Ever since I started cooking, I’ve banished canola oil from my kitchen. First of all, there is no canola plant. Canola was developed from the breeding of the rapeseed plant. Maybe it’s just me but I prefer to use something more natural when I prepare food for the family. As a result, I’ve stuck mostly…
Anello is now in Manila!
I first came across the Japanese bag brand Anello earlier this year when we went to Tokyo for a vacation. I saw nylon backpacks being sold for a little over 3,500 yen (around P1,600+). When school opened this June, my daughter told me a lot of her schoolmates were using Anello bags. It’s definitely the…
Introducing the new Shopwise Express!
A mom’s work is never done. I was so happy when summer vacation started. I thought I’d get a couple of months off from ferrying the kids to and from school. But it wasn’t to be. My son is entering 12th grade and I found out I had to enroll him in a college entrance review…
Quick and easy dinner with Magnolia Chicken
Much as I love preparing healthy and hopefully delicious meals for my family, I’m often pressed for time. I usually get home from all the day’s activities (including fetching my kids from school) at nearly 5pm. We have dinner anywhere from 6pm to 6:30pm. That doesn’t really give me a lot of time to devote…
The Whatever Mom
I’ve never really been the conventional type of mom. I’m not strict. Well now I’m not, but when my kids were younger I made sure to teach them about right and wrong… so now that they’re older, they know the drill. I also let my kids do what they want… more on that later in…