Much-Loved/Well-Fed Girl Week in Pics: 07.28.14

Blessings this week came in the form of food (lots of them) provided by friends and family.

• My parents brought me a lot of pasalubong (def: present usually given by one arriving from a trip).  My special request was hopia (which is a bean cake). They brought me a box.

• My parents also brought me some ensemada which is my other favorite Filipino pastry.  (Ensemada is a Filipino pastry first brought to the Philippines by Spain.) The pastry is made with lots of butter and sugar, topped with cheese, sometimes filled with ham pieces.  A good ensemada is light and flaky, and so good with coffee. (Just like what my parents brought me.) YUM!
  

• A delicious Urban Rabbit Caponata vegan salad from BFF Heather of Lovely Heather  which balanced out all the “bad” Filipino food that I have been eating lately.

• Lots of coffees for my Keurig coffee maker from sis-in-law.

• Beef ribs sinigang (beef soup in tamarind broth) at my brother’s house. First dinner as a whole family in 5 years. Sooo good!

• Dim sum bites and drink at M.Y China. My boss’ treat. A very enjoyable dinner!

• More pasalubong from my cousins in the Philippines – pastillas, polvoron, corn nuts and peanuts.

• My mom’s kare-kare which I miss so much. My mom is a great cook and this is her specialty. She makes it from scratch. Kare-kare is a traditional Filipino beef dish using oxtail and/or tripe in savory thick peanut sauce. It is served with bagoong  (shrimp paste) on the side. My mom said she will cook a pot just for me. YUMMO!
  

This has been my week in a nutshell. It was full of food which translates to full of love from friends and family. I am very grateful for God’s blessings.