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Continue reading →: A different take on PavlovaFor my dearest Mother in law’s 84th birthday, I wanted to make something that wouldn’t melt in the summer heat and would still be a meringue dessert that had her favorite lemon curd. I already made the lemon curd (Recipe by The Domestic Goddess-Nigella Lawson) and about to start on…
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Continue reading →: Mansanitas and MotherhoodI have two moms in my life one who gave birth to me, but died 9 days later from childbirth, Mommy Ditas, the other one, Mommy Vivian who came into my life when I was 4 years old.They love and care for me so much and for that I am…
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Continue reading →: Baked Beef Tacos
My rendition of Beef Tacos 🌮 🇲🇽 (Serves 3) Ingredients: 10 to 12 crispy taco shells (Bambi Bubbling Taco Shells) 1 1/2 Cups Quickmelt Cheese, grated or your favorite cheese like Monterey Jack Beef Taco filling: 4 tbsp Olive oil 6 garlic cloves , minced 1 Big White onion ,…
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Continue reading →: Steak Mac and Cheese
When BOTH my boys send me reels (Lucas) and the recipe (Carl) within days apart, I knew I had to make this for them! Steak Mac N Cheese! They were both ecstatic and finished everything 😀🥰😍 🥩🧀for dinner tonight. Here’s my recipe : For the Steak:500 g of Salpicao Cut…
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Continue reading →: Strapatsada
Strapadsada is derived from “strapazarre” in Italian which means to scramble. Essentially this is a recipe for Tomato Scrambled Eggs. It doesn’t sound very appealing but it tastes amazing. I had my doubts when I first saw this recipe in “Nigella Eats” and as I put the dish together for…
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Continue reading →: Farm to Table: How to make the tastiest Pako (Fiddlehead leaf Fern) Salad
We serendipitously discovered a Saturday market in BGC during our Saturday walk over the weekend. It sells plentiful farm fresh vegetables from Benguet and Baguio. It’s a hop and skip away from Burgos Circle. There was an array of Lettuce, Spinach, Kamote Tops, Tomatoes,Lemons and Pako! (Fiddlehead leaf Fern) which…
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Continue reading →: Quarantine Banana Bread🍌
During this quarantine alot of friends have been making banana bread to self sooth and also to make care packages to send off to friends. Now for me there’s a difference between banana bread and banana cake. 🍌Bread is hefty, heavy and dense enough to be sliced and toasted while…
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Continue reading →: Crepe Samurai!
I had 3 mangoes ripening all at the same time and one can’t eat all of them in a day! I had asked also for fruits for Mother’s Day and I got my wish (Siniguelas, Bananas & Mangoes!) I normally make mango float but I didn’t have graham crackers or…
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Continue reading →: Quarantine Cooking
It’s been more than 2.5 weeks (March 15) since the Community Quarantine was enforced to help flatten the curve. We have to stay home and can only leave to buy groceries or medicine. What’s been keeping me busy is helping my son with online long distance learning and finding creative…
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Continue reading →: Frozen Brazo de Mercedes
I’m taking a break from writing about Macarons and will share a recipe instead on a modern twist of the traditional Filipino dessert, the Brazo de Mercedes (arm of Mercedes, or literally my arm;) My favorite Brazo de Mercedes is Vargas Kitchen’s which is to die for!I followed a recipe…


