Let's cut the cheese!!!

For Christmas Eve, my husband and I went over to our longtime friends home to visit and spend some time with them. They are Filipino and as a tradition in the Philippines, they eat this special cheese called Queso de Bola which is this REALLY aged cheese for like 40+ years and according to my dad! there's no real special reason on why they eat it on Christmas, they just do!

So as we were seated at the dinner table, my friend kept saying, " Ok, let's cut the cheese!" Of course, me being me, I had absolutely no choice but to reply, " please don't, we are at the dinner table!!" Of course myself, her husband and mine all chuckled, but it didn't seem to phase her, so she just looked like us quizzically and we continued on with our dinner.

After dinner and dessert, she again became excited and once again said, " I'm going to cut the cheese now," to which...like I said! me being me! I had no choice, " please don't cut the cheese, or at least not in front of us!!" Again, we started laughing but she just looked at us like we were crazy, until her husband asked her, " do you know what that means? That's a saying for farting!" She gave a half hearted chuckle and said " oh you guys ok well I'm going to go cut the cheese now!" LOL.....that was one of the highlights of my Christmas Eve and I just thought I would share...Until next time beloved.....please don't cut the cheese!

Yummy meatloaf recipe

Hello my beloved, hope your lives are happy and well?! I just made a yummy meatloaf and wanted to share the recipe before I forget what I put in it:

As you all know from my previous blogs, I don't really give precise measurements or ingredients; I guess you can say I'm somewhat of a mad scientist when it comes to cooking or baking in the kitchen? At any rate, I really should of written it down as i went, but heck I was in experimenting mode so it didn't cross my mind until now..oh well, here is more or less what I put in it:

Ingredients:

1 lb of ground beef

1/3 cup of diced white onion or more if you prefer, like I always said, just make it your own

1/3 cup Diced tomato

Little bit of diced jalapeño ( I can't have spice so I put very little, but I think next time I'll try a little more)

Cayenne  pepper

Garlic pepper

Pepper 

Garlic powder

1 egg

Bread crumbs

Serving size: 2-3

Directions: 

Pre heat oven to 350 degrees and while you are waiting for the oven to heat up, grab a bowl and put the pound of ground beef in it, along with one egg and mix it together, I find it best to mix all the ingredients by hand. next add cayenne pepper ( as much as you would like in it), along with the diced tomato, onion, jalapeño, bread crumbs and garlic pepper, again mix with hand and fold all ingredients. Then put all mixed ingredients into a bread pan or whatever oven pan you use. On a side note, I lined my pan with foil for easier clean up and even cooking. Shape your meat batter into the form of a loaf, then add your pepper and garlic powder on top. Oh wait I think once I did this step I ended up mixing those ingredients in the meat as well, so I will leave it to your own judgement on how you want to do it whether to add it with the other ingredients or just sprinkle on top. After you formed your mixed meat into a loaf, cover the top with ketchup. Make sure it's evenly spread on top. After you get your loaf to perfection, pop it into the oven for one hour. After the hour, take it out and drain all the juices that accumulate at the bottom of the pan and check if meat is fully cooked in the middle. If all is good, cool for a minute and enjoy. Or if you are like me and like to over cook to make sure your meat is actually dead, then after you drain it, pop it back into the over for another 15 minutes and voila you will have the most yummiest meatloaf!!! I couldn't stop eating it and my husband wasn't even hungry, but he inhaled his portion..the below is a picture of the finished product or at least what was left of it.....until next time my beloved

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