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Resolution or Confession?

While many of you might have written down a list of resolutions for the new year, here I am, beginning the year with a confession to make. 

I haven't done much blogging these days months. I know, I know, I've been missing so much --- craft and recipe ideas from not attending link parties, blog hops and worse, for not regularly checking my own blogger dashboard. Guilty me!!!

Well, I realized that when I browsed over my dashboard and saw all my unfinished posts. Let me see if I can count them with my fingers!?? My picture files are a mess! But good that I was able to clear my desktop a few months ago! Good job, eh? Give me a pat on my back!!! 

In my previous post, I mentioned about having two days left before going back to work. That simply means I have to hurry and finish all the pending chores... keeping my fingers crossed, though. Now, what do I do next? Hmmm... let me see? First things first--- finish this post! Yeah, good answer, that's right, finish this post!!!

While browsing over the picture files I had to organize into folders, I came over this photo of the Molo Soup my husband and I shared during our travel to Iloilo City in May last year. I'm an Ilongga (I grew up in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines) but I confess that until now I'm still trying to master the craft of cooking Pancit Molo. And I haven't tried this for quite some time!

Shared this bowl of Molo Soup with my husband at Sarabia Manor Hotel, Iloilo City
Call it coincidence or providence (???) that today I also came across a Molo Soup recipe by Malou Nievera, a Filipino blogger I'm following. Malou featured this recipe in her blog site, Skip to Malou. How could I have almost missed this! 

Here, let me share with you a special twist to the traditional Molo Soup made by Malou. Click here to view her recipe---Molo (Wonton) Soup. And while you're doing that, let me finish the clean up... and see if I still have time to make another post. 

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  1. SKIP TO MALOUJanuary 4, 2015 at 1:55 AM

    thanks for the mention... and what a great coincidence. we are definitely sisters in the blogosphere as we are wired similarly hehe... i m curious did you make one? no worries you have the whole year of 2015 to find the time hahah. Happy new year!

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    1. Garden ChefJanuary 4, 2015 at 3:37 PM

      Oh, thank you so much, Malou, for coming over! No, I haven't tried your molo recipe yet, but you're right, I still have the whole year to do that. :) :)

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  2. Diana of Diana RamblesJanuary 16, 2015 at 2:51 AM

    Welcome back!!

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