Kare-Kare (Peanut Beef Stew)

Who wouldn't love Kare Kare?  I have always loved eating this dish with a spicy bagoong.  The peanut sauce has a nice sweet salty taste which makes the dish more delicious.  I remember cooking this years ago when the ready to use sauce mix was not around yet and cooking Kare Kare would get much of my time in preparing all the ingredients. I would usually go to Malolos Market then to get the best tripe and beef cuts available....

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Kamias na Bilog (Philippine gooseberry)

    Kamias na bilog.  My siblings and I would always get them using a sungkit at the old house of Ka Juling, Ka Ligaya and Ka Ebeng.  Their house is just a few steps away from ours in Sagrada...very convenient.  Nanay is a close friend of them especially with their sister, Nanang Norma (+), that's why we would always go to their place.  They also used to rent out Pinoy Komiks - Wakasan, Aliwan etc. and I...

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Crumbed T - Bone Steak

Another beef steak style that will make your palate crave for more.  I have made a different approach to it to make it more tasty than that ones that you would usually order at a steak house or any restaurant.  My hubby is an Aussie and I guess all Aussies love steaks and sausages.  No barby would be barby without them.  A party wouldn't be complete without steaks.  When I was younger, the only steak I love was bistik,...

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Choco-Vanilla Pinwheel Cookies

I've been wondering how pinwheel cookies are made..  I have finally found a recipe that I can play with to bake this yummy cookies for my daughters. The original recipe used 2 oz of melted unsweetened chocolates but since our family has a sweet tooth, I decided to add two more oz to it.  I also lessened the amount of sugar.  Instead of 1 1/3 cups, I only added a cup of sugar. I would probably get adventurous on the flavor that I would...

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Cup to Grams Conversion

Granulated sugar: 1 cup = 200 grams Brown sugar: 1 cup, packed = 220 grams Sifted white flour: 1 cup = 125 grams White rice, uncooked: 1 cup = 185 grams White rice, cooked: 1 cup = 175 grams Butter: 1 cup = 227 grams Almonds, slivered: 1 cup = 108 grams Oil: 1 cup = 224 grams Maple syrup: 1 cup = 322 grams Milk, non-fat: 1 cup = 245 grams Milk, sweetened condensed: 306 grams Broccoli, flowerets: 1 cup = 71 grams Raisins: 1 cup, packed = 165 grams Milk, dry: 1 cup = 68 grams Yogurt: 1 cup = 245 grams Water: 1 cup = 236 grams Confectioners...

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Potato Bake

What will you do if you have lots of potatoes in your pantry and you don't want to waste any of them?  You need to get adventurous and try your culinary skills in producing a nice meal out of potatoes.  Potato is a starchy fruit was first planted and domesticated in Peru between 8000-5000BC.  It belongs to the family of solanaceae or "nightshades."  Up to now, I am still thinking why are they called nightshades though. ...

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Turbo Roast Chicken in soy, lemon and herbs

Turbo roast chicken has always been a favorite in our family.  I still think that no one can beat my father's roasted chicken.  Each time he made one when he was still around, the whole family would devour the chicken like starving hyenas...hehehe.  I guess that's the exact way to describe it.  Everyone will fight over the legs and the wings.  I will get the wings of course!  Tatay would usually marinade the chicken...

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Apulid (Waterchestnuts)

When we were still kids, my cousins and I would usually sit in this big long table that they had next door while eating apulid....trying our best to remove the the fruit's skins...competing on who would do it quick without losing too much of the fruit. The skin is thin like paper so we would really remove them carefully.   They were sold then not by a kilo but by the size of the tin.  I am not really sure if you can still buy...

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Scotch Eggs

Despite its name, Scotch Eggs did not originate from Scotland but in Britain in 1738.  It became popular as a picnic food and then later on became a favorite in pubs and fairs.   If you are tired of the ordinary egg dish, this could be a good variation.  When my husband and I tried this wonderful dish, we found out that they're quite heavy on the tummy.  What more if you eat them with fried rice?  Why don't you try...

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Wanted: Aratiles!

My sister's favorite fruit when she was a little kid was alatires.  To get her aratiles, we would go to Nanang Puring's  (Talucod) house in Sagrada.  We would use sungkit to get the fruits and my sister would be picking them up and put them in her pockets or plastic bags.  As we walked back home, she would start eating them.  I did not like this fruit that much so I would usually let her have them all.  Unfortunately,...

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