LOW-CALORIE, LENTEN-FRIENDLY DISHES WITH EASY PHA-MAX WHEATGRASS

This Lenten Season, abstain from meat and boost your body by filling yourself up with dishes that’s a departure from the typical menu that you know. Low-calorie, light, and infused with Easy Pha-Max Wheatgrass Lemon, these recipes boasts flavor and finest nutrients of wheatgrass that are guaranteed to become your newest go-to recipe ingredient.

Fish Paksiw with Wheatgrass Lemon Sauce

Makes 4-5 servings (100 grams per serving)
Calories: 164 calories per 100 grams

Ingredients:

• 500 grams Pampano fish, cleaned and scales removed
• 1 knob ginger, sliced and pounded
• 6 cloves garlic, skin removed
• ½ cup vinegar
• 1 cup water
• 1 medium onion, sliced
• 1 sachet of Easy Phamax Wheatgrass Lemon (mixed in 200ml water)
• 3 pieces finger chili
• 2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon whole peppercorn (black pepper)

Procedure:

1. Heat a pan and cooking pot then pour-in vinegar and water.
2. Add salt and whole peppercorn then stir. Bring to a boil.
3. Arrange the fish in the pan along with the ginger, garlic, onion, bitter gourd, and finger chili.
Cover and simmer in low to medium heat for 12 to 15 minutes.
4. Turn off the heat and transfer to a serving plate.
5. Add wheatgrass lemon.
6. Note: You may substitute salt with ¾ to 1-tablespoon fish sauce.

Steamed Fish with Wheatgrass Glaze

Calories per serving: 155

No. of servings: 2

Ingredients:

• White fish fillet (dory, halibut or sole) 375g or 2 fillets
• Ginger, julienned 15g
• Salt 1/4 teaspoon
• Black teaspoon 1/4 teaspoon

For the sauce:

• 2 Sachets of Easy Phamax Wheatgrass Lemon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon flour

Procedure:
1. Rub ginger, salt and pepper on white fish fillet.
2. Steam for 30 to 45 minutes.
3. Remove from fire and set aside.
4. In a saucepan, combine Easy Phamax Pure Wheatgrass, salt and flour.
5. Stir until consistency is slightly thickened.
6. Remove from fire and pour evenly on the steamed fish.

Guacamole with Wheatgrass Lemon Salad

Makes 4 to 5 servings (100 grams per serving)

Calories: 316 calories per serving

Ingredients:

• 4 avocados – peeled, pitted, and sliced
• 2 tomatoes, seeded and chopped
•  ½ small red onion, chopped
•  ½ cucumber, sliced
•  1 small fresh jalapeno pepper, seeded and diced
• 1 (432g) can whole kernel corn, drained
• ½ tsp garlic salt
• Salt and black pepper to taste
• 1 tbsp Easy Phamax Wheatgrass Lemon (mixed with 200 ml water)
•  ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil

Procedure:
1. Lightly toss avocados, red onion, cucumber, jalapeno, corn in a salad bowl until well mixed, and sprinkle garlic salt, salt and black pepper.
2. Mix wheatgrass lemon with olive oil in a small bowl and pour over the salad. Chill for atleast 30 minutes before serving.

Green Potato Mushroom Soup

Calories per serving: 50

No. of servings: 2

Ingredients: 

• 4 cups water
•  Potato, peeled 80g
• Button mushroom 45g
• 2 sachets of Easy Phamax Wheatgrass with Lemon
•  4g chopped arsley, chopped 4g
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

Procedure:
1. Boil potatoes in 3 cups water until soft.
2. Mash potatoes, add 1 cup water then set to boil.
3. Add mushroom then set to boil.
4. Add salt and garlic powder then mix well. Allow consistency to thicken.
5. Add Easy Phamax Wheatgrass with Lemon. Mix well.
6. Turn off fire and add parsley.

Easy Pha-max Wheatgrass is FDA-approved and comes in original, honey, and lemon flavours and available in all Mercury Drugstores, S&R, Watsons, and other leading supermarkets nationwide. For order and inquires, contact Customer Service Hotline at (02) 8901111 or 09055757799 and follow social media pages: Wheatgrass C.A.N on Facebook and ilovewheatgrass on Instagram and Twitter.

Burst Pipes? Try Not To Leak Cash!

Splish splash splosh… have you noticed signs of a plumbing problem in your home?

Lots of homeowners panic at the first sign of trouble with their property’s plumbing. They think that issues with pipes and appliances are going to cost them some serious dollar! However, it doesn’t have to be like that. In actual fact, there are plenty of ways you can keep the cost of all your plumbing work down to a minimum. Here are some great tricks that can help you tighten your purse strings and save on your watery woes!

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The Hidden Cost of Buying a Home

As house prices continue to spiral out of control, more and more people are renting. A lot of people would argue that, although it means you can move into your own place sooner, it will cost you more in the long term. Buying a house can sometimes be the cheaper option, depending on the average rent in the area, but there are a lot of hidden costs involved in buying and maintaining a house of your own. When making the decision to rent or to buy, most people haven’t properly considered the maintenance costs you will have to pay after buying the house, or the extra fees involved in the process. 

Here are some of the hidden costs of buying and maintaining a house. 

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Surviving Summer on a Budget

Yes, moms, it’s that time of the year again. Summer is on the way and with it comes a lot of extra expenses and money sinks that you ideally should have been saving for. Your kids are going to be out of school, they’re going to want to travel and indulge themselves, and you’re going to be taking care of them during the hectic and hot season.

