My home made beef burger patty

As a mom it is my most important task every week,  budgeting , planning for everyday meal and baon of my son at school. As much as possible I don't want him to eat processed foods with more of preservatives. So instead of buying those processed meats or ready to cook patties etc.
I make it a point to personally prepare and make this patty so he can enjoy fresh, healthy and real beef patty.

I'm sharing you my beef burger patty recipe.

The beef burger patty (taste like jollibee burger patty)


1/4kilo of ground beef.
2tablespoon of flour
1 finely chopped onion
salt, pepper, soy sauce to taste (it is up to you how much you will put)
1pc egg


combine all ingredients, then flat it on your palm and fry. 


note: do not add too much flour coz it will overpower the taste of beef.
 
servings: 6 patties
 
We also had this for our snack baon as well (me and hubby) I just added some dressing, and vegetables (tomato & lettuce) and cheese.


enjoy!

whipping cream

Frosty boy whipping cream review

I wanted to explore, know and taste all different kinds of icing. I already know how to make buttercream, boiled icing (which I'm currently using) and choco fudge. It's now time to try the whipping cream for the cake of my youngest son.

I bought a Frosty boy whipping cream powder icing days before.

 
It is stated at the back of the box that for every 1kg of powder you will add 1 liter of water. I only bought 200g of frosty boy.
So I just added 3/4 cups of cold water and whip it with my electric hand mixer in full speed. just whip it until you reach your desired fluffiness. Then you may add food color or flavor if you want. 

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The 200g frosty boy is just enough to cover an 8x4in cake and also it is also the filling I've used for this cake.



 

The taste: It has buttery taste, creamy and a little bland, maybe because it is upto you if you want to add flavor to it. You may add confectioner sugar if you prefer it sweet, or add chocolate to make it a chocolate ganache or add fruits or jam. Whichever you like.
 
For me, I added a little confectioner sugar coz we dont want bland icing nor too sweet as well. Taste like Goldilocks icing.


It doesn't melt easily. I tried leaving the cake on top of our table for quite some hours and it doesn't melt easily.

update:

I also tried the other brand of whipping cream which I will not mention the brand name. The verdict: It is not that delicious, it doesn't have that creamy taste. Taste so Bland. At first it set's firm after few minutes it became so runny. Just a waste of time, money and energy.



note: This is not a paid advertisement, this is based from my experience.

HOW TO MAKE A YEMA CAKE

Yeah its weekend again, time to try new things in my kitchen..So what's for this weekend? I found something on the net that makes me really curious...Yema cake, seems so easy to make and since I've got all the ingredients in my kitchen, why not give it a try.

I will share with you the procedures and ingredients I used in making this luscious yema cake.

INGREDIENTS:

CAKE BATTER (I got this thru searching the google, sorry I forgot the link and what site it is)    

1 and 1/4 cup of sifted flour
    3/4 cup sugar
    2 teaspoons baking powder
    1/2 a teaspoon of salt
    1/4 cup corn oil or peanut oil
    1/3 cup water
    1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
    3 egg whites
    3 egg yolks


YEMA FROSTING/FILLING (Adapted from BAKE HAPPY blog)

8 egg yolks, lightly beaten
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup cornstarch
300 ml condesnsed milk
300 ml water (just use the condensed milk can to measure this  :) )

FOR CAKE

1. Preheat the oven to 325 F.

 

2. Combine all the dry ingredients : cake flour, salt, sugar, and baking powder in a large bowl. Make a little well in the center and pour in the oil, water egg yolks and flavoring. Beat for 2 minutes until smooth.

3. In another bowl, beat the egg whites with the cream of tartar. This is what will make the cupcake so fluffy, so it's very important to make very stiff peaks.

4. Gently fold the eggs into the first mix. Beware to not stir, but rather fold them together. Do this until it's well blended together.

5. Cut a round parchment paper and make it as same size of your baking pan and put it into the bottom of the baking pan and then pour the batter unto it.
 
6. Put in oven for about 20 minutes. Or until cake springs back when lightly touched with fingers.



Yema or Milk Custard frosting:
     

Pour condensed milk into a small pan.

In a small bowl, mix water and cornstarch together. Add to the condensed milk and start heating up the pan.

 

While still not too hot, whisk in the yolks. Don’t add in one go, do it slowly, we don’t want sweetened scrambled eggs. Please whisk continously, until thick.

Whisk, whisk, whisk until the texture is of piping consistency. Set aside to cool down. No need to cover, just whisk once in a while so a skin won’t form.

Cake decoration:   

Slice the chiffon cake in half horizontally, to make two rectangular cake. Spread part of Yema frosting at the top of 1st half of Chiffon cake. Put back the half of the cake and cover the whole cake with the custard. Garnish with grated cheese and serve with hot or cold drinks.

Choco chiffon cupcake/cake recipe

I googled for recipe of chiffon cake but after trying many, this one is the best I have tried. I just made the flavor into chocolate and even chocolatier by adding cocoa and coffee... yumyum...

And now I'm sharing you guys my recipe for my choco chiffon cupcake.


