The best pork skewers I’ve ever had was not cooked by a chef in some fancy 5-star restaurant. It’s quite the opposite actually. These pork skewers were marinated by the hands of a mother who never even got to high school, but ran a small…
Food
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Easy Pork Binagoongan Recipe
Today, I made pork adobo and pork binagoongan. And I ate TONS of rice in the process! My ultimate food cravings for this third pregnancy have been Filipino food. It was the same with my first pregnancy. Perhaps I’m just missing all the good food…
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Mango Smoothie
I love smoothies!!! Now that we are actually getting warmer days, it’s about time we put our blenders to work for some fruity refreshments! And who doesn’t like mangoes? We go through a box of Acapulco mangoes in just a few days specially if the…
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Tasty (Baked) Chicken Drumsticks
I’ve only made this dish once (almost 2 weeks ago) and it was a big hit! Maybe it’s about time to make its comeback on our dinner table. I love how easy this is to make and how tasty the chicken drumsticks turned out to be.…
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Egg Noodle Soup
Egg noodle soup. This is just the pick me up that I needed. To be honest, I didn’t feel like cooking today. I didn’t feel like posting either. (I know it’s been a while since my last post. So I think this is long overdue). If…
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Guilt-free (Crock Pot) Chocolate Fudge Squares
I’m a certified chocoholic! No doubt about that! If a human body is made of 70% water, I’m 65% chocolate! And 95% of that is dark chocolate! Recently, I’ve been making and consuming big quantities of chocolate fudge. I just can’t get enough of them!…
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Baked (Crunchy) Basa Fillets
Two weeks ago, we bought frozen Basa fillets. They’re huge! I think there were 8-9 fillets in a pack. The fillets are twice as big as the salmon fillets we normally get in the grocery store for sure. We had 3 of these fillets left…
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Quinoa Salad
I have never cooked quinoa before. If I don’t want to cook rice, or pasta, I make couscous instead. But I have read a lot of good things about quinoa. Research says it’s high in fiber and protein. It’s also rich in flavanoids, which is…
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Creamy Pork Chops
I am going to make this post short and sweet because I was almost falling asleep when I was reading books to our toddler and it was only 7:30. I actually thought I will go straight to bed at 8 after I put Mira down,…
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Creamy Spinach Salad
I’m excited about this post! It’s another one of my experiments in the kitchen that turned out to be a keeper! But before we get into that let me give you a back story…