Certified Foodies - A food blog by siblings Mhel and Ken

Baking

Chocolate Lover : A Baking and Confectionery Castle errr Store

There are many things I’m currently enjoying about Ken being in culinary school. First, of course, is everything he bakes or cooks at home so he can practice or prepare for an upcoming test or lab activity in school. I especially loved these cream puffs and éclairs he made for our birthday celebration weeks ago. Everyone loved them! :)

Eclairs and Cream Puffs Ken baked for our birthday party

Secondly is shopping with him for ingredients and tools he’ll need at home. One of our favorite stores now is Chocolate Lover in P. Tuazon in Cubao, Quezon City.

Chocolate Lover - a store for your baking, confectionery and packaging needs

If you’ve passed through their area in QC, we bet you saw the eye-catching design of their building. I mean, seriously. How can you miss this castle?

The Chocolate Lover castle store in Cubao, Quezon City



Tupperware Speedy Chopper : Making Home-Cooked Meals Less of a Hassle

Announcement: Tupperware will have an event for parents and kids on October 28th at Robinsons Galleria. For more info, check the bottom of this post.

I love cooking. Ever since I was 10 years old, I’ve loved staying in the kitchen, whether it’s to enjoy a meal or prepare something for myself or my family and friends. But, because of my very hectic schedules online and offline, I’ve left all the cooking to my bro Ken and our nanay. Thank goodness I found out about the all-new Tupperware Speedy Chopper.

Tupperware Speedy Chopper

Over a week ago, Ken and I were invited by Tupperware to take a Kitchen Discovery Class at Center for Culinary Arts Oceana at SM Mall of Asia. Of course, we gladly accepted mainly because Tupperware is a brand we believe in. We have Tupperware dinnerware and containers that have been with us for over 2 decades now. They make reliable and durable products that are made to last. :)

So, when we learned that they’re launching a new kitchen tool that should help prepping be less time-consuming, we knew we had to get our hands on it to try how it works.

Melody Yap, the brand manager of Tupperware Philippines, first showed us how it works. It’s so easy to use. Put in the ingredients you want to grind or chop finely in the container. Then, close it with the very sharp blades and start pulling on the cord to spin the three (3) blades inside. These blades, they claim, can equal 288 knife strokes in just 15 seconds. So we were all very excited to give it a try.

These very sharp blades can give you 288 knife strokes in 15 seconds

Tupperware enrolled us in the Kitchen Discovery Class in CCA and it started with 3 renowned female chefs (Yayyy! Girl power!) showing us how great the Speedy Chopper is in making your life easier in the kitchen.  They were all very delightful so we enjoyed watching them prepare these delicious dishes, Oh, and they used other Tupperware kitchen tools during the whole demo. :)



Certified Foodies’ Pasko sa Agosto Giveaway – Win a Celebrations by Sharon Mixes from Maya Gift Pack!

Yes, we know, we still have an ongoing giveaway to celebrate Certified Foodies’ first anniversary (update: extended until the end of the month). But, we know you’re all up for another giveaway.

That’s why for this month, we, along with our fellow generous bloggers, are giving away awesome prizes in a much-anticipated giveaway caravan – Pasko sa Agosto.

Pasko sa Agosto

For our food blog, we are giving away this Celebrations by Sharon Maya mixes gift pack:

Win a Celebrations by Sharon Maya Mixes gift pack from Certified Foodies' Pasko sa Agosto giveaway

This goodie bag contains FOUR mixes – Banana Cake Mix, Party Cupcake Mix, Crinkle Cookie Mix, and Fudge Brownie Mix. You can easily bake these at home. The instructions are at the back so that should make it quick for you. You can even bake them on your oven toaster! :)

Celebrations by Sharon Maya Mixes

We haven’t used these mixes YET, but knowing that these are from Maya, the brand that brought us the popular and yummy hotcake mix Fluffy n’ Tasty, we’re pretty sure we’re going to love them, too. But, stay tuned for our feature of these mixes on here, aight?

So, how do you join exactly? Well, we made this VERY EASY for you. Just follow these instructions:



Ken’s Culinary Journey in Photos

If you’ve been following our blog, you’d know that my bro Kenneth already started culinary school at Global Culinary and Hospitality Academy last July 12th. We promised to share his progress in his culinary journey towards becoming a full-fledged chef so here we go.

This blog will serve as his journal where you can follow him towards fulfilling his culinary dreams. For now, we’d like to share some photos of his baked creations. They’re currently in the baking and pastry phase and I’m amazed at his progress. He’s competitive in nature so I know he’ll always aim for excellence. Mana sa ate *ehem* (Stage sister :D ).

Soft Rolls and Pull Aparts, Single, Double and Figure 8 knots - CertifiedFoodies.comSoft Rolls and Pull Aparts, Single, Double and Figure 8 knots

Cinnamon Raisin Bread - CertifiedFoodies.comCinnamon Raisin Bread

Everything they prepare, they take home so we got to try almost everything he learned to prepare in school. Yum! :D

We have posted a photo album on our Facebook page where we’ll be posting what he’s learned to make in culinary school. You can follow this “photo blog” too.

Ken's Photo Blog on his Culinary Journey - CertifiedFoodies.com

Stay tuned for posts from him about his culinary journey. We promise more recipes and tips here so keep posted, friends. Plus, we might have giveaways where the prizes would be his own creations or an intimate dinner with all the dishes prepared by us. :)

 

For the Love of Learning & FoodFoodie Blog Post by Mhel / blankPixels - CertifiedFoodies.com




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