[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Photo from Meridione Facebook Page[/caption]

 

I love discovering new places, but I also love coming back to places that have made a spot in my heart. One of these places is Meridione Ristorante E Cafe in BF Aguirre, very near Southville International School, but I'll call it Meridione cause that name's a mouthful hehehe... This is an Italian inspired restaurant, and they also serve spaghetti and pizza at the most affordable price you can get without scrimping on the quality and quantity of the food. They also sell kawaii stuff like stuff toys, and as for the reading materials, they have an array of magazines and Mangas (unfortunately written in Japanese)...  The latest that we got here was just last June..





I've been coming and going here even before I started Chic MIx 2.0, and was also here when they had their soft opening a couple of years ago.. What really won me over and made me come back for more though was their Chicken Pesto Sandwich(100.00 Php)... Very healthy and full of flavor too. The sandwich is just oozing with  the chicken and the pesto and melted cheese. Oh happy days are coming!

Consider this… Ageing spares no one.

I am pretty much skeptical when it comes to aesthetic clinics and my face since I'm still 22. So I'm pretty saddened to hear when I had my skin tested once in a BDJ Fair that as young as I am, I already have wrinkles around my eye area and forehead, and since then I've considered treatments for my skin, although I haven't really acted upon it until last week.


Last week I was pretty blessed to know of an affordable and quality clinic that can cater to my skin's needs. The place is  Regenesis, an Aesthetic clinic which utilizes methods that value a person’s inherent beauty and provides services suitable to one’s needs.

Millions of cells in our body die everyday, taking a toll on our skin and body. This results to volume loss in the face, loss of skin elasticity and other less desirable physical changes. And while we can’t stop ourselves from ageing, we can undergo treatments that will slow down and reduce its visible effects. When this happens, we need to transform, we need to regenerate.


The body may have the capacity to heal itself, but this will take time. And as its ability to repair slows down, the wait is longer and even impossible. This very principle of Regeneration is what Regenesis offers.

Regenesis utilizes techniques that are anchored in speeding up the body’s regeneration abilities. It uses safe and state-of-the-art technologies that aid in the body’s regeneration abilities. Each service aims to bring back your natural glow and lets you experience a youthful transformation.

A day that's dedicated to being a foodie and the mix of whites and browns is why I named it White Chocolate. The top, although turtleneck is made of cotton which is breathable and is perfect for the wishy washy weather of Manila lately. And mybe cause I just wanted a reason to try out the said turtleneck top that I got form Baclaran for only 50 Php(around 1.25$ hehehe..)


Anyways I paired it with a Charles and Keith Satchel bag that Pichi gave to me as a gift a few months back...

Another thing: I love white chocolate as much as I do with dark, bittersweet chocolate so I think this is an apt name for my look. Pretty sweet looking right? :)

I am not that much into oatmeals as the only thing that I know what to do with them is add a bit of milk or yougurt and some fruits and viola! Instant healthy breakfast or snack for the day. That was before I went to the launching of GV Michel Oats, cause they sure had a way to think outside the box and serve oatmeals in ways I never thought possible.



As explained by the president of DPPI,Mr. Amen Say, GV Michel Oats is a premium Australian brand that uses high-quality oats from Australia in all its products, such as organic instant oats, rolled oats, quick cooking and instant oats available in 200g, 400g, and 800g packs. GV Michel Oatmeal of Australia contains significantly higher levels of fiber and protein to provide consumers with the fullest health benefits.



And as we all know, oatmeal has lots of health benefits that can help our body when consumed in moderation, like lowering one's cholesterol count, improves digestion and lowering risk for several diseases that includes high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes. GV Michel Oats have around 4 variants, quick cooking, instant, organic instant and rolled oats.



Personally I liked the texture of the rolled oats more, as it reminds me more of rice when cooked.



The quirky and fun Chef Lawrence Zafra was pretty much in my top chefs list after the event, as he introduced to us 3 new ways to serve oatmeal to the family. There's the Oatmeal Caldo (O.C. maybe? hehehe), in which he used the rolled oats as substitute for rice, and the end result was so good that you wouldn't even know that oats were used there. :3

During the lull of the first few weeks of school, I had this notion that I can make nutritious and colorful bento baon meals for my daughter. Then the first week came and went and until now I'm having a difficulty on how to do breakfast and baon at the same time, make it colorful and add a bit of creativity in there too.


That's why Good Housekeeping's "Breakfast and Baon in a breeze" is a lifesaver. Chef and food editor Roselle Miranda taught us moms, dads, tito and titas alike on how to make easy to cook meals that can go from Breakfast to Baon that is both enjoyable and nourishing for our kiddos in school. And so I now commence on the cooking and the recipes!



Chicken Potato Hash to Chicken Potato Fritata