Summer Bento

It’s summer break.  But Stefan goes to camp for 8 weeks, so I still prepare his baon. Every. Single. Day.

 

·         Smiley chicken nuggets, cheese & ube pandesal, quail eggs, corn puffs, fruit cup

 

·         Raspberry fruit bites, corn & ham buns, grape tomatoes, mixed veggies

 

·         PB&J sandwich, edamame, hard-boiled egg, blueberries

 

·         Roasted potatoes, chilli-lime shrimp, peach slices, cheese/ube pandesal

 

·         Spam croissant, Ritz cheese cracker, grape tomatoes, peach slices

 

·         Cheese croissant, blue berries, carrot sticks, OTAP, grapes

 

·         California maki sushi, corn puff, blueberries

 

·         Croissants, crabstick, grape tomatoes, peaches, veggie crisp

 

·         Croissants, fish balls, mushrooms, peach slices

 

I’m taking a breather from making baon on this last week of summer before another schoolyear begins.  Sherwin & I are taking this last week off to spend it with Stefan.

*phew*

Potluck

The best potluck I’ve had at work.  A send-off party to 2 colleagues who are leaving the company.

 

I was first introduced to potlucks in Canada.  Never had potlucks back home.  I grew up having family and friends come to our house for big meals hosted by my parents on different occasions, whether it was the weekly family gathering, or my grandparents’ death anniversary, birthdays or Christmases, welcome-home or despedida parties,... any occasion you can think of.  Or no occasion at all.  Might just be full moon, the crabs from the market are fat. Or we got Lechon from Cebu.  My parents would be on the phone inviting people over.  Next thing you know, it’s a feast of more than just crabs & lechon.

 

But that’s back home, where we have a super Mom, an entertainer Dad, a reliable cook and maids to serve and clean up. 

 

I miss home.

 

Loose Tooth

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