Don’t you just love tomatoes? This was taken form my mother’s small veggie garden. I like tomatoes but I try not to eat it raw, not for any scientific reason, I just don’t like it raw. Although I love it in my green mango salads and tacos, only if it sliced thinly and very small. I cannot stand the juice or the sound it creates when you bite into its chunky pieces.. cringe.. I do love using it as a base of our dishes. Commonly, as it is in almost every Filipino dishes, tomato is a must. So it is just practical to have some on your garden. Tomato is easy to plant and in just a few weeks, you can harvest your very own (and the sweetest you will ever taste) tomato..ohh.. that is lurve…
Chico Donut
Obviously, he really likes it. Well, Chico likes anything, specially donut, may it be Dunkin or Krispy Kreme…and his daddy is giving whatever this boy wants.. yes he is daddy’s little boy..he can’t even sleep at night without daddy cradling him. And if Daddy was not around when he fall asleep, he would scream and cry and only Daddy’s voice can soothe him…
Mico On Veggies
I have no problem with Kayil when it comes to veggies. He can eat almost anything, cauliflower, broccoli and sometimes even ampalaya. I just tell him that it was his favorite dish when he was younger and he would gladly eat it. As for Mico, he only wants to eat baboy (pork) and chicken and fish. He does not like veggies. And so I just let him eat baboy, lots and lots of baboy.
Veggie Baboy. This is tokwa for you but for our Mico, it’s called veggie baboy. He loves it! He likes it more when dipped in soy sauce, vinegar, onion and lots of chili.
Yellow Baboy. This is squash for you, and yes we call it yellow baboy. He is not fond of eating this dish, saute in shrimp paste with tomatoes, string beans and coconut milk. Mommy was quick enough to tell him that the yellow thingy is actually baboy, only it is color yellow. Now he likes it more than I do.
Green Baboy. Any veggies that’s green and looks like a slice of meat could pass up as green baboy…
This technique is really effective and now he is getting used to the taste of the veggies. Just yesterday I finally told him that it was not veggie baboy but is called Tokwa. He does not care anymore as long as there’s a spicy dip around.