Spanish rice (or cilantro rice) would be the typical rice accompaniment for the known Mexican favorite dishes like burrito, enchiladas, and quesadillas. I did my own twist by using dirty rice for a Cajun flavor with this beef burrito. It's good if you can make the dirty rice from ... Read More

Since I had about a cup and a half left of my bottle of Yellow Tail Shiraz Cabernet, I decided to use it in cooking again. It's almost like habit now that whatever I don't drink from a Friday night ends up in food 2 or 3 days later. I ... Read More

You've encountered the words "fork tender" a lot in this blog in reference to potatoes especially when the post is about adobo or stews. I'm sure you've read cookbooks and heard chefs on TV using the term as well. Basically, fork tender pertains to how soft the potatoes are ... Read More

I discovered this Chocolate Gooey Butter Cookies recipe while watching an episode of Paula Deen on Food Network. The cookies looked so easy to make so I figured I'll try making them too. A little crunch on the outside, buttery and moist on the inside. This recipe is definitely a ... Read More

I wasn't really sure about the combination of pork cutlets with broccoli coleslaw at first but I figured I wouldn't how it would be if I didn't try, right? My husband wasn't sure about it either when I told him about it. I think he was actually afraid to eat ... Read More

If you are not familiar with San Marino tuna brand, that's because you can only find it in the Philippines. Filipino stores all over the US don't sell it, YET. I think Dubai has them now but the main place of production is in the Philippines. A Canada-based good friend/resident ... Read More

This is a little different from the previous Spicy Shrimp With Green Peppers Stir-Fry dish that I've posted back in June. This one has more vegetables, I also used soy sauce as part of the seasoning, and this dish has slightly thickened sauce. INGREDIENTS: 1 bag of frozen shelled shrimps 3 cloves of ... Read More

One of my favorite shows to watch on Food Network these days is Cupcake Wars. Basically, 4 chefs from different parts of America compete to showcase their best cupcake creations. Each show has a theme. They are given ingredients that match the theme, then the chefs will come up with ... Read More

One of my favorite desserts is pound cake. The recipe I usually follow uses sour cream but less eggs and butter. I've also baked it following Paula Deen's recipe but I found it too sweet. Because I am constantly trying to find more dessert recipes to incorporate Nutella in, I ... Read More

Call this pasta dish with SPAM one of those weird food combination. As strange as it may sounds, this pasta dish was actually good. If you like Spam then you might actually consider believing me. But if you don't, then it wouldn't be presumptuous of me to think ... Read More

I have cooked chicken wings adobo the way I would cook pork adobo. Same method, just different meat, with minor changes in cooking time. This turns the chicken wings so tender that most of the meat falls completely off of the bones. Well one time, I wanted to actually have ... Read More

The weather is perfect today. So appropriately perfect for a summer grill. It’s not as authentic as the real satay wherein turmeric powder is a must in traditional satay recipes to give it that yellow color. Let’s just call this Beef Satay ala Dexie. INGREDIENTS: beef tenderloin, cut in strips ... Read More

I had a little bit of red wine left, then I remembered the lamb neck bones that I grabbed from the grocery store so I decided to make a stew out of them. When I bought the lamb neck bones I initially thought of cooking it as the Filipino sour ... Read More

Whenever we are craving for crepes, we go to Bob Evans. They serve the best crepes with different fillings (whatever is available of course, banana cream, blueberries or strawberries). But of course, we can't afford eating out all the time coz once we're there, crepes aren't the only ones we're ... Read More

Yes, that's really a meatloaf. I got the idea of using a bundt pan from Connie of HouseOnAHill.net. Although her meatloaf was meatier and more moist than mine but I'll tell you more about that later. Meatloaf is just one of those dishes where you make it and then you ... Read More

The name of the cake says it all, no? I discovered this classic, fast, and easy cake from the Better Homes & Garden BCA Pink Cookbook that I received from my mother-in-law. It's so perfect for those days when you're craving something sweet but you don't necessarily want to spend ... Read More