Food allergies are a terrible thing to live with, especially if it’s shrimp and crustaceans you cannot eat anymore! Does one really have a choice when the last lobster meal I had sent me to the emergency room half dead? Goodness, but hat meal was worth it…. Spouse loves shrimps. He has a nose like [...]
Two years ago, Stepson gave us “A Goomba’s Guide to Life” by Steven R. Schiripa. Schiripa is better known as Bobby Bacala of HBO’s The Sopranos. Spouse and I really enjoyed that book and the show. Since Spouse grew up in New Jersey and his grandparent’s and parent’s last home was just a few blocks [...]
This is another common Filipino dish usually using annatto seeds to liven up the color. This particular one didn’t have the coloring because I always like the colors of the vegetables in pancit to show as naturally as possible. I wrote about it in an earlier post on pancit.
Here’s another meal I made to use up leftovers from my pantry. This time I used a bottle of Merlot I’ve been using for cooking for a couple of months, canned tomatoes with balsamic vinegar and basil and bottled parmesan cheese. It was surprisingly delicious and so easy to make. I had more than enough [...]
My inspiration for this dish was the Shrimp and Scallops Pasta Spouse had at Cucina Colore last month. It looked so good but I couldn’t taste it because it had shrimps. Of course, there’s always a way to re-create a dish to suit you and so I did…and I even made it better [...]
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, [...]
Every Filipino has probably disparaged our very unique Macaroni Salad, as I have. It’s not the usual macaroni, mayo and dill pickle concoction you’ll find everywhere else in the world. I guess you could call it a bit “confusilcated” as Spouse likes to say. A little bit of this, a little of that…and so much more. It’s [...]
This is probably the one Filipino dish most recognized around the world. You just can’t escape it at birthdays. It’s traditional to serve pancit on someone’s birthday because noodles represents a wish for the celebrant’s long life. It then follows that if you do cook noodles on a birthday, you don’t cut the noodles. This pancit [...]
This is my Eldest Sister’s own recipe for a white pasta sauce that’s proven to be a hit with ANYBODY who was fortunate enough to taste it. It’s very rich. It’s earthy. It goes well with soda, if you’re a kid, as well as it goes with a glass of very cold white [...]
When you mention tetrazzini, you get visions of pounds and pounds of turkey sitting in your refriegrator days after Thanksgiving. You normally would not associate tetrazzini and canned salmon…but it’s a great way of serving fish to your family. We all know how good Omega-3 fatty acids are for our health. It’s not [...]
This is another quick recipe that will be on your dinner table within an hour of starting it. Serve it with a light, green salad and you’re ready. For this recipe, I used Sweet Italian Sausage flavored with fennel. I find the hot sausages a little too spicy for me. I prefer sprinkling red pepper [...]
Mussels with my spaghetti is something new to me….oh, but I loved it! It was another great way of serving pasta which I stil have to get over. The lemon juice was a nice contrast to the sweetness of the mussels and tomatoes…the garlic gave it just the right kick and the parsley added freshness. [...]
