Get The Best Rate

In our side of the world, interest rate on loans rose just two days ago. It was a very big leap. I'm sure home owners who have mortgage are not happy about it. On the other hand, savings account rate is also high. You can get the best rate there is if you your research. One of our banks has high interest rate on its savings maximizer account.If you're looking for the best rate there is for savings or checking accounts, it pays if you do your homework....

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Mince Meat with Mixed Veggies

My creation when I was mucking around the kitchen one weekend. This is very easy to cook and good with rice or mashed potato. I like the smell when cooking this.How I cooked it? Simple. I just placed the meat in the pan; pour soy sauce; put a pinch of salt, a teaspoon of garlic and ginger; and let them brown. Then put the mixed veggies. I just used the frozen pack. Cook...

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Watermelon

This is the first fruit that my son tasted when he was two weeks shy from 4 months. He loved it. That was when I realized he's going to love to eat anything as he is now.Normally, abundant supply of this sweet fruit is during summer. That's when they are juicy and really sweet and red.It is a good source of Vitamin C, carotenoid (one of the three major source of lycopene)...

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Saving Grace

Funny sometimes when you realize that there are things that are evil if you don't have and evil if you have. I'm talking of credit cards, dear. Yes, it's a reality that try as we might sometimes not to buy something on credit and therefore saying that we do not need credit card but at some crucial time, credit cards are our saving grace.We've seen in the news and read in the...

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Pumpkin

Jens is a pumpkin baby. His vegetable always have pumpkin since he started eating them. He loves it. Aside from it being sweet, it is also easy to prepare. I bought half or quarter butternut or Queensland Blue pumpkin and Jens could not eat it in 48 hours. So I peeled it then freeze some that I can't use in the next 48 hours.Pumpkin is very versatile. We know that it's a vegetable but we also use it on halloween.It is also very nutritious - contains...

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Mangoes

This is what the green mangoes here look like. Very far from the Philippines. But I never have eaten much of them than when I was pregnant. One afternoon, Hubs brought home two bags of them. I don't like them ripe because of their pungent smell, so I had green mango/es everyday for more or less two weeks. Mangoes are know to be the king of fruits, why? I just don't know....

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Banana

Jens loves banana and so is Mummy. It's been part of our breakfast, his lunch and afternoon tea. Cavendish banana here is on it's cheapest so we take the opportunity to eat it always. Bananas are good source of dietary fiber, vitamin c, potassium which helps helps keep your heart, nervous system and kidneys healthy, and vitamin b6. It is believed to be rich in fat, but no. The average size banana has just 450Kj.When buying, select bananas at different...

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Rock Melon

This was Jens dessert the other day. It was his first day to try the rock melon and he loves it. Rockmelon is a rich source of vitamin C. A 200 gram serve is equivalent of 200% RDI of vitamin C. The deep orange variety contains beta carotene and other members of carotenoid family. Plus, it is low in kilojoules. When buying rock melon, select those with a sweet aroma and...

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Fish and Chips

Fish and chips is a cheap and popular take-away (take-out for you in the RP) in Australia. It consist of deep-fried fish (could be cod or any fish) in batter and crumbs with deep-fried chipped (in slab-cut) potatoes. Don't get confused the chips with fries. Chips are cut bigger. Often, it comes with lemon for the fish. I guess to take the fishy taste on it - I prefer it...

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Our Midnight Snack

Mcj asked me if I want some of this. Of course! This is just a left-over. We eat straight from the container. I didn't have much as I'm about to hit the hay. Mcj said, he wanted coffee. With ice cream? He said, I'll just have orange juice then. :)This is my favorite flavour - rich choc ch...

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Lunch

This is Mcj's favorite lunch. Grilled cheese sandwich - cheese, tomatoes and onions. I like it too but too savory for my taste. I can't down the whole sandwich. When I am homesick, this is my respite - pinoy food.I bought this boneless dilis when I was pregnant and I still have some left.When Mcj saw me eating this with rice for lunch, he said, I must have missed it very...

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What's for Dinner?

... food. That's my naught reply to Mcj if he asked me that question. :)Tonight, I cooked adobo (my version), stir-fry veggies (also my version) and rice.I didn't marinade the chicken at all because I was just able to take them out the freezer around lunch time. I even used the solar energy to thaw them out. I just put them in the pan - add salt, soy sauce, pepper, apple cider...

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