reyna's birthday with few of my friends. It was so much! I made them a Strawberry jello ( refer to the pictures above ) macaroni salad espesyal, chocolate crinkles, boiled pork and my friends bring some delicious dish as well to share.
After an awesome get together with my friends. We (Hubby, Me and Garyn) also treat Reyna to her favorite restaurant Red Robin for delicious burgers, pizza and fries dinner. It was scrumptious!!

After 3 days, we celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary. Then, next day we celebrated Reyna's birthday party and Father's Day with my family. It was a blast and fun day being with my family.
Here's a glimpse of Reyna's birthday celebration and Father's Day.:)

FOOD:  The birthday celebrant requested the dish on her birthday. Starting off with  Lumpia Shanghai, Sauteed green beans, Pancit bihon,  Beef Caldereta. My mother in-law made us some delicious deviled eggs, cheesy baked potato and hotdogs. My sister in-law brought some scrumptious wings for everyone to enjoy.
 Yum! Can't get enough of this food.:)

CAKE
As per request by birthday celebrant, chocolate cake with strawberry icing and sprinkles. The process of icing the cake is super easy and I love it. We decided at the last minute to get another cake from the store in addition to the one that I made and it works just perfect!
We paired the cake with vanilla and strawberry ice cream-the best way to end our delicious meal.

Father's Day

My kids made their Daddy a card ( I did order the card online for free- wink!) which makes it more awesome and bought his favorite chocolate bars. Then, The Sommer's ( hubby's sister and brother in-law) gave this delicious picnic basket filled with sweet goodies, cheeses and spreads, peanuts, popcorn, candies, chocolates, sausage and a bottle of red wine. Everything is just delicious! a perfect Father's Day gift and my hubby is loving it.

- That's how we celebrated Reyna's birthday and Father's Day. I hope you find some interesting recipes that you might want to try on your next party/ get together. I would suggest try to bake your kiddies his birthday cake or cupcakes, I'll promise you! It it so much FUN to make them. Share me your Father's Day escapade and your favorite food to have on your birthday.
Until next time everyone! Keep browsing some delicious recipe here on my blog... See you around:)

P.S- Thank you so much to family and friends who always make Reyna's birthday an special one, for being so generous as always. I love you!:)

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Easy Grilled Pork Loin Recipe

Easy Grilled/Baked Pork Loin Recipe

Hello Everyone!

How was your Memorial Day celebration?  It's time of the year where everyone just head outside and  start grilling, kinda like a tradition to most of the family. Although, I missed my friends memorial day get together yesterday, being with my family still so much fun eating brownie and meatballs. The best thing about Memorial Day is giving honor to those who die by serving the country. Freedom isn't free ( ika nga) I salute all the hero who fight, served and protect the country.
Since, grilling is a HIT this time of year. I want to share my super easy grilled/ baked pork loin.Yup! because you don't have to scratch your head on what seasoning your going to mix. There's a bunch of marinade selections at the market now, that's where I bought mine.  All I have to do is simply follow the instructions on the back of the marinade packet and let the pork loin soak in for couple hours before grilling. Let me tell you, Its delicious!! Remember my post last week, when we invited my hubby's friend to come over for dinner. I made a Cheesy Baked Patato and Green beans for side dish, As promise, the recipe for grilled/ baked pork loin is finally here.. wohoo! Are you excited? ready to hit the grill pretty soon? Here's some ideas that I'm going to share with you:

* If your grilling, invite your friends to come over and have like a fun get together, exchange recipes. If you want them to bring something let them know. It could be a bowl of slice fruits, chips or sweet baked goods for dessert.

* Always make sure that you got enough drinks like water, soda, juices for everybody.

* Steak, chicken, pork, hotdog and bratwurst is always a HIT.

* Simply buy the marinate at the store, marinate the meat of your choice ahead of time. Give yourself a time allowance to prepare everything before the guest arrived.

Are you ready to add my Grilled Pork Loin in your grilled recipe collections?  Come on join me in my cooking escapade.:) wink..:)

Notes:

- I used to store bought marinade to marinate the Pork. Feel free to used your favorite marinade, if you have a good recipe. Please do share:)

-Adjust the taste according to your preference, adjust the quantity of the food also according to the number of guests

Ingredients:

2.5- 3 lbs of Pork Loin

1 pack of McCormick Brown Sugar Bourbon marinade
 - Keep in mind that you might need couple ingredients for the marinade of your choice. Read the back of the packet:)

 Directions:
1.) Follow the instruction on the back of the McCormick marinade. Set two tablespoon of marinade aside for basting later on. Pour the mix marinade into large container and rub into the pork loin. Let it set for couple hours before grilling. For best result, I would suggest 24 hours marinade is a MUST.:)
2.) Heat up your Grill, I used indoor one on mine. Grill it to perfections!  I would say, about 10 minuts on each side until its cooked all the way.

NOTES: You don't have to transfer your grilled pork onto the oven. In my case, I want everything to be done before our guest arrived, So, I decided to sliced the pork and put it into the oven, you may noticed on the photo that is not cook all the way, because I took it out too early on the grilled and continue the cooking process in the oven. It also give me time to clean up everything and get ready.
 Remember the 2 tablespoon that we set aside for later. I pour it on the top of the sliced pork and baked at 350 for like 45- 1 hour. 

