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...

Whenever I go home to my hometown in Cebu, I make it a point to buy Lumpiang Ngohiong. I recently went to Cebu for my 35th High School reunion and the first thing I looked for was the Ngohiong. Well, what is Ngohiong? It looks like kikiam but the taste of ngohiong is excellent. It’s similar to our Lumpia Shanghai except the stuffings are composed of ubod (...

Here’s another favorite mango dessert that’s easy to cook. You can add ice to make a chilly dessert perfect for this warm weather. Ingredients: 1/4 cup small sago pearls 3 to 4 tablespoons sugar 2 cups water 2/3 cups evaporated milk 6 tablespoons coconut cream (optional) 1 cup mango puree 2 mangoes (cubed) Procedure Cooking the sago 1. Soak sago...

I find it expensive to buy siomai. Don’t you? So why not make your very own siomai and freeze it? The price of Siomai alone forced me to concot my very own Siomai recipe taken from various sources. My kids love to dip their dumplings in soy sauce and calamansi mixed with chili garlic sauce. If you are a pesco-vegetarian like me, just replace the pork with...

My daughter Lauren was dying to cook paella for our Christmas Eve dinner over 2 years ago. I bought all the ingredients in the morning but I wanted to cook it already while the seafood was still fresh. My recipe for paella is one where I can pre-cook everything and place it on the pyrex dish for baking at a later time. It made sense to prepare it now then bake it...