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LP7 – Potato & Ground Beef Torta
Lasang Pinoy as hosted this month by ChichaJo of 80 Breakfasts explores breakfast food. This months it also happens that I’m kicking off a brand new topic on poverty on Blogkadahan.com. As I was getting my posts ready, I realized how inter-twined the two topics were; at least in my personal experience anyway. I often mention my grandparents in my writings not only because I love them but because not only do they seem to be … Read entire article »
Filed under: beef, breakfast, Featured, Filipino, Lasang Pinoy
The Scent of Summer Grilling
Although it has been a relatively mild winter for us, we are already hankering for spring and summer to come around again. Our garden is waiting to be tilled and the grill is ready for it’s cover to be lifted. WE are ready to start cooking outside again…the scent of burning coals and fresh herbs are tickling our noses. WE CAN’T WAIT FOR SUNSHINE! Something for breakfast will be posted this weekend for Lasang Pinoy 7. Lets get get cooking for breakfast! … Read entire article »
Filed under: grill
Buttermilk Banana Bread
Here’s another way to use up buttermilk and also over ripe bananas. It’s perfect for breakfast or afterschool snack. When I baked this a few weeks ago, I had plenty of buttermilk to use up. This past weekend though, when I found two over ripe bananas and wanted to make this bread again, I was out of buttermilk. So I resorted to the recipe below for making your own buttermilk. However, since I am forever tweaking things in our kitchen, I came up with another variation that works just as well. As I was getting the milk out I realized there was an almost empty container of sour cream that I know will just sit there and mold if I don’t do anything about it so I took that out … Read entire article »
Cooking Tip: Make Your Own Buttermilk
I noticed from the comments to the herbed buttermilk fried chicken recipe below that many cooks do not have access to buttermilk. No worry, sometimes due to my own laziness to go to the grocery store I don’t have buttermilk in my ref either. I have used this substitute for buttermilk before, and have not noticed any significant difference, even in baked goods. You can make your own buttermilk by: Combining 1 tablespoon of fresh lemon juice or white vinegar with enough milk to equal 1 cup is a quick and easy way to make sour milk at home. Allow the milk/lemon juice mixture to stand 5 minutes, and the milk should sour and thicken slightly. This homemade sour milk can be used in any and all recipes calling for sour … Read entire article »
Filed under: Cooking Tips
Lasang Pinoy 7 – Gising Na! Almusal!
The next round of Lasang Pinoy will be all about almusal or breakfast. Fittingly, this round is hosted by the queen of breakfast herself, ChichaJo of 80 Breakfasts. Write about your favorite Pinoy breakfast or if you have any other breakfast that you have somehow blessed with Pinoyness, by all means share your new creation. Visit Joey’s blog for guidelines, make sure your entries are ready by February 28th. LP7 banner courtesy of Mike and Iska. … Read entire article »
Filed under: announcements, Lasang Pinoy
Herbed Buttermilk Fried Chicken
I just realized that although we’ve posted a fried chicken recipe before, we hadn’t posted a buttermilk fried chicken yet. We just had this recently, as I was trying to use up some buttermilk that was getting close to it’s expiration date. This takes a bit of planning ahead as opposed to my usual 30-minute on the fly weekday meals. The extra time and effort is well worth it though. The chicken is well flavored, moist inside and crunchy outside. The night before, prepare the chicken (wash, cut up, and dry) and marinade in the following: Buttermilk Fresh Basil, chopped Fresh Italian (flat-leaf) Parsely, chopped Salt & Pepper Garlic Powder After soaking the chicken overnight or at least 4 hours, heat enough oil to almost cover the chicken pieces but not deep fry. Drain the chicken from … Read entire article »
Lolo Jose’s Shiitake Surprise
Not too long ago, one of the topics on Blogkadahan.com, the group blog I belong to, is Filipino cuisine where we talked about the food that most of us grew up with. There were so many great recipes posted that I didn’t know where to start. One of the recipes that caught my eye is this Shiitake Surprise which, although not a traditional Filipino dish, is a recipe invented by a true blue Filipino. When I found a huge bag of dried shiitake mushrooms at Costco at a bargain price, I knew then exactly which recipe I would use some of it for. We love vegetables, any vegetables, and this combination was just excellent. The recipe below is just as Lolo Jose posted it, I just changed some of the proportions … Read entire article »
Filed under: stirfry, vegetables
White Bean Soup w/ Ham
The best thing about comfort foods is that it is usually simple to make. I found the ham bone in the freezer that I saved from the Honey Baked Ham that Sister O sent us over the holidays so I thought I better make soup. This was so easy to make and perfect for a lazy Sunday afternoon. 1 Pk. of dried Great Northern Beans, soaked in cold water at least 4 hours or overnight. Ham bone with some meat attached 1 onion, chopped 2 cloves of garlic, chopped 1 cup tomatoes, chopped 10 cups of water – add more as needed In a large pot, bring the ham, water, onions, garlic and tomatoes to boil. Cook for 30 minutes, then add the beans. Cook until beans are tender (1 to 1 1/2 hour). If you noticed that … Read entire article »
Tortilla Pie
We love Mexican food, and we like making it at home not just going out to eat it at the restaurant. While trying to figure out what to do with some country style pork ribs, we thought we’d try using it in tortilla pie. We just had tacos with Jade’s special bean dip not too long ago, so we didn’t want to have the same thing again. We still had some tortillas left though, so we thought this would be a great way to use them up. This recipe is based on the Tortilla Pie with Chorizo recipe on Mexican – healthy ways with a favorite cuisine by Jane Milton. We didn’t have chorizos or ground pork as called for in the recipe, so we improvised a bit. Here is … Read entire article »
Saffron Tiramisu
Ever since my sisterO gifted me with a potful of saffron and given my love of tiramisu, I had been fantasizing about Rowena’s Tiramisu allo Zafferano. I’m actually starting on a new quest of trying out all the versions of tiramisu there is. I found out recently that the ubiquitous ice box cake in the south is a close cousin to the trendy tiramisu. This, our first attempt at tiramisu, was delicious! Rowena said this serves 8-10. LOL! I had to laugh at that, there’s only five of us, and we finished three fourths of this bowl in one sitting. It was that good! The recipe below is just as it appeared on Rowena’s blog, I just changed some the ingredients based on what I used: 2 egg yolks 3 tablespoons granulated … Read entire article »
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