I am very happy the Department of Agriculture does so much to support our local farmers and
growers of natural and organic products. With so many health-related problems today, it is
important that we take care of our bodies, starting with the food we eat. (Shut up! I'm serious!!!)
Now we don't have to search all over for these products. They are readily available at PICC
Forum 1 until Saturday, October 19.
What made me even happier was knowing that two of my favorite chefs were doing a cooking demo, using all-natural and organic products available onsite.
Chef Margarita Fores of Cibo, Lusso and Grace Park
Chef Robby Goco of Cyma and Green Pastures
The chefs in their elements
You can see that they were having fun!
They had so little time to prepare and shop for ingredients from over 80 exhibitors but each chef was able to cook up 5-6 dishes!
Here were some of Gaita's creations:
Frittata
Pasta with kulitis and basil pesto topped with pili nuts
Fried peanuts
Gouda cheese from Misamis Oriental
Chef Robby's spread:
Bruschetta
Cheesy kale
Pinoy Salad with fiddlehead fern, salted egg, cherry tomatoes dressed in Lucban
longganisa vinaigrette
Bread salad
I was just there to eat. :)
With Department of Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala, Usec Berna Romulo-Puyat,
and Interakyson's Cyrene de la Rosa
There were so many interesting things to see, smell, touch and taste!
Guys, you can go all-out there. They're all healthy, I promise.
Products made with honey from European honey bees
Hair wax for dreadlocks also available!!!
Nat Soda live juice. Fresh fruits fermented in honey with kefir water.
Available in yacon, butterfly pea, pomelo, lipote and pineapple flavors.
Organic produce
More organic veggies
Bamboo products
Look at how pretty
Bamboo suman made with glutinous rice, bamboo shoots and young coconut.
I hoarded this.
Human Nature products
Quezon products: coconut vinegar, coconut oil, coco syrup, coco jam,
coco sugar, nata de coco, papaya pickles
Tamarind concentrate, organic coco jam, guava jam
Pamora Farm free-range chicken and eggs
This bird is huge!
Variety of spreads. My favorite is the chicken liver pate.
Merry Mushrooms as big as my face
See?
Delicious mango products great for pasalubong. Or in my case, personal consumption.
100% natural, no preservatives, cholesterol-free and fat-free, too!
Nachos colored with beetroot and ube
Chocolates in fancy packaging
Fresh mulberries
Mulberry seedlings
Mulberry jam
Fresh Start by Chin Chin and Francine Uy
They have organic coffee, coconut sap sugar, red and brown rice
Massage oils, soaps, hand sanitizers, linen sprays and mouthwash, too
This manong sells the most delicious-smelling citrus mint pili sap that
cures colds, fever, dizziness, mosquito bites, asthma and muscular pain
Malunggay Furikake. Sprinkle over rice and dinner is served!
Super addicting bottled products from Bicol Delicacy.
My favorites are Santol Express, Bicol Express, and Sinarapan in Oil.
So good we lingered the longest at their booth. Lol!
There were also organic soil conditioners
And systems that you will need to grow your own veggies
Josie Costales of Costales Farms, the only local supplier of Healthy Options stores
Organic ulam in bottles
Organic Lucban longganisa
Healthy rice
Hardworking rice :P
Superfoods cherry tomatoes and kale
Turmeric salted eggs and free-range eggs with yolks as orange as Japanese eggs
Dragon fruit plant
Everything dragon fruit: vinegar, jam, dried fruit, and cookies
Honey wine
Wines made from carrots, mangosteen, passion fruit, mango
Tamarind wine, guyabano wine, bignay wine, zuriel wine, chico wine
Coconut wine
Coconut sugar
Organic brown rice, black rice, and red rice
I bought the red rice because it "helps in weight loss"
Desperately need this, too!
DA Usec Berna Romulo-Puyat with Senator Grace Poe
Let's eat healthy and support our own!
Visit The 1st Philippine Natural and Organic Products Expo at PICC Forum 1, CCP Complex, Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City. Last day tomorrow, October 19!
