Chocolate Crinkles

It's one of my favorites cookies... it is soft, fudge like chocolate cookies coated in confectioner's sugar. Absolutely sweet and delicious! :)

3/4 butter or margarine
1 cup sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups flour
1 cup cocoa
1/4 cup milk with 1 teaspoon calamansi juice (to make into sour milk)
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
powdered sugar to sprinkle on top of crinkles

Preheat oven at 350F.

Cream butter with the sugar. Beat in eggs, vanilla and sour milk. Sift together the dry ingredients except the powdered sugar and blend in the creamed mixture. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto a greased baking sheet and bake until done (about 13 to 15 minutes). Allow to cool in the sheets and remove when they are firm. Using a strainer, sprinkle top of crinkles with powdered sugar.

Pichi Pichi

Pichi Pichi is another traditional Filipino delicacy made from grated cassava and sugar. It is a gelatinous dessert and can also be eaten as a heavy mid-afternoon snack. The concoction is placed in a mold and steamed until a sticky- gelatinous texture is formed. After steaming, this is coated with grated coconut for additional flavor.

2 cups grated cassava
2 cups white sugar
2 cups water
1 teaspoon lihia

Mix all ingredients and steam for 45-50 minutes. Slice or spoon and roll in grated coconut.

Chocolate Butter Cupcake

This is just a simple recipe that we can serve on special occasions or even just for snacks. We made it on October 31, 2011 for All Saint's Day and brought it in the cemetery to celebrate it with my other relatives. You can use any chocolate frosting that you like to make it more chocolicious! :)


3 cups flour
3/4 cup shortening
1 1/8 cups cocoa
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
3 cups sugar
3 eggs, whole
1 1/8 cups boiling water
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/8 cups buttermilk ( milk + 1 tbsp. vinegar )

Sift dry ingredients together. Cream the shortening, adding the sugar gradually until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add melted chocolate. Add flour alternately with buttermilk and water. Add vanilla. Pour into prepared pan. Bake at 350F for 40 - 50 minutes.

Blueberry Muffins

My sister sent this Blueberry Muffins Mix from Australia and we decided to make muffins for our snack! I love it because it's not that sweet! Yummy....

Bread Talk

I bought these breads when I went to "Bread Talk" at Abreeza Mall. Their breads are really look yummy and found it so interesting that's why I decided to buy few of them.

"Chic Curry Bun"


"Get Cheesy"

"Rise and Shine"

"Std Sausage"

Beef Caldereta

Caldereta is another Filipino dish with Spanish influence. It is a hearty meat dish using goat meat, beef or pork combined with carrots, potatoes, olives, tomato sauce and liver spread. This is a popular dish served during special occasions.

2 lbs beef, cubed
3 garlic cloves, crushed and chopped
1 onion, finely chopped
4 cups water
1 cup red bell pepper, cut into strips
1 cup tomato sauce
1/2 cup liver spread or liver paste (processed using blender)
1 tsp. crushed chili
3 large bay leaves
2 cups potatoes, sliced
2 cups carrots, sliced
1 cup cooking oil
2/3 cup green olives
salt and pepper
8-10 pieces hotdog or sausages (optional)

1. Heat the cooking oil in the pan and fry carrots and potatoes until color turns light brown.

2. Remove the fried carrots and potatoes from the pan and set aside.

3. In the same pan where the vegetables were fried, saute the onions and garlic.

4. Add the beef and simmer for 5 minutes.

5. Add water and let the beef boil until tender (about 30 minutes if using pressure cooker or 1 to 2 hours if using an ordinary pot).

6. Add the tomato sauce and liver spread and simmer for 10 minutes.

7. Add the green olives, carrots, bay leaves, bell pepper, crushed chili , potatoes and sausages and simmer for 5 to 8 minutes.

8. Add salt and pepper to taste.

9. Serve hot and enjoy!

Courtesy of Panlasang Pinoy

Fried Pork Chop

Fried Pork Chop is another very popular dish among Filipinos. There are different ways to prepare it from simple salt seasoned and crispy fried ; or marinate it for at least 30 minutes and fry it.

4 pieces pork chop
3/4 cup soy sauce
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon MSG (optional)
5 cloves of garlic, skinned and smashed
oil for frying

In a bowl, combine pork chops, soy sauce, ground black pepper, MSG and garlic. Mix well, cover, and set in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.

In a frying pan, heat enough oil about 1/4 inch deep and fry the pork chops for 5 minutes on each side. Serve with rice! Enjoy!

Courtesy of Filipino food lovers

Chicken Lollipop

Chicken lollipop is an hors d’œuvre or appetizer dish that is made from the middle and sometimes inner segments of chicken wings. The middle segment has one of the two bones removed, and the flesh on the segments is pushed to one end of the bone. These are then coated in a batter and deep fried. In the Philippines, it is considered as a main dish and is prepared in a simpler manner than the chicken lollipop dishes of India and other countries.

I tried it last night for our dinner and I just used chicken lollipops in a pack so I didn't have to cut and loosened the meat to shape it like a lollipop.

10 pieces chicken wings
1 1/2 cup bread crumbs
2 pieces raw eggs
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
cooking oil

1. Season the chicken lollipops with salt and pepper and let it stand for at least 15 minutes.

2. Crack the eggs and transfer to a bowl then whisk.

3. Gradually add-in the all-purpose flour while whisking until a batter is formed.

4. Dip the chicken lollipop on the batter then to the bread crumbs.

5. Heat oil in a cooking pot then deep-fry the chicken lollipop under medium heat until the color of the outer part turns medium brown ( about 8 to 10 minutes ).

6. Remove the fried chicken lollipop from the cooking pot and transfer to a dish with paper towel. Let it stand until excess oil is absorbed by the paper towel.

7. Serve with your favorite dip. Share and enjoy!


Recipe: Panglasang Pinoy

Here's how to make chicken wings into chicken lollipops:

Tomato and Cheese Pasta Delight

I just used Macaroni instead of Spaghetti noodles!


6 cloves garlic, crushed
1 piece small onion, minced
100 grams ground beef
1 pouch (250 g.) Del Monte Tomato and Cheese Pasta Sauce
175 grams Del Monte Spaghetti, cooked

Saute garlic, onion and beef in 2 tablespoons oil for 5 minutes. Add Del Monte Tomato and Cheese Pasta Sauce. Simmer over low heat for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Pour over cooked Spaghetti or Macaroni. Makes 4 servings.

Macau Fried Rice

I made this Macau Fried Rice this morning for breakfast. It's my first time to prepare this kind of fried rice. It is quick, easy and delicious recipe. I don't have fried rice seasoning so I just used oyster sauce. Try it!

2 tablespoons oil
2 eggs, beaten
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 piece Chinese chorizo, sliced
1 small pack of frozen mixed vegetables
6 cups cooked rice
1 pack fried rice seasoning

1. Heat the oil, then cook the egg, scrambled. Set aside.

2. In the same pan, add garlic and fried rice seasoning. Add chorizo and vegetables. Simmer for minute.

3. Add the rice and stir-fry until well combined.

4. Before serving, top with chopped scrambled egg.

Courtesy of Good Housekeeping