The Ginataang BILO-BILO "Filipino Sweets"

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One of the favorite food of my children's is what we called GINATAANG BILO-BILO. This kind of food GINATAANG BILO-BILO are very famous in any province in the Philippines but each place has their own style of recipe and cooking ability. GINATAANG BILO-BILO soup is made of coconut-milk with 1 cup of sugar to make it sweet, more than 1 cup is not healthy.

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Other places like "Batangas", their style and the name is different, they called it "PININDOT". This kind of food is made only of glutinous rice, coconut-milk, and sugar. Sometimes they include the ripe Jackfruit but it depends to their taste if they like it or not? Glutinous rice circle are like at the image above with color white and purple.

## GINATAANG BILO-BILO RECIPE and PROCEDURE ##

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1. GLUTINOUS RICE - 1 1/2 CUP and 1 cup of normal temperature water. Combined in a bowl and mix it well. For the purple color, I did add Ube Jam instead of coloring food in a separate bowl. After combining all, take 1 small pieces using spoon or spatula and roll it, make a circle in your palm then set aside in a plate.

2. CASSAVA BANANA - peel and cut into small cube and put into a bowl of water to avoid black color and the oily skin then set aside.

3. SWEET POTATO - the same with banana, peel and cut into small cube and put into a bowl of water to avoid black color and removing the small resin.

4. COCONUT MILK - extract the first juice using 1 cup of normal water after squeezing in a bowl and set aside. The 2nd extract must be 2 to 3 cup of water direct to the big pot and let it boil. Then pour the 1 cup of sugar and stir until it melts.

5. If the coconut-milk is boiling, pour first the SWEET POTATO after 5 minutes put the CASSAVA BANANA. After 3 minutes next is the GLUTINOUS RICE and stir gently and slowly and leave it for 5 minutes more.

Done! If you want to add SAGO or Tapioca? You can add as I did... Only Asean's knows about the pearl. LOL

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These sweets is one of my favorite food 2nd is the HALO-HALO or in English is Shuffle Shake. But what I really miss in the Philippines is that what we called TAHO! TAHO is a Filipino sweet treat consisting of TOFU, Sweet Syrup Sugar (Arnibal), and Tapioca Pearls(Sago)!

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Here is the TAHO looks like. Visitor from the other country "Tourist", they did try the TAHO and they really love the taste, especially the Americans, Koreans, and the Japanese people, they like it! Only in the Philippines you can found the TAHO. Nothing more and nothing less, only in the Philippines. LOL

oooppsss..... My blog is all about GINATAANG BILO-BILO and not the TAHO. LOL Just sharing my favorite food that I miss. LOL

If you'll notice, I love sweets but not so much sweets and not all sweet food, a chosen sweet food only especially without vanilla.

I'm done with my food and story sharing about my favorites. Don't for got to go to my YouTube Channel to subscribe please... https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLiZa0QNXRluB-MP24CnSDg?view_as=subscriber https://images.hive.blog/DQmfWUeSXWUpjSvX4GLmxoqiBfSLuh4rF1Z3xP9nV6CMnct/KENNYROY.gif
Originally posted here: https://hive.blog/hive-174578/@kennyroy/the-ginataang-bilo-bilo-filipino-sweets

Day 741 | Yo-Yo Effect

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I started a challenge of taking 100 days off to mainly focus on my health and overall personal development and used this account as a personal blog to keep track of all my activity. I enjoyed it and continued afterward trying to build better habits and find a good balance between health, fitness, work and my personal life....

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I continue to switch between doing everything good according to plan and having relapses switching letting my more impulsive core drives take over. The past few years while keeping these daily tracking blogposts this has imporved tremendously though and the 'downtimes' have shortened by a huge amount also always keeping my weight in check while being way more active and healthy in general.

I haven't been able to find the magic cure to just do what is objectively best without experiencing a choice which is my ultimate goal. The last few days I've been eating a bit more unhealthy but luckily haven't really added much of the lost weight back. It's a new week so I will be starting with fresh ambition and motivation to keep plowing away at it.

