Home Hacks Design

Home Hacks Design for the bathroom such as Simple Hacks To A Prettier Bathroom. Similarly, this also feature Toilet Shopping Tips.

Another Home Hacks Design are for kitchen like Cleaning Tips For Your Dirty Kitchen and cleaning products that is perfect for cleaning.

Kitchen Hacks You Wish You Should Have Known Before like the other great use of paper towels.

Creating an effective cleaning schedule; divide it into categories; daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly.

Cleaning schedule that you also need to consider are those that is done every 4 months such as air conditioner cleaning, pest control, and deep cleaning of windows.

Cleaning of roof and rain gutter are done every year. Cleaning/draining of the septic tank should be done every 3 years or 5 years.

Cost of home make over and DIY for cheaper make over ideas.

Bedroom decorations ideas and where to buy the cheapest bed lines.

Kitchen make over ideas and DIYs for cheaper make over ideas.

Tropical living room themed and where to buy cheap tropical plants.

Home make over ideas in the Philippines. Home interior ideas in the Philippines

Mommy Blog with home hacks topic in the Philippines.

Where to buy cheap wood furniture in the Philippines.

Price of Aluminum Screen Door in the Philippines. Price of the brown aluminum and silver aluminum.

Furniture stores in the Philippines. Abad Santos furniture store address.

Uratex foam custom cut online. Uratex foam price online.

Sugar Blend Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

A must try for the kids: Sugar Blend Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe. Backstory>> from our recent Landers Superstore trip, Hershey’s chocolate chips are on sale! Eh ang tagal na nangungulit ng cookies ng mga bagets, sakto. Pagbigyan ang hilig. You may ask why we travel that far to go to Landers? On the way sya sa Valenzuela where my mother in law resides. We visit my mother in law every payday for her allowance sabay grocery na sa Landers sometimes.

Bonus sale at @landersph ?? alam na this! Chocolate chip cookies time!! ?? #landersph #landersphilippines #landerssuperstore
A photo posted by Mommy Blogger Pehpot (@mommypehpot) on Jan 6, 2017 at 11:44pm PST

Coincidentally, I received a message from my Facebook Page (Mommy Blogger Pehpot) from rep of Merisant (manufacturer of Equal®) and they want to send a sample kit of their products particularly Sugar Blend.

Sugar Blend is the newest product from Merisant that can be used to sweeten drinks, dishes and can be used for baking too!

Timing is everything. And Merisant came at the right moment.

Sugar Blend Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

When using Sugar Blend, you only need half of the sugar required. I was hesitant to try but you know I never back down from a challenge.

Ingredients for Sugar Blend Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe:

3/4 cup Sugar Blend
1 cup salted butter (I always use salted butter and skip adding salt)
1 tsp vanilla
2 medium sized egg
3 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
2 cups chocolate chips

You will 2 cups of chocolate chips, 1 1/2 cup is used on the dough while the remaining 1/2 cup is used before baking the cookies.

Refrigerate the dough for at least 24 hours. From expereince, 48 hours will give you chewy cookies.

Sugar Blend worked well with my chocolate chip cookies! My usual recipe calls for 2 1/2 cup of flour and 1 1/2 cup of sugar. Since I am using less amount of sugar, I decided to add 1/2 cup of flour on my recipe. It turned out very well! Actually it turned out really really well that after baking it, I no longer buy my favorite dark chocolate chip cookie from Starbucks, kalasa na eh haha.

I also tried using Sugar Blend on my frosting for my pineapple carrot cupcake (also used the sugar with my cupcake) and it turned out good, but didn’t get the stiffness that I want.

I was aiming for a two toned rose frosting pero the frosting is not that stiff. It turned OK after refrigerating the frosting. It’s cream cheese frosting by the way. Thinking of using it again with buttercream frosting, bakas mas matigas na sya pag ganun. Or I will just stick to powdered sugar.

But all in all, Sugar Blend did a good job on keeping my cupcakes and cookies sweet with lesser calories.

5 Small Kitchen Appliances For Your Wife This Valentine’s Day

Small Kitchen Appliances is usually defined as portable and can be used while sitting at the countertop. It is generally inexpensive and widely available. And because of its size and price, it is a preferred gift for occasions such as weddings, Christmas, and Valentine’s Day. This coming Valentine’s Day, why not surprise your wife with a small kitchen appliances as a gift. In not particular order, here are some preferred small kitchen appliances of moms. This is a hint list dear husbands!

5 Small Kitchen Appliances For Your Wife This Valentine’s Day

#1 Small Oven. If your wife/partner loves to bake or usually mentions cupcakes, take the hint! This is the gift that you should give her because she will be baking your birthday cake soon! This a mini counterpart of bigger oven minus some feature. This is inexpensive and relatively small. It won’t hurt the budget and won’t eat much space on your kitchen countertop. And it produces cakes, cupcakes and even roasted chicken!

#2 Electric Pressure Cooker. If you are the kind of mister who loves asking for Beef Nilaga or Kare-Kare, buy this one and wrap it pronto! Why electric and not stovetop? It’s very convenient, set it and forget it. This is placed on #2 as a subtle hint. Eherm, husband, eherm.

#3 Coffee Maker. Nothing beats waking up with the smell of freshly made coffee. The coffee aroma is considered as one of the best perk me up smell in the world (I made that up but it may actually be true). Coffee maker actually makes the coffee taste better, even the instant ones, the taste and aroma is better when you use a coffee maker to make one.

