Chamba

They say the way to a Man’s heart is thru his stomach. Well my husband could be one of those men, though he is not a picky eater.

Now that my husband and I moved in to our own place, homemaking is now our priority. I now find myself thinking about what to cook for dinner and breakfast. Funny how I thought that this was easy, but since am not a very good cook thinking about variety in the dinner table is just challenging.

At our first dinner at home, I cooked salt and peppered fried chicken wings and
“dinengdeng” (ampalaya and straw mushrooms cooked the Ilocano way) . At the dinner table, Chris liked the chicken and asked what the sinabawang gulay’s name.
“ ano tawag dito sa gulay?”
“dinengdeng.”
“hindi… ang tawag dyan Chamba! haha”

Kung di lang nya naubos yung niluto ko, nainis ako.hehe But he liked what I prepared so my confidence for cooking for my own family was up to a number of points. Last night I had my first attempt to cook pochero.
Chris said “madalas nang nakakachamba si mommy!”.

To all husbands out there, always show your appreciation to your wife’s cooking even if it’s just hotdogs for breakfast. Think about how that dish came at your dining table! Fist the wife goes to the market, but before that, she planned for it (actually prepared a budget too, eliminating the item for your can of beer and a copy of her favorite magazine.) At the market, she haggles for prices so she can still have something left for dessert (like a banana). Then she carries that around, till she gets home.

Now she cooks it (while washing the dishes, looking over the baby and the children). Sets the table… there after fixes herself pretty so that when husband is home and it’s time to eat she looks great and smells wonderful. ..and show that cooking for the family is the “easiest” thing to do and one of the most meaningful and yummiest way to show love.

Dinner is ready!
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POCHERO (as cooked by me)

Boil half kg of pork (yung may ribs) with half a spoon of whole paminta and two medium size red onions until tender. Make sure that hindi matutuyuan ng tubig. Make sure may extra hot water na pandagdag ng tubig pag nabawasan yung sabaw.
Pag malambot na ang karne, timplahan ng asin at patis. Ilagay ang nahiwang saging (yung pang banana-q na medium ripe), baguio beans at Chinese pechay. Do not overcook vegetables.Hanguin pagkatapos.
Chow!