50/50 Week 17: The Philippines Macapuno Salad

Holy crap..what a week. Here’s the recipe and then we’ll jump into the rest.

1 jar macapuno balls (I used strings)
1 jar nata de coco
1 jar kaong
1 can (20 oz.) pineapple chunks (I didn’t add the additional pineapple but I should have)
2 cans (30 oz.) fruit cocktail
1 pack Nestle All purpose cream/or heavy cream (I used the heavy cream since I couldn’t find all purpose)
1 block (8 oz.) Philadelphia cream cheese, room temperature

Additionally, you may wish to add sweetened condensed milk to taste if you’d like it sweeter. I didn’t add any since I found it perfectly sweet on its own.

This week has been a hectic one. Trying to get back on track after the holidays..case in point, I’m editing and posting on the same day. I try to never do that because, well it’s a lot. To make things worse, I pinched a nerve in my shoulder this morning so I literally feel like I’m being stabbed in the back. Fun times.

I’m trying to get this food blog/ recipe center back on track as it’s been sadly neglected in the last couple of weeks. Please be patient with me haha

Anywho, back to the recipe. This is super simple to throw together provided you can find the ingredients you need. I had to hunt a little but it led to the discovery of my new favorite grocery provider so it’s not all bad.

I followed this recipe: http://www.mamasguiderecipes.com/2017/07/22/macapuno-fruits-salad/

Though, I will probably update this once I get my hands on Mark’s moms version.

10/10 would definitely make again!

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