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LP6 – When the Goat is Away (Chicken Kilawen)
Mention “pulutan” and I immediately think of my dad. What can I say, my dad is the quintessential Pinoy barkada. OK, so he’s probably borderline alcoholic and he’s driven us half crazy with his drinking and his inability to deny his barkada anything. “Pakikisama” always comes up in conversations with him. “Pakikisama” is the flip side of “barkada”. “Barkada” is the group of friends you hang out with, “pakikisama” is as Tito Rolly mentioned in his definition of barkadahan, compatriotism. The sense of belongingness and being a part of the group. I don’t want to sound harsh about my dad though, because in truth his friends have become like uncles and godfathers to us; and they do provide for good enterntainment with their singing (read about my previous post on … Read entire article »
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ME ME ME MEME
Yep, I’m still in the meme mode, it’s all about ME and more to come. We’ll have a short intermission for the LP6 post though. I’m in the process of getting the prepared right now. I was tagged by Rowena for the 7 meme and that is now up at my other blog. Iska, ten random facts, coming soon … Read entire article »
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Coming Soon…LP 6 – Let’s Wash it Down With Booze
The next Lasang Pinoy topic is Let’s Wash it Down with Booze, hosted by TingAling of World Class Cuisine. This time, we’ll explore foods we associate with drinking. Most Filipinos do not merely drink alcohol; like almost everything in Pinoy life, it always involves food. There is a whole slew of viand associated purely with drinking. Having one without the other is almost sacrilegious. I should be close to an expert on this topic, my father (my whole family, actually) lives the barkadahan way. Barkada, loosely translated as a group of friends, is best described by my blogkada, Tito Rolly, and posted on the Blogkadahan site: Barkadahan, a Filipino way of life that is based on compatriotism that fills the common tao’s [man's] need to belong. It is this sense of belongingness … Read entire article »
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Nutella Muffins
Who doesn’t love a good cupcake once in a while? In our kitchen, cupcakes don’t come by too often, but when they do, they get gone in a jiffy These were no exception, which I came across at Chichajo’s 80 breakfasts who in turn found it on the baking sheet who adapted it from the venerable Donna Hay. Well, now here it is in our kitchen. 10 tbsp butter, softened 3/4 cup white sugar 3 eggs 1/2 tsp vanilla 1 3/4 cups sifted all-purpose flour 1/4 tsp salt 2 tsp baking powder Nutella, approx. 1/3 cup Preheat oven to 325F. Line 12 muffin tins with paper liners. Cream together butter and sugar, add in eggs one at a time, until fully incorporated. Add vanilla. Stir in flour, salt and baking powder until batter is uniform and no flour … Read entire article »
Fried Zucchini
Zucchini (courgettes) is another favored vegetable at our house. One of the few that I can get my girls to eat in whatever shape or form from fried to stewed to cakes. One of their favorites though is fried. They would even take these as an after school snack. Zucchini, sliced into circles or sticks 1 egg, beaten Bread Crumbs (in this case we used store bought crumbs but it’s just as easy to make your own from old bread too.) Oil for frying Dip the zucchini slices into the egg, shake off the excess then dredge it in the bread crumbs mixture. Fry in hot oil until browned and serve with ranch dressing. Presto! … Read entire article »
Filed under: Appetizers, side dishes, vegetables
Garlicky Crab Bake
This photograph does not do this dish justice. We (ok, so mostly me) were so eager to dig in that we forgot to take a photo until we finished eating and this was all that was left. I’m surprised there was any left at all! In contrast to the heart healthy meal below, here is one that is cholesterol laden. Do you suppose if you put enough garlic in the dish it would counteract all that butter and crab? No matter, it was finger lickin’ good! The original recipe, which called for 40 cloves of garlic and a pound of melted butter, just seemed too daunting even for me. So I altered the proportions a bit. I think they may have meant to use the Maryland type blue crabs, but all I … Read entire article »
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Garlicky Salmon Bake
So the garlic saga continues… I couldn’t resist posting this today after visiting CJ’s Food & Discovery. Yesterday she had left a comment on the Garlicky Chicken Bake that she too had just posted a garlic chicken recipe on her blog. I just love the foodie synchronicity that goes on in the sisterhood of food bloggers sometimes Salmon is a regular meal at our house, so we try different ways of presenting it. Most of the time though, it is simply baked as in this case. It’s the easiest. A great testament to the eponymous 30-minute meal by Rachael Ray. The only difference on this version is the garlic extravaganza. 1/2 side of filleted salmon 1 head of garlic, chopped 1 lemon 3 tablespoons of butter, cut into chunks Kosher Salt & Ground Pepper Sprinkle … Read entire article »
Filed under: seafood, vegetables
Garlicky Chicken Bake
We are still without a decent camera to photograph our meals with, so I figured I would do a thorough clean up of our photo archives and post them here. In our house, garlic reigns. Everything is garlic infused even though the names of the recipe do not always tout it as such. Besides keeping vampires at bay (I’m not kidding!) it also has many other health benefits such as lowering your cholesterol, lowering high blood pressure (great for pregnant women are prone to pre-eclampsia – learned this during my three pregnancies), and lowering blood sugar for diabetics. I don’t know too many people who do not like garlic (because I screen my friends to be on the garlic tolerance scale the more they like garlic, the closer they … Read entire article »
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