Litratong Pinoy : Amoy [Aroma/Scent]

The delicious aroma of food. The gastronomic delight we get from the smell of breakfast. The pungent scent of Pinoy breakfast. salty DILIS, garlicky SINANGAG coupled with the appetizing flavor of spiCy vinegar dip!

SARAP!

Lahok para sa na may temang…AMOY!

Lasang Pinoy Sundays: STRAWBERRIES

…to kick off our IRON CHEF inspired themes, this week is all about succulent and sweet strawberries! and all i can come up with is everyone’s favorite in the house…CREPES. this one is specifically for moi and my girl. we love crepes with strawberry filling, loads of whipped cream, slathered with a bit of cream cheese…more whipped cream on top and finally fresh cut berries to garnish. the downside of this? making the crepes in itself requires a whole lot of time and effort, but eating them…not even a minute!

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Lasang Pinoy Sundays: KIDS

kids and nutella…what can possibly go wrong, right? and if i may say so, even for big kids like me! i made these on one of those playdate days. tried to make the simple bread and nutella spread a bit more fancy by making them into cutesie nutella sushi! an easy-piecey, quick-in-a-jiff, eye-candy solution for KIDS and their friends!

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update: we will be doing some Iron Chef inspired themes soon as per Jay’s suggestion and as agreed on by most of you. do not fret though…the concept of having a ’secret ingredient’ is all we are borrowing from the show. and to kick off this new game, next Sundays theme is STRAWBERRIES! have fun and happy week ahead guys!:)

Lasang Pinoy Sundays: Chocochipcookies [freestyle]

…Samia did it again! she managed to do a quick and easy sweet tooth fix for both of us and then for dad later.

…out of the package [not in box eh:) hee!] from Betty Crocker. seriously, it’s that good you won’t need any measuring and scrambling for ingredients!

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This month, we are on anything goes!:)

Food Friday : Salmon Teriyaki and Sesame Bok Choy

…for 2 days in a row, we had Teriyaki on the dinner table. the first one was with Salmon and last night, it was chicken. both with stir-fried bok choy with sesame oil on the side.

why? just because i made my own Teriyaki sauce and it was just more than enough for the salmon the previous night. plus! of course, there’s a plus!:) we all loved the sweet soy flavor that much that a second serving [read:repeat performance] was far from keeping it at bay, so to speak. Recipe will be posted @ momcooks.dadcooks!

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poor man’s lunch? [Litrato]

Sardines…as they say is one poor man’s meal. maybe. not so when it is cooked the way M did a few weekends ago…think prawns, wonton noodles and fresh basil! could be something you will find in a fine dining restaurant even! don’t i just love having a very creative and great cook husband?

SARDINES and PRAWN with FRESH BASIL WONTOn NOODLE SOUP
Ang SARAP!!! subukan ninyo! ang ginisang sardinas…naging gourmet!:)

Lahok para sa na may temang…TANGHALIAN.

Lasang Pinoy, Sundays : let’s CHILL!

Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain.

true. i, for one can attest to that. those days during my childhood when we always looked forward to heavy downpours if only to play out and marvel on the fun that it brings as soon as we get soaked. literally.
[thanks to lynn for that quote i plucked out of her FB status]

but i also learned how to value the beauty of warmer sun shiny weather, more so when we moved here in the US. summer for me now just comes a quarter of a whole year. all the more it is well appreciated.

after all, there are small and simple ways out there to counter the heat that the summer tags along….like CHILLED DRINKS! which qualify as a grand solution to defy that thirst.

for breakfast. a CHOCOLATE MILK SMOOTHIE. made by M for last week’s Sunday breakfast.

lunch. fresh WATERMELON SHAKE. still made by M one weekend.  mah man truly knows how to quench his thirst, you see.

and for dinner [onwards:)]. mah tall glass of CHILLed KIRIN. what i had to CHILLax on my very recent Shabu birthday dinner.

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Lasang Pinoy Sundays: Whip EAT!

this is by far the easiest dessert that you can WHIP up whenever the need for a quick hit arises…warm brownie squares whether freshly baked or store-bought layered with scoops of ice cream…topped with WHIPped cream and garnished with whatever you fancy, chocolate shavings, powdered sugar, fresh fruit or sprinkles.  simple, delicious, beautiful!:)

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Lasang Pinoy, Sundays : Strips

What is this, you may ask?
EGG STRIPS!

my apologies…we are all down with the flu and some. i know, right. what a way to start our 2nd year. anyway, for now i can only wish you all a great week ahead!
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Lasang Pinoy, Sundays : pearlySHELLS

Grilling is the best way to bring out those flavors in shellfish, so they say.   significantly, reaping it’s greatest benefits is accomplished by cooking it right, where it should never reach that rubbery texture. instead, the meat should have an opaque color, soft yet firm. it is also best served at once just off from the grill or at least while warm. we have cooked LOBSTERS a number of times the good ‘ol fashion way, either steamed or boiled. delicious? yes! but never as good as this last time when i twitched a little bit to a more fancy way of preparing these crustaceans.

as this proved to be a first for me, i had to google on the correct process of grilling lobsters. and as always, i do not totally follow one specific recipe. instead i mix and match whatever i have gathered. and this was the result…

HOW-TO

instead of grilling right off, i still went through the boiling process just as how i used to do it. dunked in lotsa water with a sprinkling of salt and sugar and a few slices of lemon until the shell has turned orangey-red, one at a time.

next step was cutting it in half [i let M do that for me]. then i removed the sack from the lobsters head as well as the veins running through to the lobsters tail.

slathered liberally with melted butter, salt and pepper then broiled or grilled cut side first for about 3 minutes until the SHELL has turned bright red. another butter action, before i finally turned and grilled the shell side for about 4-8 minutes more.

served and devoured with lemon-butter-fish-sauce. oh so divine!!! and the smell? insanely appetizing!

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