4/1/13 - 5/1/13 - Shen's Addiction

Here's me sharing one of my favorite things to do... cooking. Somewhere inside this beauty-addicted girl is a Nigella Lawson wannabe. I remember watching a lot of cooking show back when I didn't know the difference between a cream or powder foundation.

Four years in of independence has allowed me to explore a little of being a domesticated goddess and trying some recipes that I've always enjoyed eating when I was young.

In the Gee household, mom was able to juggle her work as well as prepare delicious meals in time for dinner. During weekends, she had marinades waiting to be cooked and enjoyed by me and my dad. Mom was a great cook and I always have her as an inspiration whenever I find myself in front of the stove.

Last Friday, I had a craving for butter garlic shrimp and so I asked yaya to get me some prawns to cook the next morning. But 'lo and behold, she got the tiny tiny shrimps that made me think of shrimp sauce. Ron and I had to run to SM Hypermart just to get it! Good thing SM had fresh prawns swimming inside those grocery acquariums! They were so fresh, the tiny creatures were jumpring while we I yaya was deveining them.

But then again, that's how you want your seafood, fresh and alive just before cooking it! I used basic ingredients. I've cooked Butter Garlic Shrimp a number of times but since it's been awhile since I cooked it, I didn't trust myself to go bam! and pow! and just stuck to the usual.

That's margarine and butter, a bit of oil, oyster sauce, salt and pepper to taste, cayenne pepper for spice and minced garlic. I suggest using fresh garlic and not the powder version. I added a bit of basil leaves to make the taste a bit more sosyal. lol!

Ingredients:

1 Kilo of Medium-size shrimps

2 Whole Garlic (minced)

1/2 margarine

1/2 cup of Butter

4 tablespoon of olive oil (any type of oil)

5 tablespoon of oyster sauce

Salt and Pepper to taste

Dash of basil leaves or cilantro

Butter Garlic Shrimp is easy to cook. Believe me, if I can cook so can you! It's the deveining and mincing that will take you a bit of time. :) But it's worth it. The BF and I enjoyed this dish so much, we ate for over an hour! It's a great meal to over the weekend when you're resting, eating with your hands and enjoying a good film. This goes so well with a hot steaming rice or pandesal.

Did you enjoy this post? Let me know if you like to know more of the dish I know how to cook. :) lol!

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The news could not be more timely! My ultimate favorite chef (sorry, it’s not Nigella Lawson, she comes a close second lang) The Great Anthony Bourdain just visited Jollibee in LA! And he got a taste of our sumptuous Halo-Halo! My heart swell when I saw how much he enjoyed Pinoy's ultimate dessert!

I’ve been here and there when it comes to food. Ate at expensive degustations, buffets at 5 star hotels, but the lure of Jollibee is just... what’s the word I’m looking.. ah! Irrestitable.

Growing up in city where fast food chains are in abundance, Jollibee has stood to become a holy grail. And I nearly tore my head off (or the cashier taking my order) when they told me that my favorite Swirly Bitz has been scratched off the list. Seriously? Are you kidding?

When I was offered the Jollibee MILO Mix-ins, I hesitated. But then again, remembering those hot afternoons during Summer vacation when I could down 2 glasses of iced-cold MILO drink, I said “Yes, i’ll get that instead.” Hoping against hope it had the same tasty crunchy coolness of Swirly Bitz. And it was! I thanked my lucky stars.

But the gods must have loved me more than I thought they do.. Jollibee added 2 more flavors in their soft served delight! Welcome MILO Mix-ins in Pretzel Crunch and Cookie Berry!

By the mere mention of Pretzel, it made me think of Swirly Bitz and prayed it tasted awesome. And it did! But so much better! The crunchiness of pretzel mixed in with the MILO and cream are like fireworks in my mouth! Cookie Berry, on the other hand, was a sweet tooth's dream. I am not a fruity person but the mix of cookie bits and berry syrup blended well together.

It's so good, I had to buy my each of BF's nephews and niece awhen we visited them this week! As expected, sugar rush at 8 in the evening! The kids loved the new MILO Mix-ins!

Today, nearly at my 30's, Jollibee desserts still has a way of bringing back awesome into my day. Especially in this hot humid climate. There's nothing more relaxing and cooling than the sweet taste of sundae in the form of the new Jollibee Sundae MILO Mix-ins!

GIVEAWAY TIME!

Jollibee has tasked me to ask you to send in a photo of you Wearing your awesome outfit and make-up that represents both of the two new flavors of the Jollibee Mix-ins while enjoying a cup of Jollibee’s Sundae Mix-Ins.

Let's make it more fun so please include a creative caption to your photo integrating the two variants of the mix-ins! Bongga!

I'll collate all the photos and captions to create a sartorial lookbook for Jollibee peeps to choose from!

Send your PHOTO and caption to my email, shenscontest@gmail.com.

Comment here once you're done sending your entry.

THE PRIZE!

ONE lucky lady (or gent!) will win the following awesome prizes: (drum roll please!)

3,000 worth of Jollibee GCs
Jing Monis salon package:

Haircut done by Jing Monis himself, and basic make-up package

Fabulous, isn't it? :)

Contest will run from April 25 to May 4, 2013!

Winner will be announced on May 13, 2013 in another post!

Better start practicing those smiles and head out to your favorite Jollibee restaurant and order your Milo Mix-ins!!!

Contestants must be within Metro Manila or willing to travel to Metro Manila to claim the prizes! No exceptions, No shipping. :)

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To be honest, I feel like a newbie blogger right. now. I can't even begin to tell you how happy I am to have finally found a product I've been waiting/on-a-look-out for almost 5 years!

It's the elusive and incredibly sought after cobalt blue liner!

Of course, I've seen a few in my days but nothing really that impressed me that made me want to get it. I've tried some but most of them streak, transfer or didn't really provide enough control. I also tried the foil effect where I used multipurpose mineral eye shadows but those didn't stand a chance on my oily lids and the extreme heat of a regular tropical climate.

So I waited.. ever so patiently for that one brand to come with blue liner that will give me that bright blue line but won't necessarily cost me an arm and leg. One that would stay on same as my favorite black gel liner.

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I wasn't really surprised to see how good this product is given that Laura Mercier have been consistently providing me and my face great cosmetic products. What I didn't expect though is the incredible opacity! It's about 3.5g so you're getting a lot of product to last you all summer if not a whole year.

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I can definitely see myself using this when I go to Boracay for vacay next week. It sure is going to be a fun 3 days rockin' a blue liner while walking along the soft white shore, sipping mojitos and enjoying the sun! Can't wait!

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