Was excited to cook food for noche buena I wanted to put my new kitchen appliances to test that’s why. Started the day marinating the steak I bought at Makati Supermarket. Asked my helper to peel the potatoes also and chop the veggies for the buttered vegetable side dish I was going to make. Took out the shrimps from the freezer and asked my helper, Jen, to cut them at the back so they would end up looking like butterflies. I just sprinkled them with salt and pepper after. Thanks to Jhoanne for my recipes btw.

By 7 pm, went to mass and when we got back Jon couldn’t wait to eat na and asked me to cook the food already that was intended for our noche buena. I said, it’s still too early but I cooked na rin anyway since I wanted to eat na also, hehe.

By 9:30pm, Jon and I were eating already. Our guest was yet to arrive ng 12mn so sabi namin we’ll just eat again I’m not much of a cook so no matter how simple the dishes I made, super proud pa rin ako At buti naman almost all the time that I attempt to cook, the result is successful. Here’s what I prepared:

angus beef steak fried in butter with mashed potatoes and buttered veggies

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shrimps sauteed in butter and garlic with lemon butter sauce

~~~ mango royale c/o pinoy cook

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***spaghetti, bbq and majestic ham not included in the pic coz I wasn’t the one who cooked those :p

Joni arrived at little past 12mn and true to our word, Jon and I joined him and ate again

Made kwentuhan and drank some beer after. Called it a night at 3:30am na. We still have a very full packed day on the 25th eh.

If you’re wondering about Sophia, well, she was past asleep already. She has no more gift to open as of Christmas eve coz na-open na lahat her gifts, hehe. Excited mommy kase! Besideds, i ddin’t want to let her stay up late coz we’re leaving early the next morning coz we have three destinations. Those three covering south to north- san pedro, laguna (jon’s lolo and lola-mother side), sta. mesa, manila (jon’s lola-father side) and pampanga (my family).

Bought Angus Beef Rib-Eye Steak from Tenderbites in Makati Supermarket yesterday already so we’re having that one with homemade mashed potatoes and buttered veggies. Jon’s requesting for garlic prawns with lemon butter sauce too. Same stuff we had last year. Based on experience though, I need to stick with just two to three viands only as we really don’t get to eat everything.

Oh, can’t wait for Chritmas Eve as I’m excited to see Sophia open her gifts

On a brighter note, our friend, Joni is joining Jon, Sophia and I for noche buena. Here’s what I’m planning to cook: ( yes, I’ll do the cooking, nobody else. it’s christmas eh )

*angus beef steak

*shrimps with lemon butter sauce

*roast chicken

*mashed potaoes

*buttered corn and carrots

*spaghetti or fetuccini

*bbq

*mango royale for dessert

*and yes, ofcourse, majestic ham

Ok na kaya? You see, it’ll be my first time to cook for noche buena. My MIL usually just brings over the noceh buena food in the house for the past two years but this year she’s somewhere in Florida, USA hehe. So, no choice :p

Wish me luck!

Btw, thanks to Jhoanne for sharing her recipes with me.