Pancit (Filipino Noodle Dish)

This is the absolute quintessential noodle dish found in almost every “Filipino Handaan” (feast/celebration). Growing up I was never a big fan of this dish, instead I would always ask for spaghetti but now that I'm older I found myself craving for dishes I had always neglected to appreciate back in the Philippines. I would have never thought that I would be cooking this dish in my tiny New York kitchen and loving every minute of it. I bet my friends are still in shock reading this entry and I have to say, yes I have indeed domesticated myself to some extent.

Beef Short Ribs with Beans

This dish came to be when I was too darn lazy to do any grocery shopping and all I had in hand were short ribs in the fridge and canned beans in the pantry. I warn you that it might be too sweet for some people but you can definitely play with it. I just made a few adjustments to lighten up the sweetness of the beans.

Recipe Book Collection (part I)

Just last week I had posted about building my make up collection so I thought why not share my recipe book collection as well. Mind you I do not follow recipes down to a tea I always adjust some ingredients to fit my palate. I like recipe books because they serve as guidelines for me to follow. Basically it teaches me the fundamentals of a specific dish but it’s still up to me to be creative, play with the ingredients, come up with a different version, or even better create a new dish in the process.

Chili Con Carne (with beans)

Rain! Rain! Every freaking day since Sunday it has been relentless and today is no different. My Monday didn’t start out too good so I wanted my Tuesday to be different so I figured I would do some blogs today to help me relax (actually I tried blogging yesterday but the server was acting up). So lets you and me catch up shall we :)

Braised Lamb Shanks...my way

Finally! here is the recipe for this gloriously delicious dish (here you go Joanna). Here are the Ingredients:

Chicken Adobo

I made this dish last night since I was feeling lazy and I didn’t want to continuously hover over the hot stove. Adobo is actually the national dish of the Philippines and being Filipino it would be sacrilege if I didn’t know how to make it. You can use pork or chicken, I don’t think I have tried using other meats for this (oh well) I just used chicken because it cooks faster. There are many versions how to make this dish but I wanted mine to be really easy and simple so I copied my Aunt’s version :) here are the list of ingredients:

Easy Beef Stew

This is by far the easiest beef stew I have ever made and since I am always on the look out for easy to make recipes well this fits the bill. When I saw this recipe I was a bit skeptical how it would come out because it was too simple and does not require a lot of flavorings. With slight apprehension I decided to try it.

Sloppy Joe's...Part I

Last Saturday I was watching this cooking show and the host was making her version of Philly cheese steak which looked and sounded absolutely delicious so I got to thinking I am going to make the coming work week a sandwich fest but alas the sudden temperature change made my allergies flare up so it ended up not happening (yet). All is not lost since I remembered that I have a can of manwich in my pantry I figured I will just do a manwich night.