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Black Rice Pilaf

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Black Rice or Forbidden rice is very high in fiber and nutrients, it has a nutty taste that I like but it’s not something that I could eat everyday, it took me a while to get used to the texture, because unlike regular (white) rice, black (the[...]

Black Forest Cake

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Black Forest Cake is one of my fave cakes ..I like it so much that when I finally learned to bake cakes, I made it my mini-mission in life to “master” this yummy cake and I guess I succeeded..my family said that my cake is soo yummy and[...]

Creamy Wonton Soup

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This is my favorite way, the only way I make use of condensed cream of chicken. It’s so delicious, a cross between macaroni soup and wonton soup.  Don’t be discouraged by the list of ingredients, most of them or maybe all of them are in[...]

Black Chicken Soup

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This recipe is from a classmate in college, Cristina Kho, she posts photos of delicious food she cooks for her family in FB. I  was intrigued by this dish, it was the first time I actually heard of it and I was curious to find out what it taste like[...]

Cherry Coffee Cake

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Happy 2011 everyone!  I had a great time with my family during the Holiday vacation. I took the time off of blogging to spend more time with my family,  catch up on my reading.. I finished 3 books..yay!  I watched a lot of dvd movies with my[...]

Apple Streusel Cake

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It’s that time of the year again when apples are abundant;  I love to use apples for baking, apple pie’s our favorite but I do that mostly on weekends because it’s not really easy to make (but worth the time spent in the kitchen)[...]

Red Velvet Cupcakes

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It’s been quite awhile since I made these babies…my husband had his birthday a few days ago and instead of making him a layer cake, I baked some cupcakes instead since it’s a lot easier and faster to make.  Plus, it’ll be[...]

Baked Macaroni Pesto

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My family and I love pesto, it’s simple, healthy and delicious, so I make it often especially when basil is abundant in the market.   But the kids, they love cheesy bechamel sauce too especially my daughter so I thought of combining the[...]

Easy Chicken Teriyaki

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Just like adobo this classic Japanese dish is so easy to prepare and always satisfy any hungry tummy. This is one of my favorite dishes to cook when in a hurry to put food on the table. I like to pair this with sauteed cabbage with turmeric and lots[...]

Chicken Relleno Rolls

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I’m late, late..late!   The November theme for Kulinarya Cooking Club is Relleno. Relleno means stuffed; I’ve made rellenong bangus ( milkfish), rellenong talong (eggplant) before but I’ve never tried chicken relleno. I’ve[...]