Spaghetti Bolognese Recipe

Hi Mommies!

Recently, i have been fond of cooking different pasta recipes. This recipe i will share with you is my version of Spaghetti Bolognese. Actually, its my first time to try this recipe and i can say that it was a success. Bolognese is an Italian dish and is a meat-based sauce. I love to eat this with buttered toast. Here it is:

Ingredients:

Extra Olive Oil
Garlic
White Onion
Ground Beef
Celery
Carrots
Tomatoes
Tomato Sauce
Fresh Milk
Basil
Mozarella Cheese or Cheedar Cheese
Parmesan Cheese
Salt and Pepper
Spaghetti (cook at al dente)

You will need Food Processor or Blender to mash the Celery, Carrots and Tomatoes.

Preparation:

Saute Garlic and White Onion until translucent, add the ground beef & salt to taste then simmer until cooked then set aside.
In a separate casserole, put the tomato sauce cooked until it simmers, then add the mashed celery, carrots and tomatoes.
Season with Salt and Pepper to taste.
Add fresh milk and basil.
Add small amount water (preferably water where your pasta is boiled from)
Add Mozarella Cheese or Cheddar Cheese and let it simmer. You may need to stir the sauce from time to time to avoid from burning.
Mix the cooked ground beef with the sauce and simmer in low fire for 15-20 minutes.
Prepare your Spaghetti in a separate serving dish. Topped with bolognese sauce, cheese and garnish some of the basil and Voila! :)

Note: Mommies, just estimate the exact ingredients depending upon your desired number of servings and your taste too. :)

Happy Cooking Mommies!

Seafood Pasta Recipe

Hello Mommies!

Seafood Pasta is a very simple and mouthwatering recipe! You can use any kind of seafood's to mix with your pasta. Here's the easy steps on how to cook my own version:

Ingredients:

Spanish Sardines
Extra Olive Oil
Garlic sliced thinly
Tomatoes (optional)
Black Olives
Basil
Crushed Chili Flakes
Fettucinne (cook at al dente)

Preparation:

Drain the oil of the sardines. Separate the sardines (chop it in small portions) and set aside.
Use the oil drained from sardines or if you want, use your own extra olive oil and saute the garlic until cooked. You may add tomatoes too (optional)
Add the sardines and cook for 2 minutes.
Add black olives and basil.
Toss in Fettuccine and mix it well.
Add salt to taste (optional) Since Spanish Sardines is tasty already; you don't want your pasta too salty to taste. :)
Topped with Crushed Chili Flakes and Voila!

Seafood Pasta - @julianskitchen 

Note: Mommies, just estimate the exact ingredients depending upon your desired number of servings and your taste too. :)

Happy Cooking Mommies!

Buttered Chicken with Vegetables Recipe

Hello Mommies!

I will share with you another simple yet delicious and healthy recipe. You can prepare this recipe for your hubby's and kids for their packed lunch "baon" at the office and their schools too. Prepare this recipe ahead of time to avoid rush in the morning. Here it is:

Ingredients:

Lemon or Calamansi
Soy Sauce
Crushed Garlic
Paprika
Cayenne Pepper (optional)
Salt & Pepper
Chicken Breast
Cooking Oil
Flour
Egg
Butter
Broccoli & Potatoes

Preparation:

Marinate the Chicken Breast with Calamansi, Soy Sauce, Garlic, Paprika,  Cayenne Pepper & Salt for 2 hours or Overnight.
Mix the Flour and Egg. Set Aside.
Dip in marinated Chicken Breast with the batter.
In a pan, heat cooking oil and deep fried the Chicken.
Drain the excess oil.
In a separate skillet, melt the butter and toss the fried chicken until well coated.

For Buttered Vegetable:
You can fry the vegetables with butter until cooked or steam vegetable for 3 minutes. Transfer in a bowl mix with butter, salt and pepper to taste. Serve immediately as garnish with the Buttered Chicken and Voila!

Buttered Chicken with Vegetables- @julianskitchen    

Note: Mommies, just estimate the exact ingredients depending upon your desired number of servings and your taste too. :)

Happy Cooking Mommies!

Fettuccine Carbonara Recipe

Hello Mommies!

Today, i will share with you another Italian Dish. My not so complicated Fettuccine Carbonara Recipe. It is very simple and easy. When you say Carbonara it is a pasta sauce made of bacon or ham, egg and cream. But mine is just simple yet delectable. Here it is!

Ingredients: 

Bacon
Butter (optional)
Cream Sauce
Spring Onions sliced
Grated Parmesan Cheese or Cheddar Cheese will do.
Salt & Pepper
Fettuccine cook to al dente.

Preparation:

Fry Bacon with butter or simply sear it until crispy, set aside few bacon for toppings later.
Add the cream sauce until simmer.
Add the spring onions and Parmesan Cheese
Season with Salt and Pepper to taste.
Toss the Fettucccine and mix it with the sauce.
Topped with Crispy Bacon, Cheese and Spring Onions to garnish and VOILA!

Fettuccine Carbonara Recipe - @julianskitchen 

Note: Mommies, just estimate the exact ingredients depending upon your desired number of servings and your taste too. :)

Happy Cooking Mommies!

Spaghetti Aglio E Olio Recipe

Hello Mommies!

