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New mash-ups and recipes your family will love (Family Features) From classic recipes passed down through generations to new creations you wouldn’t expect to find on grandma’s table, there’s no shortage of ways to pack peanut butter into deliciously diverse dishes. Celebrate your enduring love for this sticky staple with these winning entries from Southern Peanut Growers’ annual “PB My Way” recipe contest showcasing PB lovers’ all-time favorite peanut butter dishes. Find more inspiration for cooking with peanut butter at www.peanutbutterlovers.com. Peanut Butter Noodle Nests with Spicy Orange Shrimp Grand Prize Winner Peanut Butter Noodle Nests with Spicy Orange Shrimp Darlene Buerger, Peoria, Arizona 1 tablespoon Sriracha sauce 1/4 cup orange marmalade 2 tablespoons soy sauce 1 tablespoon rice vinegar 1 tablespoon grated ginger 8 ounces shrimp, peeled, de-veined 1/4 cup onion, diced 1/4 cup red pepper, diced 2 tablespoons peanut oil 2 cloves minced garlic 1/4 cup coconut milk, plus extra 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter 1/4 cup island teriyaki sauce 2 teaspoons crystalized ginger 1 teaspoon hot pepper flakes (or to taste) 2 tablespoons brown sugar 2 (12-ounce) packages ramen noodles, cooked according to package directions 1 cup coleslaw mix Peanuts and scallions, for garnish In medium bowl, combine Sriracha, marmalade, soy sauce, vinegar and grated ginger. Stir to combine and add shrimp. Refrigerate 20 minutes. In large skillet over medium heat, saute onion and pepper in peanut oil until tender. Add garlic and cook an additional minute. Reduce heat and add coconut milk, peanut butter, teriyaki sauce, Read More …

Senator Chiz Escudero, chair of the Joint Oversight Committee on Public Expenditures, conducts a hearing today on the report of the Development Budget Coordinating Committee on the status and direction of the economic, fiscal and monetary policies of the government. Also in photo is Davao City Representative Isidro Ungab.(MNS photo) Senator Chiz Escudero reminded the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) of the “promissory note” attached to its P5.6 billion budget this year that it would step up safety inspections of sea vessels and cut down mishaps by the country’s 9,574-strong merchant fleet. Escudero, who chairs the Senate Committee on Finance, said “the targets, to begin with, are already very low, so there’s no excuse on why they can’t be met.” Under the “performance indicators”  affixed to the PCG budget in Republic Act 10651, or the 2015 National Budget, the agency vowed to cut maritime accidents by “5 percent, or from 264 in 2013 to 251 this year.” As to other “maritime incidents,” the Coast Guard promised to bring it down to 517 from 544, or a 5-percent reduction, Escudero said. Escudero said the agency, which is attached to the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) also committed to slash marine pollution accidents to 32 percent from 35 percent. “Limang porsyento na bawas sa bilang ng mga aksidente lang ang hinihingi sa PCG, siguro naman kaya nilang tupdin iyon,” Escudero said. But the Bicolano lawmaker said the PCG should have set a higher target considering “the volume of maritime traffic in this archipelagic country of ours.” “There Read More …

Liza Soberano (MNS Photo) MANILA (Mabuhay) — Tears flowed when Liza Soberano left San Francisco to return to the Philippines recently as she had to leave behind her siblings and her American mother Jacqulyn Elizabeth Hanley, whom she had not seen for more than seven years. According to Enrique Gil, Soberano and her mother shared an emotional moment at the San Francisco International Airport when they were about to leave. The actor also shared what Soberano’s mother told him right before they went inside the airport. “Nagkausap kami nung umalis na kami, nauna na si [Liza]. Umiiyak [‘yung mommy niya] tapos niyakap ako. Sabi niya, ‘Take care of her ha?’ Sabi ko, ‘I will tita.’ Sabi ko, come back here sa Manila, pumunta sila dito sa Philippines to visit next year. Ita-try daw nila. Kung hindi, kami ang bibili ng ticket para sa kanila,” he said. Nontheless, Soberano said she and her mother were able to make up for lost time. Enrique Gil (MNS Photo) “Masaya po [ako na nakasama ko ‘yung mommy ko]. Marami kaming time para mag-bonding. Sumama siya sa premiere tapos nag-Great America kami and nag-shopping pa kami,” she said. Soberano and Gil were in San Francisco for the North America premiere of their film, “Just the Way You Are.” Asked how her mother found the movie, Soberano said: “Naiyak siya. Umiiyak siya sa tuwa. She said she was happy and proud of me.” Soberano was born in California. She was raised by her maternal grandparents when Read More …

As millions of Filipinos join the celebration of their adopted country’s 239th year of Declaration of Independence, many will share the spirit of national thanksgiving in the welcoming arms of a country that had made a difference in their lives in many aspects. Lured by the promise of a better life the and the prospect of achieving  the American dream, we join six other ethnicities in the chase for a better tomorrow. The American dream still lures people from all over the world to the U.S. shores and with those gifted with the grit and daring and the ability to work hard, achieving the dream is still a reality. Although realities like record debt, persistent joblessness, and millions of underwater mortgages had dampened and slowed down its realization many have only become more determined in their quest and their experiences had only made them better pursuers of the dream.. Just what is American Dream that many people would do anything to achieve in a lifetime? “American Dream” a Great Depression term used by historian James T. Adams in 1931 to describe the American complex beliefs, religious promises and social expectations. It rang of hope with a capital “H” and traces its beginnings  in the Declaration of Independence and the first European settlers with its basic idea that “every man and every woman shall, regardless of their birth, achieve what they are able to do. Everybody shall be treated and seen equally and be recognized by others for what they are Read More …

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