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If you're looking for a recipe that's super easy to do but is festive and yummy enough to impress the rest of the family—kids and grownups alike!—then let me share my easy, healthy Cheesy Chicken Rice Casserole!

Ingredients:
1/4 of the block of butter
1 cup of chopped onion
2 cups of broccoli
1/3 cup of milk
1 can of condensed cream of chicken soup
1 jar Cheez Whiz
1 1/2 cup cooked white rice

Preheat oven (or a big oven toaster) at 180°C.
Heat butter in a wok.
Add onion and cook till translucent.
Add the broccoli florets and cook until tender but crisp.
Stir in the milk, soup, Cheez Whiz and rice.
Stir until Cheez Whiz is melted.
Pour all of this cheesy mixture into a shallow baking dish.
Pop into the oven and bake for 20 minutes or until it's bubbling!
Serve with love! (This serves 2-4 people.)


I love how Cheez Whiz makes this dish so fast and easy to prepare. The beloved cheese spread adds cheesiness, velvetiness, smoothness and flavor. And of course I love how it's soooo cheesy!

Oh wow, December is almost done and I haven't told you about my birthday! November was crazy. Good crazy. My birthday was just one of those good crazy days. I'm grateful that my life is so full of goodness and love. When I turned 38 on November 7, all I could think of was how every year God gives to me is a testament to His grace and love. Not every year is great. There have been years that were bad, even horrific, but on my birthdays, when I look back at the past year, I always still see that God was always there. Always.

This past year, my 37th year, has got to be one of the very best in my life. I really felt God's blessings pouring on me! Thank You, Lord! I hope my 38th year will be even better. But first, let's take a look at my birthday weekend.

Flowers from my Vince and our boys!

Check out how old I am! We recycled candles from the kids' birthdays.

Everyone make a wish!

And the cake is now covered with kiddie saliva!

My flowers are actually a deep red, they looked almost black.

Oakwood Joy-Nostalg gifted me with a stay at one of their suites. I'll talk more about the serviced apartments on my mommy blog but I just found it so perfect that Oakwood's address is on this street:

My sister Jacqui celebrated with us. Thanks, Jacqui, for babysitting the boys!

There was a sofa but my kids like snuggling with their Papa. Just like me!

The boys loved the master bedroom! We did, too!

Oakwood surprised the boys with a gift!

...and me with a beautiful cake!

More wishes!

Steveston Pizzaa surprised me with the yummiest, super-crowded-with-toppings pizza!

Dinner was a sampling of the seafood buffet. Boy, I look tired na here!

The boys conked out really late. Too excited!

Breakfast buffet the next morning!

Then off to the play area!

The kids loved the huge room made for play!

Like, super!

Meanwhile, us adults lounged and played with the littlest one.

Packing away before heading home!

Happiness! My husband, my kids, my health, my friends—they are everything to me! I pray all the time that I never take this for granted, because I do sometimes. God bless them. May God make me a blessing to them.

May God use me to be a blessing to you all, too, my dear readers! You've been so wonderful and encouraging to me all these years. Thank you, thank you! I pray now for God's abundance to overflow all over you now. God bless you all!

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Or he can be the real Dorian Gray.

Now I suddenly miss Penny Dreadful!

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Now that I've established that I love my Skechers GOwalk 2 shoes, I wanted to share with you the day I checked out their Glorietta store. It's super siksik with great finds!

Now that my Vito is going to school, I'm so happy that Cheez Whiz sent me these packs of its newest bread spread flavor.


The Milky Delight reminds me of my childhood when I'd drizzle condensed milk onto my pan de sal. This new Milky Delight flavor really tastes a lot like like that—condensed milk but thicker and denser, with a hint of candy, like Haw Haw milk candy! Sweeeeeeet! Kids will super love it!

I'm making Vito's baon with the Milky Delight today:

A pack makes two sandwiches.

Creamy, sweet, thick. Yum!

"Why can't I eat it now, Mama?"

Vito's baon didn't make it out of the house. He ate his sandwich with the milk spread immediately!

A photo posted by Frances (@francesasales) on Dec 12, 2014 at 8:16am PST

And we lost that round, folks. Hindi ko natiis si Vito!