Author: Cath

From leftovers to hearty breakfast

The morning of January 1st(around 8am), I was able to gather a handful of side dish leftovers that has nowhere to go. I feel there “what about me?” cries as the ham, roast turkey and such gets to be reheated with no trouble. So here’s what I made a vegetable and chicken omelet…

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fruit in agar-agar shots

Ingredients Fruits (cut into bite size pieces) 1 pack 135g clear sweetened agar agar 4 tbsp vodka (unflavored) 2 1/4 cups water Procedure: Arrange cut fruits in molds. Make sure that the fruits are right next to you once you have cooked your agar-agar to avoid mishaps and disappointments. Boil water. Once boiling…

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Last Saturday Night

(Written December 31st 2011) It’s noisy outside. Philippines just welcomed 2012 and here I am blogging. Technically writing for the blog. I’m not much of a fireworks person. They’re pretty and all but they’re noisy as well so I don’t like ’em that much. Just a little bit, in occasion. Earlier something went…

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Marinated Chicken wrapped in Pandanus Leaves

Marinated Chicken wrapped in Pandanus Leaves (Gai Bai Toey) 250 g boneless chicken breasts 1 tsp sesame seeds 1 tsp sesame oil 1 tsp Thai fish sauce 1 tsp oyster sauce 1 tsp light soy sauced 1 tsp chopped coriander root (cilantro) 1 tsp chopped garlic pepper a pinch, ground pandanus leaves 1….

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Bite me! (I taste really good!)

There are teeny tiny things that gets me enormously irritated. Let me give you an example. I hate it when: 1. I log on to the internet using SmartBro the find out that despite being properly logged in and such it still takes a lifetime before I do any decent surfing. 2. I…

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Just like that…

I don’t know what happened. For the very first time I didn’t feel any excitement as I made our Noche Buena meal. I have already prepped everything yesterday so there isn’t much to do but cook. Or so I thought. I was sleepy the entire morning and dead tired by the time nightfall…

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Pansit Shanghai (Oriental Style) and Kim Chiu

I love Payless’ Oriental Style instant Pansit Shanghai. It was introduced a couple of years ago with a Kim Chiu starred TV Commercial. Boy, am I thrilled. It was a break-away from the flooding array of calamansi based or soy sauce based instant pansit cantons in the market. Although of course for the…

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I went grocery shopping for Christmas eve

A lot of times my tolerance has failed me. Most of those times are brought by the fact that I couldn’t be bothered to argue. I’m talking about eating out with family or friends, mostly family. They’re easily swayed by pretty little plates or dainty tabletops or even just the prospect of being…

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Old Style Hot Chocolate

When I was younger during our short Christmas vacations in Iloilo, thickened table a is an early morning staple. By the time we wake up at around 4.30 am to 5 am, its heavy and beckoning smell surrounds the kitchen and slowly makes its way in our rooms. Back then, my childhood tablea…

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Apple Fritter

A couple or so weeks ago I happened to catch an episode of Giada at Home where she made apple fritters (among others). This reminded of an elaborately done similar recipe I found in my copy Yummy magazine. The one in Yummy asks for egg, nutmeg, milk salt and an optional cinnamon sugar…

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