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365 DAY HOT YOGA CLASSES | JOINED: 31/100 (Day 182)

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Day|Bed Time|Awake|Out Bed|Weight|Expense -|-|-|-|-|- 1 May|00:40|09:00|09:30|64.0kg|6.25€ 2 May|00:00|07:40|08:50|64.2kg|15€ 3 May|00:20|08:10|09:10|64.1kg|12€

100 Day Challenge (DAY 23/100)

Day|14|15|16|17|18|19|20|21|22|23 -|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- Plant Based|v|v|x|v|v|v|x|x|v|x Active|v|v|x|x|v|x|x|v|v|x No Distracton|v|v|x|x|v|v|x|x|v|x Fasting|-|-|-|v|-|v|x|x|-|x Supplements|v|v|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x Productivity|v|v|v|v|v|v|v|v|v|v Clean|v|v|v|v|v|v|v|v|v|v
Originally posted here: https://hive.blog/life/@byebyehamburgers/day-741-or-yo-yo-effect

Gluten free, Multigrain and Vegan cookies.

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**There are hundreds of varieties of cookies all over the world. Anyone can bake their cookies in their own way with different ingredients. Being a vegan I used to try different types of cookies by changing different flour. Even though wheat flour cookies are the most popular and sweeter in taste due to its gluten content, but many people are conscious to have gluten and limit their gluten intake. Some are allergic to gluten so avoid gluten. Here I tried to give a healthy touch to my cookies by making it gluten-free, vegan and multigrain.** ___

___ ### Ingredients Sorghum flour 250 gm Gram flour 250 gm Oats flour 50 gm Powdered sugar 180 gm Vegetable oil (I use Rice Bran oil) 270 gm Baking powder 2 tsp Salt 1/2 tsp Cardamom powder 1/2 tsp Vanilla essence/extract 1 tsp Papaya cherry 150 gm(completely optional) Water 45 ml ___ ### Procedure ##### Dry mixture Mix all three flour, baking powder and salt. Pass this mixture through a sieve. ##### Wet mixture Take oil in a vessel and add powdered sugar, cardamom powder, vanilla essence/extract and water. Mix well using hand mixer till it becomes a smooth and thick paste-like consistency. - Now add the powdered mixture in the wet mixture and make a smooth dough, either using a hand mixer or by hand. - Add papaya cherry at this step. - Allow it to rest for 15 minutes.

- Make cookies of your desired shape. - Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and bake cookies for 20 minutes. (Cooking time depends on the thickness of the cookies, so adjust according to that by checking in between.)

**Cooldown to room temperature and enjoy.** ___ To watch the complete recipe visit my youtube channel 👇 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6XDsuP0gA0&t=28s ___ ## Member of @foodiesunite
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Originally posted here: https://hive.blog/hive-120586/@chetanpadliya/gluten-free-multigrain-and-vegan-cookies

