Monthly Archives: September, 2013

Mac’s Baked Mac

It’s been really hot for spring — I hope it’s not going to be worse in summer!  Even if the airconditioner is on and all the blinds and curtains are drawn, it is still H-O-T.  I wonder how Deefa feels underneath all that thick fur… As it is with every day, I needed to think …

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Thank you!

I can’t believe more than a thousand people have read my blog as of today!  Thanks to you who are reading this thank you note now! I am dumbfounded and still reeling from the thought that people actually read what I write.  Wow. Thanks again!

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Honeycomb Bread (there was a note added on 16 Oct 2013 re eggs)

It is the second day of school holidays and my daughter, who has been sick since yesterday with fever, cough and cold, is feeling better but bored.  I was thinking last night of what to make with her to take her mind off her boredom and at the same time use the opportunity to bond …

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Mozzarella Sticks

  While walking along SeaWorld about a week ago, we came upon a cart selling what we thought were “Mozzarella Sticks”.  Upon close inspection however, we saw they were just hotdog buns with melted cheese on top. My daughter has never had mozzarella sticks and I excitedly told her about what mozzarella sticks are.  Just …

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Non-traditional Puto Bumbong

10 years away from the Philippines and there are certainly a lot of things I miss.  One of them is the Puto Bumbong, and not just during the Christmas season.  I remember eating them during those cold mornings after church, with bibingka and tea or coffee in my lola’s house.  I used to live in …

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Mock KFC

There are so many recipes going around in Facebook these days, and one of those is the “KFC Original Secret Chicken Recipe”.  I love KFC — actually, I love chicken!  So when I saw this, I tried it.  The first time I did, my daughter liked it, but my husband said it’s just OK, and …

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Sticky Chinese Pork

I was planning to cook something else for dinner but I ran out of one of the ingredients hence I had to scrap the idea and think pronto of something else. I then remembered I have wanted to try this recipe I found in a magazine a long time ago, and since I had the …

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