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We had a quiet and relaxing weekend.  The weather is back to gray and raining most of the weekend.  Hubby and I had dinner at our local favorite restaurant (Coho cafe) and Saturday night we visited our friends Lena and Ethan and got to see their new baby.  This week I dropped my old camera and it’s totally broken now, we are thinking of getting a new camera maybe DLSR type but I’m not in a hurry to get it right now, and I also really want to pay it in cash so we have to save for that ASAP.  Hubby had a nice surprise from his work this week too, his company appreciates his hard work lately and gave him the new iPad, that’s what I’m using for my pics lately (I’m really liking the quality of the pictures too), it’s funny because Hubby was also gifted with an iPad(the first iPad ever)  2 years ago from another boss. Lucky Hubby!!

This salad was so simple and refreshing when we had couple of nice warm days here in the Puget Sound (we loved every minute of it). I used the same dressing in this salad (the pioneer womans dressing recipe).  I will be making this salad A LOT when summer is here:)

We are having great weather for the last 2 weeks here in the Puget sound area(between 70-80),so Hubby and I are taking advantage of it!  Last weekend, we had another picnic at Lake Sammamish Park (it’s just a 7 minute drive from our place). We had tacos and nachos for our lunch and it was tasty:)

I’m really lucky that we have a big Filipino store here in WA (seafood city).  It makes it easier for me to get the ingredients that are unique to filipino food whenever I get that craving.  The only disadvantage for me is that I end up spending SO MUCH because I have a hard time controlling myself buying food that I normally don’t buy when I’m still in the Philippines.  Filipino junk foods, candies and canned goods are my weakness because they remind me so much of home(PI)…which leads to me buying them, Oh well!  That’s why I “try” to go there only once or twice a month or else I’ll spend all our grocery budget in there! My poor American husband, he needs his american food too:)

 

What a nice SUNNY weekend we had here in the Puget sound!  Hubby and I attended a marriage conference that our Church organized, it was a great one and I pray that we’ll apply all of the Biblical lessons we learned towards our marriage and through our marriage we can Glorify the Kingdom of God, after all it’s not all about us.  After the conference, we went to happy hour at John Howie Steak in Bellevue. We love their happy hour with its affordable and quality food:)  Then Sunday, we celebrated my Parents In Laws Birthdays.  We had lasagna and roast beef sandwiches that my Dad In Law prepared from scratch!  YUMMM! Hubby made tuna tartare for our appetizer and it was a HIT! I will post the recipe later this week! For now enjoy the pics!

 

My Husband really loves Buffalo Chicken wings.  I always bake the wings so it’s more “healthy” for us. We would be in big trouble if I did it the unhealthy way (hello frying!). So when I saw this recipe online, I couldn’t wait to try it, and Hubby really liked it too.  I will probably make this again.

Recipe (www.ValSoCal.blogspot.com)

1 Rotisserie chicken, shred the breast meat
1/2 cup Pete’s buffalo sauce (I used Frank’s Hot sauce)
1 tablespoon butter
1 head Ice-burg lettuce
1/2 cup sour cream
1/3 cup crumbled gorgonzola cheese
2 tablespoons milk
quarter cup red onion, chopped
salt and pepper
celery and carrots, to go on side

1) Pull the chicken meat off of chicken set in bowl. Microwave buffalo sauce and
butter, about 30 seconds. Pour over chicken. Stir to coat.
2) Mix Sour cream, gorgonzola and milk together. Season with salt and pepper.
3) Cut lettuce into wedges.
4) Place chicken on lettuce….add sauce and red onion.

We are on vacation right now here in Daytona Beach, Florida! It’s so nice and gorgeous out here!  We’ve been to Miami before but this is our first time to visit Daytona Beach and we are heading to Orlando later this week to hangout with our friends from Hogwarts! I cannot wait:-)

 

 

This is my late post of our Easter weekend.  We had a great Easter, spent some time with family and attended Church service.  The weather was just perfect too.  Enjoy the pics!

I prepared this last week and turned out really yummy. Hubs and I really like meatballs.  I usually have it with rice but I know here in the states it’s usually with pasta. This is the inspiration of the dish at For the Love of Cooking.

I’m having a little vacation with Hubby this week, celebrating our 4th wedding anniversary. We are enjoying this view for the meantime:) Hope you guys are enjoying your week too!