Lasang Pinoy Sundays: Kitchen Tools/Gadgets You Want
Not that I need any more kitchen gadgets or tools anytime soon but I’ve been wanting Rachel Ray’s Stoneware set for a while now. I watch her using them in the Food Network show 30-Minute Meals and I think the stoneware are not only very cleverly designed, they pretty too.
Chocolate Cupcakes W/ Coconut Buttercream Frosting
I actually bought the bag of coconut flakes for macaroons after I saw Ina Garten’s recipe on Food Network. I love macaroons and when I first made some years ago, it didn’t look like macaroons at all. That means they were an EPIC Fail. But I learned what I did wrong while watching Ina make her macaroons so I was definitely ready to redeem myself. Too bad that when I started to assemble the stuff in my counter to make them, I realize that I forgot to buy 1 major ingredient. The condense milk. Like Duhhhhh. However, I did not let that deter me from making something sweet that day, heh. If all else fails, MAKE CUPCAKES. If there’s a coconut cake, I’m sure cupcakes with coconut frosting wouldn’t be so bad. And VOILA, behold the chocolate cupcakes with coconut buttercream frosting.
LASANG PINOY SUNDAYS: SEAFOOD: SALMON FISH FRY W/ MANGO & SCALLIONS RELISH
I saw a pack of Zatarain’s Fish Fry Mix at the store so I figured I’d try it with the pretty looking salmon I bought at BJ’s. Something for a change. Fish Fry usually uses cod or haddock but I decided to be “fancy” and used salmon instead.
LASANG PINOY, SUNDAYS: ROLLED – STUFFED PORK ROAST W/ SPINACH & MUSHROOMS
Lasang Pinoy, Sundays theme this week is ROLLED. It worked out perfectly coz I have this stuffed pork roast with spinach and mushroom ready to roll, so to speak 
. This pork started as a pork loin. I cut it in half without going all the way to the bottom, and then butterflied the sides to get a flattened pork plank, pretty much. Once that’s done, stuffing it with anything you like is a breeze.
SELF-FROSTING NUTELLA CUPCAKES
When I bought the jar of Nutella last weekend I made a vow (yes I did) that part of the Nutella will be made into cupcakes. I’ve always planned to do that whenever I buy one but it never gets that far. Darn those nutella sandwiches and occasional spoon licking. Well, I finally made self-frosting nutella cupcakes and golly they were so beautiful and delicious.
Lasang Pinoy, Sundays : Alcohol
This week’s Lasang Pinoy, Sundays theme is quite apropos for has transpired for the last week regarding this blog. After being going for a week due to database error, which put me in funk state, it’s back today. Alcohol could be taken when you’re trying to relax from a stressful day, or if you’re celebrating.
Kitchen Gadgets : My New Rolling Pin
Before I made our Christmas sugar cookies I knew I had to buy a new rolling pin. My old rolling pin which I’ve had for almost 5 years had seen it’s last days. The last time I used it was when I made the sweet potato pies this past Thanksgiving. It was wood, small, and needed an upgrade.
This new rolling pin has a non-stick surface, easy to roll and bigger than my old wood rolling pin. I love it so much even though I’ve only used for the sugar cookies thus far. I will be making apple pie in a couple of days for our Christmas dessert and I am looking forward to rolling my crust with this new rolling pin 
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NOTE : This is my entry for Lasang Pinoy Sundays’ theme of Kitchen Gadgets.
LaPiS #7 : Colorful : Assorted Sweets
The new edition of LaPiS touches on the theme COLORFUL. I originally planned on making some sugar cookies in different shapes using my 8 various cookie cutters that I bought from the $ store but today got so hectic and down right weird that my sugar cookies turned into thin shortbread chocolate chip cookies. I didn’t realize I’m out of flour. Ah, time to really hit the store and stock up the pantry again.
I had plans on decorating my cookies which would’ve been in shapes of bears, apples, hearts, flowers, butterflies, dogs, elephants and fishes with colorful frostings. But like I said, today just didn’t turn out how I wanted it to be. But all is well thanks to old pictures. I have a few to submit so I don’t know why I was sweating over it, heh.
Cupcakes with varied colorful cream cheese frostings.
My son’s 10th Birthday cake.
My daughter’s 2nd Birthday cake.
Colorful enough? Good . Will do the sugar cookies some other time. Meanwhile check out more colorful entries from LaPiS.
LaPiS #6 : Creamy : Chicken Fettuccini Alfredo
This week’s LaPiS theme is CREAMY. I made this chicken fettuccini alfredo dish a few nights ago but I thought I’d wait to post it for this Sunday’s theme. Talk about Creamy goodness full of carbohydrates…LOL. Hey, there’s protein in the chicken, right?
Step by step process will be posted tomorrow or sometime next week. I’m tired and I just want to lay down in the couch, flip on the September issue of VOGUE while I watch Iron Chef America. It’s salmon dishes between Bobby Flay and Check Boucher. CIAO!
In the meantime, check out all the creamy entries at LaPiS.
LaPiS # 5 : Breakfast | 1st Day Of School
The new theme for LaPiS is Breakfast. I wasn’t able to participate in the 2 previous ones coz either I couldn’t think of a picture or I just didn’t have time. The past 2 weeks have been too busy for me. Well, today is the first day of school. I don’t usually cook breakfast during the week (cereals, anyone?). Weekends is when the whole family all sit down in the dining table and enjoy our traditional full plate of breakfast that Mommy (that’s me) prepares. We go all out during the weekends with eggs (sunny side up or scrambled), bacon/sausage, ‘taters or toast. Sometimes we have pancakes. I get creative by adding either chocolate chips, blueberries or strawberries. That’s a family tradition in out house.
But, today is the 1st day of School. My son is embarking on 5th grade. I figured it wouldn’t hurt to act like the Best Mommy in the World by cooking him our traditional weekend breakfast. Eggs, Beef Bacon and Wheat toast w/ butter. Hmmm, beef bacon? Yup, my husband saw it at the commissary and thought we’d try it. After cooking a few strips this morning I told Hubs if he ever thinks about buying it again, I’ll kick his behind. The beef bacon is just not pork bacon. Well duhhh??. Pork bacon can get crispy, not the beef. It’s like salty thin strips of smoked beef. I don’t like it. I want my REAL bacon back.
Anyhooo, Happy First Day Of School!!
