With all the news about colon cancers, we think of switching to vegetarian diets. Maybe we can try this dinengdeng recipe. This is an Ilocano recipe as vegetables abound in the backyards of the Ilocanos. Ingredients 1 cup water 1 pc grilled fish, sliced 2 tbsps bagoong Balayan, strained 2 tbsps shallots 1 tbsp ginger [...]

This recipe is a local version of the Spanish dish “paella”. Arroz a la Valenciana is great for fiestas, birthdays, and family get-together after the Sunday mass. It’s a complete meal, a one-dish meal of meat, rice and vegetables. It’s healthy, too. I don’t actually cook this dish but I tasted one that really made [...]

This recipe includes muffin pre-mix that you can store and consume within 6 months. Isn’t that wonderful? I won’t have to rush making those muffin mixes to bake yummy muffins for my kiddies…for the next few months. A. Muffin Pre-Mix Ingredients 8 cups all-purpose flour 3 cups sugar 3 tablespoons baking powder 2 teaspoons salt [...]

Here’s our very own peanut sauce recipe for fresh lumpia. I especially love it with garlicky peanut dipping over the crepe.

You, too, can enjoy delicious fresh lumpia right in your own home. Just follow this fresh lumpia recipe. By the way, fresh lumpia is Filipino for spring rolls. This recipe yields 10 servings.

For most Filipinos, embutido is one of the mainstay dishes at the Christmas dinner table. If you’re looking for Christmas dishes to prepare, you should definitely include embutido. Here’s our very own Filipino embutido recipe.

Many other regions in the Philippines have their own versions of the pinakbet. But, of course, the Ilocanos still make the best pinakbet. Here’s an Ilocano Pinakbet recipe.

I have a dear friend, Beth, who loves to cook, too. We worked in the same school for many years and lived together with our siblings in a house when we were young and unmarried. I remembered how she would cook on weekends.We would look forward to weekends because she’d be cooking for all of [...]

Lechon paksiw is usually cooked a day or two after a big feast. It’s a pork recipe and the main ingredient is the head of a roasted suckling pig (lechon) or what was left of it. This lechon paksiw recipe is easy to cook. And once you’ve tasted it, you’ll definitely want another serving.

Milk and eggs combined makes a delicious dessert for the children. This leche flan recipe is really yummy! Ingredients 10 egg yolks 1 can (390g) condensed milk 1 can (390g) evaporated milk 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract or lemon essence For the caramel: 1 cup sugar 3/4 cup water Procedure 1. Cook the caramel first [...]