Igado with Olives

Igado with Olives. I have been adding olives with some of the classic Pinoy dishes. I have it on my Pork Adobo with Olives and Special Pork Menudo with Olives. But it is not new I have been adding olives in to most of my Kaldereta Dishes . Today I am also doing Igado with Olives.   Aside from adding olives and olive oil to my Igado with Olives, I have also added some pineapple to

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Bringhe with Longaniza and Seafoods

Bringhe with Longaniza and Seafoods. If you are a long-time fan or regular reader of this blog, you probably familiar now of OPC’s Christmas tradition that every Christmas Day we make it a point to post our center dish during the Noche Buena dinner, the traditional Paella or Bringhe. Before I present to you the recipes of this year’s Bringhe with Longaniza and Seafoods I would

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Pinoy Ham with Mango Pineapple Glaze

Pinoy Ham with Mango Pineapple Glaze.  We have again come to the day where we have to celebrate Christmas. With Christmas, comes the traditional ham. Most Pinoy will celebrate Christmas with a small Ball Ham. Similar to my previous posts about Ham I will share a how to make that lowly Pinoy Ball Ham into Fine Ham by introducing some glaze, Pinoy Ham with Mango Pineapple Glazed in

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Baby Potato Apple Salad with Cashew Nuts

Baby Potato Apple Salad with Cashew Nuts. This baby potato salad was inspired from Waldorf Salad. Most of the ingredients are basically similar except for the nuts. I used Toasted Cashew Nuts instead of Toasted Walnuts. Toasted Cashew Nuts are cheaper and are readily available everywhere. If you prepare your salad sweet then forget this recipe, try my other SweetSalad Recipes. Or try

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Tugi Tuge

Tugi, Tuge. During one of my recent trip to Mahogany Market up in Tagaytay City, I unexpectedly found a stall on the fruit and vegetable section of the market selling Tugi. It was unexpected for the reason that Tugi is a root crop usually found in Northern Luzon or the Ilocos Region. What is Tugi or Tuge ? Tugi is a root tuber from vine plant with heart-shaped leaves. The root tuber

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Korean Beef Stew Pinoy Style

Korean Beef Stew Pinoy Style. During the 80’s Shopping Centers started to grow in Metro Manila, the popular ones were the Araneta Commercial Center, Makati Commercial Center , Greenhills Commercial Center and shopping  centers like the Harrison Plaza, Makati Square, Alabang Town Cente, ect.  Long before the coming of Fast-food Style restaurant, those commercial centers includes dining centers

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Sweet and Sour Swordfish Steak

Sweet and Sour Swordfish Steak. I had some slices of malasugi, swordfish steak that have been lying in the ref for some time now. It was not cooked immediately for the reason that I could not decide how to cook the swordfish steaks. I usually like malasugi cook asTinowa a Visayan soup of boiled fish in lemongrass. The truth is I have already made tinowa half of the fish.  I just can’t resist

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Chicken Feet Adobo with Tausi

Chicken Feet Adobo with Tausi. Today I would like to share to you how to cook Chicken Feet Adobo or what most Pinoy call Adobong Adidas. Chicken feet is cheap but when properly cooked it is addictively delicious that is why it is very common in most Pinoy household. And what is the best Pinoy cooking method? What else, Adobo. Chicken Feet Adobo with Tausi is very easy to make, do not

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Paksiw na Bisugo sa Kamias

Paksiw na Bisugo sa Kamias. My new Kamias plant has been bearing fruits for some months now. The thing is the plant have been producing fruits more than what we could use. I wish I could make some Kamias Jam from the excess fruits but the problem is, because it is still a new plant the extra fruits that the plant is producing are not enough to make a Kamias Jam. Because of the endless

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Tuna Bistek with Eggplant

Tuna Bistek with Eggplant. During my recent trip to Sarangani, I brought back with me one box full of assorted cut of Tuna. Sarangani is the Tuna capital of the Philippines. I have to get the Styrofoam box filled up to maximize the space and of course to take advantage of the cheaper price of Tuna from the source. Now run out of what to do with the rest of Tuna Kinilaw cuts that I had.

