What a long name for a very easy dish! I’ve prepared this dish a couple of times now and I can honestly say that everyone liked it. This is one of my fav Giada recipes, it’s such an easy, creamy, elegant dish if you want to impress someone (looks and sound complicated but it’s so easy!) I added some bacon because we have left over bacon and I dont want to waste BACON (no wonder I don’t lose weight! LOL)! Then my mom in-law baked German chocolate cake that day, and we are always a “recipient” of her baking goods! It’s one of the many reason why I like being neighbors with my in-laws, we always get yummy goodies from them, like meatballs, cookies, cakes!
mascarponemore mascarpone,just love its creamy texture!🙂dinner is ready!i love it!so good..german chocolate cake
Last Saturday, I had to renew my PI passport in Tacoma Washington (1 hour drive from home) and somethings never change in the Philippine government. It takes 3 hours just to give your old passport, new application, money! It’s always an ordeal whenever I have to deal with government people:( ..I have to wait 3 months for my new passport to arrive here in Washington (meaning I’m stuck here in US) but I’m not complaining:-)..After a grueling Saturday morning hubby asked me where I want to have lunch, and it just happend that filipino resto is on our way back home so we stopped and ate there! I have realized that hubby likes milkfish(bangus) our national fish in PI. Don’t ask me why we always have “national” for almost anything (national fish, plant, tree, dish, you name it PI has a national title for it! lol). Then we had sushi after church and beef brisket for dinner! yummy food for our weekend!
daing na bangusblurry pic, this lechon kawalicalamansi juice and bangusmy fave sushisoft shell crabssome of hubby's ordergoing to make caramelize onion for beef brisket sandwichbeef brisketyou get the picture!
We’re suppose to be in Seattle tonight to watch a performance of the Seattle symphony but hubby is just too tired and still has so much work to do! What a waste of tickets, but I’d rather not watch something than be with someone who will just sleep the entire performance of the show!! Anyways, I’ll just post some foodie recipes we prepared these last couple of weeks ( I’ve been slacking in updating my food blogs last week, so I’m trying to catch up). So, Chicken Adobo is so popular in the Philippines, it’s considered to be the national dish in our country. I prefer “humba” over adobo, because whenever I make adobo I can never get it right(either too vinegary or salty) and I’d like to think that people like my humba a lot! haha..I got this recipe on food network ( search for filipino chicken adobo). Very easy and yummy recipe this one:-) Here are the ingredients:
Combine all ingredients in a large pot. Cover and marinate chicken for 1-3 hours. Bring to boil, then lower heat. Cover and let simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Uncover and simmer until sauce is reduced and thickened, and chicken is tender, about 20 more minutes. Serve with steamed rice.
I use whole chicken,then just cut them into pieces..filipino soy sauce and vinegarperfect with steam ricewings!someone loved adobo with rice and dog food!
Zach’s company had a dinner party in Seattle’s Space Needle today! So much fun to see his co-workers and their families, it was such a fun evening. Yummy sushi and spring rolls for appetizers, tacos and pasta for dinner and cheesecakes, chocolate mousse, custard and flan for dessert,and bottomless drinks too( beer,wine,sodas). I didn’t take pics during our dinner to provide privacy ( we don’t want to announce that anyone ate 4 tacos, 5 salmon rolls, 2 cheesecake, etc!). I just love Seattle during this time of day. We got lucky that the weather was nice too so we got to see the beautiful city (puget sound, lake union). They also played some games like Roulette and Blackjack! It’s such a blessing that my husband works for a good company! To know that people value his contribution and appreciate his work…what a wonderful night…
space needlebuffetkinda windy!lake unionseattlelove the viewpuget soundRouletteblackjackwish it's real 10,000$tacospasta sectiontoo cute!🙂
I’ve been slacking with my blog since last week and I realized I have a couple of recipes/dishes I have to post here! Here’s another Alton Brown recipe that I used when I prepared the simplest meatball recipe out there. This is my first time to make meatballs and although the result is not as yummy like my father in law Phil’s meatball recipe, I’m happy with the result of this one ( I didn’t use ground lamb and spinach here!).
In a large mixing bowl, combine the pork, lamb, ground round, spinach, cheese, egg, basil, parsley, garlic powder, salt, red pepper flakes, and 1/4 cup of the bread crumbs. Using your hands, mix all ingredients until well incorporated. Use immediately or place in refrigerator for up to 24 hours.
Place the remaining 1/4 cup of bread crumbs into a small bowl. Using a scale, weigh meatballs into 1.5-ounce portions and place on a sheet pan. Using your hands, shape the meatballs into rounds, roll in the bread crumbs and place the meatballs in individual, miniature muffin tin cups. Bake for 20 minutes or until golden and cooked through.
Hubby wanted to have a healthy snacks this weekend,so he made this sauce to accompany his veggies! I just wish I had some gyro meat,so I can fully enjoy this sauce.
Place the yogurt in a tea towel, gather up the edges, suspend over a bowl, and drain for 2 hours in the refrigerator.
Place the chopped cucumber in a tea towel and squeeze to remove the liquid; discard liquid. In a medium mixing bowl, combine the drained yogurt, cucumber, salt, garlic, olive oil, vinegar, and mint. Serve as a sauce for gyros. Store in the refrigerator in an airtight container for up to a week.
