Ampalaya-less pinakbet
I love pinakbet. It’s inexpensive, healthy and easy to cook. Unfortunately, it also has one of my most hated vegetable in the world: ampalaya (bitter gourd). I’ve hated ampalaya ever since I can remember. When my father got into an ampalaya business with my godfather,...
No-bake peanut butter oatmeal cookies
In my effort to eat more healthy grains and fiber, I bought a huge bag of rolled oats from Healthy Options. This was supposed to be my breakfast everyday at work. This phase, however, was doomed to be short-lived. Soon, I got tired of the...
Recipe for Adobo flakes fried rice
Adobo is arguably the top dish for many Filipinos, myself included. It is such a big favorite that we make adobo out of anything. Aside from the usual pork or chicken, we have adobong kangkong, squid adobo, adobo sa gata, adobong sitaw, adobo mushrooms, adobo...
Baby potatoes with sour cream and chives
Yesterday I was craving for Kenny Rogers’ potatoes with sour cream and chives. I realize I could just buy it from Market Market but I decided to challenge myself and make one from scratch! It’s quite good, if I may say so myself. But the...
How to make poqui-poqui
Make what? If you haven’t heard of poqui-poqui, then you are missing out on one of the best vegetarian dishes in the Philippines. Poqui-poqui (sometimes spelled as poki-poki or puki-puki, haha) is a simple dish. It is basically scrambled eggs with pieces of grilled eggplant....
My own version of banana cream pie
After recovering from a bout with diarrhea last week, I had too much bananas left over. I didn’t know what to do with them. I can’t throw them away because that would be a waste. I can’t eat them because I am seriously sick of...
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