Choco-Banana-Walnut Loaf

What do I do with the over riped bananas? That's always a problem in our house.  My husband would always buy bananas but forget eating them...$4+ a kilo goodness!  Wish I were in the Philippines!  We definitely have better bananas and at a cheap price too...hehe! Ohh how I miss the binutuan, senyorita and lakatan. Anyway, this recipe calls for cocoa.  Since I have two girls who are a bit picky with bread and cake, I decided...

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Humba

One dish that my father would love to cook if he's still around is humbang pata ng baboy or carabeef that we buy in Malolos Market at the early hours of the morning so as not to lose the chance of buying the last piece.  My father would always tell me to buy the unahan or the front hock not the hind ones since the first has most of the meat than the latter.  I was always amazed on how he would gently and patiently tenderise the meat without...

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Tuna Pesto Penne Rigatto w/ Black Olives

I've found out that my former student, Jana (thank you for the photo). cooked tuna pasta with her home made pesto so I asked her if she could give me her recipe.  However just like me, she would sometimes cook using taste method...in short no particular rule in measurements of ingredients.  Anyway, that's what make us different and more at home with our cooking.  Here is a good recipe in making this dish.  Trial and error...

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Ginataang Pakpak at Atay ng Manok (Chicken Wings and Liver Braised in Coconut Cream)

I have always loved coconut cream in my dish.  The aromatic flavour coming from it just makes me hungry.  They say the best meat that would really absorb this wonderful flavour would be chicken.  I have proven it true in this dish.  You can really taste the coconut cream in the chicken meat.  The herbs that I have added as an experiment worked wonderful with them too. Ingredients 1/2 K chicken wings (tips removed) 1/2...

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