Mommy Pehpot, Author at Mommy Pehpot

Greener And Greener..

When it comes to being green, you can always count on me on that.. now it is up to you what kind of green that would be..

So for Mommy Moments this week, as expected, my Earth Friendly Tip is to use your own eco bag. Never rely on PLASTICS, they won;t do you any good. For a time they maybe very helpful to you but there will come a time that all the plastics you used will get back at you. Remember what happened in Baguio City just a few days ago? When the landfill collapsed? What did you noticed? don’t tell me you didn’t? Oh well, if you really didn’t noticed what the mountain of garbage is made of, it’s mostly plastic! If only those people used their own bag instead of plastic bags, landfills will not be like that..

But really, how much plastics can we save? do you want me to do the math?

In one wet supermarket trip, we usually end up with more than 20 plastics. That comes from buying 5-8 kinds of meat where in each meat was placed in 2 plastic bags then placed in two big plastic bags. That would be 12 plastic bags if we buy 5 kinds of meat, same goes with sea food and beef. When it comes vegetables such as garlic, onion or the likes, they also put this in small plastic bags then again put in a bigger bags. That would be more than 5 bags for vegetables and same goes with fruits. We usually go to wet supermarket every two weeks, so in a month if don’t bring our own bag, that’s 40 plastic bags or more.. which all goes to waste then to landfills. We can reuse it right? but then again, in the end it still goes to the landfill.

Start bringing your bags now and help save the planet. It’s not that easy I know but when you get used to it, you will thank yourself for bringing a greener place for your kids.

AQIVA’s Treats for Tots: Healthy food your child will love

When it comes to my kids, I am really lucky that they are not picky eaters. There are times though, that they are fixated on eating certain food like shrimp, corned beef or chicken. I have to trick them just to eat the right food for them such as vegetables. I usually tell them that those were their favorite dishes when they were younger and it is effective so far. The only vegetable that they cannot eat is ampalaya, and I don’t even eat it myself.

Of course even though they are not picky eaters I still want to make sure that they eat as much veggies they can and I am really glad that I have been part of AQIVA’s Treats for Tots: Healthy food your child will love. Chef Carina taught us two dishes that the kids will surely love but is actually a very healthy treat.

We were grouped and all participated in a cook off. Now, these two dishes are not very new to me but the way Chef Carina prepared it, that is something I am not familiar. Two students from FEU Culinary School (Makati, where the event was held) helped us in preparing the dishes (Thank you so much Louise and Ina). We committed a lot of mistakes and put a lot spices so I am quite surprised that our dish won over the other 4 groups.

Rowena and me while preparing (Thanks Ferdie for the photo) Super Healthy Kiddie Spaghetti and Chicken Fingers. The spaghetti was super healthy because it has spinach, broccolo, green peas and carrots on it. It’s actually 70% veggie sauce. The chicken on the other hand was baked. Surprisingly the spaghetti taste good and the chicken is something that my kids will really love. I was able to take home a sample for the kids and as expected the chicken was a hit. The spaghetti didn’t taste as good as it was during the event, somewhat the taste of broccoli surfaced and one can actually know that the sauce is about veggies but the kids loved it nonetheless.

And as the winning team (photo above), we were able to take some goodies from Healthy Options

AQIVA is a nutrient-enriched milk supplement from Wyeth that is designed to fill the nutritional gaps of children 4 years and older. AQIVA contains more than 40 ingredients including 25 essential nutrients and it comes in a great-tasting vanilla flavor.

My memory card has been corrupted and I lost all my photos.. I am really thankful that Rowena of Animetrics allowed me to use her photos.

Nescafe Sweet And Mild

I prefer my coffee bitter and sweet.. and creamy too. I still have to taste this Sweet and Mild from Nescafe. The girl being so sweet on the video is beginning to grow on me. The first time I watched it, I find it annoyingly sweet but then again, she is just being sweet and there is not annoying about that. So when I finally accepted her sweetness, I already liked her already and not to mention that song really sticks on the mind.

I wish I can have her sweetness when dealing with stained scion floor mats when the car has been to car wash. Sweet and Mild lady, please brush off some of your sweetness to me 🙂

Please do watch the video, I specially liked the last part.

Finally, I learned who was singing in this nescafe sweet and mild commercial.. the girl’s name is Andrea Bocobo (thanks to JJ)