Food You Should Eat to Prevent Acne Naturally

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Skin is the central visibility of your health. It represents how much you are healthy inside. A substantial contribution leads to vigorous skin health, whether it is your diet or sleep. You are at the right corner if you are encountered with Acne, then you should use food for acne prevention to healing out acne. https://foodchunk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Food-for-Acne.png Typically, we ran out after ace creams to cure as soon as possible but, trust me; this doesn’t work at all to your skin. It may prevent some days or months, but it will come again and again. Instead, you should use food for acne removal forever, and it can be a bonus point if you adopt such acne food in your diet for the rest of your life. Vitamin C, A, E, B3, Zinc, and Omega 3 fatty acids are anti-acne nutrients. I want to mention here those foods which contain a nice amount of these nutrients. Let me discuss a bit as below that what food you should go for it. Here you go, ## Oranges Orange is enriched with Vitamin C in the highest amount, including Oranges, Broccoli, Papaya, KiwiFruit, Bell Peppers, Strawberries, Pineapple, Cauliflower, and many more. Vitamin C helps to protect our skin as it is a good source of antioxidants. It produces Collagen (a framework for our bones and skin), a protein that plays a vital role in our skin. This nutrient is a dietary supplement to repair the damaged tissues of the skin. ## Tomatoes Our body needs a lot of water if we are not consuming a moderate quantity of water, then we may suffer from various body issues, including Acne. Tomato has got 95% water inside, which is not only fulfilling the need of water, but it has fiber and carbohydrates too. It also enriched with lycopene, which protects our skin from severe sunburn (it may cause the acne too). Tomato is a considerable source of antioxidant, which is super beneficial for healthy skin. ## Chia Seeds Why are Chia Seeds acne healing food? Chia seeds are the best food for acne treatment, which is packed with anti-acne nutrients like Zinc and omega 3 fatty acids. Flaxseeds, pumpkin seeds, and sunflower seeds are also full of Vitamin E and Zinc. All of the seeds help to repair the skin cells and heal the acne for getting good healthy skin. It also stimulates the quick wound healing acne as it protects the upper layer of popped acne. ## Carrots Eating carrot is the most probably go-to-snack for many of us. It is packed with Vitamin A that promotes healthy skin faster if you use it regularly. No doubt, this is the best food for acne and inflammation as it contains beta-carotene, which works insanely good against Acne. ## Some Useful Tips Acne causes many factors as per the skin. It can be of various kinds, including mild or severe, both matters a lot. In critical condition, the perfect solution is to go to the doctor for medical treatment. It becomes a common issue nowadays. This issue is not only for girls, but boys are also got this heck on their skin. Normally, blackheads, whiteheads, pimples, and mild acne can be treated at home with a simple solution and some precautionary steps. Follow some tips to avoid acne further, * Use your cleaned hands while washing off the face * Be gentle while washing * Don’t scrub your face with any clothes even puffy one * Don’t treat only Acne spots, treat your whole face * Don’t apply any medical cream without doctor recommendations if you have severe acne or mild one, just don’t. * Drink a lot of water – I’m again repeating that drinking water as much as you can absorb. * Don’t eat Junk Food * Go for a doctor if acne spots leave scars. Both fruits and vegetables are healthy nutrients that make you healthy if you use them in a daily diet. I summed-up some acne-fighting food after a back-breaking search for you. I would like to listen to what acne-preventing food you love the most?

Originally posted here: https://hive.blog/food/@ikrahch/food-you-should-eat-to-prevent-acne-naturally

The Best of Natural Medicine Curation #87 - Abundance, Meditation, Birch trees and Our powerful Bodies!

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Wow what a wonderful week for Natural Medicine, so much great content was shared by the wonderful community, which is leading the way in empowering us all and helping us to take back control of our own health and well being. It was also the first week of the wonderful hivevibes/ positivevibes initiative created by @notconvinced, we really hope to see more people utilize these tags to help spread some love and positivity in these challenging times. Here are a selection of some of the empowering posts shared this week, on the Hive platform....

https://youtu.be/EegKPXVTC4A @elamental has been on a huge transformational journey and he has shared so much of himself on here. Inspiring others to be vocal and reach out to others, rather than suffer alone. This post is so uplifting, he reaches out to us all to embrace who we are and to open up the door of abundance, in his own words. >I am here to remind all of you that you are worthy of happiness, you are blessed, filled with love, abundance, and shine - even if it doesn't feel like it, you know deep down how right I am about this. Accept it, embrace it, LIVE it! Read his post [here](https://peakd.com/hive-196037/@elamental/l3pxknkmy9g)

@jasonliberty has written an indepth post about meditation and his experience with it. What I love is how he talks about the power of our minds and how it influences our health and well being. We are what we think, we create our own reality. Something we all need to be reminded of right now. >When one begins tossing out old limited fear-based thought patterns and replacing them with new expanded empowering thought patterns then they will quickly see first hand in their own life just how truly powerful their thoughts are. Read it [here](https://peakd.com/hive-120078/@jasonliberty/the-purpose-benefits-and-methods-of-meditation-my-story)

@olga.maslievich has created such a wonderful post about the Birch tree, one that really shows her passion for nature and natural medicine. She has written it both in English and her native Ukrainian, helping to spread even more awareness about natural health and healing. You can read her wonderful post [here](https://peakd.com/hive-148441/@olga.maslievich/only-three-days-of-healing-power)

To me @artemislives is like the queen of naturalmedicne, her posts are always so well written and presented. She really has a wealth of knowledge. This post is about how words hold power over our ability to heal, how we limit our own healing by trusting in people who have no idea how powerful our bodies really are. >We can choose limits and outdated definitions. Or we can choose healing and regeneration. Perhaps the greatest natural medicine of all is consuming new thoughts, daily, and creating new belief structures about all that is possible. Read her wise words [here](https://peakd.com/hive-120078/@artemislives/choosing-limits-or-choosing-healing-your-choice).

