The new norm is to do your own haircut in your own home due to the virus that has affected all around the world and when you are use too getting a haircut as your daily routine. When that routine gets broken and you need to find something to solve the irritation feeling on your head wanting to get a haircut there is no way to go to your favorite barber shop or beauty salon. You end up ordering your own set of professional electric razor, trimmer and grooming kit to do it at your own convince of your home. The problem occurs when you are afraid to cut your own hair and you ask someone to do it for you who live with you. Next as other family members see you have a new haircut they want to follow that same trend to borrow your grooming kit. For the people who color their hair this is a new trend is either grow out your gray hair or you learn to color your own hair because there is no way someone can do it outside not unless you make an appointment and wear a mask during the process. Every...

Butter with Garlic Salmon Belly Recipe Ingredient: 1 kilo Fresh Salmon Belly 1 stick of butter (any brand) 1 whole garlic (peel and chopped) Step 1: You will wash and clean the shrimps by trimming off the whiskers.   Step 2: In a flying pan you will melt the butter, add the garlic and shrimp in low heat. Step 3: Once the shrimp turns pink it is already cook. Ready to eat! Every house hold always has left over food at their home. We try to find ways to make a different dish from our leftover. No one wants to eat the same food over again.   This is what I usually make with my left over shrimp. I would peel the head and skin. I would make it into shrimp taco or shrimp garden salad.  

Our employee loves eating this chicken feet to them they love the taste. Eating chicken feet is known for others by adding collagen in your life. Ingredients: 1 Kilo Chicken Feet 4 Tbsp. - Ground Garlic 3 cup - Soy Sauce 1 cup - Distilled vinegar 2 Tbsp. - Peppercorn crushed 8 big - Bay leaves 4 Tsp Maggi Sauce 1 Tbsps. Lemon Juice Step 1: Add all ingredients together and place in the refrigerator in a Tupperware Note: Best to marinate meat over night with the following ingredient. Step 2: Boil and cook for one hour. NOT SPONSORED. Subscribe @ Carmina Lifestyle YouTube Channel  a place to look, discover and share. Thank you for your support.

You have an option to add the sugar to the paksiw ng pata or not add the sugar depending on if you have someone who is diabetic and doesn't want to eat it with their dish is an option to this dish. Paksiw ng Pata Recipe Ingredients: 1 Kilo Pork Pata (sliced into 2 inches) ½ Cup – Soy sauce 8 - Cloves of Garlic (minced) 2 Cups - Water ½ Cup - Vinegar 1/4 Cup - Brown Sugar ½ Package - Dried Banana Blossom (soaked in water) 1 Tbsp – Whole Black Pepper Patis (fish sauce) Cooking Oil Cooking Instructions: Step 1: Cook in pan heat oil add pork pata cook until cooked and set aside the pork Add garlic to sauté Add pork pata pour the water, soy sauce, vinegar, peppercorn cook in low heat for one hour until tender. Step 2: Add banana blossom, sugar cook for another 15 minutes. Season with patis to your taste and ready to serve in a bowl. NOT SPONSORED. Subscribe @ Carmina Lifestyle YouTube Channel  a place to look, discover and share. Thank you for your ...

Munggo is a bean family that many Filipino love to eat in our home we eat this every other Friday of the week and it is matched up with piksiw ng bangus.  Click here to find the  Filipino Paksiw Bangus Recipe In English it is called mung beans. Munggo Recipe Ingredients: ½ Cup – Hibi (dried shrimp) 4 Pieces – Tinapa (smoke fish) -shredded, remove bones, head and tail 1 Cup – Munggo  1 – Cup Leaves of Ampalya or Spinach 2 Tbsp – Patis (fish sauce) 1 – Onion (chopped) 4 – Cloves Garlic (minced) 3 Cups – Pork broth or 2 Knorr Pork Cubes Optional – Chicharon (pork rind) - crushed Day Before: Soak munggo overnight in a bowl of one cup munggo with 3 cups of water. Next Day: Rinse munggo with cold water to drain it out until water is clear. Cooking Instructions: Boil munggo in 3 cups of pork broth until it becomes soft In a pot sauté garlic, onion in cooking oil add pork, tinapa and hibi cook for 3 minutes. Add boiled munggo beans, ampalaya leaves season with patis...

Did you know there is a difference in mixed vegetables in the Philippines?  Dinengdeng and laswa came from Ilocos Law-oy came from Visayas and Mindanao Bulanglang came from Batangas Do you wonder what the difference on each four mixed vegetables? Dinenegdeng uses fried or grilled fish Laswa uses shrimp instead of fish. Bulanglang uses fried fish, tuna or bagoong The difference in Bulanglang is the vegetables are steamed along with patoloa, malunggay, okra, eggplant, amplaya, kalabasa, string beans and tomato. Bulanglang na Gulay ng Batangas Recipe Ingredients: 1 1/2 Cup - Malunggay leaves 10 Pieces -  String beans (sliced) 3 Pieces - Eggplant (cut in half and sliced) 5 Pieces - Okra (cut the top and slice in the middle) 1 - Patola (sliced) 2 - Cups Kalabasa - squash (cubed) 2 - Ripe Tomato (wedged) 4 - Cloves Garlic (minced) 2 - Tbsp - Ginger (sliced) 1 - Knorr Cube (any flavor) 4 - Cup Water Patis (fish sauce) to taste Cooking Instructions: Step 1: Sauté garlic, onion and gin...

