5 super fast and easy meals I often prep 🍲

With my current working schedules, I have more time for food prepping at home. It's no secret I am not the biggest fan of cooking but I still do it because, this girl gotta eat.

I still have to work on a better way to manage my time because sometimes I prep my lunch last minute and usually go for the fastest options. I have to say my airfryer has become big big help and I can't picture my life without it anymore, hehe. 🍲

My point here is, you won't find super elaborated or time consuming meals here. At least not in this post. Plus, most of the time, I just follow what I'm craving without thinking much about if something goes well with something else. 

Anyway, here are 5 super easy meals I make often. I'd lie if I say I eat this in one week cuz most of the time I end up having leftovers and eat the same thing for at least 2 days but, yeah.

Tuna salad with siracha mayo. This is something that takes like 10 minutes to make. You know the deal, you mix some cans of tuna with veggies (I usually go for canned too) and I like to add a mix of siracha and mayonnaise to it. My mom sometimes serves it with boiled eggs but, I was lazy to boil them this time. I really like it that way too. And, I usually eat my tuna salad with some crackers or bread.

Taquitos dorados with rice and sweet corn. This taquitos dorados are by El Cazo. And, to me, it's one of the easiest things to eat when you have a busy day. The package comes with 20 pre-made tacos, you can find chicken or meat tacos. Chicken are my favorites. I usually just cook them for 10min in the air fryer and they are ready to eat. If I want to make a bigger effort I'd add some cream and Valentina sauce to them. Haha.
In this house we love rice so I eat it often and I thank my rice cooker for it, it's one of the best things I bought as a responsible adult, hehe. Something I like to add to my rice (when it's not Japanese rice) is some butter. I started doing it after I saw Sari (dad's partner) doing it. It really makes a difference, rice feels softer and fluffier(?). 
And to add a "salad something" to this meal, I mixed some sweet corn (cuz I L.O.V.E. it) with some... siracha-mayo of course (fav mix ever). It is SO good.

I like chicken more than meat, so I often buy minced chicken instead of meat (not that I don't ever buy it tho). I think this is one of the things I make the most haha, minced chicken with tomato sauce and veggies. I don't always eat it like this but I really like to add some bean noodles to it. They don't really have a taste so they go well with pretty much anything. Plus they are ready in less than 5 minutes.

Teriyaki beef with veggies on a bed of japanese rice. I have to say I like teriyaki chicken a lot more but this mix works too. In thi case, I make plain japanese rice. Love it way too much as it is.

Fish nuggets have to be one of my favorite things to eat, I don't eat them as often anymore tho. Not long ago I found these tilapia nuggets that, at least to me, they are the fancier version of the regular ones, they do taste better. I make them in the air fryer so there's no extra oil involved. This time I had them with some unagi sauce and veggies. I'd usually add some french fries to this dish too but, I didn't this time.

And, that'll be ot for this foodie post. Some weekends I eat out, some others I eat leftovers. It's always changing but, let me know if you'd like to see what I eat on a weekend or a regualr day. 

I'll see you next time~! 💋

Welch's Halloween Fruit Snacks 🦇

To continue with with some fun and delish seasonal snacks that are perfect for the month, here are the Welch’s Mixed Fruit Halloween Snacks, I've been enjoying them since the Summer to have a little bit of a Summerween kind of thing, haha.

We all know how yummy Welch's gummies are, but I find these extra special because of the halloween shapes and the presentation on the box.

The bestie and I decided to share the 85 pouches box but I think this particular presentation is perfect for parties, trick or treaters or Halloween goodie bags. These are from Costco but I've seen a smaller verion at Walmart and, I'm sure you can find them online too.

Each pouch comes with 6-7 gummies in the shape of a pumpkin, witch, bat, ghost and a haunted house. Love them, they are way too cute!

Close-up to the gummies. They are absolutely cute! I tried to picture the best ones I could find. Sometimes they just look like blobs. Hehe.

As we know, these gummies are made with real fruit. The Halloween snacks come in 5 different flavors: grape, peach, orange, strawberry and raspberry. The peach one has to be my fav!

And well, this is a pretty short (and random) post cuz there's not much to say about gummies! Plus, I think most of you already know them but, I thought it'd be a cute thing to add to the favorite season posts here on the blog. 

