Moms Recipes

Mom’s Beer Marinated Pork Ribs

Sticky, caramelised and full of memories, this is more than just a dish, it is something I carry with me every time I cook it.  BBQ pork ribs with soy sauce, ketchup, garlic and curry powder, tender braised then baked until sticky and caramelised. There are recipes you collect over...

Moms Lumpia

Crispy Filipino style spring rolls with pork, shrimp and sweet potato. A heartfelt family recipe inspired by Lumpiang Shanghai.  Golden, crisp rolls filled with pork, shrimp and a gentle sweetness, fried just as she used to make them. The final batch from her freezer, cooked with gratitude and quiet tears....

Special Laing 1

Special Laing

Special Laing is a dish of dried taro leaves cooked in coconut milk and cream with tender pork pieces and lots of red chillies. I did made laing before but it was nowhere near my mom’s version, my laing was the version for the lazy, a quick and easy way...

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...

Blueberry Cheesecake 1

Blueberry Cheesecake

They say everyone has a signature dish. Mine just happens to be a cheesecake that followed me from my teenage years to every family gathering since.  Cream cheese, fresh blueberries, whipped cream and graham crust make this smooth no-bake blueberry cheesecake. If you ask me what my specialty is, I...