Recipes
Thin Crust Pizza
Spouse and I have been going over the Sopranos DVDs again…for about the 5th time if I’m not mistaken. When this happens, my craving for Italian food is stronger and it reflects on our meals and now in this blog. You could probably call me an ideal subject for hypnosis. I’ve tried several pizza crust recipes and [...]
Chicken Marsala
Chicken…always on everyone’s grocery list and a staple in most households. In fact, chicken is the one thing religions do not single out as unclean and therefore excluded frpm their followers’ diet. Then came the Bird Flu when chicken and all fowls got a bad rap. While the flu hasn’t reached US shores and the [...]
Eat Your Vegetables!
Do you like eating raw vegetables that’s not lettuce or tomatoes? Just the thought of it used to send shivers up my spine. But then, I was put to shame by my pseudo-grandkids a few years ago. Their mom likes serving crudites with dips on occasion and it would’ve been embarrassing if I didn’t at [...]
Pepper Steak
Betty Crocker’s New Cookbook: Kitchen Library Containing Good and Easy Cookbook and New Cookbook (Everything You Need to Know to Cook) This is another dish I’ve never cooked before. It’s from Betty Crocker’s New Cookbook again. There are still so many recipes there waiting to see the light of my kitchen. I have no idea [...]
Buttermilk Pancakes
I have never made pancakes so fluffy and light before! This is a pancake recipe from my Betty Crocker New Cookbook. The recipe is a simple one but this time, I tried the buttermilk variation and was surprised at the results. I don’t keep buttermilk in my fridge so I used a substitute of whole [...]
Spinach Cannelloni with Fontina
This was my first time to cook Cannelloni. My first taste of this was when my cousin had just come back from studies in the US and prepared it for one family gathering during our teens. My cousin is really a gifted man in the kitchen. It’s a trait he got from his godmother [...]
Chocolate Raspberry Bavarian Cake
Don’t you just admire those people who can decorate cakes like it was the easiest thing in the world to do? Magic, blessed hands…. Unfortunately, I’m not one of them. Here’s my latest sorry attempt at cake decorating. I can bake it and it tastes great, but does it look that way? Never mind… Looking [...]
Feta Burgers
Do you have those regular burger cravings that won’t be satisfied by a quick trip to McDonald’s or Carl’s Jr.? I do. Before I got married, those cravings were easily satisfied by a quick trip to McDonald’s, Jollibee and even Tropical Hut. Then Spouse had to introduce me to homemade American burgers that I once [...]
Corned Beef
St. Patrick’s Day will be here in a few days. But I couldn’t wait wait to have Corned Beef with Cabbage before it came, so here it is. This dish reminded me of Nilagang Baka and I always cooked it the Filipino-way, boiling it with onion and black peppercorn till it was falling apart. Then [...]
Cincinnati Chili
This is not your usual chili. For one, it’s served “on top of spaghetti, all covered with cheese”. This one in the photo is known as a five-way. It’s served with the chili or meat sauce, beans, cheese (I used provolone so you can hardly see it in the photo) and chopped raw onions [...]
Fish with Blackbeans
After cooking a dish a couple of times, and introducing some of your own innovations, it becomes yours. Like this Fish with Blackbeans and Tofu which has become one of mine and Spouse’s favorites. This recipe is based on a couple of recipes I used in the past. It’s evolved to 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 [...]