Wish you all a very happy and fun spooky season!🦇

Limited Edition Oreo Coca-Cola

 Two of my favorite things decided to make a collaboration and came out with this super excited combination: Oreo cookies + Coca-Cola! What's not to love about that? I was super excited when I saw them and had to try them right away.

The presentation is kinda cool, the box has the classic Coca-Cola colors, red & black along with the Oreo logo. They have this fun bottle design made with cookies printed on it, it look very creative.

The cookies have the Oreo logo printed on one side and Coca-Cola themes on the other and they have their classic chocolate flavor. The creamy filling is bright red and tastes like Coca-Cola lollies. The best part is, the filling is fizzy! You know, like those popping candies. It's so much fun!

I bought a box with 4 packages but, there are smaller packages too if you wanna see if you like them first.

As I'm typing this, I found out there is an Oreo Coke too! I haven't seen it yet but I'm sure I'll try it as soon as I find it and probably share it around here too. i'm always looking for fun, different, new flavors to try!

See you next time~!♡

Mon's kitchen | What I eat in a week (work edition) |

Earlier this year my uncle gave me this bento box set and ever since, I've been a little more motivated to prep my lunch, hehe.

I always go for simple things that I can eat fast-ish during our lunch break at work. Sometimes I'd buy things like sausages or make sandwiches but, there are other days where I bring some food lefovers along with small complements. And, I usually bring some flavored milk, yakult or yogurt, it depends.

We do have a microwave oven at work but I rarely use it, I'm too lazy. So, I try to bring things that can be eaten cold or, I'll just eat them like that. 😅

Honestly, I only make lunch for 3 days cuz I work from home the rest of  the week but, I decided to share 5 days to make it look more like a normal week. Here is what my work lunch looks like:

Day 1: fish fingers and some veggies. I decided to make some siracha-mayo to dip them. It was pretty good. As for the sweet snack, I had 2 small slices of condensed milk bread.

Day 2: Sausages with ketchup and siracha, I also added some watermelon with tajin as a healthier snack. For dessert, we have more bread that I had to cut in small pieces to make it fit. Lastly we have my favorite Santa Clara flavored milk, the cotton candy one.

Day 3: Tuna mayo salad with some crackers(?), yakult and a blueberry bar thingy. For dessert I brought some strawberry milk taffy.

Day 4: Two small enchiladas potosinas and a few jalapeño cheddar chips for the savory part. My usual bar and a Valie's day butter cookie for dessert and a yakult.

Day 5: One of my favorite sandwiches is peanut butter and cheese, hehe. I know it sounds gross for some but, I love it. Along with it I also brought some pineapple, a bar and another favorite, the Alpura "mermaid" milk, which it's blueberry flavor.

I know my choices might not be the healthiest or best ones but, they are fast and easy and, I like that. Don't judge me, haha. Also, I never showed it but, I always bring a water bottle with me and have some coffee every now and then.

What do you guys usually have for lunch?

Kimagure Nekonyan Chocolate 🐈

There's nothing better than sweets that can be cute too! I don't really know how interesting this will be for you guys but, as a cat mom and a crazy cat lady, I had to share.

I recently bought these adorable Japanese chocolates, the thing that caught my eye was the presentation of course. The Nekonyan chocolate comes with 4 different designs, I chose the blue and pink version but, they were all cute. I believe the other 2 colors were yellow and green, all featuring different cat breeds.

The milk chocolate bar by Shoei delicy comes divided in 6 rectagle bites and has crunchy bits (cereal, I think). It is not super sweet but it is nice and creamy.

Each bar comes with a collectible card that has cute cat pics on both sides and a quiz question. You have to rub the small black cat to reveal the answer. There are 60 different cards.

We got a Masha! ♡

I think there is a dog version of these chocolates too.

Even tho there is nothing out of the ordinary with these chocolates, I think it's a very cute thing to buy if you love cats or know someone who's a cat lover. I'd defo buy them again.

Mon's Kitchen | My meals in a week |

It's been a while since I last share something food related. Specially something I've made. So today, I decided to share some of the things I made for lunch in a week. Thing is, sometimes when I make too much of something, I end up eating it twice or even 3 times in a week. That's why I'm only sharing 3.

