Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Cutting on Expenses

Being the one who do the budget, I need to make sure every money that is goes out from the bank or from my wallet needs to be accounted for. But lately, grocery expenses exceed more than half of what I budget, electric bills shoot up. Drastic measures must be done and here are my plans:
  1. Cut down on the groceries - stick to what is in the list
  2. Don't buy unecessary things
  3. Eat in smaller portion - this will help me in my diet too
  4. Avoid eaiting in between meals
  5. Cut down electric bills
It will be hard we don't have a choice.

Sunday, September 18, 2011

To Rubber or To Palm Oil?

My husband is planning on planting palm oil in our farm. In fact, he even attended a convention in Kidapawan, North Cotabato recently to know more on what the benefits of planting palm tree. He was having second thoughts because the soil is slopey (is there such a term for that?).

As an alternative, he thinks planting rubber might be better. What do you think? Palm tree will be productive in three years, while rubber will take six years.

Mushrooms

I've never seen a mushroom like in the photo above. Can those be eaten? hehe

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Yema Balls

We have a can of condensed milk that is about to expire. I forgot why I asked our helper to buy it. She saw it the other day while cleaning the cupboard. Guess what she and the other helper thought of making? Yema.

The other helper have a sweet tooth so she asked me if it's OK to make yema. I said they should make some before the milk expires. They bought cracker nuts to go with it (no plain nuts available so they thought that would do).

There's also a butter available here so no need to buy. So what is their yema recipe?

- 1 can of condensed milk
- butter
- peanuts

The procedure to make a yema is very easy. Just put about half a cup of butter, then put the milk then stir constantly for a couple of minutes. Place the nuts while stirring then continue stirring until the mixture becomes brown. Turn off the stove and cool it. After that, they used their hands in making the yema balls. Their hands were inside a plastic so the yema is clean. :)

I forgot to take picture of the finished product but they said it was yummy.