For those who are a pasta lover, today i will share with you my Spaghetti Aglio E Olio Recipe or simply means Spaghetti in Garlic and Oil. It is very simple and easy yet a very delicious Italian dish. My husband really loves this dish and for sure you will love it too.:) So here it is! I don't have an exact measurement; i just estimate it depending on the desired number of servings i like. ;) Just trust your judgment mommies! :)

Ingredients: 

Extra Olive Oil
Garlic sliced thinly
Shrimps

1 pc Knorr Shrimp Cube
Basil
Crushed chili peppers
Spaghetti (cooked to al dente)
Salt to taste

Preparation:

Saute Extra Olive oil and garlic until translucent.
Add the Shrimps until cooked, then put the Knorr Shrimp Cube for flavoring.
Add basil and toss the spaghetti. You may add salt to taste (optional)
Top with Crushed Chili Peppers and Voila! :)

Spaghetti Aglio E Olio - @Julianskitchen

Happy Cooking Mommies! :)

Story behind being Stay at Home Mom

Stay at Home Mom is a choice!

I used to work full-time in a Manning Agency. A month before i got married , i decided to leave my job to focus on the preparation of our wedding. It is very stressful to do your work and at the same time your working on your wedding preps. My husband, who works abroad just arrive 3 months before our wedding and that is the only time that we had to do and schedule our seminar that is required by the church, etc. As i recall, i have been having problems also with my birth certificate that i need to process at the city hall for amendment (takes a lot of time and money too). I cannot focus on my work that time, i am always on leave to process my papers and that is the reason  why i decided to resign from work.

To cut the story short, we got married last 15 January 2015 and started our own family.
And since my husband is always abroad,  we decided to have a baby plan right away.I did not look for new job, instead i focus all my attention to him and to our main goal, to have a baby!  I became pregnant with our first child but sadly i suffered miscarriage. That is where i knew that i have a Polycystic ovaries and Hormonal imbalance. We didn't lose hope and just keep the faith to God, we prayed so hard. Now i am pregnant with my second child. We are so grateful for him for this another blessing... I  just wanted to focus and to pay more all my attention to my baby. I am more extra careful with myself now. I would do everything to keep my baby's safety because we worked hard and prayed for this to happen.  :) I just keep in mind always that a healthy mommy is a happy baby! So there, my first priority is my growing family that is why i choose to be a Stay at home mom! :)

What you can do at home?

Stay at home wife (mom) does'nt mean you dont have to do and work at all! There are a lot of things you can do by staying at home. Be more creative and productive at home or else boredom will strikes you! Here's the lists i do at home that you may willing to try for yourself too:

1. Do do-it-yourself arts and crafts if that is your thing. You can still earn while at home. Think of what interests you and sell it online, utilize your resources at home.

2. Cook for your family. Home cooked food is healthier! At home even if we do have a helper i make sure that i am still in-charge with the cooking. Just by instructing my helper on what to cook and what taste i would like to achieve. It is as if i do the cooking too!

3. Planning your family weekly meals. By advance meal planning, you can save money and even plan a healthy diet for your family. Going to the supermarket and buying grocery items used to be our (me and my husband's) bonding but since i have delicate pregnancy i just only make the lists on what to buy and just stays at home and wait for him :)

4. Also, try Blogging mommies, i myself is a newbie. I was just influenced by my husband, thanks to him :) Through blogging, i can express everything by just writing. You can also earn from it too :)

So, stay at home mommies, need not to worry yourselves. Being at home means you need to be sluggish! Be more active and alive! There so much things you can do! Think and act now! Its nice to live your life to the fullest :)

Thank's for dropping by mommies. Have a good day!

My Pregnancy Skin Essentials

In my previous post, (Blame it to the Hormones) i have been having skin problems. But the quest for my perfect facial cleanser is now over. I have been using VMV Hydra Balance Smart Cleansing Scrub for Combination Skin for quite some time now and i find it very nice and perfect to my skin.  It is very commendable! Thanks to  VMV Skintelligencenter! The said cleanser has moisture balanced, deep cleansing, pore-clearing facial therapy gets combination skin really, yet safely and clean. It softens and hydrates your skin and deals with acne and control shine where needed. I also like this product because  it is Hypoallergenic, 100% fragrance, Phthalte, Paraben and Preservative Free. It is also non comedogenic meaning it doesn't block pores. See below photo of the product.

Php 735

Aside from this product, i also tried the VMV Armada Face Cover 45 for sun protection. I like this very much because it has light weight and non greasy feeling. I have been using this since before I'm not yet pregnant. Same with the cleanser it also Hypoallergenic, 100% Fragrance, Phthalte, Paraben and Preservative Free; non drying and has protection against indoor/outdoor UVB, UVA, Visible light and Infrared Light. I purchased these products online and luckily i received a Php 200 discount for purchasing the Armada face cover from the original price of Php 1025 (30g).

Mommies, for more VMV products safe for pregnancy and breastfeeding  you may visit the VMV Skintelligencenter for reference.

I will also share some of the products I'm using during my pregnancy; please refer to below photos:

I use this as my body soap :) Fragrance Free and safe for Preggos

I seldom use this, but Preggos need to use deodorants too..:) 

I use this to moisturize my tummy to prevent stretchmarks :)

I use this every time i go out. It is very mild and non greasy.

Preggo Mommies, always remember when you buy products for personal use, make sure to check the label and always consult your OB. Better to be safe that sorry :)

See you in my next post! Have a good day!

Source:VMVHypoallergenics, VMV Skintelligencenter