milk anyone?

I have never been big on milk so I preferred the choco flavor. This drink makes it better for me. Good for expectant moms!!!

calamansi for you

Snagged from Babs site.

Calamansi is hard to find in America and if I find one store that sells this, they sell it very expensive. So we ended up buying lemon, lime or THIS as substitute. Anyways, Calamansi is a very famous citrus for both Medicinal and Food usage. Read on.

There are many benefits that we could get from calamansi:

Medicinal Use:
1. for shampooing the hair, or the fruit juice applied to the scalp after shampooing. It eliminates itching and promotes hair growth.
2. Rubbing calamondin juice on insect bites banishes the itching and irritation
3. It bleaches freckles and helps to clear up acne vulgaris and pruritus vulvae. It is taken orally as a cough remedy and antiphlogistic
4. lightly diluted and drunk warm, it serves as a laxative
5. Combined with pepper, it is prescribed in Malaya to expel phlegm.
6. The root enters into a treatment given at childbirth
7. The distilled oil of the leaves serves as a carminative with more potency than peppermint oil. The volatile oil content of the leaves is 0.90% to 1.06%

Food Uses:
1. Calamondin halves or quarters may be served with iced tea, seafood and meats, to be squeezed for the acid juice
2. Some people boil the sliced fruits with cranberries to make a tart sauce
3. Calamondins are also preserved whole in sugar sirup, or made into sweet pickles, or marmalade
4. Whole fruits, fried in coconut oil with various seasonings, are eaten with curry
5. The juice is primarily valued for making acid beverages
6. t is often employed like lime or lemon juice to make gelatin salads or desserts, custard pie or chiffon pie
7. In the Philippines, the extracted juice, with the addition of gum tragacanth as an emulsifier, is pasteurized and bottled commercially

Source: here.

options trading

One of the best things that we can do at this time of crisis and global recession is to save and think of something that will help augment our family's income. A sideline will help too. There are a few colleagues who have mentioned something about options trading. Although I am quite clueless about stocks and it's ins and outs, I have read up a little about it though and stumbled upon Power Options website where it provides the essential data one needs to invest with stock options. They even have what they call the options express where they offer the convenience and control required to automatically sort, filter, and analyze all 3,000+ optionable stocks and 195,000+ options online to find investments to meet your profit goals. They currently have a 14 day free trial and I just might sign up. I'll have to see about that later...

my best companion

I swear, this helps ease the nausea during my pregnancy. This is not available everywhere and we have to scour every aisle of every grocery in the metro just so we can find this. Thanks heavens for Shopwise! Learned that they have a steady supply now so I don't have to worry about running out of cans at home.

Schweppes American Ginger Ale. No caffeine.

four foods on friday

1. Do you cook items besides meat on the bbq grill, and, do you prefer gas or charcoal grills?
>>>Eggplant, fish, mallows, anything that can be grilled. I prefer charcoal.

2. Name a food that begins with A.
>>>Asparagus Soup.

3. Name a drink that begins with A.
>>>Ale. Ginger Ale. My constant companion now that I am preggo.

4. Share a recipe for something that calls for American Cheese.
>>>Four Cheese!

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Penne Primavera

This sounds easy – the ingredients are primarily veggies too so this means it is healthy! We need to be healthy around the house :) I think my daughter will eat this too since it has tomato sauce on it as well. I need to try this soon. Im getting hungry!

INGREDIENTS

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 clove garlic, crushed
• 2 cups broccoli florets
• 1 medium carrot, julienned
• 2 cups vegetable broth
• 1 (8 ounce) package penne pasta
• 1/2 cup frozen peas
• 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese

DIRECTIONS

1. Heat the olive oil and garlic in a large skillet over medium heat. When garlic is tender, remove from skillet and set aside. Place the broccoli and carrot in the skillet, and cook 2 minutes, just until heated through.
2. In a pot, bring the vegetable broth to a boil. Stir in the penne pasta and heated crushed garlic clove. Cook for 5 minutes, or until pasta is almost al dente. Remove and discard garlic clove.
3. Transfer the partially cooked pasta and broth to the skillet. Mix in the peas. Cover skillet, and continue cooking 10 minutes over medium heat, or until pasta is al dente and vegetables are tender. Toss with the Parmesan cheese to serve.