Rainy Day Comfort Food

Rainy day mode so the fambam had a picnic right on the playmat.

Skyflakes, croughnuts and jiampong

everything tastes GOOD!

Shake shake fries

Shake-shake fries are BACK! perfect with McSpicy chicken sandwich. So Yyyummmy! Barbecue seasoning.

a day of experiments

hubby dropped me off at the corner while he has to do his errand. i slipped into my favorite delicatessen (which moved to Molito from Festival Mall).

this branch is a roomy with more attractive displays. from a shelf of baking ingredients, i chose a bar of baking chocolate which will go well with my cupcake mix. i bought some halloween decals and some colored sugar from Gourdo's a few days back. I hope to master a basic cupcake recipe in time for Halloween.

There were also shelves filled with pastry puffs and boxed biscuits. I'm not confident i can make use of the pastry puffs so i threw a box of ready-made almond & walnut amaretto biscotti that would do well with my brewed coffee.

This branch can afford to have separate display cases for lamb, meat fish, cold cuts and cheeses. I went directly to the cold cuts section and bought a couple of Hungarian sausages. i have some garlic salt in the pantry that will go well with fried rice.

On my next visit, i plan to buy glazed apricots and dates to go with my cupcakes. i would love to toss in blocks of brie and cheddar cheese, but i decided to save them for another weekend.

For now, i will just prepare sausages for breakfast, and cupcakes for our snack. Wish me luck! i have a couple of guinea pigs eager to try my creations =)

Tomato Basil Spaghettini

Hubby told me that my mom requested me to cook Tom Yum Goong for dinner. so i got home early to slice garlic and shallots.

turned out that message was wrong and request from the chef was instead Tomato-Basil Pasta.

good thing i've already made the base of my pasta sauce over the weekend.

finished the dish in less than an hour. Skid who loves noodles (a.k.a pancit) loved my pasta with the zing of basil.

end result: impromptu dinner was a hit!

on the lookout for a surefire recipe for skinless porkchops. any suggestions?

good eats: pressed cheese sandwiches

rainy Friday morning. i brought out the pressing machine and wa-lah! hubby and i enjoyed pressed cheese sandwiches. i wish you could smell the bubbly cheese and toasted bread. it's great comfort food for the wet, balmy weather.

San Pablo Tapa: One of my fave eats!

Every time my family goes back to San Pablo Laguna, i have a standing request: Tapang San Pablo.  It hass the right blend of garlic, sugar and pepper which makes the pork oh-so-tender. The oily-sugary marinade (left after frying) is a great coating to the piping hot rice wrapped in banana leaves.

The hubby introduced me to another good side-dish to my Tapang-San Pablo meal. Hunt's Pork&Beans that you can found in the local grocery store.