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Corn Muffin Recipe Using Cream Style Corn

These corn cans has been sitting on our kitchen cabinet for weeks. Waiting for the perfect moment, the perfect dish where it can be used. These corns are Mega Prime’s newest product (I guess) and I was sent 2-3 cans of each variant. Corn Muffin Recipe Using Cream Style Corn

Finally, the right dish came along for the whole kernel corn. Chili con Carne nonetheless. Our all time favorite! We can eat this dish everyday.. only, I am always tamad to cook because chili con carne mixture is hard to find. Then I discovered the magic spice called Badia’s Complete Seasoning®. It smells like chili con carne or even tacos but not too much. I bought it at Landers Superstore Balintawak. You should visit that store!

In all its “untouched” glory. Usually, I serve it in individual bowls, rice topped with the ulam and cheese then microwave. Kaso sira ang microwave ko (still looking which brand to buy) so I can’t do the usuals. So we baked it and turned out as good. Yun lang, sayang ang gas! Ang tagal sa oven eh.

It so happens that I accidentally open a cream style corn while preparing our chili corn carne. Eh since sayang ang pre heating, might as well use the extra heat to bake corn muffin! So, Corn Muffin Recipe Using Cream Style Corn ang star ng post na ito and not chili con carne.

Corn Muffin Recipe Using Cream Style Corn

The recipe is super easy and you don’t need corn meal for this one, using Mega Prime’s cream style corn did the trick.

Corn Muffin Recipe Using Cream Style Corn:

Ingredients:

1 can Mega Prime Cream Style Corn
1/2 cup powdered milk (I use Anchor powdered milk)
1/4 cup melted salted butter (I use Queensland salted butter)
2 eggs
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 cup flour
1 tbsp baking soda

How to bake:

Preheat oven to 205 C
Combine butter + corn + egg
Add sugar + flour + baking soda
Line muffin pan with liner
Spoon the mixture to almost full.
Bake for 25 minutes (or until top is golden brown and cracked)

This mixture is for 1 dozen corn muffin.

Self Storage Manila: Exploring Loc&Stor 24/7

After trying to organize our stuff, which are mostly toys and clothes I am a hard time letting go, I realized I need a storage solution. I need help from the outside! I want to rent a space where I can store our stuffsss. But! Self Storage Manila? Is that even a thing? Is there really a place here in Metro Manila that offers self storage?

I am going to save from a Google and tell you my “the space search mini story.”

Self Storage Manila: Exploring Loc&Stor 24/7 Storage Facility

Last March, I inquired at a self storage. And this self storage manila company is located here in Pasig! What are the odds di ba? A storage warehouse near me. So I emailed and asked for rates. Jusmiyo! Dalawang libo para sa locker size na storage? Teka, teka.

The locker got me. After seeing the word locker and the rate, I did not dare see the other options nor the specification of the locker. Eh locker daw eh, so I started imaging the lockers from Pretty Little Liars (wala pang 13 Reasons Why). Ang liit nun! If I am going to store Lego, keribels pero namamahalan talaga ako.

And so came an invite to check out the same self storage company. My curiosity got me. Baka naman malaki ang locker na sinasabi? The location is near me and it’s a great blog content because self storage is very new here in the Philippines.

Welcome to Loc&Stor 24/7.

A world-class storage and warehouse facility in the country which accommodates all your storage needs. From a small locker room to a unit as big as your bedroom. The location is very accessible and is near resident area and office areas. It is located in c5, almost in front of PLDT.

Back to the locker, malaki pala sya! Trust me, I saw it, I feel it. They say it can fit up to 8 Balikbayan boxes and it looks like it can. The rate? It’s 1925 Pesos and 2198 Pesos. What’s the difference? The cheaper one is housed on an area without aircon while the other on is housed on an area with controlled temp. The control temp room is also smaller compared to the regular room. But for 2000 Pesos, the room is big.

What are the advantages of storing at Lock&Stor 24/7?

