Villa Milagros

It was an hour drive from the Manila airport to my mom's resort house in Calamba, and we were super tired, so we all pretty much crashed out when we got there. The next morning, I was awakened by construction noise next door. And roosters. I was warned about the roosters and I even brought ear plugs, but I got up to check out the house in daylight.

Calamba city is a component city in the province of Laguna, Philippines and is known as the "Spring Resort Capital of the Philippines" because of its numerous hot spring resorts. Calamba lies on the northern slopes of Mount Makiling, a dormant volcano. 

 

Philippines, Here We Come!

We seemed so refreshed at the beginning. LOL! 

Happy Easter

I'm getting ready to leave the country for 3 weeks, but I wanted to overcommit myself by hosting Easter dinner. It worked out though.

 

Water Glassing Fresh Eggs

We've been getting 8-10 eggs daily lately from our sweet girls. We've been sharing them with friends and family, but I wanted to try out a method of preserving the eggs that I've read about, but never tried before - water glassing. 

Purple Reign

 A couple of weeks ago, my daughter treated me to some ube honey yogurt from pinkberry. It was delicious and a welcome treat on a hot tailgate day, but I thought I can make this! So I did.

I warmed up some heavy whipping cream in the microwave, added some honey and ube powder et voila! Nailed the flavor, then chilled in the freezer overnight. So good!