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Sinigang na Tanguige Steak sa Kamias

Sinigang na Tanguige Steak sa Kamias. I seldom make post about fish Sinigang or Fish Soup dish. The last one was Sinigang na Bilong Bilong sa Kamote, that was about two years ago. I recon it is about time to post more Fish Soup dish and today I would like to share my Sinigang na Tanguige Steak sa Kamias. I did mentioned on my recent Paksiw na Bisugo sa Kamias post that I have a new Kamias plant

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Pork and Liver Afritada

Pork and Liver Afritada. At first I was hesitant to make this dish, adding liver to Afritada recipe does not make sense, the dish will now be similar to Kaldereta dish. Never the less due to some request to try cooking Pork and Liver Afritada, I’ll give it a try. My base recipe is similar to my usual Afritada dishes, just click the link list below to check the post. Pork and Chicken

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Meal Planning Monday 2018 Week 40

Monday
Breakfast for baby S just milk as we had to go out
Lunch for baby S cottage pie puree from a jar as I had nothing homemade prepared that wasn't frozen as we were away at the weekend
Lunch for me  pizza
Dinner for me and my husband roast chicken

Tuesday
Breakfast for baby S yogurt with mango puree
Lunch for baby S rest of cottage pie puree with roast chicken and leftover  veg
Lunch for me tinned mackerel in BBQ sauce (not as weird as it sounds - it's John West)
Dinner for me and my husband  curry

Wednesday
Breakfast for baby S yogurt or porridge with mango puree
Lunch for baby S jar of chicken and pumpkin puree with added chicken and pasta
Lunch for me jacket potato
Dinner for me and my husband chicken, bacon and basil pasta from this recipe


Thursday
Breakfast for baby S yogurt or porridge with mango puree
Lunch for baby S jar of chicken and pumpkin puree with added chicken and veg
Lunch for me toasted sandwich
Dinner for me and my husband cheese and tomato puff pastry twist

Friday
Breakfast for baby S Probably just milk - my husband is looking after her while I go to the Cake and Bake Show and I think getting him to fit in two solid meals will be tricky
Lunch for baby S homemade beef casserole
Lunch for my husband Beans on toast
Dinner for me and my husband Something easy from the freezer (ie chips)

Saturday
Breakfast for baby S Just milk as we are going to an early gym class to make up for one we have to miss on Friday
Lunch for baby S chicken dinner made with leftover roast chicken and veg
Lunch for us  Hot dogs
Afternoon having family over so I will try to make cake of some sort
Dinner for me and my husband rosemary chicken with orange glaze from this recipehttps://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/235165/roasted-orange-rosemary-honey-glazed-chicken/

Sunday
Breakfast for baby S porridge with peach puree
Lunch for baby S scrambled egg and toast
Lunch for us scrambled eggs for him, poached egg and smoked salmon for me
Dinner for me and my husband spaghetti Bolognese/ spaghetti and meatballs

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Kasoy Kare Kare, Kare Kare in Cashew

Kasoy Kare Kare, Kare Kare in Cashew is another innovative dish from overseas. OPC’s Kasoy Kare Kare dish is different from those kare kare with cashew that you have been seeing in the net. Our Kasoy Kare Kare definitely taste cashew, I used 100% cashew instead of peanut. Our Kasoy Kare Kare is guaranteed that the kasoy is not over powered by the flavors of the other ingredients especially the

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Spicy Adobong Isaw, Dry and Spicy

Spicy Adobong Isaw, Dry and Spicy. This is my second version of Adobong Isaw. The first one Adobong Isaw, Adobong Bituka, was with some oily sauce, which was cooked as viand. Today I have tweaked that recipe to make it dry and spicy. All I did was to stir-fry the pork intestines during the final stage of cooking until all the liquid has evaporated and started to sizzle. I also replaced the

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What is Lamayo? Danggit Lamayo

What is Lamayo? Danggit Lamayo, refers to a fish marinated with vinegar, crushed garlic and crushed peppercorns, in this case the fish used is danggit. Lamayo is of course similar to Daing na Bangus which most of us are familiar with, specially in the Tagalog region. It is semi dried compared to dried fish or daing.  Lamayo is usually from Palawan but it is also available in other parts of

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