Featured Recipes
Daikon Raddish Pickle
If you haven’t tried the Daikon Raddish, you’re missing something. It’s a root vegetable that’s also called a Japanese raddish, Chinese raddish and Satsuma raddish. Filipinos call it labanos. This is more commonly sauteed with garlic, onions and tomatoes or cooked with sinigang. I hope this won’t freak anyone out, but we also mix [...]
Breakfast anyone? ? I got a pack of frozen blueberries after reading they are just as good for baking as fresh blueberries.? Blueberries are expensive this time of the year but I wanted to start the year right by getting more of the Super Foods in our diet. Okay, part of the reason I chose [...]
Baubles, Bangles and Spaghetti Bolognese
How do you make your Bolognese Sauce? This is probably the oldest spaghetti sauce Filipinos are familiar with. You might be wondering why I have that title on this post. Its a tribute to a beloved aunt who is, undoubtedly, the most colorful and vibrant among the sisters. She had tons of bangles, [...]
Portugese Sopa de Grao
I’ve always been a soup person, and it’s a real surprise for me to find that not everyone is. Soups can be a whole, heavy meal in itself or a light lunch or in-between snack. This soup of Portugese origins is a meal all by itself, light enough but substantial depending on how [...]
Guinisang Sitaw (Sauteed Asian Long Beans)
Look at that sensuous steam rising from my pot of sauteed long beans! I took the photo while it was cooking because the colors were still so vibrant….but the steam muted the colors just a little bit. Oh well. This is a sauteed, all-in-one dish of Asian long beans, what we Filipinos call sitaw. [...]
Chicken Inasal
This is my first attempt at Chicken Inasal…not so bad but I have a feeling it’s far from the real thing, which I have yet to try. The real thing is found in Bacolod, capital city of Negros Occidental province in the Visayas region of the Philippines. ”Inasal” is actually an Ilonggo word which [...]
Ensaimada ala Marketman
I finally gathered enough courage to make this ensaimada recipe from Marketman. Ohhh, I was not disappointed. In fact, this was the best Ensaimada I’ve ever had in my life and I can’t believe I made it! Of course, I need practise with the shaping of the dough as you can probably tell from the [...]
The Original French Toast with Homemade Orange Raspberry Sauce
I was looking for a good recipe for French Toast this morning and stumbled on this interesting piece from Daniel Rogov. Mr. Rogov clarifies that the French Toast did not originate in France as I always thought. It’s origins are in Albany, New York where a tavern keeper of the 16th century by the [...]
Corned Beef with Mashed Potatoes with Leeks
I found another interesting way of making mashed potatoes in another Filipino blog, Rice and Noodles. This is flavored with leeks and much lighter than what I’m used to, a pleasant change from the heavy butter and cream mashed potatoes I usually make As I mentioned in a past entry on corned beef, the [...]
Garlic Fried Rice
This is a common way of preparing rice in the Philippines. Sinangag, as we call it, is great for breakfast with virtually anything you can fry. I made this to go with the dried fish I posted about the yesterday. We use plenty of garlic…a perfect way to wake you up if you [...]
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- Spaghetti with Italian Sausage
- Pork Chops with Apple Slices and Brussels Sprouts
- Greek Walnut Cake
- Strawberries and Cream
- Clubhhouse Sandwich
- Mushrooms Stuffed with Feta, Pepperoni and Spinach
- Chicken and Bottle Gourd Soup
- Mock Beef Caldereta
- Asparagus and Scallop Spaghetti
- Sunday Brunch: Smoked Salmon and Cream Cheese Omelette
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- Baubles, Bangles and Spaghetti Bolognese
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Trustworthy Reviews
Pots and Pans Crazy
It’s hard to imagine a frying pan getting controversial but it did in one popular food blog. I’ve never met anyone who was so sensitive that the mere mention of a certain type of pan could send them ballistic and rabid. I don’t think I want to meet anyone like that. The incident really caught [...]
Cast Iron Skillet
I just love my cast iron skillet! I got it for under $25 at the ever-reliable Walmart a few months back and have used it several times since. This is a 12-inch skillet by Lodge Logic of Tennessee. This company has been in business since 1896, so you can be assured they know what [...]
Fish Fry Pan
I’m so happy to report I finally got a fish pan for my kitchen! It’s a 12-inch oval fry pan by Wolfgang Puck that also comes with a lid. I got it for a very good bargain on Ebay, new but not flawless. It had some scratches on the handle…something I wouldn’t have noticed if I wasn’t so anal about handwashing [...]
Silicone Bundt Pan
I just tried this Hamilton Beach Professional Rose Bunt (sic) Pan that I got at the outlet store, Kitchen Collection. Original price was $9.99 and a comparable price on the tag says $12.99. The store gave us a very reasonable price of $4.47 (not including sales tax) mainly because we braved the crowds at the [...]
Salads They Will Love
A Mix of Fruits
I don’t think this quailifies as a salad although I put it in that category. It’s really just a mix of fruits I intended would be a salad with lemon juice and honey….when I started out anyway. Once I tasted how naturally sweet the melons were, I thought it would be a [...]
Salad Nicoise
If you’re a carnivore like I’ve always been, you’ll understand why I say, a salad for lunch is like undeserved punishment. It’s only after I got married a few years ago, that I started thinking of a more balanced diet and included salads in my regular fare. But this particular one is so substantial and [...]
Mama’s Ensalada
This is a salad my mom came up with way back when I was in my teens. It’s a very Filipino salad using the commonly used vegetables, bataw or hyacinth bean and sigadillas, also called winged bean in English. This is just another was you can use these readily available vegetables, aside from adding it [...]
Coleslaw
I don’t know why I never featured Coleslaw here before. Its one of our staples. This one in the photo was drier than my usual since it had about half the mayo I usually put. I’ve consciously been lessening meal portions and trimming some fats from a lot of recipes in the hopes that it will make [...]
Tomato and Cilantro Salsa Salted Eggs
Here’s an interesting way of serving a Filipino favorite, salted red eggs or itlog na maalat. Youngest Sister prepared it for lunch one time and it was so amazingly fresh tasting and different that I just had to make it for lunch today. The colors in the photo didn’t come out right for some reason [...]
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Mr. Bean Car Cake
The recipe I used for this cake was actually not a good choice. It’s called a Kentucky Butter Cake and I found it in the website www.allrecipes.com I have to admit I was impressed with all the positive feedback the recipe generated. It’s just too sweet for our taste and if I ever do this [...]
Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
This is a very basic carrot cake iced with a cream cheese frosting which I used for the “white cake” I wrote about in my last post. I tweaked the recipe to my taste and think this will be my keeper recipe. I just love this cake for the spice, the moistness, the crunch of [...]