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Cheesy Waffle Fries with Steak and Mushroom

  Are you running out of ideas for your next family movie night? Or just trying to be creative with your kids' snacks? Well, I have just the perfect recipe for you! I’m sharing a creative take on the Philly Cheesesteak, a famous American snack that has been loved and adored for generations. Presenting… my Cheesy Waffle Fries with Steak and Mushroom! Crispy waffle fries loaded with thinly sliced beef and caramelized onions, bell peppers and mushrooms, topped with hot melted cheese. Doesn’t this make your mouth water? My kids are big fans of potato fries, and every Saturday movie night, they always request for fries. So, to make it more enjoyable, I decided to “upgrade” it a bit. Check out this quick and easy recipe that I’m sure you’ll love, too! Cheesy Waffle Fries with Steak and Mushroom Ingredients : • 500 g U.S frozen waffle fries • 500 g top-round steal (thinly sliced) • 1 medium onion, diced • 1 medium bell pepper, sliced • 1 can (284 g) button mushrooms • quick melt cheese •

Conti’s Puts the Fresh in Fresh Starts for 2023

The long Christmas season is over and now it’s time for another exciting period, one filled with making resolutions and drawing up goals as we look back to help ourselves recalibrate the future. It’s that special time when we dust off the excesses of the festive holiday season and clean our plates for a fresh new start. And as new starts go, the best ones are those filled with health-giving goodness for better minds and hearts and more positive moods this year.  The new salads of Conti’s Bakeshop and Restaurant perfectly fit the bill. Light but filling, tasty but healthy, they’re sure to help make new beginnings or restarts for this exciting time of the year as delightful as everyone hopes. The Signature Salad has all the classic goodness everyone loves in one bowl – fresh strawberry slices, candied walnuts, and crispy mixed greens tossed in Conti’s’ signature raspberry vinaigrette. The dish is topped with lacey parmesan crisps for added taste and texture.   It’s something special but

LG’S REFRIGERATOR WITH MOODUP BRINGS A MORE COLORFUL LIFESTYLE TO THE KITCHEN

SEOUL, Dec. 22, 2022 — LG Electronics (LG) will present an exciting, new color option for its groundbreaking refrigerator with MoodUP™ to offer personalized customer experiences at CES 2023. Coming to LG’s color-changing fridge in collaboration with the world-renowned Pantone Color Institute, Viva Magenta – the Pantone Color of the Year 2023 – is a brave and fearless crimson red that injects excitement and drama into home interiors, energizing any environment with its dynamic vibrancy.  The refrigerator with MoodUP™, unveiled at IFA 2022 in Berlin this September, boasts a diverse range of rich, dynamic colors to choose from; providing a convenient way for users to enliven their kitchen whenever they feel the need to change or refresh the mood. With the arrival of Viva Magenta, a stylish addition brought about by LG’s close partnership with the Pantone Color Institute, the upper door panel of the fridge now offers a total of 23 chic color options. Owners of the 4-Door French-Door model

New Counter-depth French-Door Fridge Boasts Mirror InstaView™ Panel,

    SEOUL, Dec. 15, 2022 — LG Electronics (LG) is set to unveil the new LG InstaView™ French-Door refrigerator at CES 2023. Helping users create a more stylish kitchen that sits flush with the cabinetry and enjoy an upgraded culinary life, the new counter-depth model offers large capacity and a simple yet elegant built-in design featuring a mirror InstaView panel and unobtrusive pocket handles. It also provides four different types of ice and keeps food fresh for longer with LG’s advanced freshness technologies.   The company’s new, 25.5-cubic feet counter-depth refrigerator offers a generous capacity, despite a nine percent reduction in depth compared to a conventional French-Door model.1 To increase internal storage space, LG redesigned several of the fridge’s core components – slimming-down the cold air duct and the evaporator, while also reducing thickness by applying enhanced insulation. Although its expansive interior provides 25 percent more room for storing food and drinks than