* Check it once in awhile make sure that you have enough sauce to avoid drying up.

Sounds so easy right? It is, I promise! and it taste so delicious too. Its soft, juicy and you can taste the marinade. Perfect pair with Cheesy Baked Potato and Green Beans. Check out my sweet bake goods for your dessert recipe ideas.

Until next delicious food recipe escapade everyone. I hope this recipe looks good enough for you to try at home or maybe on your next party gatherings. Enjoy the rest of the day.!:)

xoxox- Melgie

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Cheesy Baked Potato Recipe

 Easy Cheesy Baked Potato Recipe

Happy morning everyone! It's weekend once again wohoo!, time goes so fast that, I can't hardly remember  anything about the weekdays. Do you have any plan this weekend? Perhaps, a cook out with friends? Just hanging out, talk and sharing delicious food? Sounds like a good plan and If you scratching your head  on what to make or bring to the party. I got some super easy recipe idea that you can whip in no time. Its perfect side dish in any special occasion or even just simple dinner with friends that surely impress everyone's taste bud, even the picky eater is sold. Sounds so yummy? Yup! it is really good, If you like potatoes combine with cheese and sour cream.. Oh My! I think I'm drooling just by talking about it. Not to mention its super easy to make. You can totally mix everything, throw it on the oven and by time your done fixing your hair the Cheesy Baked Potato is ready! Are you excited? Me too! It's like a perfect side dish for a perfect instant party get together.. 

Anyways, this Cheesy Baked Potato Recipe is inspired from my mother in-law. She made this in every special occasion and its always a HIT, everyone love it. This is also, one of the side dish I prepared when my husband's friend come over last Tuesday for dinner. I also made sauteed green beans for some greens on the plate, grilled/ baked pork loin which I'm going to share the recipe on my next post and for dessert we have chocolate chip cookies. Isn't it sound like a wonderful dinner meals ideas? I think it is.. Come one join me in my kitchen and ask your friends to come over and have a dinner get together kinda night...:)

Notes:

- Try to spice the recipe up by adding maybe some chopped ham or bacon and top it off with more cheese on top.

- Adjust the taste according to your preference ..:)

Ingredients:
1 pack (30oz) Frozen Shredded Potato
1 pack ( 8 oz ) mild cheddar cheese
1 tub (16oz) sour cream
2 can of potato condensed soup- I used Campbells brand
Salt and Pepper- to taste

 Directions:
- Preheat the oven onto 375 degrees
1.) COMBINE all the ingredients into a big bowl. Stir them thoroughly until everything is combine.
2.) Put the mixture into prepared dish and BAKE for 45-50 minutes until its cooked.
3.) DONE! Enjoy your Cheesy Baked Potato. Yum!:)

Super easy indeed right? So, try it when you get a chance and let me know what you think. Share me your twist on the recipe and some topping you decide to add. Have great weekend ahead everyone.. and Cheers! to nice weather outside.
Keep coming back on my blog and I'll see you in few days for more recipes I come up with. Have great day:)

xoxox- Melgie

Sauteed Green Bean Recipe

Sauteed Green Bean with Bacon

I was with my family at Outer Banks vacation 2 weeks ago. The vacation is AWESOME!! being with my family, make things together and hang out on the beach is priceless. We had so much fun..:)

One thing we do as family was to have dinner together every night. The idea is, one family member choose to cooked for everybody on certain day, then other family member do the cooking the next day and so on and so fort.. until everybody got their turn. I got too excited that  I want to cooked first, hahah:)

I made some Rice, Beef Caldereta minus peas, and Sauteed Green Bean, and chocolate peanut butter brownies for dessert. The food are good and more fun especially when it shared with family. My mother in-law brought some wine and yeah... it was delicious!!. I love how the green beans add some special taste to the whole meal. I'm a big green bean fan and so my family. So, here I am, more excited to share this recipe here on my blog. C'mon let's hang out in my kitchen and start cooking..:)

Below is the recipe and hopefully you would love to try for your next family gathering. Enjoy cooking..:)

Blanching is a cooking process wherein the food substance, usually a vegetable or fruit, is plunged into boiling water, removed after a brief, timed interval, and finally plunged into iced water or placed under cold running water (shocked) to halt the cooking process.( source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanching_%28cooking%29)

Ingredients:

1 lbs. Green Beans- (Trim both end)

3 pieces bacon- slice into small pieces

1 small onion- thinly slice

Salt and Pepper - to taste

1.)   In large pan, bring water to boil, add the green beans. Let it boil for 5 minutes or until half way cooked and crisp in texture.

2.) Placed the green beans into ice water to stop the cooking process and to retain the color and texture.

3.) Meanwhile, In large pan, cooked the bacon until golden brown and crisp, add the onion and sauteed for couple minutes.

4.) Drain the water from the green beans. Then, add the green beans into the pan and sauteed for 4-5 minutes until everything cooked but still have that texture from the beans.

5.)  Salt and Pepper if needed. Share and Enjoy!

Note:

- Taste according to your preference

- Bacon is optional

- blanching method is important to obtained great texture of the green beans.

(beans are on the right side of the plate)