Chicken, potato and soured cream salad
This is a salad made with chunks of boiled chicken breast, potato wedges, corn kernels, cooked ham and parsley tossed with a sour cream dressing, served surrounded by tomato and cucumber rings on a bed of lettuce leaves. Trying to spread my wings in the kitchen, I thought can’t we enjoy chicken and potato salad [...]
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Braised chicken and fruit and vegetable salad
When my husband is killing time waiting for a client, he likes browsing in supermarkets. He knows the prices and the new brands. But he can’t estimate the quantity needed for a meal. He called me up the other night to say he was buying some vegetables for a salad. Yeah, he bought everything. Except [...]
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Roast whole chicken
Two whole chickens each weighing 1.2 kilograms were marinated for two days before roasting. I rubbed their skins and cavities with spices, poured a few tablespoonfuls of marinade into the cavities before placing them in plastic bags and then sealing the bags tightly. I kept them in the coldest part of the fridge for two [...]
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Pork and Chicken Liver Chop Suey
Chop suey is just another stir-fried vegetable dish. But say stir-fried vegetables and most Filipinos won’t understand what the heck you’re referring to. Say chop suey, however, and you’re talking on the same wavelength. This pork and chicken liver chop suey was the vegetable dish I served at my 12-year-old’s birthday dinner last Saturday. A [...]
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Creamy ox tongue stew
The second dish I cooked for my 12-year-old’s dinner party last Saturday–this ox tongue stew is a variation my older ox tongue in mushroom sauce recipe. While I used mashed potatoes sprinkled with browned onion bits in the older recipe, this time I used chunks of potatoes. See, when cooking for a party, you have [...]
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Junk Food Spaghetti
I call it junk food spaghetti because only processed meat went into the sauce–hotdogs, salametti and belly bacon. It is a combination of two previous kiddie spaghetti recipes (the older recipes are here and here). Perhaps not too friendly for adults who are strictly watching the amount of fat and carbohydrates in their diet… but, [...]
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Oriental Pot Roast
Pot roast is decidedly western; stir-fries are definitely oriental. This recipe succesfully combines two radically different cuisines. And, yes, I created it. I don’t think this dish deserves my false modesty. It’s one of the best I’ve ever created in my entire cooking life. I really, really recommend this one. Despite the dressy appearance, it [...]
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Chicken salad sandwich and cheese sticks
In the Philippines, a rice-less meal is a light meal. So,… we decided to go light last night. Sandwiches and cheese sticks were all I really planned. The kids were excited and wanted to help out in making the cheese sticks. But their dad wanted turon for dessert too. By the time cooking was done, [...]
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