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 […]
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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 […]
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Childhood Food Memories Meme
Obachan tagged me for ths meme months ago and I am just getting around to it now. Sorry, Obachan. I’m terribly late but look, I’ve revived a meme that you thought had passed through long ago.
1. Rice Balls - One of the ways my Lola (grandmother) used to entice us to eat is […]
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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 […]
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Banana Leaves
An old friend always used to say “ang babaw ng kaligayahan mo” meaning, literally, “your happiness is so shallow”. That does not fully explain the meaning of the phrase though for it actually means that I find happiness in the most inconsequential things; finding a good bargain, for instance, would totally make my day. On […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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