That sounds delicious!opd wrote: Tue Jun 16, 2026 2:10 pm Time to cook up a storm for the week.
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June
3rd week:
- Tuna with Spinach and Mushroom Cheesy Baked Casserole
Collage Update!
I decided to make a little collage instead of spamming with individual snapshots.
Top Row from left to Right
Pineapple Chicken
Filipino Picadillo
Bottom Row from left to Right
Sweet and Sour Pork with Fried Rice
Chicken BBQ with Mac n Cheese + Fried Rice
Tuna with Spinach and Mushroom Cheesy Baked Casserole
I changed the menu a little and added some fried rice.
Also we just pair rice with every meal, hence the random lump of fried rice in my plate of chicken bbq with mac n cheese.
The tuna casserole picture was taken before I added the cheese.
There were plenty of people at the lobby aghast at the idea of this combo.
I mean it's just spinach and tuna, it's not bad! (ㆆ_ㆆ)
June
4th week:
Filipino Picadillo
Sausage and Beans
I still need to think of a few more dishes until the month ends.
But I think these are pretty good for now!
*Almost forgot to add this veggie dish, it's tonight's dinner!
Sausage and beans. Heh.
opd wrote: Sat Jun 27, 2026 9:45 amCollage Update!
I decided to make a little collage instead of spamming with individual snapshots.
20260626_024637.jpgTop Row from left to Right
Pineapple Chicken
Filipino Picadillo
Bottom Row from left to Right
Sweet and Sour Pork with Fried Rice
Chicken BBQ with Mac n Cheese + Fried Rice
Tuna with Spinach and Mushroom Cheesy Baked Casserole
I changed the menu a little and added some fried rice.
Also we just pair rice with every meal, hence the random lump of fried rice in my plate of chicken bbq with mac n cheese.The tuna casserole picture was taken before I added the cheese.
There were plenty of people at the lobby aghast at the idea of this combo.
I mean it's just spinach and tuna, it's not bad! (ㆆ_ㆆ)
That looks delicious!
Really appreciate the posts, as I always love discovering new recipes that also not necessarily have to involve 3 days of prep for 15 minutes of eating 
Avatar wrote: Mon Jun 29, 2026 10:32 amopd wrote: Sat Jun 27, 2026 9:45 amCollage Update!
I decided to make a little collage instead of spamming with individual snapshots.
20260626_024637.jpgTop Row from left to Right
Pineapple Chicken
Filipino Picadillo
Bottom Row from left to Right
Sweet and Sour Pork with Fried Rice
Chicken BBQ with Mac n Cheese + Fried Rice
Tuna with Spinach and Mushroom Cheesy Baked Casserole
I changed the menu a little and added some fried rice.
Also we just pair rice with every meal, hence the random lump of fried rice in my plate of chicken bbq with mac n cheese.The tuna casserole picture was taken before I added the cheese.
There were plenty of people at the lobby aghast at the idea of this combo.
I mean it's just spinach and tuna, it's not bad! (ㆆ_ㆆ)That looks delicious!
Really appreciate the posts, as I always love discovering new recipes that also not necessarily have to involve 3 days of prep for 15 minutes of eating
@Avatar Yeah, I make a lot of simple dishes. The chicken pochero was a little fussy to make since it requires Spanish style Chorizo, fried plantains, and garbanzos. I had to omit the extra veggies like beans, bok choy, and cabbages since the budget was gettin a lil tight.
I hate how I was careless and linked an AI recipe. This Chicken Pochero recipe is from a better source!
Lol @Hardelli this is just par the course over here.
We can't just be eating potatoes!
My phone can only add a maximum of six pictures per collage, so annoying. It's fine for now.
Had to do some minor changes to the menu.
Top Row from left to Right
Chicken Adobo + Boiled Eggs
Pork Stew in Coconut Milk + Steamed Okra
Chicken Pastel with Fried Rice
Bottom Row from left to Right
Bitter Gourd Scrambled Eggs with Banana Ketchup 
Sausage and Beans
Chicken Pochero
The chicken pochero was my fav this week. The chorizo and fried plantains kick it up a notch compared to a simple chicken stew!
