Are there days when you just want an easy and no-fuss dinner? Of course, you do! Then tortilla pizza is the answer to that! Tortilla pizzas are very easy to make, and when done right have that lovely crunch from the tortilla and all the deliciousness from your pizza toppings! This is one meal that […]
I wanted to eat one of my favorite Chinese dishes, cashew chicken. When I checked the fridge, I saw that I had a head of broccoli languishing in the crisper. It was going yellow at the edges and it had to be cooked and eaten. I decided to make cashew chicken, using broccoli instead of […]
Don’t you just love the crunch of a crispy spring roll? When I saw this recipe for creamy chicken spring rolls in very old meal planner I got from a friend years ago, I knew that I should make it. I’ve adapted the ingredients to what I had on hand and I was very happy […]
My friend’s son, Elio, is turning 3 years old and he had an advanced birthday celebration last weekend. He likes tractors and his mom asked me to make a tractor cake. I made a 2-tier (10-inch and 8-inch) buttercream cake with fondant tractor accents for him. It has been a while since I made fondant […]
Making homemade marshmallow fondant with butter (MMF) is quite easy to do. I am making it with butter only because I don’t know if the shortening available in Germany or Switzerland is the same as Crisco (which is the only shortening I’ve ever used.) Also, butter is tastier than shortening and I always have butter […]
Pasta is an easy dinner to make and this creamy veggie pasta with bacon is no exception. It is creamy without being too indulgent if you use milk. I’ve made this with low-fat milk, whole milk and cream as well and they’re all good. I make this quite often as not only is it quick […]
Jump to Recipe We almost always have bananas at home. When they start getting spotted and too ripe I either cut them up and freeze in 1-banana portions for smoothies or future banana bread or make banana bread immediately. Although, when the craving for banana bread hits, I’ve used bananas that are not over-ripe and […]
Jump to Recipe Beef tapa has been and always will be one of my favorite breakfast mains. I remember when I was growing up, they would spread out the marinated beef strips on welded wire and then left in the sun to dry out. These made for some pretty chewy tapa if they were cut […]
Jump to Recipe Last weekend my husband, Tobi, requested that I make soup and apple pancakes for lunch. We had just arrived from the grocery where we bought apples. I had purchased 4 pieces, and Tobi said we only needed one! We then called up his mom for the recipe. So she was rattling off […]
What Filipino doesn´t like the burger steak of Jollibee? Well, I have a confession to make. ME. I am not a fan of Jollibee. GASP!! For a Filipino, that is quite unheard of. Well, in general, I am not a fan of fast food joints, except for fried chicken and French fries of a couple […]
