Artisan Honey Wheat Loaf I thought I had posted about this already...This is one of our favorite healthier breads -- light whole wheat with bran cereal. It surprisingly turned out soft and moist...
Washed and trimmed for boilingWhen I first tasted pickled beets (that my mother-in-law gave for me to try and see if I would like it), I did not like it. It had an overpowering earthy taste. That was...
Hot dill picklesThis is my variation to the dill pickles that I learned from my MIL. I changed her basic recipe since I found it too salty for my taste after several months of curing. I w...
Leaf/pork lard on the left, chicken oil on the rightI do not know if anyone would be interested in this post. I am guessing that most likely, the pastry chefs and/or Americans who are conscious about...
Snickerdoodles ready for packing into Christmas tin cansOne thing I do from time to time is look at the "freshly" baked goods in the grocery stores. One thing that caught my attention wa...
Atsarang PapayaI seldom get good green papayas in the Asian stores in my area, which take 2 hours to drive to. So whenever I visit those stores and find them good (as in still fresh) green papa...
Canned Fish in Olive OilEver since I bought my pressure canner and canned a batch of stew beef cuts, I had been wanting to can sardines or any other small fish "Spanish-style" (I am not sure ...
Lid lifting test for sealThis summer of 2011 was quite a canning experience for me. For one thing, I have completed the basic necessary tool set for canning, as I have purchased a pressure canner, Pr...
Homemade Tomato SoupMy SIL sent a pint of her home-canned tomato soup. The recipe was shared by her friend. She was planning to sell it, so she eliminated the addition of cream at the end to lessen t...
Have a slice!It was my first time (can you imagine???) making carrot cake. My fb friend Venus shared her recipe with me, describing it as moist. I made this for the first time because I was able to h...
My very first batchFor this summer, we had a whole row planted with 10 tomatoes. As a result, I got tons of tomatoes from my garden this year. In the past, I usually would just can them as "...
Some of the photos below were sent to me as early as May of this year. My apologies for being late in posting these photos.!Thanks for my readers who shared their photos of the recipes from my kusina...
From L to R: Bens, mine, and PatricksIts that time of the year again, when my children and I bring in the huge pumpkins from the porch so we could carve out Halloween themes on them.Our pumpkinsI sel...
Peach cobblerOne day this summer, after I gathered several cukes to can, my in-laws arrived with a bushel of tree-ripened peaches. I was not prepared to can them that day, because I had to work the n...
After I canned spaghetti sauce without meat, I noted that there were two containers of cocktail tomatoes that I got from Backyard Farms during their Open House which I forgot to include in the batch ...
Spaghetti Sauce without MeatAfter dealing with tomatoes from my garden (took me several weeks to finally use them up!), my friend who works at Backyard Farms Tomatoes (a big greenhouse here in Maine ...
Camote tops, tomatoes and salted eggs I remember when I first made a post on Itlog na Maalat, a reader asked me how to make them as oily as the ones commercially available. Well, I had no idea, ...
Apple Pie Filling Ready to SellThis is my first time to can apple pie filling. Well, first year, that is. The above photo is my 4th trial this year. I seem to have finally found the right method to c...
As part of the Foodbuzz Tastemaker Program, I received a package of these Ghirardelli Intense Dark Chocolates in a variety of cacao percentages: the 72% Cacao Twilight Delight, the 86% Midnight Rever...
Sayote plants needing a strong and tall trellisMy Nanay got so excited with planting all the tropical veggies when it finally sunk in her system that we do grow our own food here at least during the ...
Ginataang Alimasag (Alimango)I have never seen crabs being sold here in my area. The first time I had crabs since I came to the USA was when my friend Cecilia gave me some, which she and and husband ...
AS usual, I am very late in featuring my readers photos here...I had to dig them up to post them here.First, thanks to Joan C who emailed me on March 22, 2011: from Joan C. Thank u so much…it’s alway...
Deep-fried donut balls Nearby is a Chinese restaurant that my family visits once in a while when I am pressed for time to prepare supper or just plain lazy, or my sons crave the smorgasbord of foods....
I just wanted to share about this restaurant.Here in Maine there is a dearth of Japanese restaurants. One time my husband and I spent 5 days in NH to celebrate our anniversary, and although he was no...
Hannaford grocery store carries such portabella mushroom caps with veggies (apparently an Italian dish). I once bought that and tried to bake it like pizza. The outcome did not agree with my taste bu...
"Divine!" was how one of my co-workers described this cake as she was recommending it for our other co-workers to try. I brought it to work when I was on duty on Easter Day.Our unit secretary...
When I first baked this challah, I chose it from breadworld.com because of how pretty it looked like. I know how to braid hair (I used to braid my hair whenever it would grow long since my high schoo...
Beef Sesame Ginger Stir-FryHubby: Hmmm...this is really good! Did this recipe come from that White House Chef book?Me: Yes. You like it? I thought you dont care much for soy sauce-marinated mea...
Filipino Custard Cake(aka Leche Flan Cake)Once upon a time, I craved for custard cake and I was then very very inexperienced with baking chiffon or sponge cakes. In my haste to give in to my cravings...
Hello to my friends,Check out a different way to view my kusina that gives you this look:You can see all the preview photos of every post I have made, hover your mouse in one photo that gets you inte...
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