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5 Reasons Why We Love Jolly Mushrooms

As I have shared with you 5 Dishes Mush Masarap Dishes With Jolly Mushrooms, I realized how much we love mushrooms na. Parang tuwing mag iisip ako ng lulutuin, ang unang ingredients na naiisip ko is mushroom. Now I am more excited to cook for my family because of my new found kusina kakampi.

Keeping up with the theme from my last post, here are the 5 Reasons Why We Love Jolly Mushrooms:

Mush-delicious ang ulam. Tried and tested, mas naging malasa talaga ang ulam. My kids can’t get enough too. I have to be honest, they prefer the stem and pieces vs. whole mushrooms.

Jolly Mushrooms is versatile, parang kahit saan namin ilagay pwede. We add it to our pancit, with our sopas, sa ulam, and with our pasta. And you can even serve it on its own, add ka lang ng freshly ground pepper and salt, ulam na! TIP: If you want bigger mushroom, buy the biggest can, if you want smaller, buy the smaller one (smaller than 400 grams).

Readily available. Whenever I crave something, there’s always a can of Jolly Mushrooms sa pantry namin. So our grocery list is never complete without Jolly Mushrooms talaga. We usually buy Jolly Pieces and Stems Mushrooms kase yan na talaga ang madalas naming gamitin.

Jolly Mushrooms is a good fiber source. Fiber in our diet is very important, especially sa digestion natin. Adding mushrooms to our dishes assures me that we are getting additional fiber in our system.

Easy to prepare and cook. I guess this is the best thing about Jolly mushrooms. I love that it has easy to open can feature and I love how easy it is to cook. It does not add more cooking time sa aking pagluluto.

If your family loves mushroom too and if you want more mush masarap na recipes using Jolly Mushroom, follow Jolly Eats on their Facebook page (https://web.facebook.com/JollyFoods/). Subscribe din kayo sa Jolly Eats Youtube Channel.

Tag us (@mommypehpot and @jollyeats) kapag nag upload kayo ng Jolly mushrooms recipes nyo ha.

Cleaning Tips For Your Dirty Kitchen

Lots of moms would agree that the kitchen is one of the busiest parts of the house. And while cooking and preparing food alone is already a daunting task, cleaning the kitchen would be a lot more challenging. Not to mention also your kitchen fixtures, furniture, and kitchen walls that need cleaning as well. To help you with some useful cleaning tips, below, I have listed some fantastic ways to clean your dirty kitchen quickly.

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Clean your kitchen from top to bottom

It is still best to follow the old rule when it comes to cleaning your kitchen by cleaning it from top to bottom and front to back. This approach has already proven to save you time and avoid doubling up your cleaning. For example, cleaning the counter without cleaning the top of the stove would only cause you to clean the counter again since debris will most likely fall. I recommend cleaning your ceiling and corners of walls first with a dust mop. Don’t forget to clean the wall against grease, grime, and spilled food.

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Use hot water to clean your dishes easily

Having a sink full of dishes can be tiring to look at, but the real challenge is when you try to scrub the food out from them. Scrubbing the food and grease off the dishes is both challenging and time-consuming. To make it easier, fill your sink with hot water together with a squirt of liquid dishwashing soap. Let your dishes soak for at least 15 minutes, so the food and grease would lose its grip. Using this cleaning tip, you can easily wash your dishes with ease.

Use baking soda and vinegar to make your sink shine again

Having a shiny kitchen sink is an excellent motivator for most moms since it makes your kitchen look very clean. To easily remove stains from the sink, apply baking soda on the sink’s surface using a damp sponge. It can effectively remove stains without the need for scratching the sink’s surface. Thoroughly wash the sink with water to remove the baking soda then spray vinegar all over the sink to dissolve calcium deposits. Rinse the sink again with water, and you’ll be surprised to see that your sink will shine again like new.

Use baking soda and vinegar to clean your kitchen tiles

A lot of cleaning experts say that you can clean your entire house as long as you have your baking soda on your side. And that also includes not just your bathroom tiles but your kitchen tiles as well. The grout between the tiles will become discolored and look dirty as time passes by, and it will start to become sore to the eyes. To clean it easily, combine your baking soda with a little bit of water to create a paste and apply it all over the tiles and the grout. Let the paste sit in for at least 10 minutes before spraying the vinegar. Scrub the tiles and grout using a toothbrush to remove all the stains to make it look clean and fresh.

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5 Different Christmas Ham Philippines You Can Buy This Holiday

Ham and Queso de bola. When I was a kid, I really don’t know why our Noche Buena and Media Noche is never complete without these two. Basta I know it’s a family tradition that I should keep. History suggests that the presence of ham or jamon in a gathering symbolizes feast. So tara, let’s make your Noche Buena a more festive one with the different ham offerings from Virginia:

5 Different Christmas Ham Philippines You Can Buy This Holiday

Pear-Shaped Chicken Ham

Let’s start our list with Pear shaped hams. If you love anything chicken, and prefers it more than anything else, Virginia Pear- Shaped Chicken Ham is a must this Holiday.

It’s less salty and more on sweet aroma and uniquely juicy flavor. It goes well with or without the pineapple glaze (but I always like my ham with glaze hehe). Virginia Pear- Shaped Chicken Ham is available in ready-to-serve 800g size.

Pear-Shaped Ham

This is the pork version of pear shaped ham. It is mildly season so you taste more than just meat. If you love flavorful ham, ito ang bagay sa’yo.

Virginia Pear-Shaped Ham is available in 3 different sizes. May 500 grams, 800 grams, and 1 kg. This is what we like most about Virginia hams, you can have it in different sizes. Kung kaunti lang kayo sa bahay, the 500 grams is perfect.

Virginia Brick Ham

Because it looks like a brick! That is my guess too eh. This ham is coated in a specially made pineapple glaze giving it that sweet-sour pineapple flavor. This is available in ready-to-serve 500g size.

Season’s Delight Ham

We all have that favorite ham right? And out of all the 5 hams in this list, this is my personal favorite. Aside from it is round (which for me is what a ham should be), I really love its tender juicy, meaty and salty profile.

Kung mapapansin nyo, I really love using cloves on my ham. It adds aroma and flavor.

Virginia Season’s Delight Ham is a round shaped ham made from coarsely ground pork, blended with specially selected ingredients to bring out that tender-juicy mouthfeel and create a well-rounded sweet-salty meaty profile with a hint of sweet-sour pineapple taste. Available in read-to-serve 1kg size.

Jamon de Bola

Here is another round shaped ham with ground meats and spices. Jamon de Bola is coated with glaze and medyo sweet ang flavor. It also has this smoky- meaty flavor.

Jamon de Bola is available in ready-to-serve size of 1 KG.

Ready-To-Serve Hams

What does it mean when it says ready to serve? Meaning it is cooked and is ready to serve straight out of packaging. But I suggest reheating it para mas lumabas ang flavor. And also reheating it with glaze gives it more character. Always let it cool for 5 minutes before slicing so that the juice of the ham won’t come out.

HACK: You can re use your oven toaster to heat your ham. If ham is too big, cut it in half (upper part vs lower part). When you arrange in on your serving plate, no one will notice! I do that almost every year.

Where to buy Virginia Hams?

Virginia hams are available in their Factory outlets nationwide. Check which outlet is near you: VIRGINIA FOOD website

It is also available in leading supermarkets and groceries nationwide. Compare ham prices by logging at Virginia website: http://www.virginiafood.com.ph/Hams