Turon Tikoy and Fried Tikoy

Turon Tikoy and Fried Tikoy. These is not a about how to cook Tikoy, I mean how to actually cook a Tikoy Cake. I really do not know how to make Tikoy. But all that I know  the Tikoy Cake is usually cut in thin slices then fried with beaten egg coating. That is how we have been cooking Tikoy ever since I could remember. But recently Tikoy Cake slices are now cooked Turon Style, yes

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Kasoy Kare Kare, Pork Hocks

Kasoy Kare Kare, Pork Hocks. I just found out that I still have one bottle of the cashew spread that I brought home from Australia. To make the best out of it I decided to make another Kasoy Kare Kare. This time, I decided to use pork pata/hocks. My Kasoy Kare Kare, Pork Hocks is basically similar to my Kare Kare, Pork Hocks, cooked from scratch, no kare kare mix. Ingredients are

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Dinengdeng na Saging na Saba

Dinengdeng na Saging na Saba. Unripe plantain banana to genuine Ilocano can be cooked into Dinengdeng. Beside making saging na saba as Minatamis na Saging or Nilagang Saging, plantain banana or saging na saba can be cooked as “ulam” or viand.  Of course we have been adding plantain bananas to out Pochero, Nilaga and other Pinoy food. But our Dinengdeng na Saging na Saba uses unripe

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Meal Planning Monday 2018 Week 42

Monday
Breakfast for baby S pancakes
Lunch for baby S cheese, tomato, cucumber, mini rice cakes
Lunch for us: ploughmans
Dinner for us for me - smoked haddock and cauliflower gratin from a magazine cutting (You Jan 2017) , for him something ready made

Tuesday
Breakfast for baby S yogurt and fruit
Lunch for baby S :  some of my haddock gratin from yesterday
Lunch for me: sandwich
Dinner for us fishcake for me, chicken chargrills for him

Wednesday - with my parents
Breakfast for baby S  pancakes
Lunch for baby S homemade chicken dinner
Lunch for us: beans on toast/ macaroni cheese on toast
Dinner for us Mary Berry's sausage dish, from a magazine cutting (You Jan 2017)

Thursday - with my parents
Breakfast for baby S  porridge and fruit
Lunch for baby S  homemade Lancashire hot pot
Lunch for us: cheese and tomato puff pastry twist with salad
Dinner for us baked salmon and gnocci from Delicious magazine

Friday - with my parents
Breakfast for baby S  toast
Lunch for baby S  homemade beef casserole
Lunch for us: hot dogs
Dinner for us tacos - either chicken or mince

Saturday
Breakfast for baby S porridge with fruit
Lunch for baby S crumpet
Lunch for us: crumpet pizzas
Dinner for us: takeaway with my mother in law

Sunday
Breakfast for baby S porridge with fruit
Lunch for baby S salmon with pasta and peas
Lunch for us: breakfast burritos I didn't do last week
Dinner for us: pork fillet with cheat's tonnato from Delicious magazine for me, steak for him

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Tinolang Tahong with Sotanghon

Tinolang Tahong with Sotanghon.  I had a similar dish called Tinolang Halaan with Sotanghon. Today I tried a version using tahong or mussels. Cooking the dish is basically the same, it is also similar to any tinolang tahong or tinolang halaan. All I did was to add some extra liquid and some soaked sotanghon noodles. Tinolang Tahong with Sotanghon is obviously soupy dish that is ideal

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Chicken Mushroom Adobo

Chicken Mushroom Adobo. I had a similar post using pork belly, Pork and Mushroom Adobo. If you love adobo and you have not seen that post, I suggest click the link now and visit the post. The pictures make you droll and crave. It may not be presented as fancy as a glossy recipe book, but it is how we Pinoy serve our meals every day. It is served strait from the pan with out all those cosmetic

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Ginisang Delatang Salmon

Ginisang Delatang Salmon. Being an OFW myself ginisang sardinas is a regular fare for us.  Sardinas is nutritious, cheap and easy to prepare. Most overseas Pinoy would likely not miss picking a week’s supply of canned fish on their weekly visit to their Asian Store. If you are located on an area where there are no Asian Store it is always worth a try to check out the Asian section of your

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