Breakfast Cereals on Ice Cream: Another Similarity in Differences!

by: Mhe-anne Ojeda - Isidro

As a newly married couple with completely different taste buds, I am very enthralled at finding another way Red and I could enjoy the same food together. Cereals on Ice Cream!

Cereal is a food made from processed grains usually eaten for breakfast with milk and fruits. My hubby Red loves this American bedrock breakfast meal and regularly buys the Kellogs Frosted Flakes or Frosties! On the contrary, I haven't eaten cereal since I was young because I am lactose intolerant and can't have milk. But since our "cereal" differences isn't so conflictual, we haven't really paid much attention to it for almost a year since we got married. 

But a few days before we hit our first "adjustment" year wedding anniversary, I am happy that we have a chance discovery on how we can enjoy cereals together. For dessert the other night, Red sprinkled the cereals over our favorite rocky road and double dutch ice cream (and topped with marshmallows). I initially thought it was odd to have those "cereals" on my fave frozen delight, but after tasting it, I scream "Yummy"! The cereals are crispy perfect for ice cream!  Now, I don't see anymore eyebrow raising when Red includes the Kellogs Frosties in our weekly grocery list because "They're GR-R-Reat!" 

Banana Split: The Perfect Dessert For Couple Like Us!

by: Mhe-anne L.O.Isidro

Aside from Peanut Butter, Red and I discovered a special dessert for two, that will surely not cause a marital break - up (although it is called a split). With two spoons in tow, we could be on the same boat and enjoy this sweet summer's delight together. Banana Split! 

Banana Split is a dessert made of a peeled banana cut in half lengthwise filled with scoops of ice cream in a row between the split banana and served in a long dish called a boat. Hubby goes banana over bananas while I can't have it because it causes bloating and excessive gas in my stomach. But I go gaga over any flavors of ice cream, while hubby just crave for chocolates.

For our first summer as a couple, we were doubly lucky to have Banana Split for free, not once but twice, courtesy of Pinac Heirloom Capampangan Cuisine and Pizza Hut.

Pinac Heirloom Capampangan Cuisine Resto
2/F UP Town Center, Katipunan, QC

As a reward for making a video message for my mom last May 9, 2014 at the UP Town Center's Reel Love Booth, we were given a coupon for a free Banana Split at Pinac Heirloom Capampangan Cuisine, a resto that showcases the Kapampangan cuisine of Candaba, Pampanga [Philippines]. 

Pinac's Banana Split consists of a peeled banana cut in half lengthwise with three scoops of ice cream - mango, ube and chocolate and topped with red beans and macapuno. I guess I had all the ube (purple jam) ice cream and the macapuno while Red devoured the banana in no time as well as the chocolate and mango ice cream. Yummy! Surprisingly though, we didn't find Banana Split on Pinac's menu. With its taste, I believe that this Banana Split should be a mainstay!

Pizza Hut at SM Sucat

Pizza Hut Banana Split is a dessert consisting of three scoops of vanilla ice cream sprinkled with chocolate sauce, caramel sauce and whipped cream lined in row between the split banana. Like Pinac's resto, the Banana Split isn't part of Pizza Hut's menu, but it was served to us last May 27, 2014 as a reward for taking the Pizza Hut Feedback online survey in another Pizza Hut resto.

Banana Split is officially our fave Summer dessert!