Food articles posted in Sep 2007

Midnight snack: crepes, bananas and guava jelly

We were watching some DVDs last night and, close to midnight, we found ourselves hungry only to discover there was no bread in the house to make some quick sandwiches. There were boxes of cereals and lots of milk but cereals just don’t seem right for a midnight snack. My daughter, Alex, wanted some crepes but there was no pancake mix either. Alas, with heavy feet (we were in the middle of a very funny movie), I dragged myself into the kitchen to make some crepes from scratch.

Making the most out of pritong isda (fried fish)

Granted that it is best not to overpower the natural flavors of fish with too many seasonings and spices. Still, there are herbs that can actually enhance the taste of fish. You may be thinking that adding herbs and spices to fish is simple if one were cooking a soup or a stew but how does one do it with fried fish? It’s simple — you coat the fish with the herbs.

Sinigang na baboy (sour soup with pork): it’s all in the bones

If you’re intend to serve the sinigang as a soup (meaning you have another dish for the main course), then, the important thing is to have the best quality broth you can make. That means bones — lots of bones. If, however, you intend to serve the sinigang as the main dish, you need meatier cuts of pork. Otherwise, you’ll be practically serving rice with broth and vegetables and very little meat.

Fried beef brisket and potatoes with sour cream

Oh, don’t panic. Despite the name of this dish, it’s not as unhealthy as it sounds. The beef is boiled then sliced, the potatoes are oven-roasted and then, together, they are fried in a mixture of olive oil and a little butter. If the sour cream sounds unhealthy to you, you can always substitute yogurt. [...]

Mixed herbs, pork steaks and oven-fried potato chips

Sunday is daddy-in-the-kitchen day. Otherwise, we eat out. Not last night though. My hubby cooked pork steaks and I made a side dish of oven-fried potato chips.

Both the potato chips and the pork steaks were seasoned with mixed dried herbs that I discovered at the supermarket a couple of weeks ago.

Oven-fried potato chips

It wasn’t my turn to cook, being a Sunday. Sunday is daddy-in-the-kitchen day. But my husband is such a cheat when it comes to cooking. If we don’t eat out, he has a never-ending supply of SPAM. And we were supposed to eat out tonight but one thing led to another and I ended up [...]

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