I am sipping hot tsokolate for merienda. My mom often called it SIKWATE!, the Visayan dialect for hot chocolate drink. I bought a lot of these tablea last year so I am just drinking the leftovers. Our Noche Buena is never complete without the hot tsokolate made from the native Tablea (cacao chocolate). I oftenRead More
A surprise package awaited me and to my delight, the basket contained Lady’s Choice Mayonnaise and Royal Elbow macaroni , two ingredients of the many, needed for Chicken Macaroni salad. When I think of Chicken Macaroni salad, I remember myself as a teenager, assigned by mom as the salad maker. Come to think of it,Read More
Preparing Pasta Puttanesca with gourmet tuyo using Contadina olive oil, Contadina diced tomatoes and minced tomatoes with green olives, black olives, capers, gourmet tuyo and parmesan cheese. Christmas is around the corner and at this time of the year, moms like myself are busy planning for noche buena. I was pretty excited when Contadina held aRead More
One of Philippines’ favorite dish is Chicken relleno, made out of roasted chicken stuffed with ground pork, raisins, chorizo and peas. I have my own Chicken Relleno recipe in this blog but you might want variety. Well, aren’t we lucky that Romulo’s Cafe shared this recipe to us? Alessandra Romulo Squillantini, granddaughter of the lateRead More
Did you know that you can stuff Roast Chicken with guava? Well here it goes. Ingredients 1.5 – 2 kilos whole chicken 2 pieces chicken bouillon cubes, crushed ½ cup pink guava puree, seeded Filling: 3 tablespoons oil 1 tablespoon garlic, minced 1 piece large onion, chopped 1 piece guava apple, washed and diced ¼Read More
For those celebrating Halloween, here is a Pinoy dish , a pumpkin-inspired okoy recipe. Here it goes: Ingredients: 4 cups pumpkin, grated ½ k suaje, head on, spiny parts removed 1 pc red onion, finely sliced 1 c carrots, grated ½ c cornstarch 2 pcs eggs, beaten To taste salt and pepper Olive oil (forRead More