This is the buko pandan that I ate at my cousin’s birthday party. The taste of Buko pandan dessert never fails to tempt me. The green and white colors lures you to take a bite. Here is a buko pandan recipe . Buko Pandan Salad Ingredients 8 leaves of Pandan – cleaned well 5 Buko (Coconut)not too hard, not too soft- Grated to strips Water from 5 Buko...

The best and healthy grilled dishes are always seafood. First of all, there is minimal fat used in the grilling process and of course seafood is always healthy. Make sure the squid is fresh to start with. Ingredients 1 kilo medium to large fresh squid 1 bottle or 1 cup Sprite or 7-up (for extra sweetness) 1/4 cup soy sauce 2 Tablespoons Calamansi juice 2...

Crispy Spinach or Crispy kangkong is basically an appetizer during parties. Don’t expect to get Vitamin A because they are all lost after the extreme heat. The most you can get are fibers and that urge to munch on something crunchy other than potato chips. So try this out. Ingredients 2 bundles of Kangkong ( or spinach) or roughly 1/4 kilo 2 beaten eggs 2 cups...

There are many ways to cook Shrimps and the easiest is to saute the shrimps in garlic. This style of cooking is Gambas. Others add tomato sauce and other vegetables like carrots or red bell pepper. I prefer the toasted garlic taste on my shrimps. Perfect for a Lent dish, I will use pasta to eat along with it. Ingredients 500 grams medium-sized shrimps, in shell 1...

I never got to appreciate laing until I came here to Manila and got exposed to all sorts of food from the various regions of the Philippines. Dishes cooked with coconut milk is my all time favorite dish. No wonder, laing then became one of my favorite dishes. I loved the hotness and the coconut milk mixture. I am sure you will too. Ingredients 15-20 pieces wilted...

How many of you have eaten the Maliputo fish? I thought I knew all the fish species in the country since I grew up in Cebu, where most of our dishes were seafood. A few months ago, my husband brought home Maliputo, since he came from Batangas. His staff gave him one whole fish. My husband baked the Maliputo without adding salt , pepper , herbs and other spices....

For most Catholics, the Lent seafood diet is strictly observed. Some kids will find seafood dishes unpalatable so I will be sharing some seafood meal ideas from the Maya Kitchen (where I attend monthly demos) who invited experts from Mida Food Distributors Inc., The Seafood Specialist. They shared their knowledge on the proper way to select, clean, store and cook...

Pako salad is one of my daughter’s favorite salad. Pako is a fiddlehead fern similar to the flavors of watercress but not as peppery. It has a slight crisp texture to it which makes it a very interesting salad. Sourcing pako tends to be a challenge so when you find a supply at your local market, grab them the chance. Ingredients a bunch of pako leaves, cut...

Did you know that half of the food that reaches your dining tables, is the product of many hours of back-breaking work by our women farmers? Sadly, our women aren’t getting the same support as men food producers. This...

Cheese cupcakes is now sold commercially in supermarkets for kids to bring as “baon” to school. It is not quite the same Cheese cupcake mom used to bake in our bakeshop. Cheese cupcakes are supposed to have that distinct “cheese” taste. Here is a recipe that will surely give you that tasty cheesy cupcake. Ingredients 1 bar margarine (225...