Just made a really tasty way of cooking squash, As of writing my son and I are rubbing our tummies with contentment.

It was raining hard this afternoon and in my hurry to get home I forgot to buy veggies at the market. While on the ride home I said to myself that I will try making kare-kare (peanut sauce) with some of the tofu I made the other day. I saw this really nice squash which my dad must have brought home and decided to cook it along with the tofu, 

here's the recipe, it's a must try!

Tofu and Squash Kare-kare

3 Tbsp Kare-Kare mix, I used Mama Sita's you can find it in any Asian store that carries Filipino products.

200 grams tofu sliced 1/2 inch thick

150 grams squash cut into 1 inch cubes

1 clove garlic grated

1 small shallot finely chopped

1 Tbsp canola oil

Procedure:

• Pour oil and grated garlic in a saucepan, turn on the heat at a very low setting.
• when you start to smell the garlic, add the shallots and the squash turning the heat up to medium setting. sear the squash on all sides season with a little salt cover for a minute.
• add the tofu and sear on both sides.
• dilute the peanut sauce mix in a cup of water and add to the pan.
• season with salt, cover and let simmer on low heat until the sauce is thickened.     

serve with steaming rice and some steamed kangkong, pechay, string beans or eggplant. I had some kangkong on hand so that's what I used. Yummy!!

This is what a vegan buys in the grocery =)

Yesterday, I went to the only grocery chain here in Tarlac City that carries soybeans.

here's what I got:
1 bag of F&C red rice (this is the only brand they carry)
1 bag of Golden Oats whole grain instant oats, they didn't have rolled oats which I prefer,
red beans, kadyos (pigeon peas), red lentils and soy beans.
molasses, kiwis, strawberries, baby corn, chinese pechay, peanut butter from Lily's which is the only one who had the least ingredients, and spices ( paprika, oregano, thyme, cayenne, turmeric, cinnamon and rosemary).

MAKE AHEAD BREAKFAST

You can make these small portions of cut up fruits and store them in reused take out containers and pop them in your freezer, take them out when you need them, In my case I paired mine with 1/3 of a cup of  instant oats.