March 2012

Sheperd's Pie

Sheperd’s Pie

Last day of the minced meat week and for today we will be making some Shepherd’s pie. Sheperd’s pie or for others “Cottage pie”, is a type of meat pie served in a crust of mashed potatoes. Though Shepherd’s pie and Cottage pie looks synonymous due to present day usage...

Cheeseburger Pizza

Cheeseburger Pizza

What’s better than having your favourite fast-food items cooked at home the way you like it? Well it is combining two of your favourite fast-food items cooked at home, that’s why for fourth day of the minced meat week we will be merging two favourite fast food dishes in one,...

Lasagna 3

Lasagna

Lasagna is an Italian pasta dish made out of different layers of wide flat pasta, Béchamel Sauce (cheese sauce), and a meat sauce. Day three of minced meat week, and we already had featured an Asian Meatball dish and a very different type of sauce. For today lets make something...

Choy Sum with Minced Pork and Shiitake Sauce

Choy Sum with Minced Pork and Shiitake Sauce

For the second day of featuring minced meat, let’s do something different. This time I will be using minced meat to make a sauce in a kind of free style cooking. I guess we are all familiar to the blanched Asian greens served with oyster sauce on top, but there...

Lion's Head Meatballs 1

Lion’s Head Meatballs

We will be posting ahead of time today due to a group themed post from World in a Plate. What is World in a Plate? World on a plate is a blogging cultural exchange. On the last Sunday of the month, bloggers from all over the world get together to...

Cassava Cake

Cassava Cake

Cassava Cake is a type of Filipino kakanin made with baked grated cassava mixed with coconut milk, milk, sugar and young coconut sport. Final day and lets make some cake which is not a flour-based but a rice cake. Last time I posted a recipe called cassava cake, it was...

Ube Macapuno Cake 4

Ube Macapuno Cake

Cake week, Day 4: Ube Macapuno Cake. Yay! It’s been 2 years since I started this blog and thanks to you guys for all your support, without you I would not be able to reach this stage. Now the best way to celebrate this day like any other occasions is...

Crema de Fruta

Crema de Fruta

Cake week, Day 3: Crema de Fruta. One more day and you will all know what are we celebrating for. Crema de Fruta is a Filipino dessert made out of sponge cake, custard, fruits, and gelatine. A very popular dessert in Philippines which is commonly served in big festive occasions....

Chocolate Souffle

Chocolate Souffle

Cake week, Day 2: Chocolate Souffle. Soufflé basically is a lightly baked cake made with egg yolks and egg whites combined with other ingredients such as fruits, chocolate and cheese; it can be served as a savoury dish or a sweet dessert. Soufflé came from the French word “souffler” which...

Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Pineapple Upside Down Cake

It looks like having a theme for a week has been quite popular so we will try to bring you a themed post once in a while and for every special occasions. Since there is something for us to celebrate this week (can anybody guess what it is?), our theme...