Don't expect these dishes to be super elaborated, I don't spend much time in the kitchen during the week because of work. I try to go for things that are fast and easy so, yeah. Also not all of them are the healthiest option for some so... don't judge me! Hehe

The first one is one of my favorites when I don't have much time: My Mc D's menu! Fish nuggets and hashbrowns. For some reason I prefer fish nuggets over chicken ones and, I just loooove hashbrowns. There's no science here, I added some lemon juice to my nuggets and ketchup to my hashbrowns. The sauces on the side are more ketchup and a little Valentina. Which is pretty much the only spicy sauce I eat. My bestie doesn't know how I live eating like this. Hehehe. A bag of nuggets usually lasts me for like 2 or 3 days.

Since I had a little more time I made some pasta with meat and veggies. This is the easiest way for me to eat veggies! I tend to forget about them, and it's not because I don't like them. For this pasta I used ground beef, tomato sauce, chopped carrots and potato and green beans. I didn't make the sauce from scratch tho, I used Heinz's bolognese sause and added some salt with garlic to it. It was pretty good but I made enough to eat for a week! I decided to freeze part of it and eat some other day cuz, I got a little tired of it, hehe.

I bought a package of 5 frozen breaded chicken steaks (I'm not sure if they are steaks). I only used a couple and kept the others in the freezer. I decided to eat the chicken with some spinach. I actually love spinach! The chicken only had some seasoning and I had it with a tiny bitsy bit of mayo. The spinach had lemon juice and tajin, hehe. But it disappeared and doesn't show in the pic. I made enough for two days.

And then we have dessert. This was a caramel flan, since I made small portions I ended up having too many. I ate them a lot and even shared some of them. It was not bad but not sweet enough for me.

I realized I only took pics of my lunch when I drank Coca-Cola with them. I have to say that was not an everyday thing tho, some days I also had plain water or cranberry juice.

And well guys, that is that for the meals I made in a week. I can proudly say, they were good! Hehe.

Hope you enjoyed this short post, I'll see you next time~ ♡

Jujutsu Kaisen Wafer Cookies Vol.2

 It's anime snack time!

This time I bought a Jujutsu Kaisen Wafer Cookie just because it was Jujutsu Kaisen, hehe. There's nothing too special about it tho,  the packaging is cool and it comes with a sticker.

The cookie is a double chocolate wafer that smelled delish and was actually pretty good but, it wasn't out of the ordinary. It came on a plastic-ish tray thingy with some pics of the possible stickers you can get and a QR code that takes you to a Bandai online store when you scan it.

As the Kimetsu No Yaiba snacks I bought a while ago, this one says Vol. 2, this means there is a Vol. 1 and 3. I think the only thing that changes is the package and probably the kind of stickers you get. I pretty much got this one because it was the only one left but, I was happy with it because Nobara is one of my fav characters. 

The sticker came in a small transparent bag, I got Noritoshi Kamo, from the Kyoto Jujutsu High which was like... bleh. I wanted other characters. Oh well~

I don't regret buying it tho, anime snacks are always fun and there's something exciting about not knowing what you're gonna get so, yeah.

Magyc House

 

A few weeks ago (around July 16th) Magyc House opened and, from the moment I saw them online, I knew I had to go with my friends. Specially because of the Taiyaki! We all know how much I love desserts.

So yeah, las weekend we decided to go check it out and I have to say, we really liked it.

The place is divided in two parts, one is the showroom, which is basically a big store that has a bit of everything: anime and movie merch, clothes, accessories, japanese candy, etc. I didn't take any pictures there but we decided to explore the store before the cafeteria. We liked so many things! I have to go back with more money cuz they had lots of things I want. 

After checking the store and buying just a couple of things (actually my friends bought more than me) we moved on to the cafeteria, which is right next to the store to get some Taiyaki.

I loved how the place is decorated! The walls are manga inspired, all black and white with led lights sign thingies that give a pop of color to the place. I forgot to take pics of the other walls but they are defo cool photo spots if you like anime and manga.

Even the tables had manga-like designs.

Their menu includes Taiyaki, of course, some drinks, manju and other snacks. Prices wise, I think it was reasonable, at least the taiyaki cuz guys, they are huge!!

You can customize your taiyaki with different toppings, sauces and choose your ice cream flavor.

The staff were really nice and patient with us, specially considering how loud we can be, hehe. One thing I did notice was the taiyaki and the drinks took a while to arrive. 

In general, it was a fun experience and I know we will be back, whether it is to buy or to eat, or both! But, we will. Highly recommended if you're an otaku like myself or if you like desserts that can be a little extra and picture worthy. It's cool to have a place like this in my city.

I'll link their socials so you can check them out:

Instagram

Facebook

See you next time~!!