Best Ways To Ease Menopausal Symptoms for NYE

  The holiday season brings so much joy and excitement, including New Year's Eve. Unfortunately, it can be challenging to celebrate if you have menopause and are dealing with severe symptoms. Thankfully, you and anyone going through menopause can still enjoy a rockin' NYE. Most women experience menopause sometime between their late 40s and early 50s, usually lasting a few years. The symptoms can be exhausting, running the gamut from hot flashes to mood changes to night sweats to irritability. If you want to tone down the symptoms for NYE, you can try a few different things, including taking natural estrogen supplements over the counter. 1. Take Calcium and Vitamin D Supplements Menopause results in hormonal changes, and those changes can cause weakened bones. Weak bones increase the risk of developing osteoporosis, which can lead to joint pain. Supplementing your diet can help encourage bone strength and reduce your chances of joint and bone pain. Calcium and vitamin D have str

Meryendang hindi pagsasawaan

 Serve a Filipino favorite staple dessert and meryenda - gulaman - and get a sweet feeling, everyday.  Take the stress out of everyday living with this simple meryenda fare without breaking the bank. Mr. Hat Gulaman is the perfect everyday meryenda for everyone – busy parents with kids who are picky eaters, students who want to add color and excitement to their lunch boxes, office workers who want to bring happy food, and everyone else. Made from the finest natural seaweed extract, Mr. Hat Gulaman offers a wide variety of flavors and colors that will suit everyone’s tastes and preferences. Flavors include orange, lychee, strawberry, grape, mango, buko pandan and even coffee. The unflavored gulaman, meanwhile, comes in black, orange, yellow, white, red and green colors. Everyday Meryenda Bond with family and friends over gulaman – from picking the flavor to creating dishes to sharing the food over meryenda or dessert, make Mr. Hat Gulaman part of the family. It is easy to prepare, and i

A quick trip down holiday memory lane

  Can you feel it? The cold breeze, holiday songs, festive decorations, and colorful lights and lanterns… it’s Christmas season, everybody! Filipinos are known to celebrate Christmas the longest – it starts with the BER months and ends in January. Along with parties and get-togethers, we also have different traditions to celebrate the yuletide season. Since I was a kid, I associated grapes and round fruits with the holiday season. My grandma used to buy a lot of grapes during the BER months and placed them on our table along with other fruits. The grapes were also hung on windows and doors to help bring in good fortune for the coming year. I remember her asking me who was eating the grapes as she noticed that they were slowly “disappearing” and I said it must have been my aunties and our cat. But… It was silly me all along, of course! My aunties ended up buying more, much to my delight.   For Christmas eve, my aunties and grandma would make their delicious fruit salad – a huge can of f

How To Help Your Family Deal With Stress Anxiety During Thanksgiving

  For some, Thanksgiving is the best holiday of the year. Extroverts who enjoy being around people often thrive during holiday parties and while shopping. Introverts may get overwhelmed with all the commotion. People with ADHD or anxiety can experience difficulty dealing with so many activities. Even when you take anxiety medication adults may still need grace and a safe place through the day. Here are some tips to help everyone in your family have fun. Communicate Openly With Each Other A little bit of talking goes a long way when dealing with stress and anxiety at the holidays. We can’t always control how the relatives will act or the details of the day, but we can talk about what we need and how we can deal with different situations. Knowing that you have each other’s backs when one of you is nervous about spending time with the family can help you manage the stress before the day. Support Each Other Emotionally Talking it out lets you support each other emotionally. Childr

Pocky day 11.11 Take the Pocky Heart-to-Heart TikTok Challenge and tap into the joy of gift-giving

  Glico Philippines, Inc. is celebrating Pocky day (11.11) this November 11, 2022 with a new TikTok challenge that combines the Filipino culture of gift-giving with a cute Pocky trend popularized in Japan. The Pocky Heart-to-Heart TikTok Challenge is perfect for those looking to showcase their love to the ones they hold dearest. Every year since, Glico celebrates Pocky day globally on 11.11, because this popular Japanese snack that everyone loves looks like the number “1” The tradition of giving gifts or pasalubong to loved ones is an integral part of the Filipino culture; this generosity and thoughtfulness are traits that perfectly resonate with Pocky’s brand philosophy of sharing happiness with everyone. This is why Pocky has chosen to celebrate their biggest day of the year, 11.11, with a gift-giving challenge for everyone in the Philippines to show their utmost love to those closest to them in the upcoming festive season. If you have someone you want to show your love and appreci

