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Ever since my youngest sister had her pseudo-wedding-reception at Panciteria Lido late last year, Adi has been bugging us to take her there because it was her new-favorite-restaurant. Unfortunately, we couldn’t find the time (or the effort) to make the date…even if the resto is a scant 3 minutes away from the house. But after [...]
The holidays are over and other than the added poundage, most of us have an excess of, what else….food. Leftovers aside, our refs and pantries are a little tighter because of the holidays. Ham, pasta, fruits, sweets, and the Pinoy Christmas staple…Queso de Bola. You can only have too many ham sandwiches and fruit salads. [...]
Japanese cuisine, for me, is by far one of the best in the world. This is coming from someone who abhorred using chopsticks for the longest time due to an unfortunate incident involving a chopstick, a sliver of wood, and a bleeding lip. But that’s another story. Back to Japanese food. As I was saying, [...]
On a recent trip to S&R, I was pleasantly surprised to find that one of the local poultry companies had once again come out with their jumbo chickens. These chickens are at least 3 kilos or roughly 7 pounds in weight. They’re huge….somewhat like little turkeys. So excited was I that I quickly picked up [...]
Much as I would like my kids to eat veggies, its so difficult. The mere sight of anything that resembles a veggie in their food gets them all “ewwwwwy”. My solution….hide the veggies. Instead of whole veggies, I make soup and blend in the veggies so they don’t see it. I also like mixing it [...]
Every Christmas I make it a point to prepare something new for the Noche Buena table. Last year it was a Frozen Brazo de Mercedes cake that was not only delicious, it was downright sinful. This year I was planning to make Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes so I could use up some of the peanut [...]
If there is one thing that truly comforts my kids, its a good dinner. And as much as possible I try my best to concoct dishes that will fill both their hearts and their tummy. I’ve had my hits and misses, I must admit. But my kids know how to tell me straight up if [...]
I have recently rediscovered the joys of canned tuna. I swore off the stuff after tasting a batch that had an unmistakable metallic taste. Besides, fresh tuna is readily available in almost all supermarkets today. However, the cost of fresh tuna can be rather prohibitive. And I can’t imagine making tuna salad with it. So [...]
Froyo is today’s hot pandesal of the moment. If you’ve noticed, frozen yogurt stalls have been popping up almost everywhere. Even some restaurants have included frozen yogurt in their desert menu. Personally, I think that this is a good thing. Not that I’m against having an occasional ice cream cone….with 2 scoops of ice cream. [...]
Instead of ice cream, I give my kids these. They are yogurt pops which I make myself. Recipe to follow.
Cherry Garcia, Banana Split, Chunky Monkey, Pistachio Pistachio, and Vanilla Heath Bar Crunch. A pint of any of these flavors is enough to douse any amount of heat….for me, that is. Now I’m craving.
One of the first things I learned to cook were pancakes care of my trusty Nancy Drew cookbook. If I remember right, the title of the recipe was Alphabet Pancakes. You first had to carefully draw a letter on the griddle using pancake batter then once the bubble started appearing you needed to pour in [...]
When we went on vacation to Hongkong last summer, my eldest kid fell completely in love with Mochi ice cream. We found it at this one branch of 7-11 which was 2 blocks away from our hotel and it became a twice daily ritual for us. So in love was she that she demanded that [...]
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