I am so glad that the mister stayed in the plant based lifestyle. I teased him if he wanted chicken for dinner. He immediately turned it down. So, I made Paksiw na Gulay of eggplant and bitter melon. For my non-Filipino readers, Paksiw (PAK-seew) is a style of Filipino cooking using vinegar to cook and simmer fish and roasted pork. Gulay is vegetable in English.
Being a herbivore does not mean we only eat green and leafy salad. Hehehe. This dish was probably one of the first Filipino dishes that I tweaked into an all-plant recipe.
Being a herbivore does not mean we only eat green and leafy salad. Hehehe. This dish was probably one of the first Filipino dishes that I tweaked into an all-plant recipe.
Saturday dinner was the first time that the mister tried this plant based paksiw, and he approved it. This is a keeper!
Yay!
Sunday. I tagged along with the mister in downtown for a hair cut. We went antiquing after. Actually, we went to Cannon Hill Place Antiques to look for books. I meant Jay did. I went looking for old jewelries and knick-knacks.
There are 2 second hand book shops there, one is Night Diary.
... and another one is located on the second level near the stairs. I forgot the name of it.
He didn't find the book he was looking for at both book stores, so we drove to another second hand book shop called Wonder Books. The place is huge that books and vinyl records overflowed to the outside.
He was looking for a book written by Haruki Murakami. I think he is one of his favorite authors. We have 5 of his books.
While he was scouring the whole store for a certain book, I spent my time where all kinds of cookbooks were located. I love reading cookbooks, taking notes of recipes, and tweaking it according to my preference---the all plants and preferably no oil recipes.
We left home empty handed. The mister didn't find that certain book that he wanted to read for his book club.
We were hungry so I made a quick Margherita Pizza and Chicken Barbecue Pizza for the boy for our early dinner.
The end. How was your weekend?
3 comments:
Wow! I think only intellectuals and far sighted people love to read books by Haruki Murakami. My wife who is a Phd student and once a Physics lecturer also love all his books.
It is good that Mister is on the path to healthy lifestyle and diet. You are the best!
I am halfway done with Haruki Murakami's Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage. I can't wait to read more of his works, but I am sometimes hesitant to touch the mister's book collection that are properly arranged in his bookshelf. Hehehe.
Haruki Murakami <3
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