Family Weekend Feasts

I bet weekends are the most-awaited part of the week for most of us. But if there's one person who really loves weekends (especially Sundays) more than any other day, that would be no other than my dad.

Aside from not having to worry about work, it is also during weekends when the family becomes complete. And what happens when we are all complete? We get to enjoy his labor of love through sumptuous feasts! And there goes poor me, breaking my diet again! Haha!

Just like last Sunday when my dad cooked lunch for us. I requested for veggies and my dad gladly obliged.

Veggies (eggplant, okra, squash, malunggay) in Coconut Milk

Since the above dish also had pork in it, my dad added a seafood dish.

Crabs in Coconut Milk

Our meals will never be complete without soups, so my dad also cooked Miki.

Miki

And then we had brownies for dessert (thanks to Mark! :p)

Hizon's Brownies

We usually have these kinds of feasts almost every week though I don't really get to post them right away. ;p So the following will be about other weekend feasts which I thought I needed to share hehe..

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Saturday Seafood Feast
June 5, 2010

We were restraining from meat that time (I think ;p) so we opted for seafood instead.

Of all my dad's specialties, seafoods in coconut milk will always be the best for me. Sautéed and cooked to perfection in coconut milk, the shrimps, mussels, and crabs surely were a hit for all of us!

Shrimps in Coconut Milk

Mussels in Coconut Milk

Crabs in Coconut Milk

Adobong pusit was also on the menu. This is another delectable dish!

Adobong Pusit

For the soup, we had Dinengdeng, another delicious Ilocano delicacy. It's basically a soup with veggies and fish. If I remember it right, they also use fish paste (bagoong isda) instead of fish paste (patis) as seasoning.

Eggplants, malunggay fruit, and sweet potatoes are usually the veggies used and fish is also added in. But you can practically add in any other vegetable and seafood just like what my dad did. He added malunggay leaves and then had some shrimps and mussels instead of fish.

Seafood Dinengdeng

We were all wondering why daddy cooked so much food that day. Aside from the family being complete, it's also his sister's birthday during that day so he decided to have a little celebration. Yup, my dad's very thoughtful that way. He never forgets to celebrate every special event (birthdays in particular) of people close to him, even if they are miles away! ;p

The Master Chef

Sinful Sunday Lunch
June 6, 2010

Just when I thought that I was already spared from having to eat meat for the weekend, my dad cooked not just one but two meat dishes! Talk about ruined diet haha! ;p

First on the menu was Pork Estofado. It has pata as its main ingredient. Fried saging na saba and pandesal are also added in. This dish is one of my favorites! *drools*

Pork Estofado

And then there's this sinful bulalo. Instead of potatoes, my dad usually uses sweet potatoes. He also adds in saging na saba, corn, Baguio beans, and cabbage. He always intentionally puts in a lot of veggies since I usually eat just the veggies when I'm on a diet. :)