Mr. Moo's Milk Planet

I love cheese. Who doesn't? So discovering Mr. Moo's Milk Planet is happiness! 

Mr. Moo is on Aguinaldo Highway in Tagaytay. At the right side when you're Manila bound. It's a few meters after Gourmet Cafe. 

The shop basically sells milk and milk products. They have three milk sources - cows, goats and carabaos. Aside from freshness, the don't use preservatives and additives on any of their products.

My personal favorites are the goat feta cheese, jumbo pastillas made of carabao's milk and fresh goat's milk. Goat's milk, I learned from a Mr. Moo staff, is naturally low in fat. Although, they also have low fat cow's milk, if you're not into goat's milk. I just love the feta cheese in olive oil. They have feta cheese in brine too. My kids particularly like the chocolate and strawberry milk drinks. 

Mr. Moo offers so many products. Dips, shakes, yogurt and even soy milk. As they say, there's something for everyone.

Aside from everything edible, they have soap too. Also made from milk.

Checkout the bulletin board for information about their products, proper storage and more. 

Aside from all natural ingredients, their 'squeezing' process is also all natural, as this sign says :)

Quesong Puti Meatball Lasagna

This recipe was inspired by Patsy’s meatball lasagna recipe which was featured on the Today's Show. Of course, I had to make do with the ingredients readily available.

Ingredients
Meatballs
1 kilo ground round
salt and pepper to taste
half a head of garlic, minced
2 eggs
oil for frying

Procedure
1. Mix all ingredients together
2. Form into small balls
3. Fry until brown
4. Set aside

Lasagna
1 Package of lasagna noodles
Marinara Sauce - home-cooked or store bought
5 packs of quesong puti - this is the local variety. Each pack has 2 slices.
1/2 cup of sour cream
1 cup fresh basil, coarsely chopped
1 cup of fresh spinach, coarsely chopped. Alugbati is a good substitute
5 leaves of fresh oregano
1/4 cup queso de bola, grated
1/2 cup grated quick melt cheese
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure
1. Cook lasagna noodles - follow instructions on the packaging
2. In a separate bowl, mix quesong puti, sour cream, basil, spinach, oregano with some salt and pepper.
3. Layer as follows, starting from the bottom
- meat balls with marinara sauce and some grated quick melt cheese
- quesong puti mixture
- meat balls with marinara sauce and some grated quick melt cheese
- quesong puti mixture
4. Cover the 4th layer and top with the remaining grated quick melt cheese and queso de bola and a few meatballs.

NuWave Oven Baking Instructions
1. Cover the top with foil so as not to burn the cheeses.
2. Cook for 10 minutes under P50
3. Cook for another 10 minutes under PH1
4. Remove foil and cook for another 3 minutes under PH1, just to melt and brown the cheeses
5. Serve hot.