Yield: 1 1/2 cups
yogurt!mintcucumber🙂miss celery and peanut butter!
Happy Royal wedding day! I’m excited to see the wedding tonight but I will probably not stay up the whole morning just to watch it because I know for sure they will be showing it the whole day (again and again). Growing up in the PI, Prince William was my celebrity crush, not a lot of people knew but I use to “collect” pictures, books, magazines (anything that is related to HRH Prince William (I’m a normal teenager too!) But I have to leave my so called royal “memorabilia” when I moved here to the states! I’m excited to see Kate’s wedding dress and how handsome William will be (just thinking about it brings back memories when me and my sisters got so excited and screamed like crazy whenever William and Harry were on tv!
Enough of my Royal talks, Hubby made a very yummy chocolate mousse tonight! I’m having a really bad headache today that kept me in bed most of the time. So Zach knew I’m having a bad day because of this and just wanted to make me feel better, so after his work, he had to stop at the grocery to get some ingredients of my fave dessert ( one of my fave). I’m so blessed to have him, such a sweet, loving, husband I got! Who needs Prince William?! LOL..
This Chocolate mousse is Alton Brown’s recipe, If you’re a big chocolate fan you are going to love this mousse!
Chill 1 1/2 cups whipping cream in refrigerator. Chill metal mixing bowl and mixer beaters in freezer.
In top of a double boiler, combine chocolate chips, coffee, rum and butter. Melt over barely simmering water, stirring constantly. Remove from heat while a couple of chunks are still visible. Cool, stirring occasionally to just above body temperature.
Pour remaining 1/4 cup whipping cream into a metal measuring cup and sprinkle in the gelatin. Allow gelatin to “bloom” for 10 minutes. Then carefully heat by swirling the measuring cup over a low gas flame or candle. Do not boil or gelatin will be damaged. Stir mixture into the cooled chocolate and set aside.
In the chilled mixing bowl, beat cream to medium peaks. Stir 1/4 of the whipped cream into the chocolate mixture to lighten it. Fold in the remaining whipped cream in two doses. There may be streaks of whipped cream in the chocolate and that is fine. Do not over work the mousse.
Spoon into bowls or martini glasses and chill for at least 1 hour.Garnish with fruit and serve.
(If mousses are to be refrigerated overnight, chill for one hour and then cover each with plastic wrap).
chocolate chipswith butter!chocolatey!whipping the creamhubby did a good job!folding🙂🙂yummythank you ga!
Happy Easter everyone! I hope that you had a great Easter and remember to thank the Lord for what He did for all of us, to celebrate Him everyday because He is Alive, He is Risen!
We had a great Easter weekend, nice weather (blue sky, sun is out = perfect weather).. Hubby and I had dinner at seattle last Friday in this Spanish tapa place called “pintxo”. This is our 3rd time at pintxo’s, we really like the food because it gives us a little taste of Spain through the food that they serve! We had the typical cheese and meat platter, their appetizer plate, that consists of olives, chorizo, shrimps, meatballs (very tasty). After hearing the Easter service, off we went for our Easter brunch to Anthony’s (@kirkland), lots of people there and although my mom in-law had a reservation we still had to wait for a good 20 minutes..view was nice, good brunch with family…it was a great Easter sunday for me!
some kind of a drink at pintxo!cheese and meat plate
appetizer plate!seafood paellacalamari head!blurry pic of the chocolate moussefruits @ Anthony'sblueberry crepesshrimp and cheese meltfamily; starring ang milk sa akong bana!Happy Easter all!
I’ve made this recipe before and we really liked it! I had left over broccoli from last week and I’m kinda sick and tired of the usual steamed veggies..so I decided to just prepare the broccoli this way. At least the sauce helped to add so much flavor. I think the cornstarch made all the difference because the meat was so tender and just melts in your mouth! I’m not sure if the cornstarch did the trick or the beef was just so thinly sliced..Anyways, the whole preparation and cooking time was so quick, like less than 10 minutes (excluding the marinating time of 2 hours). Dinner time is so much easier whenever I do the prep work ahead of time. This cuts down on the time needed for cooking and saves us money too! If I’m not cooking, I tend to ask the hubby to just buy fast food (KFC, Mcdonalds, Pizza!).
Ingredients:
1 pound steak ( I used tenderloin,thinly sliced)
1 tbsp soy sauce,1 tsp fish sauce,3 tbsp oyster sauce,1 tsp cornstarch,1 tsp sesame oil, 2-3 garlic,cooking oil,pepper,1/4 water
Instructions:
Mix the thinly sliced beef with the soy sauce,fish sauce,oyster sauce,cornstarch, sesame oil,garlic, pepper. Marinate for couple of hours (2-3 hours).
Heat the oil in a wok, toss the marinated meat and cook quickly! Add the broccoli,keep tossing until well coated with the sauce,add water if it starts to look dry. Keep tossing until meat is cooked and broccoli is crisp!
steakmarinate for 2 hoursbroccoliyummyI also fried danggit!
Yesterday was my Dad in-law’s 60th birthday, but we celebrated it last Saturday since everyone is so busy lately! We had steaks and shrimps and salad and yummy carrot cake that my mom in-law prepared. Everything was yummy especially the bday cake! Here’s some of the pictures I took:
Hubby helping with the shrimps!steaks and shrimpshmmmmmmmmmm...steakssaladBday CakeInlaws!with Auntie Puss