This is my favorite pasta from  Yellow Cab Pizza called Charlie Chan Chicken made with chicken, shitake mushroom, roasted peanuts in a spicy oriental sauce. It reminds me of pad thai but in a different way. When you crave for pasta why not adds pizza to your order the first one is New York Classic Pepperoni and Mahattan Meatlovers is all meat pizza with ham, pepperoni, Italian sausage, ground beef, salami and bacon. Your choice of pizza is from 9 inches, 12 inches and 15 inches all has different price value.

Kamote que is one of my favorite merienda that we cook in our home and each day this is a common food that Filipinos love to eat. Kamote is known as a sweet potato. Kamote que is brown sugar coated on the kamote that has been fried up. This is a common street food you will see when you walk around outside that has three pieces on a barbecue stick. Homemade Kamote Cue Recipe: Ingredients: 4 Pieces Kamote (sweet potato) - sliced 2 Cup - Brown Sugar Cooking Oil Bamboo Stick Cooking Instructions: In a pan you will add enough cooking oil and heat it up once it starts to boil add the brown sugar until it turns brown. Add the kamote fry for 10 minutes and flip both sides to be cooked once the sugar has stuck on the kamote remove the kamote. Add three pieces on the kamote slices in a bamboo stick. My favorite is adding cinnamon powder on my kamote cue to add more flavor this is optional.

We love eating French fries and when you have potatoes in your home, and you are craving for something to snack on I would make time to make my own that will almost taste like in any other fast food restaurant the only difference it is the healthy way. You have two choices to peel the potato or to keep the skin it all depends on your preference. Homemade French Fries Ingredients: 1 Kilo - Potato Salt Cooking Oil Preparing: Clean the potato.  Cut each potato long way in half, cut 1/2-inch slices to make it look like matchsticks. Method before Frying the Potato: Soak in a bowl prevention that the potato doesn't stick to each other when you fry it. The starch on the potato will be removed rinse it well in cold water and strain. Dry potato on a rack For Crispy French Fries: Soak in hot water.  Frying: Heat up the oil in a pot. Cook the fries. Strain it and season with salt.  You can add flavoring to your French fries you can refer to my Flavored Fries for the recipe and instr...

I am a cook, baker and everything else that kids in your family want you to become when their friend's comes over to hang out at you r home. Create Your Own Personal Pizza Recipe Ingredients : Del Monte Original Tomato Sauce or any brand Shredded Mozzarella cheese (any cheese) Frozen Pizza Crust or bread Topping: Choose what topping you would like to add to your homemade pizza : 1.     Any type of meat 2.     Any type of vegetable There are two brands of frozen pizza crust in the Philippines: I prefer using the mini pizza crust it is easier to use and your family can eat their own individual pizza in case you have family members who prefer different toppings on their pizza.  You can also use bread that is about to expire or bread you feel you can no longer want to make a sandwich out of it.   I don't have an oven in our home. I will be using an air fryer that we have in our kitchen. I know it may sound strange a person not havin...

Anyone who loves vegetables will surely enjoy this dish made from home with assorted vegetables eaten with fried fish, chicken or pork chop is something match up when we have another dish with our meals. Mixed Vegetable Recipe: Ingredients: 2 - Pieces Chayote (chopped) 10 – Pieces String Beans (sliced thinly) ½ Kilo – Chicharo/ sweet peas (removed sides) 1 - Onion (chopped) 2 -  Pieces Garlic (minced) 5 - Pieces Shrimp (peel, remove head and chopped) 5 - Shrimp Head  Water Patis 2 Tbsp - Cooking oil Mortar and Pestle Strainer with handle Step 1: (Shrimp water) Use mortar and pestle and place 5 pieces shrimp head smash it Add 1/2 cup water Place the shrimp head and water in the strainer having a bowl below it Set aside Step 2: In a pan add cooking oil on low heat sauté garlic and onion Add shrimp or pork  Add chayote, string beans and sweet peas Add fish sauce and shrimp water mix together Cook u...

My family loves to eat shrimp tempura but when you have shrimp in your home why not make it cooked in your own kitchen although it can be time consuming but when you feel appreciated by who you cook for you gain some inspiration to cook for them. Shrimp Tempura Recipe : Ingredient : I kilo fresh medium size shrimp 1 package Tempura breadcrumbs 2 pieces Large Egg Salt (depend on your taste) Black Pepper (depend on your taste) Cooking oil Fry pot or deep fryer Strainer Step 1 : 1.     Remove the head with a knife, peel off the skin from the shrimp and tail 2.     Slice the shrimp in the middle where the body of the shrimp curve and remove the excess dark black intestinal. Step 2 :  In a big bowl you will crack the egg whip it, add the salt, black pepper and mix well. Add the shrimp and let it stay inside until the egg has stuck to the shrimp.   Step 3 :  In a flat tray or plate pour enough tempura breadcrumbs spread evenly...

