My wife is on a well deserved vacation right now and I am left alone again to look after the kids and the house. She’ll be out for nine days this time. It’s different this time since I can stay at home most of the time after the company that I work for decided to shut down September of this year. Well, I do freelance work now instead of the normal 8 to 5 selling job.

The first time Connie went on a trip, I think we did okay. I thought it would be different this time, but we’re still eating the basic foods that we had like chicken adobo, pork tocino and fried rice, with spam of course. Connie never leaves the house without filling the cupboards with spam in case I go crazy while she’s away. At least the kids can open a can of spam if ever that happens. Mind you, it’s not easy planning, scheduling and preparing the food of your family especially when you have to work in between meals. I consider myself very lucky to have Connie as my partner who, day in and day out, does that and with gusto.

I’m on my fifth day and running out of dishes to cook. =(  I miss my wife. Not because I’m doing all the cooking. No, it’s not that. What I miss is her presence. The conversations over a cup of coffee or a snack that she’d made. But hey, she’s having a great time out there so let her be. I’m just happy that she has this time to relax and enjoy her own time.

Enough said, back to the recipes.