A continuation of the lechon kawali/deep fried pork roast post which we enjoyed for our New Year’s Eve dinner which also happened to be my birthday dinner as well. I did not make any appetizers since we actually went out for lunch which served as my birthday ... Read More

For my birthday dinner/ New Year’s Eve meal, the main entree was this deep fried pork roast which in Filipino culture is called Lechon Kawali. My husband actually handled the deep frying of this bad boy using the turkey deep fryer that we bought for our Thanksgiving Day ... Read More

For our Christmas dinner, we didn’t do the traditional ham or roasted chicken. Hubs found some really nice looking rib eye steaks from BJ’s days before Christmas which made him declare, “we’re having steaks for Christmas.” I had no problem with it coz it meant he’ll be ... Read More

I know I know, it’s 2010 and I am just now posting our Christmas food. Well, good thing Baked Mussels can be made in any occasion. Baked Mussels is one of the appetizers I made for our Christmas celebration. It’s really an easy thing ... Read More

I made my traditional Apple Pie for our Christmas dessert  tomorrow. It turned out really gorgeous. Better than the pie I made last year. My 3 yr old daughter said “oohhh” when she saw it on the table after I took pictures. Then she started singing “…..to you”, ... Read More

Last year, it was herb-roasted turkey. This year, Hubs cooked our 23-pound turkey outside via the deep-fried method. He first injected it with garlic-butter flavoring, then deep-fried it in peanut oil. It cooked faster than anticipated. Less than 2 hours I think. Click thumbnails to enlarge. ... Read More

If you need help in your Thanksgiving Menu, here’s a list of recipes I’ve compiled from my own Thanksgiving dinner that you might want to check out. Just click each link to get to the recipe post. Herb-Roast Turkey ... Read More

My project last weekend was to make Valentine's Day sugar cookies. I did the cookie dough on Saturday night, put it in the fridge to cool overnight, then took it out in the morning to soften it up before rolling and cutting the heart shaped cookies. I ... Read More

As part of our hors d'oeuvres on Christmas day besides the usual smoked sausage, cheese, crackers, cheese ball, shrimp cocktail and humus dip (same as Thanksgiving Day) before we feasted on Irish soda bread and corned beef brisket, my sister-in-law brought over crab meat and cream cheese dip. ... Read More

This past Christmas was the 3rd time I made soda bread. What is soda bread? In a nutshell, it's an Irish Bread that accompanies the corned beef brisket, potatoes, carrots and cabbages. The previous times I made this, the recipe I followed rendered a dry soda bread. I ... Read More

If pumpkin or sweet potatoes pies are for Thanksgiving, our traditional Christmas dessert is apple pie. I have to make this every year or else I'll hear about not having apple pie one Christmas for the rest of my life. Truthfully, I quite enjoy baking an apple pie ... Read More

This is the Filipino Fruit Salad that I included in our Christmas dessert besides the traditional Apple Pie. I haven't had this in a long time so when I was planning my menu I made sure to make this too. Thank goodness there's a Filipino store about 30 ... Read More

One of our family's Christmas tradition is baking and decorating sugar cookies. I started this tradition with my son when he was 5 yrs old. It is something he looks forward too every year. That and making the gingerbread house that we started last year. We'll make the latter ... Read More