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I have no plans on turning this mommy blog into a food blog. It so happens that I am always angry err hungry most of the times. And just last week, I have been craving for Palabok. Not Jollibee kind of palabok or the one being sold at carinderias. HOME MADE. I want home made palabok! Palabok with lots shrimp, tinapa, chicharon and hard boiled eggs! YUMMY!!!!

But I don’t know how to cook the sauce! I have an idea but I don’t wanna dwell on it! In short, this momma is lazy again! NESTING. It’s called nesting LOL

Good thing I found this at Shopwise:

Mc Cormick Palabok Noodle and Seasoning Mix

This is around 150 PhP and according to the label, it serves 4. If you’d include the cost for shrimp, tinapa, chicharon and egg, that would be around 240.. and it serves 4!! Yummy palabok for as low as 60 PhP!

Looks really yummy right? IT IS!! The sauce is tasty. And the consistency is perfect, even the noodles. And the most important part, the ratio of the noodles and the sauce is just right. Walang sayang na noodles or sauce!

The package  includes 50 grams of McCormick Palabok Seasoning Mix and 150 grams of noodles

Here’s the instruction that can be found at the back of packaging:

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups of water
• 125 grams of shrimp, shelled and boiled
• 1 cup chicharon, crushed
• 1 pc egg, hard boiled and sliced
• 1 stalk spring onions, chopped

Directions:

1. Cook noodles in a boiling water for 3 minutes. Drain and set aside.
2. Dissolve seasoning mix in 1 1/2 cups of water.
3. Pour sauce over the noodles and add all toppings. Serve immediately.

I am planning to buy more Mc Cormick for future palabok cravings! Highly recommended meryenda for you and your kids!

Because it’s Happy Heart’s Day last Sunday.. we’re trying to eat healthier by including salad on our meals and more fish, less meat. And because Pan Seared Salmon is the perfect break we need from Kare Kare we had a day before Vday.

Pan Seared Salmon 

And lastly because it’s super duper easy and fast to prepare! AKA mom is tooo lazy to cook last Valentine’s Day!

So easy, you’d love preparing this everyday! If not for the pricey tag of Salmon… hahays!

Here’s what you need:

• slice of salmon
• salt and freshly ground pepper
• thyme
• 2-4 garlic (crushed)
• 2-4 tablespoon olive oil

How to cook Pan Seared Salmon:

1. Season salmon with salt and pepper
2. Put some olive on a smoking hot pan (that’s the secret! Pan should be smoking hot!)
3. Place the salmon.
4. While salmon is cooking, place the garlic and thyme on the side.
5. 3-5 minutes on each side.

Include greens on your meal to make this meal healthier!  Preparation time for this healthy Pan Seared Salmon recipe is just 10 minutes!

For my greens, I usually use romaine lettuce because it is very crunchy. I also love putting arugula because it kicks! And feta cheese with olives because it’s very tasty! I just discovered that olives and I can be good friends!

The olive oil from my feta cheese/ olives bottle is what I use as dressing.

Salmon trivia: Do you know that Salmon can go as high as 1000 Pesos per kilo?!? It’s too expensive!!! Salmon head is cheaper on the other hand and can be cooked as sinigang. I got my Salmon slice from Shopwise. It’s frozen but a bit cheaper. 4 slices of Salmon is 300 Pesos lang. 

Love Salmon too? How do you like it? Raw or cooked? 

The only foam brand where you can buy custom cut foam is Uratex. A lot of you may not know but you can Buy Uratex Foam Custom Cut Online. One of the easiest online transaction I had!

How To Buy Uratex Foam Custom Cut Online

Uratex Foam Custom Cut Types size and cover

Be very specific with the thickness and length and width. Choose the kind of foam you need:

• soft (best for crib mattress or pillows)
• semi hard (best for sandalan)
• hard (this is the most expensive but best for sofa or bed)

You also need to choose your foam cover:

• going bare is the cheapest
• poly cotton have different designs from pink to blue to white to green
• leather cover can be more expensive but this is best specially for sofa.

Contact Uratex Facebook Page for Price and Payment

PM Uratex Facebook Page for your uratex foam custom cut requirements. They would give you the price and details on where to pay.

When you buy uratex foam custom cut online through their FB page, delivery is FREE for 3000 and up purchase. You can also opt for pick up at Uratex near you.

Pay your order via bank deposit

Payment option when you Buy Uratex Foam Custom Cut Online is only through bank deposit. They will give you the payment details. After depositing the payment, just take a photo of the deposit slip and send it to Uratex via PM. They will instruct you to email your complete name and order specification together to their official email address.

When you Buy Uratex Foam Custom Cut Online or even at Uratex Showroom, lead time is 7 to 10 working days.

Uratex Marikina Showroom

When we bought a few Uratex Foam Custom Cut, we ordered it at Uratex Marikina Showroom. When I need a custom cut foam for baby Marius bedside crib, I opted to order it via their FB page but I choose pick up instead of delivery. Sine the size of the foam is really small (20 by 36 by 2) and the cost is less than 3000 PhP they can’t deliver it for free. I was asked to pay for delivery fee which is 150 pesos.

If I had it delivered, magbabayad pa ako sa subdivision gate ng fee which is 100 pesos. The foam for the crib is less than 600 tapos delivery cost is around 250. Hindi makatarungan!

Another thing, ang sarap kaya mag window shopping sa Uratex showroom! Good thing open sila even on Sundays (the only time na less traffic papunta Marcos Highway).

Aside from pillows, foams and mattress, Uratex also have curtains, bedding sets and quilts! Curtain panels is around 500 Pesos.

And home accessories pang paganda ng kwarto nyo or ng buong bahay.

And of course plastic chairs! Diyan naman nakilala ang Uratex di ba? Sa tibay ng monoblocks!

But I never thought plastic chairs could be this colorful and beautiful! I want that yellow one!!! or the mala cupcake na plastic chairs. Medyo mahalia lang pero with its look sakto lang ang price (plastic chair prces ranges from 2k-3k).

And Ready- Wrap! Though I really love my Glad zipped lock, hassle pag may sabaw eh. And Ready Wrap is my best solution for that.

Going back to my custom foam online purchase. I just went straight to the cashier, told them my order and my name and I was given a claim stub and claimed the foam at their claiming area and we’re done.

Hindi ko man lang na enjoy and free softdrinks nila sa cashier area! Yes! They have FREE SOFTDRINKS!

Have you tried visiting any Uratex Showroom?

UPDATE: Buying from Uratex FB page is a bit more expensive than buying from the showroom. Sulit na din since you don’t have to travel and go through hellish traffic. But if you are near the showroom, punta ka na lang 🙂