Suman na Mongo

I first learned how to cook suman from Prof. Matilde Guzman Food Preparation class. I love the combination of mongo and coconut-flavored sweet sticky rice wrapped in banana leaves. Here is the recipe. Ingredients 1 cup malagkit (glutinous rice) 1 cup mongo 1-1/4 cups sugar 3/4 cups coco milk coco cream from 1 grated coconut

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

Pinoy Christmas Cooking by Chef Myrna Segismundo

Need more ideas for your noche buena? ANC Talkback with Tina Palma’s Christmas episode is all about Pinoy Christmas Cooking . It was aired December 20, 2010 and will have replays on December 21, 1pm and on December 25, 5am and 10am on ABS CBN ANC. They featured three recipes: Fresh Mango Lumpia and ChocolateRead More

Happy, Pulpy, Healthy Minute Maid

Healthy drinks don’t always have the most appealing flavor, so you end up drinking them because you have to, not because you want to. But after trying the new preservative-free Minute Maid, I was slapped with the wonderful pulpy reality of how great this juice tastes! It tastes the way orange juice should taste—citrusy, orangey,Read More