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 we, [...]

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 making [...]

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 my [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Rhum Chicken »

I love easy recipes, whenever I see one, I save it and try it as soon as I possibly can and if it’s really good, I make it again and again and when I’m really happy about it, I can’t help but share it too :). Like this dish, I saw this on [...]

Giada’s Pasta Primavera »

This is another favorite pasta primavera recipe of mine; it’s from  Giada de Laurentiis. This the most simple pasta primavera recipe I’ve come across with.    What could be easier than boiling some bow pasta while roasting the veggies, when both are done, just combine and season to taste.  It tastes good too.. very, very good!

The natural sugars from [...]

Spicy Hot Eggplant Dish (Baigan Ka Bhart) »

I learned how to make this dish from YouTube, it’s an Indian vegetarian dish.  It’s super HOT, my husband and I like it so much, especially with roti ( Indian flatbread) or tortilla to go with it,  I like to toast the roti/tortilla and dip it in this eggplant dish..so good!  This is also a great side dish for grilled/barbecued [...]

Easy Baked (Everyday) Cheesecake »

This cheesecake is very simple, perfect for everyday dessert.  Most cheesecake recipes call for 2 -5 (8oz) boxes of creamcheese, that’s just too much (expensive too ) and reason enough for me to only make cheesecakes on special ocassions but I can’t always wait for a birthday or anniversary to come so I thought why not make a practical [...]

Kulinarya Cooking Club: Ginataan »

I’m so happy with this month’s KCC theme because coconut milk is my favorite! :)  I have posted many of my favorite gata (coconut milk) recipes already but there are so much more that I haven’t shared yet like this recipe: Ginataang Halo-Halo or Ginataang Bilo-Bilo, it’s  my mom’s favorite and she used to cook it often especially on [...]