More Bisaya Vegetarian Dishes

Vegeroni spirals in tomato pesto and topped with  tofu cheese

Steamed Breadfruit in Pesto Sauce

spiced tofu in organic tomato olive oil

adobo bean cake

Baked Organic Tomatoes from KPAF:Katunggan Permaculture Adventure Farm, Carcar, Cebu

Our first tomato harvest 

for this year,

oven baked 

and ready 

to be mixed 

with pesto and olive oil.

A perfect dish 

for a light snack or dinner.

Simple to prepare:

cut in half and 

remove all the seeds

low heat,oven baked for three hours

add the chopped basil,
pine nuts 

and pour a generous amount of olive oil

to soak it.

Then refrigerate,

will be consumed faster than you think.

Muy delicioso...

The Bird Sanctuary at The Mayflower Inn, Capitol Site, Cebu, Philippines

 Every morning,

at the Garden Cafe 

of The Mayflower Inn,

the Ganciang Birds

come a-chirping.

Dressed in shiny black feathers,

with a drunken red spot

right on its eye.

They come in pairs,

searching for breakfast,

in our pocket forest canopy.

We planted our garden

about three years ago,

from recycled plants, trees and shrubs.
Designed by the creative mind of Joel Lee,
our beloved Managing Director
and Permaculture Teacher and Designer.

Now it is lush

and has become a haven,

to our two legged, feathered and chirping friends.

Here they are welcomed,

protected and treasured.

A good omen 

of urban environmental restoration.

A simple, easy step

that we can all do for our nation...

Beijing Delivery Bikes

How to paint your own Wall Stencil Mural: The Lobby at Elicon House, Cebu, Philippines

Step 1: Find your wall

and paint it with one color of your choice

to match the theme of your room or space

At Elicon,

Ecological Living and Conservation House,

we have a nature based theme...

Step 2: Search the web

for silhouette images or icons,

choose a few related to your theme

Step 3: Get an LCD projector

and project the images to your wall,

adjust according to the size you want.

Step 4: Trace the Image

Arrange the lay-out of your images

and trace with a pencil

Step 5: Find artistic friends

who are willing to help

Step 6: Color your image

Fill the traced images with your desired color

Step 7 Work on the details

After filling in the image

with acrylic color,

fine tune your details.

Step 8 Add Final Details

To complete your theme,

add other details.

Here, Joel Lee,

Permaculture Designer, Teacher

and Managing Director

of Elicon House

working on the Lobby Stencil Mural.

Last step: Watch and enjoy

how people appreciate your work...

More Bisaya Vegetarian Dishes

Mushrooms 

stuffed with shredded crabsticks

in tofu mayo sauce

Vegetarian kare-kare

all the same veggies,

but with tofu thin squares

no kare-kare 

is complete without 

the salted vegetarian bagoong tofu

pickled cucumber

pickled sayote and carrots

with pickled black fungus

in garlic soy vinagrette

baked potato squares

in homemade pesto sauce

Beijing Bikes: People Movers

China

is known as a bike kingdom..

For many years,

bikes replaced the rickshaw 

and became the primary 

people mover...

Young and old,

racing through

China's modern dedicated bike lanes...

No helmets required,

few accidents with 

fellow bike riders...

Bikes serve

many purposes

Here,

as a in-firmed carrier

Pedaling through

the hutongs of Beijing

is swift and speedy..

Or paced and steady...

You can help the pedaler too,

do it the way the Flinstones do...

Beijing's Street Food Stalls & Vans