2010 August | Latest Recipes

Lumpiang Ubod (Coconut Pith Spring Roll) »

This is part two of my post for KCC this month. Fresh Lumpiang Ubod brings back memories of my childhood, my aunts and Goldilocks, the bakeshop/diner that is. We used walk there in the summer afternoons for snack, it’s close to where my aunts used to live. This is what the grown-ups usually order while [...]

August 27, 2010 | Posted in Filipino Food, Kulinarya Cooking Club, Photo | Read More »

Kulinarya Cooking Club: Lumpia! »

Yay! It’s lumpia for KCC this month. I love lumpia! Lumpia is egg roll, fresh or fried. In my Filipino food vocabulary, this can only mean lumpiang sariwa/ubod ( fresh spring roll) or lumpiang shanghai ( deep-fried egg roll) –my favorite! I have already blogged about lumpiang shanghai, about a year ago; I was planning on [...]

August 20, 2010 | Posted in Kulinarya Cooking Club, Photo | Read More »

French Coconut Pie »

I’ve mentioned so many times before how nuts I am about coconuts even more so when a recipe is this easy. Although I made my pastry crust from scratch, it’s still easier than this: ..this is the coconut cream pie that I made last week; and while it was delicious, I was disappointed with how [...]

August 18, 2010 | Posted in Featured, Paula Deen, Photo | Read More »

Ma Po Tofu »

This is one of my love-at -first- try recipes. I was looking for some tokwa ( it’s how we call tofu in Filipino) recipes to try and found out about Ma Po tofu. I have browsed through many recipes and the one below is what appealed to me. It’s fairly easy and the result is of [...]

August 14, 2010 | Posted in Meat, Olive's Twist, Photo | Read More »

Caldereta »

This beef stew is really delicious and worth your time trying..I don’t cook or eat beef often but when I do, I like to cook beef caldereta, it has become my favorite beef dish especially since I learned how to make it myself. I used to get to eat this only when my mother-in- law [...]

August 6, 2010 | Posted in Filipino Food, Olive's Twist, Photo | Read More »