@clareartista has written a wonderfully positive post, about what we are experiencing right now, it is so easy to get caught up in the negative media that is being pushed on us. But we must never forget our own power, our own strength and our wonderful ability to adapt. Her post is like a breath of fresh air. >I have faith that we were already moving away from the destructive, competitive, short-term vision, no-consequences-to-our-actions paradigm, and into a more harmonious relationship with all things. Read her words [here](https://peakd.com/hive-120078/@clareartista/what-s-unfolding-in-the-now).

Here are some other posts that are well worth checking out. @indigoocean also shares some wonderful wisdom in her post [here](https://peakd.com/hive-120078/@indigoocean/moving-out-from-center), @gentleshaid asks us how we prepare our herbal extracts, whilst also sahring his knowledge about the subject. Read it [here](https://peakd.com/hive-120078/@gentleshaid/how-do-you-prepare-your-herbal-extracts) @sustainablyyours, tells us all about one of my favorite medicinal plants, the glorious chickweed. You can find the post [here](https://peakd.com/homesteading/@sustainablyyours/learning-about-the-incredible-edible-chickweed) @heart-to-heart shared so many amazing recipes this wee, you can find one of my favourites[here](https://peakd.com/ocd/@heart-to-heart/not-your-boxed-hamburger-helper-it-s-a-life-saver-but-actually-vegan-gluten-free). @kyleana wrote about the wonderful Elderflower and some of the ways in which she uses it. Read her lovely post [here](https://peakd.com/hive-120078/@kyleana/know-the-benefits-of-elderflower). @rem-steem talked about the beauty and benefits of the Moringa tree in this post, you can find it [here](https://peakd.com/hive-148441/@rem-steem/the-absolute-beauty-and-benefits-of-moringa-drumstick).

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PUML Next Live Stream Video Workouts at Home - Mon 4th May 8:30am AEST

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Hello Hiveans, This Monday 4th May 8:30am AEST, Qualified Nutritionist and Yoga Instructor Sheree will be presenting another great workout to kick off your monday! She'll be doing a breathe and stretch class. Remember the time zone is Australian Eastern Standard Time! Keep uptodate with all Puml shows this week, from daily workouts to Nutrition, Puml has you covered to keep you healthy and motivated at home. Watch here: https://puml.io/live/

**PUML Better Health**, is a health and wellness platform that has launched a LIVE STREAM service to allow its members to catch live sessions of home workouts in order to keep healthy and fit while social distancing from the comfort of their homes which was included in Block.one EOS VC Grants and Investments Dealing w/ COVID-19. **Earn Coin for completing Fitness Challenges Walk, Run, LIVE Stream Workouts https://puml.io/** *Puml all-inclusive sponsored challenges mean if you walk, run, cycle, swim, play, workout & stretch you can participate, earning or winning PUML Coin as a reward!*
Originally posted here: https://hive.blog/hive-128776/@jenina619/puml-next-live-stream-video-workouts-at-home-mon-4th-may-8-30am-aest

Chia seeds pudding!

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If I start telling the benefits of chia seeds, I won't stop. But let me tell you some of it. - it has a lot of fibre. - it helps in weight lose. - it prevents cancer. - it is high in omega 3. - it is high in antioxidants Basically it have every single thing that you need. So you can take it in numeral ways, sometimes I like to have it as my breakfast, as a pudding.

It is colourful, it is yummy and it is healthiest. **How to make it? ** Take about half or half and a quarter cup of milk, take any milk, coconut almond any. Add in about 5-6 tbspn of chiaa seeds and about a tbspn of honey. In another small bowl, add in 2 tbsp of cocoa powder and 2 tbspn of milk, stirit well and add it to the chia seeds mix. Keep it in the fridge overnight or you can also keep it for 2-3 hours if in hurry. Top up with some seasonal fruits and some mixed seeds for the crunch. And a spoonful of peanut butter. It all add extra Nutrition. Enjoy and stay healthy.
Originally posted here: https://hive.blog/health/@drishtisachdeva/chia-seeds-pudding