The kids and I love munching on nuts. Nuts are easily the most available healthy snack item here. Every supermarket sells packed nuts in a wide variety of variants and flavors — plain, salted, garlic-roasted, spicy… etc. I’m always on the lookout for more imaginative ways of enjoying nuts. That said, I was super excited when…
Category: Health
Oilatum Soothe and Protect for dry skin
My daughter was diagnosed with eczema, also known as atopic dermatitis, a year or so ago. It started out innocently enough. I noticed that her thumb and her toe were extremely dry and peeling. I even joked that her toe and thumb were becoming zombified. I dismissed it as a bad case of dry skin…
We are Allied Against Dengue
My first real brush with dengue happened a little over 20 years ago. My high school batchmate who was my exact age passed away because of dengue. That was when I realized that dengue is a serious disease. I used to think that it was just like the flu. Through the years, there have been a…
Healthy Mommas Retreat by Mothers Who Brunch
Towards the end of summer, I was whisked away by Mothers Who Brunch to the Healthy Mommas Retreat at Cintai Corito’s Garden. Mothers Who Brunch is a community established by mommy bloggers Michelle Aventajado (mommanmanila.com) and Sabrina Cristobal-Go (sinfullysabrina.com). Mothers Who Brunch brings together fellow moms to share, inspire, and feast. Cintai Corito’s Garden is such a…
Baon in style with Lock and Lock Lunch Bag
One of the staples of a school age child (like mine) is a lunch bag or lunch box. In my daughter’s school, even if kids opt to buy lunch from the cafeteria, they need to bring their own food containers and utensils. This is so they don’t end up contributing more to the garbage problem by…