Ingredients

    1 cup of cake flour
    1/4 cup of unsweetend cocoa (high grade cocoa is adviceable)
    1 1/2 teaspoon of instant coffee (this will deepen the taste of chocolate)
    3/4 cup sugar
    2 teaspoons baking powder
    1/2 a teaspoon of salt
    1/4 cup oil
    1/3 cup water
    1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
    3 egg whites
    3 egg yolks

Procedure:

1. Preheat the oven to 325 F.
2. Combine all the dry ingredients : cake flour, salt, sugar, cofee and baking powder in a large bowl. Make a little well in the center and pour in the oil, water egg yolks and flavoring. Beat for 2 minutes until smooth.
3. In another bowl, beat the egg whites with the cream of tartar. This is what will make the cupcake so fluffy, so it's very important to make very stiff peaks.
4. Gently fold the eggs into the first mix. Beware to not stir, but rather fold them together. Do this until it's well blended together.
5. Put batter into your cupcake liner lined in cupcake baking pan.
6. Put in oven for about 20 minutes. Or until cake springs back when lightly touched with fingers.

-This will make 1 dozen 3oz cupcakes. 
-if your going to use this recipe for cake you need to triple the measurements. It will make a 8x4" round cake.

for 7 minute boiled icing recipe click the link to view the recipe.

What to do when the job becomes mundane

Being employed for several years, having same old routines/task everyday makes your job becomes mundane for you.
Admittedly, I sometimes experience this at work. There are days when work becomes dull and not just enjoyable. However I tried to avoid this negative feeling towards work. So I've listed ways to eliminate this.

Here's what's on my list:

1. Reason why you work.
     Ask yourself, what is your main purpose why your working?
Is it just to say you have a good and regular work? or is it just to make a living? or you work for your loved ones who depends on you? or you really love your work and it's the fullfillment of your dreams? Dwell on whats your real purpose on working, from there you may get an inspiration.

     If you were to ask me, Why do I work? at first its for my self-worth (when I was single) to be able to achieve something and its the fullfillment of my dreams (coz I was practicing my degree). It's more of having a work that is related to my course. It is what I've dreamed during school days and practically speaking its a source of income to provide for myself.
Now that I have a family of my own, working brings deeper meaning to me, of course to provide for my loved ones (especially for my children) who depends on us (me and my hubby), second self-worth as a woman and to practice my degree and not just to depend on my husband.
 

     Everyday, Its my striving reason why I need to wake up early morning to continually work. Coz there's someone who depends on me. That I cannot stop working. Because Its like a domino effect. Everything and everyone who depends on me will be affected.
And I'm doing it because I love them and I love my work.

2. Love your work. 

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     If you don't love your work, it will become just a daily routine for you or just a must do thing for you. Your work is the source of your income. There are many people who are jobless nowadays. You are too lucky to be employed.
So make it worth and learn its value. If you will love your work, the work will love you as well.

   "Love what you do, and do what you love"

3. Make your work enjoyable.

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     Organize everything that you do, "Think out of the box", find ways to improve what you do. You don't need to be stocked up in your daily routine with the same old procedure. If you can find ways to improve your work habits you'll finish your work earlier. 
And make everyday a learning day. So that every morning you'll look after what you will learn on the next day.  

  

4. Strive for Challenges.


 

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     Never limit yourself with just what work is been given to you. Accept chalenging task that will thrill your brain and will make your nerves energetic. This will bring excitement while doing your task. And you'll soon lessen the boredom at work.
  
5. Think your job as an accomplishment. 

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     Think in the other positive sides. Every task you finished is an accomplishment. So be proud and look at it everyday to boost your determination in accomplishing something.

6. Associate yourself with people of positive personalities and attitude towards work.

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     Be friends or mingle with co-workers that has positive values towards work. Who are hardworking, energetic, and has the perseverance at work and people that are trustworthy. Having them around will help you to enjoy your work everyday and they will inspire and help you to have a good attitude and outlook towards every job/task. Aiming and setting the same goal at work will help you together to strive to work harder. Never surround your self with co-workers that are lazy, irresponsible and undetermined.They will just bring you negative vibes.

7. Reward yourself.

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     After the long work, have a day off and make a day for yourself, or go to places you want to go, or buy things that you've been wanting. Reward yourself even with the smallest thing. Enjoy the fruit of your work and hard earned money. It will give you reason as well to work harder to get and achieve something. And Its also a way to refresh and recharge yourself after the long weekdays of work. So that it will give you enough energy for the week ahead.

8. Make a bucket list of your dreams, what you want and aspire in life and at work. 

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disclaimer: pic is was taken from google and was not owned by the author

 

 
     Make an achievable and realistic bucket list of your dreams and what you want and aspire in life and   make it happen. Focus on achieving it. Set a goal and time frame for everything. And you can achieve it by working hard. It will give you a whole different meaning of work. Now, you need to work hard to achieve everything that's on the bucket list.  

This serves as well as my blog entry to

E-Recruitment Blog Giveaway!
by Sykes e-recruitment and Nuffnang.