The Filipino Traditional Kare kare is made of peanut butter sauce cooked with ox tail, ox tripe, eggplant, string beans, bok choy and banana blossom. The modern kare kare is made with chicken, beef ribs, seafood or vegetable. No matter how you want to make your kare kare it will always have the traditional sauce in order to make it taste how it is supposed to be the Filipino way. Main Ingredients: 10 pcs - String beans (cut into 2 inch) 1 Small Banana Blossom (sliced) 1 - Bunch Baby Bok Choy 1 - Medium Eggplant (sliced) 1 - Medium Onion (chopped) 3 - Cloves Garlic (minced) 5 Tbs - Peanut Butter (Skippy or Lady's Choice) 1 1/2 - Tbs Annatto Powder (dilute with 3 Tbs water) or 3/4 Cup - Annato Water (1/2 cup annatto seeds soaked in 3/4 cups water) 2 Tbs - Patis (fish sauce) 1 - Knorr Pork Cube Cooking Oil 1 1/2 Cup Water 1/4 Cup - Cornstarch 1/2 Cup - Sauteed Shrimp Paste Ox Tail Kare Kare Ingredients: 1 Kilo Oxtail Ox Tail Kare Kare Ingredients: 1 - Kilo Beef Tripe (sliced) Beef S...

Chicharo is known for sweet peas in another country and is cooked in our home adodo style along with pork. Adobo Chicharo Recipe: Ingredients: 1/3 cup - Soy Sauce 3 - Cloves Garlic (minced) 1 - Medium Onion (chopped) 3 Tbs - Vinegar 2 - Tbs Cooking Oil 1/4 Kilo Pork (chopped) 1/2 Kilo Chicharo/Sweet Pea (remove the sides) 1/2 Tsp - Black Pepper 1/2 Cup - Water Cooking Instructions: Step 1: Cook in a large pan in medium heat add cooking oil add garlic and onion saute  Add pork cook for two minutes  Add soy sauce, vinegar and water until sauce begins to boil Step 2: Add chicharo/sweet pea mix together cook for 10 minutes season with black pepper. Ready to eat!    

Hito is known to be called Catfish for people who don't recognize the name this fish is something I cannot eat but my family can, and this is their favorite dish they like to eat once in a while. Adobo Hito Recipe: Ingredients: 4 tbsp. - Ground Garlic 3 cup - Soy Sauce 1 cup - Distilled vinegar 2 tbsp. - Peppercorn crushed 8 big - Bay leaves 4 Tsp Maggi Sauce 1 Tbsp. Lemon Juice Calamansi or Lemon Cleaning Instructions: To clean the hito/catfish squeeze calamansi or lemon and drizzle juice inside the fish's cavity. Rub the calamansi or lemon with salt and rub all over the hito/catfish. Let t stand until salt has evaporated to the hito/catfish. Rinse well  Cut hito/catfish 2 inch thickness. Marinate Hito/Catfish: Step 1: In a bowl add hito/catfish add soy sauce, peppercorn, Maggi sauce and garlic for one hour set aside. Drain sauce Set aside the sauce when you cook the fish on the last step. Frying Hito/Catfish: Step 1: Heat oil on pan place the hito/catfish cook until slightly ...

We learn for reason and we learn when we make mistakes to change a way we want something to look or base on our experience. When I started posting video and pictures I didn’t know there we’re rules and guidelines to follow and obey as we learn by our mistakes we need to redo and edit things that need to be change. Who knows maybe you have notice the new changes added in each video to state the ownership of the video sometimes we don’t realize other people can download your video and sell to someone else to make money out of it. In order to protect what belongs to you there is something you need to do in order to have it protected that is the reason you see my website Carmina Lifestyle  in each video you have seen. You have probably notice each video has a watermark identify who the maker is and it was created by Carmina Lifestyle. Later you realized you need to make a thumbnail that allows all your audience to recognized who you every time they see who you are they can remem...

There are two ways to eat this the naked way or wrapped up in what they call it vegetable lumpia. Vegetable Lumpia Recipe: Ingredients: 2 Cups - Bean sprouts 1/2 Cup - Small Shrimps (clean, remove head and shell) 4 Cloves - Garlic (chopped) 1 Medium - Onion (chopped) 1 Cup - Carrots (peel and shredded) 1 Cup - String beans (sliced thinly) 1 Cup - Sweet Potatoe (peel and shredded) - optional 1 Cup - Jicama (cubed) - optional 3 Tbs - Patis Salt to taste Black Pepper to taste Lumpia Wrapper Cooking Oil Vinegar - Dipping Sauce Cooking Instructions: Step 1: In a pot heat cooking oil add garlic, onion and saute. Add the carrot, string beans, sweet potatoe, jicama and bean sprouts. Season with patis, salt and black pepper. Mix together. You plan to eat it naked it is ready to eat but if you plan to wrap it up in a lumpia wrapper you will set it aside. Wrapping Lumpia Instructions: Step 1: Place one piece of lumpia wrapper on a plate scoop 2 tablespoon of the vegetable filling wrapped it up an...