Banana ketchup, also known as banana sauce, is a Philippine fruit ketchup condiment made from banana, sugar, vinegar, and spices. Its natural color is brownish-yellow but it is often dyed red to resemble tomato ketchup
July
1st week:
Pork Tonkatsu
Mapo Tofu
Fried Fish
Pineapple Chicken
Chicken Adobo
Merienda/Snacks:
Graham Crackers in Pastry Cream
I've already snacked on the Graham crackers I need to leave some for the dessert I'm planning to make aaaaaa!
July
1st Week collage!
I made a huge batch of each so they managed to last between July 1-4. I made Champorado, but forgot to take pictures. Oh well!
Left: Pork Tonkatsu with Tonkatsu sauce and Sesame Coleslaw
Right: Mapo Tofu with Mushrooms
I wasn't able to post for the 2nd week menu but I managed to take pics.
July
2nd Week Collage!
Top Row from Left to Right:
Pineapple Chicken
Japanese Potato Salad
Fried Milkfish in Coconut Cream
Bottom Row from Left to Right:
Philippine Style BBQ with Java rice and Fresh Pickles
Salisbury Steak in Mushroom gravy
Stir Fried Sayote
July
3rd Week Collage!
I've been having a busy month but I try to plan the best meals I can with my time and energy. Wasn't able to post the menu, but I took pics!
From Left to Right:
Chicken Macaroni Soup (Chicken Sopas) 
Vegetarian Sausage with Buttered Mixed Veggies
Fried Tofu and Pork with Vinegar dip (Tokwa't Baboy) 
Fried Marinated Milkfish (Daing na Bangus) with Egg
Garlic Fried Rice + Scrambled Eggs + Vegetarian Sausage
Chicken a la King 
The original recipe calls for hard boiled eggs and hotdog added in for extra protein. But I was using 2 chickens! After I shredded all the meat by hand I ended up with so much meat I didn't need the extra protein.
I forgot to add tausi and sauce so I just doubled the vinegar dipping sauce: it's just diced red onion, sugar, vinegar, salt and pepper.
My cream split so it came out dark! Huhuhu... It's alright, still came out tasty.
LOTS OF FRIED STUFF SORRY. ;-;
My aunt sent a dubious snack that week, a cheese ramyun.
I had these from a different brand and didn't like it.
SPOILER:
I still didn't like it.
Imagine normal ramen/ramyun but with powdered cheese in it.
That's... it.
꒰ ꒡⌓꒡꒱
I mean if you like that stuff it's fine but...
You'd get the same result just by adding a packet of powdered cheese to your regular ramen!
I'll try to stick to the menu this week.
I overplanned for these to last until Monday, hopefully!
(ง •̀ㅂ•́ )ง✧
LET'S GO!!!
July
4th week:
Sweet and Sour Pork
Beef and Broccoli Stir Fry
Pork Mince with String Beans in Oyster Sauce Stir Fry
Seafood Fried Rice 
Kimchi Pork Stew
Chicken Adobo
Cheesy Beef Penne 
I just made it sound fancy.
All I could add to the budget was a dubious pack of frozen minced milkfish and imitation crabmeat. I hope they taste good together!
I can tolerate a liver pate but gosh,
I really can't stand liver.
I excluded it for this week's menu along with the chickpeas/garbanzos, raisins, and bellpeppers only because I trimmed off fancy additions to make way for 1.25L of Vanilla ice cream.
So you see, it had to be done. ( ´꒡⊇꒡｀)
I made the sauce ahead for the week. 〜(꒪꒳꒪)〜
BONUS!
I cooked enough for a collage before the middle of the week so I'll post it!
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I thought I'd make several smaller meals to reduce palette fatigue.
But it's only been giving me fatigue so far...
It's fun to have a variety of stuff but the planning is too much aaaaaaa
I'll stick to a few big batches every week again lol
Left Column:
Sweet and Sour Pork
Beef and Broccoli Stir Fry
Right Column:
Radish and Carrot Salad in Vinaigrette
Brown Sugar Oatmeal with Banana
Cheese Stick Enchiladas 
I pressure cooked the beef for an hour first then added them to the stir fry. ( •̀⩊•́ ) ✧
OKAY HEAR ME OUT
One of the other snacks my aunt sent was three packs of frozen cheese sticks.
My brother and I excitedly fried two of the packs one night as a midnight snack.
We took a bite of the first batch and... ???
After eating through half the first package, we both looked at each other to confirm the horrible truth...
THESE CHEESE STICKS GOT NO CHEESE IN THEM!
