Saturday was. Woke up late. Had lunch of frozen, ready-to-heat-then-eat ulams. Then off grocery shopping. Then cooking. It probably took me 4 or 5 hours total to cook 3 dishes. And it was very tiring. I prepared nilagang baka, nilagang manok, and picadillo (also known as "giniling").
I was supposed to cook nilagang baboy, but when I got to the supermarket, they surprisingly did not anymore have the boney/ribs part of pork that I usually buy for nilaga or sinigang. So I settled with beef. I think I bought beef that was intended to be as a steak though. Hope it comes out well. Actually it doesn't look like nilagang baka. Then again, it's been a very long while since I last had nilagang baka and I don't really know what it looks like. I have a lot of lettuce and pechay as veggies in this nilaga.
I was also supposed to cook tinolang manok, but since I can't find any chayote, and of course green papaya, I settled with just a plain boiled chicken dish. I like the chicken soup that is a result of this dish but it's all chicken. So I also bought some more pechay for blanching or steaming, to go with this nilagang manok.
And the picadillo. It always tastes good. One of my favorites. I like that it is easy to eat, too.
One of the "toy" purchases I made this Saturday, particularly from the 100-yen store, is this microwave rice cooker thingy. It can cook at most one cup of rice. I tried it out and voila, rice! And it cooked in the microwave for just 18 minutes. But actually, I think I did not put enough water in it. So it turned out a little on the crunchy side; not how I want rice. But of course, food is food and it is always a blessing. :-)
I also bought a microwave steamer thingy. I'll try it out on veggies or dimsum next time. Today I didn't pass by the office at all. We didn't have any seminars or what.
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