Showing posts with label The Clueless Kusinera. Show all posts
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Sunday, November 19, 2017

The Journey of The Clueless Kusinera to Stress-Free Daily Meal Planning - Part 1


When I decided to stop working and focus on the domestic side of life, I tried to live up to the label housewife and be really good at it.  This may sound shocking to people who know me, for most of them think of me as a career woman and a completely outgoing person. Not the type to just stay at home and make a career out of being a housewife. Nuh-uh... Not the Elsbeth Lara Santos they knew. Some were even shocked to learn that I can cook, sew, crochet and do all kinds of homey and crafty stuff.  They just couldn't believe it. But I guess they just didn't know the domestic side of me, or suffice to say, they only knew one of my many other personalities. Hehe...

Anyway, what I mean with be really good at being a housewife is to be on top of everything in the household - the cooking, cleaning, decorating, gardening, and so on - and be organized about it so that I can also enjoying an ample amount of time for my other hobbies.  Still find time to read, write, draw and paint. I wanted my hiatus from the corporate world to be still productive in other ways. Like, perhaps, making my dream of getting published someday come true, eh?
 
The biggest chunk of my Time Pie Chart I thought would be the meal planning and kitchen preparation. I would surely be cooking everyday, not just for meals in the house but also for My Pet's everyday "baon", or lunch box to office.  I'm trying to feed him healthy foods so I'm keeping him away from fast food meals, which is what he usually eats when in the office. That is if he eats at all!  Sometimes he gets too busy that he forgets the time altogether and goes home way too ravenous.  And that's not healthy at all!

Friday, May 5, 2017

Japanese Cheesecake: Third Try and Still Not Right

First off, let me make it clear that I am no baker.  If I'm most of the time clueless in what I'm doing in the kitchen, more so in baking. But it doesn't keep me from trying again and again.
 
It has been a while since the last time I tried my hand on baking this house favorite - The Japanese Cheesecake. This is the third time. And I thought third is a charm but it isn't so in this case.

The first time I baked Japanese Cheesecake, it didn't rise at all. It was a flat cheesecake. Here it is...


The Journey of The Clueless Kusinera to Stress-Free Daily Meal Planning - Part 1

When I decided to stop working and focus on the domestic side of life, I tried to live up to the label housewife and be real...