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Tired of the new rules, Carmina closed her Google Maps account — what pushed her over the edge?

It’s been months since Carmina last posted on her Google Maps. I started doing it just for fun, exploring new places to dine and travel, and sharing those spots with others. Back in 2017, I wasn’t even blogging yet. Over the years, I received numerous email updates about changes, but in September, the removal of followers on Google Maps felt particularly strange. There’s no point in complaining about it. I decided not to close my account, as it wasn’t an option, but I did delete all the photos I had contributed over the years. I have fond memories of seeing which photos were popular and had hoped to share them with you. It was surprising to see how many views my pictures had accumulated. While deleting them, I noticed that many restaurants and bakeries no longer exist, with some marked as unknown on the map. Most of my photos were from the pandemic period, a time when I could fully express myself and write about the food I enjoyed. Let's take a trip down memory lane with Carmina th...
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Sinangag Garlic Fried Rice Recipe

Every night after the end of the day we sometimes have left over rice from the meal from our dinner and the best way to eat it the next day is cooked it as sinangag which is garlic fried rice.  Most people in the Philippines love to eat rice in every meal and there is a point in our life we are tired of eating plain white rice so in order to add more flavor to our rice we would add something to it. When you have your typical breakfast served in the Philippines for example dried fried fish, tocino, longanisa people love to eat garlic rice to complete their meal along with sunny side up egg and sliced tomato. Our meal doesn't get complete if we don't have all these ingredients for our breakfast this is the reason why in the Philippines, we are known to be a rice eater no rice to some people is not a complete meal for them. Sinangag Garlic Fried Rice Recipe Ingredients: Left over rice cooked rice Garlic (minced) or garlic powdered Cooking oil Salt Cooking Instructions: In a pot ad...
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Best Way to Cook Tocino

This is the simple way to cook your tocino at home by slicing it into small bite size pieces this way all part of the tocino is fully cook and no need to slice it when it is time to eat you will have less work. So in one process you are benefit from it. For your reference to get my recipe in homemade tocino kindly click  Chicken or Pork Tocino Recipe  here. Cooking Instructions: In a frying pan add cooking oil once hot add tocino that has been sliced cook both sides place in a plate ready to eat. Make sure you add water in frying pan to clean it to remove the sticky mark on the pan.
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Easy Lechon Kawali Recipe

For the pork lover here is a dish for you to cook at your home this is lechon kawali that is often cooked in our home by Manang V to top it off on the side with homemade lechon sauce of my mom in which I will include with this recipe. Lechon Kawali Recipe Ingredients: 1 Kilo - Liempo 1 Tsp - Salt 1/2 Tsp - Magic Sarap  3 Cups = Water Cooking oil Boiling Instructions: In a pot boil the three cups water add the magic sarap and salt until hot add liempo to soften for 15 minutes. Place the liempo on a strainer set aside Frying Instructions: In a frying pan or deep fryer add cooking oil until hot fry both sides of the liempo when cooked slice the liempo into cubes like shown in the picture. Lechon Sauce Ingredients: 1 Can - Liverwurst 1 Tbsp - Salt 1/2 Cup - White Vinegar 1 Tbsp - Whole Black Pepper 1/2 Cup - Breadcrumbs 1 Cloves - Garlic (minced) 1/2 Cup - Brown Sugar 2 Tbsp - White Sugar Cooking Instructions Step 1: In a pot add small amount of cooking oil once hot add garlic sauté ad...
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The Race Begins

I have a story to share that I had encountered with my mom two weeks ago. I had post something on my Facebook wall it was our picture together with my mom when I had visited her for the first time. Our picture had reached to 81 likes from our family and friends. My mom was happy but she didn't inform me after I had deleted my post after one week it was there. My mom than again called me up asking what happened to the picture that had reached 81 likes I had informed her I had deleted it because one of my friend claimed it didn't look like me. It made think to see if what my friend comment was true. When someone had judge you how you looked and they haven't seen you for a long time you start to look at your picture over and over again. I had realized the hard way after I had deleted the post that no one should put you down the way you looked and you have a right what you post on your social media. After being told by my mom and my other friends they told me I shouldn...
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Chicken Nilagang Recipe

Normally nilagang is cooked with beef but this time it is cooked with chicken with the same ingredients just the meat is different. Chicken Nilagang Recipe Ingredients: 1/2 Kilo Chicken 1 - Onion (quartered) 2 - Pieces Garlic (chopped) 2 - Potato (quartered) 1 - Tsp Peppercorns 4 - Tbs Patis (fish sauce) 1 - Small cabbage (quartered) 4 - Cup water or chicken stock 1 – Chicken cube Small amount cooking oil Medium Pot Cooking Instructions: Step 1: In a medium pot add small amount cooking oil in medium heat Add onion, garlic and fish sauce to sauté Add chicken and peppercorn Add four 4 water or chicken stock Add potato and cabbage Let it cook for one hour in low heat. NOT SPONSORED. Subscribe @ Carmina Lifestyle YouTube Channel  a place to look, discover and share. Thank you for your support.
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Bisugo Soup Recipe

This dish can be misleading it look like a tinola but actually it is not but cooked almost the same way only difference it is a fish cooked with ginger and  dahon na sili. Bisugo is jobfish or goatfish in English. Manang V cooks this in rice water and I will show you how it is being cooked. Bisugo Recipe Ingredients: 1/2 Kilo - Bisugo (clean) 1/2 - Ginger (peel and sliced thinly) 1/4 Cup - Dahon (leaves) of sili (chili) 4 Cups - Rice water Patis to taste Black pepper to taste Preparing Rice Water: As you are cleaning the rice from preparing it for the rice cooker you will pour 4 cups of water to the rice and wash it twice and the second wash you will use that as your rice water for the bisugo soup recipe. Cooking Instructions: In a medium pot you will pour small amount of cooking oil add ginger and patis saute add the bisugo with rice water. Add dahon of sili season with black pepper cook for 20 minutes Ready to serve in a serving bowl. NOT SPONSORED. Subscribe @ Carmina Lifes...
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