recipes

  • Lasang Pinoy 22, Rice to the Challenge: The Puto Experiments

    Editing to add, 04/18/2012: Please note that I haven’t experimented with this recipe in a couple of years. The last one was 2010 and I didn’t bother documenting because it was a busy time in our lives. My routine when… Continue reading

  • Allergy-Free Birthday Cake, Updated with an Allergy-Free Flour Formula

    from my old baking blog: Not a perfect recipe yet, still working on it, but getting close and the kids scarfed it up, especially drizzled with some non-dairy chocolate syrup. cooking spray, oil or shortening for greasing pan alternative flour… Continue reading

  • Spicy Squid Sauteed with Vegetables

    This was adapted from a Korean cookbook but I forgot now which, sorry. But the whole family loved it (sorry, no pic) so I’m putting it here, so we can cook it again! 3 pounds squid (I have my very… Continue reading

  • Candy Canes

    2 sticks unsalted butter, softened 1 cup confectioners’ sugar 1 large egg 1 teaspoon almond extract 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon salt red food coloring Cream first two ingredients in mixer bowl at medium… Continue reading

  • Got Leftover Ham? (Links to Recipes)

    We’ve got some, and don’t really want to do another fried rice version. PLEASE. However, these sound good: Ham Biscuits — but dh can’t have these, so it’s not going to happen. But these sound REALLY GOOD! Corn Soup with… Continue reading

  • Chamomile Tea Panna Cotta

    It’s not dairy free, but that’s my next experiment — perhaps panna cotta with some almond milk instead. I got a free sample from Adagio Teas and submitted my recipe for this. It’s posted here: Chamomile Tea Panna Cotta. There… Continue reading

  • Success Report: Brownies! (Eggless, Wheatless, Dairyless)

    The products linked here are merely what I used or recommend, you can substitute similar ingredients where you are. 9 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips, dairy free 3 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped up, dairy free 3 tablespoons flaxseed meal mixed with… Continue reading

  • Pad Thai / Kuaytiaw Phat Thai

    1 lb. rice noodles (the dry, flat kind that’s about 1/4- to 1/3=inch thick) 1 1/2 cups large shrimp, peeled, deveined and butterflied 1/4 cup tamarind puree (If you don’t have access to tamarind puree, you can make it by… Continue reading

  • Asian Fried Rice

    I hesitate to call this dish by anything but its generic English name “fried rice”, because fried rice is so ubiquitous in Asian cuisine. They are all variations on the same theme, the Chinese fried rice, “chow fan”, give or… Continue reading

  • Zuppa di Tartufo Nero (Black Truffle Soup)

    black truffle tuber melanosporum parsnips pastinaca sativa celery root or celeriac apium graveolens Black Truffle Soup Zuppa di Tartufo Nero Black Truffle Soup 2 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 cup chopped peeled celery root 1/4 cup sliced leeks (rinsed well) 3/4… Continue reading