Bday Picnic

Yesterday my nephew had his bday party picnic at a local park. Before we went to the park, we stopped by my parents' house to pick up TC's Vans slip ons (forgotten at her last sleepover) and her Razr scooter. My mom had made some food to bring to the party. These are kutsinta, a brown sugar/rice flour based dessert served with coconut.

She also made pinakbet - what made this pinakbet somewhat more health conscious was the lack of bagoong. Now that she's having health problems, she has to lay off the salt so she's been making it this way for several years now. She sautees onion with garlic, then adds dried shrimp and then Chinese long beans, kabocha squash, Japanese eggplant, bittermelon, and okra. She also added Chinese sausage...Okay, well maybe that alone took care of the salt factor!
Although my mom didn't bring the dish shown below, I ended up having some of it. I don't know what it's called but it's sauteed bamboo shoots with alugbati, a type of leafy green vegetable my parents grow in the backyard.

Now to the party food. It was relatively simple. Just hotdogs and Polish dogs:

Pancit:

Lumpiang shanghai (the thin skinny kind):

Here's my nephew's plate:

Oh yeah, and crispy garlic chicken wings:

There were also fresh fruits (watermelon, strawberries & cherries). I saw this on the snack table (along with the chips). What the hell! I didn't try this but I found the name a bit off putting!

My parents also brought chicharrones (Mexican style) - yeah, healthy this ain't!

I got even more sunburned yesterday! It was nice chatting with my siblings and watching the kids play around. It was also Father's Day and TC and I surpised Bert with some framed photos of TC that morning.