Sibuyas Republic

Thank goodness, I have recently discovered that our favorite lettuce, romaine is way cheaper at Puregold Cabanatuan. For the smaller 4 romaine heads, I only paid 24.06 pesos. While the bigger 3 heads was priced at 36.35 pesos. Whereas at S____ , prices normally starts at around 30 pesos for a single head romaine.

Sayang. Because in as much as I wanted to buy more, I can’t store them in the fridge longer than three days. Even if I have to wrap each one in paper towels, the leaves will become wilted due to moisture. Hence, it will lose its crispness. The reason why we all loved romaine here.

Besides, those 7 heads will not have to wait that long in the fridge…as we enjoyed them at today’s dinner…a simple salad…

What you’ll need:

Romaine lettuce

4-6 slices of bacon

croutons (I prefer baguette which I usually purchased at N.E Bakeries)

salad dressing

Preparation:

• Prepare the lettuce. Clean each leaves in cool running water. Drain in paper towels. Break into bite sized pieces or as desired. Refrigerate to maintain crispness while other ingredients are being prepared.

• Fry bacon and cut into smaller pieces.
• For the croutons. Make diagonal thin slices on the baguette and brush with fresh garlic, cut into smaller cubes and pour in oil. Mix. You can either saute or bake (I prepare baking them so it’ll be crunchier) the baguette for a few minutes.
• For the dressing,  since the kids does not like the classic Ceasar’s (they do not like raw eggs, and the anchovies), I’d always go for this easy plain salad dressing.

There’s the salad at tonight’s dinner. Along with my own version of crazy tonkatsu which I painstakingly prepared…recipe later

Don’t forget to add some greens in your dinner meals…ENJOY YOUR DINNER FOODIES!

We arrived a little late last night after a trip to the grocery shop and some more errands. There were barely little time to prepare dinner though the whole gang is asking for one.

So, here’s a quick dinner fix I prepared last night.

Sauteed ground beef with diced potatoes, carrots, bell pepper, celery. Season with salt, ground black pepper and Worcestershire sauce.

Next, I prepared an easy salad using the romaine lettuce I bought at the grocery shop. It’s a favorite here in the house.

I love the versatility of the ground beef dish. It can be paired with rice or bread. Or when there’s leftover, it can be omelette filling for a morning meal. For me, I can enjoy both dishes JUST AS IS.

Here’s my plate…

For the trying hard foodie shot…

Notice that the sliced tomatoes were without its seeds. I took out the tiny seeds. I do not know. I am not fond of eating its seeds

Lastly, for the easy salad dressing, I just mix in minced garlic into olive oil, add mayonnaise, mustard, honey, salt and pepper to taste. Add tabasco if you prefer spicy dressing.

There’s so much salad dressing preparation around. As again, I always go for the easy preparation and the one whose ingredients are easier to find.

Enjoy your everyday meals.

i had this salad plate at KFC when i was waiting for hubby who renewed his driving license at an LTO branch in the mall. since i am alone, i took my seat outside the restoreserved for other food kiosks. and, i “hastily” took a snapshot of the food i ordered. it was not my first time dining at a KFC, nor was it my first time ordering their “caesar’s salad”. take a look at the photo:

MARGAUX SALCEDO said in her write-up, “PLEASE DON’T GIVE BLOGGING A BAD NAME”…(wink)…don’t ya worry, i am not related to any PR firm, but i had to say an honest opinion regarding their salad, can I?

first, where’s the cheese? i guess, they run out of Parmesan cheese so they opted for the cheddar usually reserved for spaghettis. and they, too, get rather stingy on the dressing which was served on the smallest of plastic cup! can’t seem to coat all the rather limpy leaves of the romain lettuces! my bad, sorry!

er, i did pay my own meal, i had a little “burp” after finishing the meal. thanks for that. and, good thing, no one gave me that creepy look when i took the snapshot. SLR’s becoming too common these days and with the dawning of bloggers writing every stuffs under the sun, some establishments sometimes throw a leer every time they saw one carrying a cam. mine was an outdated pocket digicam (hu hu)!  A friend told me that when he went to Greenbelt with a dslr dangling on his shoulder,  a security guard approached him “nicely” telling him not to take pictures! is that true?

so much for my brouhaha, it’s a beautiful Monday!

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