Less clutter in your home. Imagine Christmas decors, which you only use once a year. Where do you put all those ornaments? And the 10 ft Christmas Tree?!? Or how about those bloody heads for the Halloween?
Your documents are safe and secured. Your stuff is safe from flood (uy Ondoy!) and fire (each unit have its own sprinkler). Your stuff is secured because Loc&Stor 24/7 security system alerts the owner of the unit if there is a force entry and all floors and areas are equipped with CCTV.
Lock&Stor 24/7 has its own unloading dock and an elevator near the dock. The dock and the parking area is covered too.
Lock&Stor 24/7 also offers other storage solutions items such as racks and boxes.
Lock&Stor 24/7 is open 24 hours, 7 days a week. You have access to your goods anytime.

What are the storage units sizes and rates?

Locker which can fit 8 balikbayan boxes and rate starts at 1925 Pesos
Small, 20 balikbayan boxes, rate starts at 2391 Pesos
Medium, 40 balikbayan boxes, rate starts at 4516 Pesos
Large, 60 Balikbayan boxes, rate starts at 6376 Pesos
X Large, 90 Balikbayan boxes, rate starts at 7883 Pesos
XX Large, 130 Balikbayan boxes, rate starts at 11,495 Pesos
Jumbo, 180 Balikbayan boxes, rate starts at 15,152 Pesos

It’s hard to imagine how big each unit is but hopefully this graphic can help. But if you are really considering it, I highly suggest you do visit Loc&Stor 24/7 to see for yourself. Here are the contact details of Loc&Store 24/7

T: 633 9239 / 570 2561

M: 0916 5673004 (Globe)

0998 9689746 (Smart)

W: www.locnstor247.com

Handmade Beauties: A Guide to Oriental Rugs

When an item is made by hand, the value of it transcends all else. Crafting mementos can come in many forms. It can come in a tapestry, or a painting, or a book, or a sweater or anything else your mind could imagine. To be handmade is to have the blood, sweat, effort and tears of an individual poured into every imaginable spec of that object’s composition. Creativity is something lacking in today’s day and era—for someone to be able to sit down and pour everything they have into a heartfelt item speaks volumes.

That’s exactly what an Oriental rug represents.

Perspective in a Bustling Market

A Fine, Large Oushak Oriental Rug

Oriental rugs are something you’ve likely seen in passing. Whether it’s at a family member’s home or a guest’s abode, Oriental rugs have existed in the household for centuries. These beauties have their own nuances ranging from the broad Oriental rug brand to the diverse Persian rug styles. Pigments, colors, designs like no other support every stitched fiber in these pieces. Oriental rugs transcend everything you know about carpets. For an Oriental rug’s existence to be understood, you can’t purely view them as a rug. After all, they’re anything but—they emerge into the field of artistry, and far exceed the expectations of normal house décor.

Incomparable Craftsmanship

Anything that’s handmade reaches its potential through a mixture of thorough effort and genuine creativity. If there’s a singular, handcrafted item that embodies this notion in full, it is undoubtedly an Oriental or Persian rug.

This isn’t to detract from any other articles that’s tooled into a handmade boon—everything goes through its own trials and tribulations depending on what it takes to become a finished product. However, for rugs belonging to the broad Oriental and Persian rug families, the level of craftsmanship is unlike anything ever witnessed.

An Oriental rug isn’t simply finished in a few days or even weeks. Before this process even begins, the rug is dyed extensively across its base threads. This deed is done to provide the rug with its definitive hues. One everything is in place, month after month will pass as near hundreds of knots are woven into the very foundation of the rug. Each knot is laced over the last in a meticulous fashion that invokes designs and a blend of color unlike anything that’s ever been seen.

A Story for the Ages

Finally, once the product is done, it has a story that’s been etched into it. Why that choice of color? Why has it adopted the name “Kashan”? Why are there floral motifs across its surface area? Why is there such a defined medallion sitting at the center of this majesty? How did they make it so large—or small?

The answer to all these questions provide a narrative that not many products can say they sport. Anything that is handmade has a journey it goes through to get to where it is now. The materials utilized; the manner it’s presented; the reason for its final product’s appearance; the struggle and long hours poured into every part of its being. There is a story in each aspect of a handmade product, and that is a quality that cannot be reciprocated through simple means.

Invite the story of an Oriental and Persian rug into your home. In doing so you invite a new, welcoming, warm and creative aesthetic into your family. What the Oriental and Persian rug families have to offer is unlike anything else in the world of Interior Design, and we hope you’ll take the time to explore your many options with us at Fine Rug Collection!