Foot and Fire

It is a wonderful exprience to have at least a dozen of Dill in my garden. Imagine, I grew them for two occasions in the past but they gave me one or two growths. Nothing memorable to do about the sparse harvest. But now, I was able to make a third batch of spread. It's a good thing that I was able to buy Smoked Salmon. I really loved the combination of it and dill. Dill smells sweet and delicate to me. Got me some cajun for that complete smokey feels. Here's the recipe: Dill and Smoked Salmon Spread Smoked Salmon, flaked Cream Cheese Yogurt or milk Dill, chopped Salt and pepper {optional} Cajun powder  Mix all ingredients manually or in a food processor. But is you will use food processor, just mix in the dill manually and as last step. I love it to look strandy in my toast. Use as toppings for soup, and as spread to toast or biscuit or dip to vegetables and chips. 

Food brings us to places and it is definitely one of the things we can bank on to "travel light" or to travel with light carbon footprints" which we were fond of before the pandemic.  When you travel for leisure post pandemic, I suggest that you make it a food trip with the aim of recapturing and sharing it at home so friends and family can enjoy them without making more carbon footprints. I realized now that that was what I was doing all along. This is why I made some chili because I remembered how much I loved the chicken bits in chili oil which I tried in Beijing which I wished to replicate. Below is  a chili-garlic that I made out of my chili from the garden which I dried in the air {meaning, leave it on a platter to dry in air temperature} and a bulb of garlic which I airfried to dry.  I blended them all using canola oil as oil base. Please  Check Vid in my Instragram  of me blendering the mixture. Here's the simple recipe: CHILI GARLIC O

After three months of waiting, my BIG BAD WOLF book haul last July, when they had their online sale, arrived. It's free shipping for orders of at least P3,000.  I got 6 Hippo Magic books which I will gift my three nieces this coming December. It has this Virtual Reality version when an app is downloaded in the phone. I am excited for these finds. See photo below: I also scored a Big Book of Christmas Board games which has delightful figures and illustrations. We will be using this when everyone congregates for the holidays. Got me a coloring book filled with creatures of ENCHANTED FOREST. See photos below with the red book as size reference. See, both are big books indeed. Below is a thick but small book of well, 1001 WAYS TO SAVE THE EARTH. I can share tips from it with you soon.  Well, I finished the trilogy of books, read the bio of Stieg Larson and now Im intrigued how this author continued the saga in this last instal