It’s that time of the year when I plan the baked goodies that I plan to give as gifts to my friends. Food for the Gods is such a delightful recipe to bake during the holidays when one doesn’t have the time to bake Fruit Cake. It entails less preparation and baking time. It’s theRead More
Leche Flan Recipe
There are many versions on how to bake Leche Flan. I have shared my mom’s recipe on Leche Flan. Like I said before, the perfect flan is such that when you slice through it, it barely quivers like jello. There is very little syneresis, that is, no weeping (or lots of holes in it!). Surprisingly,Read More
How to Prepare Turon na Saba with Langka
We are all familiar with Turon na Saba. Usually the half the saba banana and langka slices are wrapped in lumpia wrapper, dipped with brown sugar and then fried. Another way of preparing Turon is to serve it in bite-sized pieces with equal proportion of saba and langka. Here is how: Ingredients: 12 pieces sabaRead More
Buko Pandan Jelly
Buko Pandan is just a favorite dessert in most parties. The fragrant smell of pandan is soothing after a filling meal. Pandanus leaves are often soaked in water and boiled to extract both the green color, a natural food colorant, as well as the aroma which is a bit nutty and reminiscent of freshly-cooked jasmineRead More
Turon na Saba
I had some left-over saba bananas from the Pochero so I turned it into turon saba a caramelized sweet Pinoy Merienda fare. The crisp dessert is such a delight. Here is a recipe for Turon na Saba
Spaghetti-Buko Salad
This recipe is so Filipino! It reminds me of the parties we hosted — and memories of my mother testing recipes we loved. This one is a particular favorite but I cannot remember which cookbook this came from. This recipe is very similar to my Buko Fruit salad sans the spaghetti noodles. SPAGHETTI-BUKO SALAD 1Read More