Season’s last day of festive feasting
Happy Epiphany! ‘Just sharing with you a video of our Christmas pudding, eaten on New Year’s eve, and prepared in October 2017 (we made two)–yes, matured for 15 months–I could […]
Garibaldi biscuits
A horrendous schedule this year has been preventing me from plenty of cooking–and I have not baked AT ALL–can you imagine!!!!! So here is Playmate’s garibaldi biscuits. Tried and tested–between […]
Chicken sopas
Nothing special, just the ordinary chicken macaroni soup. Back in the Philippines, it’s usually prepared in big batches, thus suitable when there’s a gathering (office meetings, parties), or as part […]
Champorado (mock version)
I will give you here the both the recipes for the mock and true versions. The mock version is just porridge (oatmeal) with chocolate. I dissolved some cocoa powder in […]
Viva España!
A trip to Spain in autumn did not disappoint—28C when it was already 15C in the UK—not bad at all! And staying in a lovely villa made the holiday really […]
Pork nilaga (nilagang baboy)
Like pork sinigang, this is a clear pork broth, but not sour, and with different vegetable ingredients. I didn’t have saba banana, so I substituted with carrot for that “sweetish” […]
Ginisang munggo
Mung bean stew without coconut milk. Can be made a bit more soupy. Recipe is the same as ginataang munggo, sans the coconut milk of course.
A tawa for my naan
We have a friend from Tobago who was just soooo happy when we served him our homemade naan–that in appreciation, he sent us a tawa–so we no longer have to […]
Lemon curd
Recipe is from the Farmhouse Kitchen Book 3 by Yorkshire Television (1982). Ingredients: 2 lemons 75g to 100g butter 225 granulated sugar 2 eggs 1 extra yolk Procedure: (Make sure […]
Blackberry Crumble
I didn’t make this, but according to Playmate the recipe is adapted from the Hamlyn New All Colour Cookbook (1986). He usually makes a combination of blackberries and apples, […]
