Mommy Pehpot, Author at Mommy Pehpot

Christmas Gifts Ideas

It’s shopping season once again! having a hard time thinking what to give to your kids? wife? friends or coworkers? Here are some great finds that’s perfect for this Holiday.

Russ plush toys and teddy bears

We’re actually planning to buy one for the little girl.. she loves Turtles! and we’re thinking of buying this one for her:

Cosmetics from Rustan’s The Beauty Source

A MAC lipstick or a Clinique foundation or any perfume of your choice.. Rustan’s The Beauty Source made shopping easier.. specially to guys who really hate going to malls.. now they can shop for their wife, their girlfriend or even for their mom without the hassle of Holiday traffic (and parking). Visit Rustan’s The Beauty Source and start browsing for the perfect Christmas gift for your love ones.

The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf’s 2012 Giving Journal

For you coffee lover friends, get an extra cup and complete the 18 stamps to claim a Giving Journal and give it to them as a gift. Percentage of the total sales for this journal will be donated to the Real Life Foundation.

By the way, there’s a new The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf® branch in town.. located right across the American Embassy

In line with its debut, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf® branch in Avenue of the Arts will be holding a special promotion that will run from December 10-17, 2011. During the promo period, customers can come to the store from 12:30 to 1:30 in the afternoon and purchase the Regular Mocha, Vanilla and Caramel Ice Blended Drinks for only Php 50.

Sinigang Recipe Variants

Sinigang, we all know, is Filipino soup dish with a very distinct sour taste… It would always be sinigang.. any Sunday is made special by this soup dish.. and any gloomy day can be brighten with a bowl of steaming hot sinigang..

I remember when I was a child, I used to make a list of different kinds of sinigang.. ranging from the type of meat used to the kind of fruit used to make it sour. I am very used to cooking sinigang as it is, boiling/cooking all the ingredients together. Then I married someone who’s roots came from Pampanga.. and I learned how to cook Sinigang by sauteing it.

Sinigang na Baboy sa Sampalok

Sinigang na Hipon sa Sampalok

Sinigang na Baboy sa Pakwan

If you are not familiar, here are some variants of our favorite Sinigang:

Sinigang sa Sampalok – this is the most famous and most used
Sinigang sa Kalamansi – often used in Seafood, specially in Shrimp
Sinigang sa Kamias- used in Milk fish
Sinigang sa Bayabas- often used in Beef and Pork
Sinigang sa Santol
Sinigang sa Pakwan
Sinigang sa Strawberry

Sinigang sa Miso is another variant but it simply used Sampalok and added Miso for some flavor

In terms of the type of meat used, we have the different kinds of sinigang:

Sinigang na Baboy
Sinigang na Baka
Sinigang na Isda
Sinigang na Hipon
Sinigang na Gabi (yes meron nito!)

Sinigang na Manok or Sinampalukang Manok to some is another type but this one does not use tomato unlike the other sinigangs.

My favorite would always be Sinigang na Baboy sa Sampalok and Sinigang na Bangus sa Bayabas.. but my kids would always go for Sinigang na Hipon sa Sampalok.. while my younger sister would go for Singang na Baboy sa Pakwan.. I still have to try Sinigang sa Strawberry and Sinigang na Lechon one of these days.. but with the many types of Sinigang, I bet it would take a while before I tried it.

I know most of you have tasted more than 3 kinds of Sinigangs, would you like to share what are your favorites?

My Circle Of Love Necklace

I almost cried when I first saw it.. it’s like my life showing in front of me.. in all majesty.. it’s like fairy tale.. and if not for the dust and cob webs inside the customs office, I could have wear my glass slippers..

It’s the first time I received something as grand and as meaningful as this.. and I believe each mom should have this.. and grandmothers too..

It’s a moms necklace, Circle of Love, from Something About Silver..

Circle of love is a personalized necklace, a perfect gift for a mom, I believe. As you can see on the photo above, that’s a 1″ Sterling washer style pendant stamped with my kids’ names and it comes along with their birthstones.

You can order Circle of Love necklace at Something About Silver and personalized it all you want. They give options such as the names that will be stamped on the washer, chain type or if you want to include birthstones crystals or not. Circle of Love necklace starts at $42. It will take 1-2 weeks to create your order but with something as good and gorgeous as the one in the photo above, I say, the wait is worth it!

I’m really thankful for this gift that they sent to me.. and wait! you too can have something as majestic as this! Watch out mommies 🙂