CONTI’S: 25 YEARS OF DELIGHT

  In the late 90s, three women who would later come to be known as the "Conti Sisters" — Cecille, Carole, and Angie — started a humble food business from their garage. It's hard to believe now that they used to serve neighborhood favorites such as Baked Salmon, Garlic Sotanghon, and Ensaymada in a makeshift kitchen in Paranaque 25 years ago. It turns out that their love for good food has roots that go much further back. Their father was a public lawyer who frequently invited his colleagues to their home, so the sisters watched their parents entertain family and friends by cooking for them. That's how Carole—the main foodie among the three sisters—became interested in cooking and entertaining at an early age. Angie, the youngest of three sisters, says it was her ate Carole who loved trying new food and was already planning to have a food business with her two sisters back then. Carole lived in the United States in the 1990s, during which time she sharpened her cooking

A smoky celebration with Kenny Rogers Roasters all-new Smokehouse BBQ Roast & Ribs

     Almost everyone loves the smoky and savory taste of a smokehouse barbecue. And with the festive season well underway, Kenny Rogers Roasters is bringing an American-style barbeque holiday with its newest offerings, the Smokehouse BBQ Roast & Ribs. Their flavors are further amplified with three new sauces: Roasted Garlic, Applewood, and Alabama to make every celebration truly one to remember! No one can ever go wrong with the sweet, tangy and smoky flavors of Smokehouse BBQ & Ribs which comes with these Kenny Roger’s Roasters favorites – the Smokehouse BBQ Roast Chicken, which is marinated in a special blend of barbecue and spices for flavorfully tender meat and crisp, lightly seared skin; and of course, the Smokehouse BBQ Ribs, with the signature fall-off-the-bone ribs made flavorful with chipotle and special spices. Enhancing the charred and smoky flavors of these dishes are three scrumptious sauces: the spicy-tangy Roasted Garlic that has specks of garlic bits. The fruity

Chef Lau and Chef Jac Laudico are reinventing your favorite recipes in new cooking show

Here’s everything you need to know about the web series “Eats Robina Farms” Have you ever had crunchy pork menudo? Not only will culinary power couple Chef Rolando (Lau) and Chef Jacqui (Jac) Laudico introduce you to the innovative dish, but they’ll also show you how to make it in their new web series, Eats Robina Farms.  In each episode, the two superstar chefs will teach you how to put a novel spin on your favorite dishes, so that your family has fun, new ways to enjoy food together. “This show is about helping moms, dads and anyone who cooks at home - to show them mga recipes na easy to do, pero mayroon na kaunting interesting twist,” says Chef Lau. “I think that would really help them a lot because, siyempre, minsan yung mga kids natin, madali magsawa or are very particular, and the recipes that we do with Robina Farms, nakakagana talaga.” Jonathan Diño, marketing director for Robina Farms, shares that the idea for the show came about after the brand saw a steady increase of member

Conti's Launches Newest Cake to Celebrate 25th Anniversary

  To celebrate its 25th anniversary, Conti's Bakeshop and Restaurant has rolled out a handmade cake creation that tells a sweet story: the Hazelnut Fudge cake. “This decadent concoction celebrates our past, present, and future,” says Angela Conti-Martinez, one of the Conti sisters who founded and continues to own the Filipino restaurant chain. This new Conti’s Hazelnut Fudge cake is made with hazelnut mousse and vanilla cream on a bed of crushed sugar cone, with bits of brownie brittle in between, topped with chewy hazelnut fudge.  Patricia Tan, general manager and daughter of Cecille Conti-Marañon, one of the company's founders, says that her mom and two sisters, Carole Conti-Sumulong and Angela Conti-Martinez, see the new cake as a perfect representation of the founding Conti sisters.  “Just like the three main components of the cake, my mom and her two sisters complement each other very well,” Tan said. “They’re different from each other and bring something unique to the tab