Pork, okra, squash and eggplants in sour cream
My entry for Lasang Pinoy 18: Oh my gulay! is one day late. I couldn’t cook yesterday because we were waterless. I can horrify you with tales of waterless days, I can lament endlessly about the perils of living in the Third World, or I can just tell you about the wonderful lunch we had [...]
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Smoked porkloin and cheese cupcakes
I was thinking of making some oatmeal pancakes but my husband gave me a stand mixer for Mother’s Day and I so enjoy using it. Pancakes do not really require the use of an electric mixer — a wire whisk or even a fork is usually sufficient. So I thought I’d bake something more special. [...]
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A culinary getaway
Resorts and vacation spots not only try to impress their guests with the ambience, the facilities and the amenities. Most hire the best chefs they can afford because food can make or break one’s vacation.
If you’re a reader of The Mommy Journals, you would have come across an entry about Balay Indang where we stayed [...]
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Oatmeal, mango and cheese pie
The crust is made with flavored oatmeal, flour and sugar; the filling is cream cheese and sugar with a layer of sliced fresh mangoes on top; the crumbly topping is the same mixture as the crust. I baked this wonderfully sinful dessert pie around midnight last night (I just needed some alone time) and it [...]
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Korean beef stew a la Kimchi
The korean beef stew recipe in my archive (published in August 9, 2005) was a second or third, and most successful, attempt at making a dish that was popularized in the Philippines by a fast food restaurant called Kimchi. The few attempts were not republished after Pinoy Cook was reconstructed following a massive technical problem [...]
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Home-made flavored iced tea
If I can’t stop complaining about the heat this summer, it’s because there’s still too much to complain about. Often, I feel I’m going to wither — literally. There seems to be no respite even at midnight.
Naturally, we’ve been consuming a lot of cold drinks. Ice trays in the freezer aren’t enough anymore. My husband [...]
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Fish fillet and vegetables in sour cream
Some cooked dishes just aren’t photogenic. This one, for instance. It just looks like a scramble of cream and veggies. But, as with many things, it isn’t a good idea to judge a book by its cover. After turning off the stove and I tasted the sauce to check if I needed to adjust the [...]
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Chocolate-pinipig balls inspired by Magnolia’s pinipig crunch
Filipinos who grew up, or who reside, in the Philippines will know what I mean by ‘Magnolia’s pinipig crunch’. Filipinos who grew up abroad might not. I don’t expect too many foreigners to be familiar with it either.
Magnolia was an ice cream company that was bought out by Nestle a few years ago. Pinipig crunch [...]
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