A good employer will always treat her employees by showing how much she appreciates them doing a good job. You know you have a good boss when she does this for her employees. On the menu; Pork Lumpia, Garlic Rice, Brown Rice, Korean BBQ Chicken, Pork Adobo and Banana Lumpia.

I'm so grateful and thankful to cater their wedding. On March 28, 2018 they finally sealed their love to one other witnessed by there family and friends. The venue is very beautiful (like the bride itself) which is "The Lodge" at Traverse Mountain, in Lehi. On the menu are; Caesar Salad, Pork Lumpia, Beef Caldereta, Creamy Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo, Mixed Fruits, Non-alcoholic Sunrise drinks and Infused water.  To Jeng and Joel thank you very much for trusting me to provide the food at your wedding. 

This is by far the most beautiful setup we did. Unicorn birthday theme with Hailey's 2nd birthday last December 29, 2018. Part of my catering service is to help my customers put up their decorations and make the desserts table very presentable and to make sure it goes with the theme.  I have fun doing all these things, it feels like I went back to be a kid again and it gives me more ideas to play with my creations.  Note to myself not to forget take picture with all the foods and the guests. 

My version of Chicken Macaroni Salad.  This is the first time I make this and it came out really good. Too my surprised some of my picky friends love it!  Chicken Macaroni Salad is very popular in the Philippines as a side dish.  Easy to make and prepare. 

Ingredients:
1 - Can Condensed Milk (14 oz 396g)
1 - 8 oz ( 226g )Cream Cheese room temperature
1/2 - chopped candied pecan or walnuts  (optional)
1/2 - Cup parsley - chopped (optional)
1/2 - Cup red onion diced
1 - Cup finely shredded Carrots
2 - Cook chicken breast diced ( I used 2 breast of the rotisserie chicken)
1 - Cup raisins or cranberry
2 - Cup Mayonnaise
2 - Cups Ambrosia, Fuji or Honeycrisp Apples diced
1 - Cup Celery diced
1 - Cup shredded Eden Cheese + 1/4 cup for garnish
Note: If Eden cheese is not available you can use mild cheddar cheese instead.
1 - Box Elbows Macaroni (1 lb, 454g)
Salt and Ground black pepper - to taste

Cooking Instructions:
1. Prepare all your dry ingredients  (Mise en place).
2. Cook the elbow macaroni ( drained and set a side). Make sure before you incorporate or add the pasta to rest of the ingredients is cold not hot nor warm.
3. In a bowl combine mayonnaise, cream cheese and condensed milk whisk it till all well blended and free of lump (silky and velvety texture) season with salt and ground black pepper.  Cover with plastic and place it in the refrigerator. 
4. In a big bowl combine all the dry ingredients. 
5. Get the sauce from the refrigerator added to the rest of the ingredients, tossed it well to make sure that all the ingredients is well coated with the sauce. Adjust seasoning by adding salt and black pepper.
6. Chill about 2 hours before serving.  Transfer in a serving platter and garnish with the remaining cheese.
7. You can make this ahead of time too.

Hosted a baby shower for our good friend Joyce last November 18, 2018. We are all excited to be part of this wonderful event.  Husband and I are such a good team; he is in-charge with the games and I in-charge with decorations and foods.  I think we did a good job putting all of this for Dave and Joyce.  Guests had fun and definitely enjoy all the games that my husband put together. 

Celebrating our Filipino Festival dba Philippines Independence Day " is an annual festival held  annually in Salt Lake City, Utah. This event is going on now for 6 years. Festival or  "Fiesta" means; an event marked by festivities or celebration. This is to showcase our traditional dance, foods and culture and to keep it alive for the next generation. Pinoy ROCKS!!!!

