2010 September | Latest Recipes

Sauteed Grilled Pork with Green Chillies and Tomatoes »

If I have one dish that I can really call my own, it’s this one. I did not pick it up from any cookbook (I didn’t have before) or from any cooking shows..I just made it up back when it was just still me and my husband. We used to do a lot of grilling ( mostly pork chops and [...]

September 28, 2010 | Posted in Meat, Olive's Twist, Photo | Read More »

KCC: Filipino-Spanish Dishes: Pork Estofada »

KCC’s theme for the month of September 2010 is: Filipino-Spanish Dishes!! Filipino cuisine is heavily influenced by Spanish, not surprising since they stayed in our country for over 300 years. Most of these dishes are rich and satisfying and mouthwatering! I’ve made several in the past, most are everyday dishes and always, always eaten with rice..which is [...]

September 20, 2010 | Posted in Filipino Food, Kulinarya Cooking Club, Photo | Read More »

Coconut Lemon Cake »

Here’s the other cake I was talking about from my last post… If you want to pull a quickie in the kitchen this cake is perfect. I made this at the same time with the Lemon syrup Cake..there’s still enough room to fit an 8×8 square and I whip up this cake in no time [...]

September 17, 2010 | Posted in Baking, Featured, Photo | Read More »

Lemon Syrup Butter Cake »

My family and I, we ♥ CAKES! I like to share two easy delicious cakes you can make at the same time and these cakes stays good for 4 -7 days. ( I’m posting the other one later, it’s similar to this cake and quicker to prepare!) This lemon syrup cake is one of our [...]

September 16, 2010 | Posted in Baking, Photo, Ultimate Cake-Barbara Maher | Read More »

Homemade Skinless Longganisa ( Filipino Breakfast Sausage) »

Longganisa is Filipino breakfast sausage- a garlic-ky, somewhat sweet and peppery sausage- it’s usually paired with sunny-side up egg and garlic fried rice with slices of tomatoes - we call this breakfast “combo meal” longsilog ( longganisa, sinangag ( fried rice), itlog ( egg) ); a typical Filipino breakfast. I love it when the sugar in the [...]

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

Black Forest Cake »

Black Forest Cake is one of my fave cakes ..I like it so much that when I finally learned to bake cakes, I made it my mini-mission in life to “master” this yummy cake and I guess I succeeded..my family said that my cake is soo yummy and is way better than the one we [...]

September 10, 2010 | Posted in Olive's Twist, Photo | Read More »

Almond Puff Loaf »

Here’s another easy baking recipe I would like to share..found it here, one of my favorite sites to visit for good baking recipes although I don’t use their flour, simply because it’s not available here :). If you think it’s hard to make good puff pastry, well think again and try this one..I’ve been making [...]

September 7, 2010 | Posted in Baking, Featured, Photo | Read More »

Coq au Vin »

I have made this classic French chicken stew twice so far using 2 different recipes..the first one I tried was that of Alton Brown’s, and then a recipe from a college batchmate who I “met” again in facebook (Hi Minette!). Coq au Vin is very yummy but this is clearly not an everyday dish, at least not for me [...]

September 4, 2010 | Posted in Chicken, Featured, Photo | Read More »

Puto (Rice Cakes) »

This post is for my paternal grandma who recently passed away. She used to make puto for me and my siblings and cousins when we were kids whenever we come for a visit. I realized now how it must have been tedious for her to make a batch of puto or anything really at the [...]

September 4, 2010 | Posted in Featured, Kakanin-Native Delicacies, Photo | Read More »