Mirsbin’s Kitchen

The idea of cooking for people other than friends or family scares me. I’ve been thinking about it for months already- whether i should make this a career or not. Just like my “art”, which died after being a designer for websites for 3 years, there’s this fear of losing this other love.

Of course I’ve sold some dips and brownies and other stuff in the past years. but making it in the big Kitchen is far more different than my own kitchen at home.

someone said, you have to wait for the proper time. one CEO of a certain company just dropped everything a became a chef. maybe it’s just timing, hoping that someday i’d be willing to drop everything too.

We brought food for lunch last Monday for Pebbles’ birthday. Was too busy last Sunday to bake brownies so I brought nachos instead:
Here’s a my own recipe for the meat sauce and salsa

Meat Sauce:
half kilo of ground beef
1 small onion
2 cloves garlic
1 tsp cumin
salt and pepper to taste
several dashes of soy sauce
one cup tomato sauce

Saute the beef in onions and garlic. Simmer for 2 to 3 minutes then add the seasonings and tomato sauce. Serve hot

Salsa:
5 medium sized tomatoes
1 small onion
Sprigs of Wansoy or Cilantro
dash of lemon
salt and pepper

Chop tomatoes, onions and wansoy. Mix and season with lemon, salt and pepper.

You can also add whipped cream with a dash of lemon or calamansi. If you’re in a hurry you can just buy sour cream from the grocery.

I lay awake last night craving for Churros. I remember my mom asking me when I was 8 yrs old what I wanted to eat. I had mouth sores all over. All I wanted was the comfort of dipping Churros in the rich dark chocolate. We went to a store in Greenhills named La Cibeles (hope i got the spelling right – it has long been closed down). Ahh the comfort of mom sitting beside me plus the hot chocolate made wonders to my aching mouth.
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I have lunch at Katipunan every Saturday, this is bonding time with my best friend Clorets. So far we’ve eaten in 3 restos only.

First is Sweet Inspiration – gone are the days when it was considered a date place. with it’s dark interiors and jazz music. it also used to have a radio commercial in citylite 88.3.

but this is considered heaven for Moby and Jovan. this is where the get their fill of eat-all-you can Mongolian. I went with them last week just to check it out. Di kasi kaya ni clorets ang eat all you can. Nakakahiya naman sumama sa kanya. I liked it even if i’m not considered a pro in combining all the ingredients.
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I think this is Jaja’s way of making us gain pounds while she losses all ten before July 30.