Do you know that Sykes has an Sykes E-recruitment site - a portal that allows job seekers to apply for their desired jobs in the easiest, fastest way!  

so what are you waiting for apply now.

How to earn online

Were on the modern age where social media and online buying sites are in. And you dont need to be a computer expert to have an account or know one. Internet has wider audience and large marketing potentials.

So now, I will share you these little secrets on how to earn online.

here's how:

1.Sell online
online selling are in nowadays, why? it gives you the comfort of shopping without leaving your house. Just a click away and your order/s will be processed and delivered right at your doorstep. Hassle free shopping experience is what really online shopping is offering.

There are many free or paid advertising site where you can post the items your selling or the service/s your offering. Though paid advertisement's has higher exposure and higher potentials in marketing, free advertisements can also give you a sales. It's just a matter of good marketing (how well you will post your item). Think of ways to make your item shine and be eye catchy. Like for example, layout quality marketing materials or if you have extra money you can hire a graphic designer to do it for you.

And also you need to establish a free or paid website where you will showcase your items/services/portfolio's for customer or possible buyers may use it as a preference.

Examples of free webhost (for your free website):

000webhost.com

freehostia.com

weebly.com

You may also use social media sites to promote your items. Post, share and blog your item.
 
At first, it will be a tough road, and patience is a virtue. Just pack a lot of patience and perseverance and you'll soon see progress in your online business.

Just make sure anything you sell and any service you offer is legit. Don't sell anything that can harm others.


examples of free advertising sites:
1. Sulit.com
2. Ayosdito.ph
3. Metrobenta

examples of paid advertising sites:
1. adsense
2. nuffnang

Remember, "Rome wasn't built in a day." Success cannot be achieved in just one day. You need to work hard to achieve what you want and dreamed of in life.

2.Create a blog & monetize

 
I'f your into writing or you just simply wanna share your experiences, travel adventures, recipe secret's, fashion tips etc. i suggest you do blogging. Its an online journal where you can post your everyday experiences and at the same time earn an extra income. How? monetize your blog. Sign-up and register your blog to an ad website that puts ads on blogs. If your blog has most numbers of page views, followers or top ranking in search engine, then the brand/s will choose you to help them advertise their products by putting banner ads on your blog. You'll be paid thru click or thru unique visits per day. Easy breezy right?

examples of blog site where you can build your blog page:
blogger
tumbler
wordpress.com

example of ads site:
adsense by google
nuffnang (I'm proud to be a gliterri member of this)


3.Apply & Work online
 

There are online jobs or the one called work @ home or virtual job postings that does not require you to go to their physical office, all you need is to have a good internet connection, the gutz and the skills to apply in this job. Mostly online jobs are part-time. However they are likely to be more international accounts which may require you to work during graveyard.

But some moms prefer this set-up, why? Coz you will be able to work at home and at the same time you will have time to take care or look after your children.
And you need not to rush and be stocked in heavy traffic every morning going to work.

Example:
KGB-they hire online agent that will be in charge in answering their subscriber's text messages questions.
jobstreet
jobsdb

4. Accept online project.
 

There are online site which offers project base or full-time projects. And there are lots of project/job posting in different categories or field. You will need to register, create your profile or resume, choose your field of expertise, bid to their offering and prove them that you are capable in completing their task at a given time with a lower offer than others. And mostly your employer are based abroad. You just need to work during night time (you need to compromise according to their working time).

You need to earn experiences and comments from your previous clients in that site to earn more customers or employer.Or you may join a group that offers same services, They accepts bigger projects and they are more trusted by the employers.


Example of Site's that offers online project:
freelancer
odesk


tip:
Do what you love and love what you do. And you'll soon find yourself enjoying and becoming successful to everything that you do.

kit-kat blog entry

So, if you were given a chance to unlock the following skills:

a. Type faster and flawlessly.
b. Never forget any detail.
c. Create awesome presentation decks.
d. Multitask at any given time.


If I were to choose I would prefer to "never forget any details"

lately I've noticed that I tend to forget most of things, even the last thing I did, or even the detailed thing I did.

Being a mom and a career woman portrays many roles. The long day at work, the chores and responsibilities at home, parenting and budgetting makes my mind to get so preoccupied. I even asked hubby, have I done this, have I done that.. (simple things that I usually forgot). So what I did is to take note. So if ever I forgot a thing I can recall it through my notes.

As a woman I love chocolates, Its one of my bestfriend, I eat chocolate whenever I'm sad, happy or just in an ordinary day. Admitedly, I can say that I have a sweet tooth. And kitkat is one of my favorite chocolate.. coz its chocolatier but not too sweet (just the right blend) and with a crunchy wafer inside.

I can't resists to buy it whenever I passed by a groceries or a drug store w/supermarket. Its my little indulgence and a break time mate.
Just a little break time , relaxation mode with a pack of kitkat.. makes my mind calm & relax, an escape to all the problems and everything that bothers my mind. Relaxing makes your mind sharp and attentive.

Chocolate gives you energy, that makes you alert and attentive. So Kitkat will help you unlock this skill.

So whenever you feel so stressed or just whenever you need to relax, have a break, have a kitkat.