Lia's Food Journey: Birthday Get-Together with my Senior Friends

Friday, August 17, 2012

Birthday Get-Together with my Senior Friends

FBS: 51

Oh NO! Toooo low! And to think I ate a lot of food yesterday. Just goes to show it is very hard to manage diabetes but I am working on it everyday.

Happy Birthday Everyday, Lia!!!

I celebrated my birthday with my Senior friends today.

Tita Butchie Ayuyao and Tita Mita Ampil were friends of my mom, who adopted Tita Portia and I as their friends.

Butchie Ayuyao, Lia, Mita Ampil

We would meet once a month for lunch.

Then, the group got bigger, Tita Josie Yao, best friend of Tita Mita, joined us. Then....Tita Tess Colayco.


Tess Colayco, Butchie, Lia, Mita, Josie Yao

I also invited Eega Narvaez, friend of PD. All of them were Tita Portia's students. Tita Ruby has been PD's friend since her riding days at Da'Rosa, I am also very close to her.

Ruby Henson, Lia, Eega Narvaez, Tess

Whenever I have guests, I have a few favorite food that I like to cook for them. They are tried and tested recipes and some, I could prepare ahead of time.

My all time favorite crowd pleaser is the Paella.

Next is the Lechon Kawali .... who could resist the crunchy skin?

Chicken Relleno is such a breeze to prepare... I even deboned the chicken.

Fried Lumpiang Ubod is another favorite.

I just mixed some apples, pineapples, raisins, celery and cucumber for a walnut-less mock Waldorf Salad. Tita Mita is allergic to nuts.

The desserts were presents by .....

Eega .... A Creme Brulee kind of cake.... the top is like yema and in between the layers of chiffon cake is yummy cream!!!