Her Bright Side: foodie

Back To School

11:57:00 PM

It's June 13 tomorrow, start of classes, but I'm not yet prepared! I still have vacation hangover. I had fun this summer especially last month. Of course I'll never forget our trip to Tanay at JE Camp Hotel and Resort where I had so much fun. Last month was also my bf and I's anniversary and it's our first time together at Manila Ocean Park. I really enjoyed it! You see, still not ready for school! hehe

As much as I want to spend another month of vacation, I have to get ready for school. D (the bf's initial) and I went on a date this last weekend. Initially we thought of going to Greenbelt and so I can drop by to nearby malls (SM Makati, Glorietta, and Landmark) for my schoolbag hunt. Honey overslept so we ended going to Boni High Street for dinner and Market! Market! to buy my schoolbag.

Dinner at Brothers Burger

We tried Happy Lemon for the first time!

I know this post is about me going back to school but I just have to make kwento about our Happy Lemon experience. I ordered Lemon Yakult regular and he, the Milk Tea w/ Oreo Cookies. The Lemon Yakult is quite good. I liked it. However, the bf didn't like the milk tea! haha He said it tasted like tobacco! I was laughing so hard because the first time I tried milk tea years ago, I had the same reaction to the taste. So I know now to avoid the said tea.

Ok, back to schoolbag hunt. ☺ I was looking for a bag that's huge enough since I always bring a lot (besides pens and notebooks, I bring novel books, umbrella, wallet, kikay kit, etc, etc... other unnecessary things) to school. I always have my eye on bags from Follow Your Heart at Market! Market! They have great selections from shoulder bags, backpacks to travel bags all for you girls! I like their unique designs too!
I chose to buy the Charlie Tote Bag w/ Eiffel Tower Embroidery.

I call this the Eiffel Bag! ☺ | Photo by Follow Your Heart

yeah, just ignore the face! ☺

I bought the one with the red handle! I really like it especially the Eiffel Tower embroidery. I have this dream of going to Paris someday. Hoping it would come true. For now, I have to prepare for school! :)

foodie

Chicken Pesto Pasta

5:26:00 PM

I feel happy writing this post. It's my first time to post about how I love not only eating (my faves here!) but also cooking. Just recently, I'm always the one who cooks our lunch. My father is a really good cook. I hope I inherited the same trait when it comes to cooking. : )

Just this month, the bf and I celebrated our 6th anniversary. For our post celebration, I decided to cook Chicken Pesto Pasta. I first tried the recipe with my aunt and cousin and it turned out great. I want to share with you guys the recipe. It's really simple and I know even a ten-year-old can cook this (with supervision! ☺).

Ingredients:
    1 (16 ounce) package penne pasta
    2 tablespoons butter
    2 tablespoons olive oil
    4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - cut into thin strips
    2 cloves garlic, minced
    salt and pepper to taste
    1 1/4 cups heavy cream
    1/4 cup pesto
    3 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese

Directions:
     1. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until aldente; drain.
     2. Heat butter and olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Saute chicken and garlic until chicken is almost cooked. Reduce heat and stir in salt, pepper, cream, pesto and Parmesan cheese. Cook until chicken is no longer pink inside. Stir in cooked pasta.

Recipe from allrecipes.com

Instead of penne I used the regular spaghetti pasta. We also tried fetuccine before but the taste is better when we used the regular spaghetti pasta. Also for the pesto, I used the one you can buy on sachets or small packs. The one I used if I'm not mistaken is the Knorr Pesto Sauce Mix or maybe it was McCormick's. Gah, I can't remember. Anyway, one pack is good for 200g pasta so I used two for the 16oz (usually that's the 500g pasta). Even one pack is enough. Here's a photo of my version of Chicken Pesto Pasta:

from my instagram http://instagr.am/p/KcF0Pwty96/

Yummy! Hopefully this wouldn't be the first and last I'll post about cooking and recipes. I really want to learn how to cook, not only pasta recipes but also main dish recipes. ☺