Special Thanks to the following:
SPONSORS:
DIAMOND SPONSOR: Zions Bank
GOLD SPONSORS: Skin Works School of Skincare; @Dakine Grindz Hawaii-Filipino Restaurant & Food Truck:
SILVER SPONSOR: Windermere Real Estate Utah
BRONZE SPONSOR: Luxe Beauty Day Spa; Archies Academy School for Barbers; PEPSI CO.
FIESTA COMMITTEE SPONSORS: Incredible Dwellings Home & Floral; M & R Productions Events & Entertainment: Dinah Olino REALTOR; Kitchen Love Catering: Majestic Reiki With Mary Joyce; Micah Roquiero REALTOR
EXHIBITORS & FOOD VENDORS: Melle Moreno w/ Intercap Lending; Marife Tayactac McCall w/ Little Mars Creations; Kirsten Rivera w/ KNR Creative; Sonia Teston; Cherie Barton w/ Rocky Mountain Family Fire; Jacob w/ Clear Insurance Solutions; Will Thomas w/ Parliament Marketing; Dyria Vazquez & Erica Paz; Boutique YiYi; Archie's Barbershop; Teo & Clarissa Celestino w/ Better Body Systems & C3 Physical Therapy; Leilani Bugtong w/ DaKine Grindz Food Truck; Rene Lao w/ Kubo Express; Rebecca Villejo w/ Mama's Cook House; Arlyn Pace w/ Arlyn's Kitchen; Leilani Halverstadt w/ Snowie Cones
DONORS: Eleanor Ramirez; Rowena Suyeyoshi; Rhochelle Roquiero; Rocelyn Walker; J Gregg Hawthorne; Jen Treadway; Carmie Diamse; Jacqueline Ferreira; Teena Jensen; Susie Mau; Winnie Morin; Linda Buchman; Seon Restaurant; doTERRA; LHM; Megaplex Theatres; Utah’s Hogle Zoo; Deer Valley Resort; Utah Jazz; Agnes Higley; Kenny Miyawaki
VOLUNTEERS:
Jeannie Solomon; Fe Dorig; Grace Byrne; Zeth Summers; Winnie Morin; Jacqueline Bunyi Ferreira; Kenny Miyawaki
SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR COMMITTEE: Marc & Regina Mercado; Dinah Olino; Emily Miyawaki; Roy Flores; Boying Mayor; Derek & Mae Quirante; Joyce Hawpe; Matthew Roquiero; Micah & Rhochelle Roquiero
To the First Filipino Festival of Utah 2019 KING & QUEEN, Mr & Mrs Paul and Jennifer Jensen.
To KTalk AM Radio 1640 (Paul Jensen) and ABC4(Rosie Nguyen) for giving us the opportunity to advertise our Festival
TO ALL THE GUESTS PERFORMERS:
Bands: PostCard Rail Band; Jam1 Band; Mayor's Office Band
Dance Groups: KPEU, GracieLou Cultural; Leo Hone; Lei of Stars Sisters; Fil-Am Dancers; Castillo Sisters
Singers/Rappers
DivisionX; Nikki Navio; Teresita Malabey; Russell De Jesus; Zia Ray Brown, Nina Peterson; Rowena Merkley; Imay De Jesus; Ruby Red Plasigue; Joseph Buenaflor; Roland Fernandez
To All the contestants of Cooking Contest & Karaoke Singing Contest. And to the Judges. You all contributed to the success of the Filipino Festival of Utah. MARAMING SALAMAT PO!

Behind the scenes. We are so blessed and lucky to be featured on ABC4 UTAH (today July 23, 2019) through the help of our good friend Rosie Nguyen she got us a spot to promote the FILIPINO FESTIVAL that will be held this Saturday July 27, 2019 at the Legacy Event Center in Farmington, UT. Kudos to all the committees who put all their effort, time and dedication to make this happened. 

June 8, 2019 when they BOTH said I DO to one another. To the newlywed thank you for trusting KITCHEN LOVE CATERING to cater your beautiful wedding. Congratulation Mr. and Mrs Bolen. Tom remember happy wife happy life. Enjoy the new life in the PHILIPPINES and wishing you all the happiness in this world.

Filipinos love to celebrate anything big or small. So when my good friend and mare Jeannie  passed her US Citizenship test and attended her U.S. Citizenship ceremony, we decided to eat at Tres Hombres Grill and Cantina to celebreate. This a Mexican restaurant located at 3298 Highland Dr, Millcreek, UT 84106. After our simple lunch celebration we decided to grab a desserts at Délice Bakery & Café  located at 2747 State St, Salt Lake City, UT 84115. We are very satisfied of what we ate. But most of all the bonding we had together. Friends that eat together, stay together. CONGRATULATIONS JEANNIE!