The Kitchen Mom by dhess

Rice is considered as the global staple food. In most of Asian countries , rice is the staple food in every table. Filipinos can eat more than one cup of rice with almost everything. It's the food source that completes the meals on the table.

This is why a Filipino meal is not complete without rice. Rice has also been an important part of the Philippine culture, that one basis of growing up and maturity is whether or not you can cook/steam rice properly.

Rice is versatile and it’s what makes the dish unique. Besides the fact that a meal is more scrumptious with rice, it is also nutritive. It helps control blood pressure, improves metabolism, and promotes cardiovascular health. Rice is also rich in carbohydrates that provide energy, and has small amounts of protein but has no fat.

The versatility of  rice is just one of the many reasons why rice continues to be the most dominant cereal crop.



Rice can be served and enjoyed in many different ways:

 sushi  rice porridge rice pudding cha…

Coffee has been a part of my everyday life since childhood. As far as I can remember, my grandma told me that I started drinking coffee when I was only 5 years old, I grew up knowing how good coffee is especially with you add some milk or creamer on it.

Coffee can be beneficial to some but not for people like me who are suffering from acid reflux and palpitations. I used to drink 5-8 cups of coffee in a day which did not result well.

Now that I'm about to turn 40 soon, not getting any younger  and still taking care of my family, I needed to do some precautions regarding my health and do some appropriate actions to take care of my self, and that's when I took the opportunity to improve myself and decide to become a better version of myself.



I decided to choose healthy alternatives on what I got used to and to make a better version of me.
So I started from my energizer which is coffee. From my usual 5-8 cups, I have learned to reduce it and find a better and delicious alternati…

They say best friends are the people that can do anything and nothing but still enjoy the company and presence of each other.

The same thing goes with bff's Yassi Pressman and Bela Padilla. They are both certified beach Babes which can't get enough of the sun, sand and the sea. They have a lot of similarities. What else do these two talented stars have in common? Their birthday also happens to fall in the same month. Yassi's birthday is on May 11, while Bela's birthday falls on May 3.

Yassi was introduced as one of the Greenwich Kabarkada way back in 2015, while Bela becomes one of the newest endorsers late last year. Greenwich Hawaiian Overload Pizza organized the perfect Hawaiian luau for Yassi and Bela.



The joint birthday celebration in a tropical- themed hosted by the 2 of well-known host and actors and also a Greenwich Kabarkada Robi Domingo and JC Castro makes the birthday celebration more memorable for the celebrants and guest.


Yassi Pressman, which is known fo…