Tomorrow is Chinese New Year. Will you cook? I am busy preparing for a special dish and after learning “Crab with Chlorophyll’s Shirataki Noodles” at a cooking demo in the Maya Kitchen, I decided to give it a try for tomorrow’s dinner. What is unique about this dish is the use of Shirataki noodles insteadRead More
Whole wheat Malungay Pancake & other Pancake ideas
Breakfast at home is either pan de sal, whole wheat bread, fried rice with longanisa or pancakes. I don’t make pancakes from scratch so I make it a point to buy those ready mix from all sorts of brands. Just recently , I got introduced to Maya ‘ThinkHeart’ Whole Wheat Pancake Mix. This is certainlyRead More
Chicken Cannelloni
This recipe came from my sister, Lorna who modified it many times. I forgot to take a close-up photo of the Cannelloni dish but it’s the rectangular pyrex on the table. The great thing about Cannelloni is that I can prepare it a day before , freeze it and heat it on Christmas Day itself.Read More
Bourbon Chicken
My daughter attended a cooking demo on how to make use of Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce not just as a sauce but as a cooking ingredient. She is now based in Australia and cooking her own meals. She asked me to write down this recipe. I thought I should share it with you too.Read More
Pan de Sal Pizza (Bambinos)
Bambinos (Pan de sal Pizza) is such a simple and unoriginal concoction. It’s not even cooking. It’s just that this afternoon I felt nostalgic about my childhood. Sometimes a food memory can be a comfort. So I remembered my mom ( she died when I was 19). We owned a bakeshop when I was growingRead More
Lumpia Shanghai
I want to dedicate this Lumpia Shanghai to Ness who emailed me requesting for a lumpia recipe. I cook lumpia all the time but I never bother to take photos. Ness told me that her American boyfriend rwants to appreciate Filipino cuisine. I find it really sweet that she wants to find time to cookRead More