healthy chocolate cookies on Mar 7, 2013 in cookies baking chocolate you'd never guess the secret ingredient to this healthy cookies! - well maybe you would, in anycase I'm telling!!!! it's chickpeas! - not the first thing that come to mind right??!! I really really do have a sweet tooth and am always on the lookout f...
chocolate ball cake on Jan 9, 2013 in cake balls baking bread cake new year dessert chocolate What do you do to salvage a sunken cake? make cake balls of course!!! I have done this even before cake balls became the rage - yeeaaaarrsss ago. I just could not bear to throw away my cake when the baking had failed and am left with a sunken center,...
snowflakes on Dec 21, 2012 in baking cake christmas dessert ... It's been a while since I made a layer cake primarily because with my small oven, I have to bake 2 to 3 batches of cake base and I just get lazy sometimes that I just end up making cupcakes. I was thinking of making cupcakes for our Christmas par...
apple-icious on Dec 11, 2012 in baking cake quick and easy dessert I am always for the look out for simple recipes that I can make whenever a baking mood strikes. I love those kind that does not require you to make a trip to the grocery; does not need you to bring out the mixer or a couple of bowls and pans&...
my bread in bloom on Nov 30, 2012 in cheese bread quick and easy The culinary gods must have been on my side when I went grocery shopping the other day. All the ingredients that I need to try making a version of Blooming Garlic Bread was on sale. The round crusty bread, mozarella cheese and bacon were all on speci...
schnitzel, my schnitzel on Nov 25, 2012 in food adventures A few weeks ago I was walking under a light snow fall in Vienna. We were only there for a day tour, luckily our tour guide and driver were kind enough to squeeze showing us the main points of interest and for a finale, led us to Figlmueller for...
oh my dumplings! on Nov 20, 2012 in fruit quick and easy dessert I have just recently visited the lovely city of Prague and with only a few days to spend there what better way to get a taste of Czech culture than to eat. During my travels I make it my top agenda to research traditional must-try dishes an...
mochi!!! on Nov 16, 2012 in dessert When I went for vacation in the Philippines a few months back, there are all sorts of new food trends and one of them is mochi ice cream balls. I decided to try them out one day but was surprised by the crazy expensive price tag so I decided to foreg...
I love condiment packets on Sep 29, 2012 in potato baking quick and easy I admit - I am one of those people guilty of taking condiment packets from restaurants everytime we eat out. I guess a lot of people have developed this habit that they are now charging extra for every packet of ketchup, garlic butter, mayo etc etc..
yumminess to the bones on Sep 28, 2012 in chicken A popular Filipino Restaurant chain has made its way here in my (current) side of the world. While most of my fellow kabayans (countrymen) have flocked in to get a taste of its finger lickin' sarap to the bones fried chicken, I myself have not. I thi...