#4 Microwave. This is a must in every kitchen. Still thinking if it is worth to buy microwave, stop thinking and give your money. Your partner will thank you for giving her a microwave as gift. Trust me, I used to say no to microwave but the husband insisted on buying one. When I finally said yes, I wish I said yes earlier. Life has been easier with microwave!

#5 Induction Cooker. When I created my own list a while ago, this one was not included. I was actually thinking of a juicer or a blender. The group of moms I asked pointed out that an induction cooker is a good alternative when you run out of gas. Good point right? Aside from that, it consumes less electricity as compared to cooking using gas (that’s according to my sister). And the pot that is designed for induction cooking are really cute. So hint! When you plan to buy induction cooker as a gift, include pans and pots.

I read once that small kitchen appliances should not be treated as a gift to your partner because it is a household use. Do not believe that. If it will make your partner happy, then go gift it.

5 New Year’s Resolutions for Better Nutrition

Christmas season is a great excuse to indulge. Indulge in gifts, indulge in spending and most specially indulge in eating. Guilty as charged! For the purpose of being fair, to you and to my diet, I am going to enumerate the food that I ate during the holidays.

I had lechon, grilled liempo, pork BBQ to start with, that’s after promising that I would stop eating pork. And for some reason, I decided to bake pineapple carrot cake during our Noche Buena, which basically ends up in my tummy (because I am the only who likes to eat this cake). It is frosted with cream cheese frosting, so just imagine the calories.

I will skip the chocolates because that was too many to count. And then there’s ham! That ham is the culprit. My mother even prepared Mechado for Media Noche. If there’s any consolation, I didn’t eat that much macaroni salad and rice.

Good thing, right after this season is the start of the year. A very good motivation to reflect and try to be better. Aren’t you glad that we celebrate Christmas one week before New Year? Oh boy, I am so glad! New Year gives us a chance to reflect and strive to be better than last year. Dapat lang kasama ang health to be better this New Year. New Year is the best time to start being mindful about our health and have a better nutrition.

I am going to share with you 5 New Year’s resolutions for better nutrition. Let’s hope that come March, we are all healthier and our bodies are beach ready!

5 New Year’s Resolutions for Better Nutrition

1. Drink less colored drinks and drink more water. What are colored drinks? Anything that is not water, Yes, coffee included. I know, I know. I didn’t say do not drink colored drinks. Just lessen it. If you’re used to drinking 3 cups of coffee a day, try doing just one. When dinning out, opt for service water instead of the bottomless iced tea (which looks very temping because it really is cheap). Honestly, you will save a lot if you’ll just skip that colored drinks when dinning out. Drink water, drink water, drink water.

TIP: Increase your water intake by having a water jug/bottle with you. You can easily keep track of your water intake using this method. A 2 Liter water bottle is good for a day. Adding a slice or two of lemon is a healthy option.

2. Never skip breakfast. Never ever skip breakfast. And if I have to say it again, I will. NEVER. SKIP. BREAKFAST. Let me explain a bit why. Eating breakfast gives you energy during the day and also prevents you from being sleepy before lunch time. Eating breakfast makes you more alert and less grouchy. In terms of weight loss, eating breakfast makes you less hungrier during the day and gives your metabolism a good start.

TIP: A good breakfast meal includes carbohydrates, protein and fiber. If you’re on the go, a veggie smoothie is a good breakfast alternative. Add peanut butter or milk for protein and munch on a piece of wheat bread for your carbohydrates source

3. Eat less rice and more vegetables and fruits. As mentioned above, a good meal should include carbohydrates, protein and fiber in equal proportions of course. It should be 1/4 of your plate is carbohydrates, 1/4 is protein and 1/2 is fiber. Looks really hard but it gets better everyday. The key is start eating less rice. If your usual consumption is 1 cup of rice, try doing 1/2 for a while until you can do 1/4 rice. It’s easier than you think, I have been there. I know how it feels. To prevent that empty feeling (that’s how exactly I feel when I tried lessening my rice intake without alternative), add vegetables on your plate. Decrease rice, increase veggies. In just a week, you will see the difference.

TIP: If you are not a veggie person like me, try steamed veggies and cut it into small pieces. Kangkong with garlic works well with any ulam.

4. Stay away from fried food as much as you can. Put that fried chicken down! At work, try ordering menudo or nilaga instead of your usual fried chicken or pork chop. Subukan mo din mag gulay huwag lang tuwing Biyernes.

TIP: Mixed rice works for me. When I am swamped with blogging duties and mommy duties, I usually cook mixed rice with lots of vegetables, some shrimp (sometimes chicken) and just reheat it in microwave when I need to eat. If you want to test your cooking skills, you can try cooking mixed rice good for 3 to 5 days and stack it on microwavable containers and put it in the fridge.

5. Don’t forget to snack. Alam mo ba na dapat lang you eat your snacks aside from your meal? That you should eat every 4 hours to boost your metabolism and gives you better nutrition. Snack on healthy food such as whole grain products. Cheese and wheat bread is a good snack, as well as carrot sticks. Low fat milk and bread is a good option too.

TIP: Prepare/ buy a sandwich during your morning break and divide in two. Eat the other half as your morning snack and the other half as your afternoon snack.

As the New Year unfolds, commit to do the right thing. Dapat lang you take care of your health. Dapat lang start the year right by being healthier for yourself and for your family. For more Dapat Lang tips visit the Solane website, www.solane.com.ph, and Solane Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/solane.ph.