And so, for the next two weeks, the last pack of frozen cheese sticks remained in the freezer. No wonder my aunt hid these in her own freezer. She got scammed and wanted us to commiserate with her lol.
But I wanted to give it new life in the form of enchiladas and so they disappeared within the same night I baked em. (❁´◡`❁)
The obnoxious blobs of cheese on top is my way of serving justice to this world.
July
4th week Midweek Collage!
Left to Right:
Kimchi Pork Stew
Pork Mince with String Beans in Oyster Sauce Stir Fry 
Seafood Fried Rice
Chicken Adobo
Pork Menudo
Sprouted Mung Beans and Fried Tofu Stir Fry
The white squares are freshly pickled Korean Radish
The Cheesy Beef Penne only had two servings left since my youngest brother raided half the prepared pasta sauce... He ate 3 servings so I hid the rest of the pasta sauce in the freezer. Only two lucky people got to eat the rest. The two lucky people being myself and my older brother since he helps me a lot in the kitchen. ( ´꒡⊇꒡｀)
Some snacks and breakfast:
Left:
Beefy Nachos
Right:
Oatmeal Pancakes
Oatmeal Pancakes with Sliced Bananas and Cantaloupe
July
5th week:
Pork Asado
Chicken BBQ
Tuna Mushroom Penne
Chicken Pochero
Pork, String beans, and Pumpkin in Coconut Milk
My dad did some of the groceries so these were the meals for yesterday and today:
Top:
Dried fish, veggie omelette, and curried beans
Bottom:
Meatball soup and Misua
Cucumber Banchan
July
5th week Collage:
It's finally the end of July!
Left to Right:
Pork, String beans, and Pumpkin in Coconut Milk
Chicken BBQ + Java Rice + Freshly Pickled Korean Radish
Braised Pork (Pork Belly Asado)
August 1, 2026
Birthday Boys (◍•ᴗ•◍)♡ ✧*。
I made the sheet cake for my younger brother, and some of the chocolate oatmeal cookies were for his son. They have the same birthday lol.
My older brother made the Beef Callos and the Rainbow Nachos on the top row.
The rest are food provided by the host. =D
I had so much chicken and BBQ 〜(꒪꒳꒪)〜
They were having drinks by 10pm but I followed my dad back home instead.
I was siiiiiiiiiick last week. I think I picked up a virus at the mall the day after the birthday party...
( ´꒡⊇꒡｀)
I got the whole fever, headache, and runny nose kinda deal, it was rough.
I'm roughly at 70% Health today. I'm pushing myself a bit but stuff has to get done. =(
Aug
2nd week Collage!
Top to Bottom, Left to Right:
Tuna Broccoli Spiral Pasta
Chicken Adobo
Pork Menudo
Oatmeal Pancakes
Ground Pork and Veggie Stir Fry
Sweet Potato Chorizo Soup 
My fever was at its worst by the time I made the soup.
I scrounged up some leftover chorizo in the pantry and a sweet potato from last month no one knew what to do with. There was some tomato sauce leftover from the Pork Menudo and that became my soup base.
You lose appetite for rich/heavy food when you're sick. I had run out of soup and noodle packs so I had to make soup for myself. Had to fight through my fever to get some soup, but it was worth the effort!
Aug
3rd week Collage!
I had enough energy to do the groceries two days ago. I made blueberry jam for the pb&j sandwiches. But by then, I didn't have enough energy left to make dinner.
Blueberry Jam
PB&J Sandwiches
Blueberry syrup Pancakes
I thinned out the remaining blueberry jam into blueberry syrup for the pancakes at breakfast.
I made the Pumpkin Soup and Naked Lumpia, and my older brother took care of the rest!
Pork Nilaga
Chicken Macaroni Soup
Chicken Breast in Tomato Parsley Sauce
Pumpkin Soup with Croutons 
Naked Lumpia (Lumpiang Hubad)
My brother had the idea to add the last pack of chorizo, it worked out really well!
Some chopped pumpkins were on sale and I snagged a kilogram! I still think about this soup. It's so creamy and the croutons were toasted to perfection. Ahhh, bowl of warmth and comfort. (❁´◡`❁)
I served it with the sauce on the side. I added too much peanut butter in it. And I forgot to add the garbanzos (chickpeas) dang it! (;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)