Summer can be expensive—but it doesn’t need to be. Every mom can cut down on their summer expenses, and these following tips will show you how.

Liza Soberano and MyDiamond celebrate Diamond Month

It’s official! One of Philippine television’s most beautiful faces, Liza Soberano, is head-over- heels in love with diamonds. In fact,she, along with MyDiamond, excitedly joins the world in celebrating Diamond Month this April. Who can blame her? No one can resist the dazzling brilliance of this exquisite crystal-clear gem.

April is especially dedicated to diamonds and is celebrated worldwide. Those born in this month are lucky enough to have this beautiful crystal as their birthstone. No other gemstone is quite as mesmerizing and stunning as the diamond. It is also believed to bring balance, clarity, and abundance and symbolizes eternal love because it is as strong as it is beautiful.When turned into jewelry, it provides its wearer better relationships and increases inner strength. No wonder it remains to be the most sought-after gemstone in the world. Liza Soberano and MyDiamond celebrates Diamond Month

Diamonds, worn asrings, necklaces, bracelets and as fashion statements, exude elegance and sophistication. Liza Soberano expresses-fondness for MyDiamond’s exquisite creations that she feels are elegantly designed and finely crafted lifestyle pieces.

Each MyDiamond jewelry piece is delicately made by internationally-trained craftsmen using diamonds of top-tier cut, clarity, color, and carat weight.

To make diamond month even more special, MyDiamond offers exclusive discounts to all its loyal customers. From now until April 16, 2017, all members of the MyDiamond Privileged Program can get additional 5% on top of their usual member discounts. Non-members, on the other hand, can also avail of up to 45% discount for all purchases of jewelry with diamonds, and up to 50% off for purchases of 1 carat and higher until April 30, 2017.

Celebrate Diamond month with Liza Soberano and MyDiamond with your own piece of brilliant diamond jewelry. Visit a MyDiamond concept store at Ayala Center Cebu, Shangri- La Plaza Mall, SM Megamall, Robinsons Place Manila, Festival Supermall, Glorietta 4, Greenbelt 3, Gateway Mall, SM Mall of Asia, SM Aura Premier, Lucky Chinatown Mall, SM Lanang Premier Davao and Diamantaire in Shangri-La Plaza.

2017 Back-to-School New Product Release

The Earth-loving-planet-saving twins are in hot pursuit of their mission to help save Planet Earth! This 2017, Coco and his twin sister Kimmy are working hard in helping kids realize the value of saving Planet Earth. NOW, more than ever is the time for kids to realize that our planet needs help. The recent changes in our weather like typhoons are proof enough that we all need to move NOW!

Funtastic International Inc., established in the country almost 17 years ago, is behind the Cool Kids, Baby Bliss, Creadough, Zigo, Latitude, and Fluffy Friends brands. Colorful and lovely characters make up the Cool Kids Brand. These amazing characters have different roles to play in teaching kids how to care for the environment.

Cool Kids has also launched its new line of “FUN-tabulous” School bags and accessories. The new line of affordable, good quality school bags features the different characters of the Cool Kids friends; Royal Princesses, Glam Girlz, Forest Fairies, Viron Transformer, Earth (Geobot), Air (Aerobot) and Water (Aquabot) robots, and Space rangers to name a few. 

Cool Kids has also launched its newest line of baby toys and furniture under the brand Baby Bliss. This exciting line of very safe and cool baby toys is like no other. Its wood look mixed with full color has brought a fresh look to the baby toy industry. Baby Bliss toys are competitively priced and they also offer wonderful learning experiences to our little ones. Baby Bliss by Cool Kids aims to teach moms to help in environmental care.

Cool Kids has also launched a brand new line of amazing dough toys through Creadough by Cool Kids. This creative line of dough toys brings out the imagination and creativity in children and allows them to use their hands to explore, imagine and create amazing shapes and images.

Another new range of toys to look forward to is Zigo by Cool Kids. The Zigo line of blocks not only brings out the creative juices of our little ones, they actually help prepare children to be future engineers and architects. Every kid at one time or the other has played with blocks to bring out the best of their imagination and creativity. With Zigo competitively priced, parents do not need to spend a lot to provide their children with this wholesome deal of fun and creative building.

For Back to School 2017, Cool Kids has launched a brand new line of fashion bags for our little “fashionistas” and fashion forward buddies who want to follow the footsteps of their older siblings. Made of amazing quality materials, Cool Kids bags is the perfect companion for our children in school.

Funtastic International has also launched for Back to School 2017 its newest line of bags for High School and College kids as well as for adults through Latitude. Latitude is a brand that removes all limits and allows you to express yourself. Made of excellent quality materials, this fashion forward line of bags takes the user to a whole new level of experience given the amazing features of these bags both inside and out.

Funtastic International Inc., in its commitment to preserving the environment, donates part of the proceeds of the sale of its products towards environmental care. For every purchase of any item from the Cool Kids product line, you're not only getting great products, you also get to help save our planet Earth!

The public will see new Cool Kids collection starting March in the shelves of major department stores nationwide. In the meantime, they can already choose from other existing Funtastic products, equally attractive, fun and affordable, that are available nationwide.

Visit the Cool Kids website, www.coolkids.com.ph, this website will give kids and the kids at heart a chance to learn about Cool Kids and their planet saving advocacy. It will also give the visitor a chance to see firsthand the new products of Cool Kids.

For more information, they can also log on to www.funtasticstuff.com and www.coolkids.com.ph to learn more about the company and its products.

Line 6 Spider IV

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