• Quaker Oats Oatmeal Cookies

    26Jan
    Categories: Snacks Comments: 2

    Found a new snack food…and a healthy one at that too!  Of the three flavors, I like apple and cinnamon.  It might ome across as too sweet to some people though.  But in reviewing the nutritional information table, I found out that it actually contains just 8.4 g of sugar per 30 g serving (3 cookies):

    A pack consists of 6 servings of oatmeal cookies (18 pcs) and it’s only P56.00.  I found this one at Shangri-La’s supermarket.

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  • Sea salt

    23Jan
    Categories: Recipes Comments: 0
    Sea salt, harvested from the ocean, has been used for several thousand years.  It is harvested through channeling ocean water into large clay trays and allowing the sun and wind to evaporate it naturally. It has been used to bring out freshness in salads and greens and make vegetables crispier.  It also brings out the natural flavors of meat.  The coarser texture perhaps provides a different mouthfeel and thus, contributes to its different “flavor”.  Generally more expensive than table salt, sea salt is commonly used in gourmet cooking and specialty potato chips, particularly the kettle cooked variety.  Areas that produce specialized sea salt sodium include the Cayman Islands, Greece, France, Ireland, South Korea, Colombia, Sicily, Apulia in Italy, Maldon in Essex UK, Hawaii, Maine, Utah, the San Francisco Bay, and Cape Cod in the United States.
    There are two theories as to the origin of salt layers. One says that mineral salt is layer of salt created after evaporation of old seas. According to other theory, layer of mineral salt was created by chemical reaction.
    Mineral salt is often in crystal form. It is transparent crystal, or light tan in color with little darker flecks. But, it can also be of many different colors. Not all mineral salts are rich in trace elements. Some are similar to ocean salt, other are not.
    I have yet to see good seasalt here.  But, if I do find some, I’d like to try out some of the recipes found at Ocean’s flavor foods site.

  • Five Cows Revisited: Apple Caramel Crunch

    05Jan
    Categories: Desserts Comments: 0

    Last week, I made a rare visit at TriNoMa mall and was glad to find that Five Cows Ice Cream Bar is still there (lots of restos had come and gone since the last time I’ve been there).  The place is famous for its ice cream desserts, so, of course I checked out the ones that I haven’t tried yet (not necessarily new).

    Apple Caramel Crunch Ice Cream Cake didn’t look so attractive at first.  I’m not crazy about the caramel + apple combination (and more inclined towards the cinnamon + apple which is, by the way, not in the menu).  However, I wanted to try a new dessert so I ordered it.  Boy, it was a good decision anyway.  I love this dessert!  Vanilla ice cream in between layers of crunchy apple streusel with caramel drippings!  Crunch, crunch, crunch, with the right touch of cream and sweetness!  Yum!

    It costs only around P130 and the slice is big enough for sharing!

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