3D Dinosaur Cake - Children's Birthday Cakes

The lockdown in 2020 meant I didn’t post anything on my blog for several months, as I tried to juggle a full-time job with a toddler at home every day for nearly three months while nursery was shut. So I’ve only just realised that I never posted anything about her birthday cake in spring of 2020 – better late than never! Sophie is a big fan of dinosaurs, and from a young age has been able to correctly identify dinosaurs to the extent that I think...

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Pinoy Style Chicken Legs Air Fryer Barbecue

Pinoy Style Chicken Legs Air Fryer BarbecueThis is how I cooked my Pinoy Style Chicken Legs Air Fryer Barbecue.Cooked perfectly, moist or succulent and not burnt.Watch the video till the end, the video is very detailed on the cooking times.Ingredients:3 pcs. medium to large size chicken legsMarinade:1/2 head garlic, minced1 tbsp. salt1 tbsp. crushed or powdered black pepper1/2-1/3 cup brown Sourc...

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Sweet and Sour Chicken Wings, Buffalo Chicken Wings in Sweet and Sour Sauce

Sweet and Sour Chicken Wings, Buffalo Chicken Wings in Sweet and Sour SauceTry this Crispy Fried Chicken Wings, Buffalo Chicken Wings, in sweet and sour sauce, Pinoy style. Any other chicken parts may be used.Or just buy fast-food fried chicken, and just cook the sweet and sour sauce. Ingredients:1kilo medium to large size chicken wings, trimmed1 large size red onion, chopped, big pieces1 large Sourc...

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Cheesy Pork Kalderetang Batangas Style

Cheesy Pork Kalderetang Batangas StyleThis Cheesy Pork Kalderetang Batangas Style was based on an old post form Overseas Pinoy Cooking But instead of beef I used pork.Kaldereta is cooked in a thousand ways which defends on available ingredients and personal preference, maybe some secret ingredients.This is also true with Kalderetang Batangas.Some may not like it cheesy, some may want it with Sourc...

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Pork Chop Bistek Tagalog with Fried Eggplants Fried Potatoes or French Fries

Pork Chop Bistek Tagalog with Fried Eggplants Fried Potatoes or French FriesThis is another version of Pork Chop Bistek Tagalog, with pritong talong at pritong patatas or French fries.This is usually a carinderia recipe, the fried eggplants and fried potatoes are extenders.Ingredients:5 to 6 pieces pork chops2 medium size eggplants, sliced diagonally2-3 medium size potatoes, sliced1 bowl, frozen Sourc...

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Pinoy Style Home Cooked Pork Spare Ribs with Tausi

Pinoy Style Home Cooked Pork Spare Ribs with TausiHave you ever wonder what is inside with that Pork Spareribs with Tausi Rice Toppings served on those popular Chinese food inspired fast food restaurants?Years ago I have tried to re-create that that Pork Spareribs with Tausi, based only on taste and how it looks.Visit the link above to check that post, for the original recipe.Ingredients:1 kilo Sourc...

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Pork Sinigang sa Kamias with Gabi or Taro Root

Pork Sinigang sa Kamias with Gabi or Taro RootI used kamias or kalamyas for the souring ingredient.The use of gabi adds another level of richness to the usual sinigang clear broth.In addition the gabi or taro roots make the sour broth of the sinigang creamier or mas malapot and make the broth more opaque.Ingredients:1/2 kilo pork, any cut with bones and skin1 medium size gabi, taro root, cut into Sourc...

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Pork Chop Steak, Bistek Style

Pork Chop Steak, Bistek StylePork Chop Steak, Bistek Style is not new.Pork chop cooked Bistek Style is very common especially in most carinderia and canteen or similar turo turo restaurants.This is because pork chop is one of the most favorite pork cut of most Pinoy who loves pork.Pork chop in turo turo restaurant is very easy to quantify or measure, it is served by piece therefore it is priced Sourc...

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Fried Chicken Adobo

Fried Chicken AdoboThis Fried Chicken Adobo was inspired by Chef Ricky Ocampo's Chicken Adobo Recipe on the Food Safari TV episode of SBS Australia’s Filipino Food Episode, way back when I was in Australia.I was fascinated by his cooking method of chicken adobo which involves frying the chicken first before adding the soy sauce, vinegar and other aromatic ingredients. Ingredients:1 kilo chicken, Sourc...

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Buridibud Ilocano Vegetable Recipe

Buridibud Ilocano Vegetable RecipeBuridibud Ilocano Vegetable Recipe, made up of Upo, Malungay and Kamote RootsBuridibud is a variation of dinengdeng, it is simply boiled with bagoong na isda and best topped with grilled or fried fish.Buridibud is usually cooked with a choice of vegetable, like upo, malungay and other leafy vegetables or any other similar type of vegetables or in combination, and Sourc...

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Pork Menudo with Hotdog and Ketchup

Pork Menudo with Hotdog and KetchupMenudo is commonly served at carinderias, canteens and eateries.It is also one of the more popular Pinoy handaan dish.Ingredients:1/2 kilo pork, cut into cubes1/4 kilo pork liver, cut into cubes4-6 pcs. large cheese hotdog, cut into cubes1 large bell pepper, cut into squares2-3 medium size potato, cut into cubes1 medium size carrot, cut into cubes1/2 cup Sourc...

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Classic Chicken Tinola Recipe with Tanglad, Papaya and Malungay Leaves

Classic Chicken Tinola Recipe with Tanglad, Papaya and Malungay LeavesI am sharing today the Classic Chicken Tinola Recipe with tanglad, papaya and malungay leaves.There are countless versions and ways to cook and prepare Chicken Tinola.You may try this simple version on your next tinola dish.Ingredients:1 kilo chicken, tinola cut2-3 thumb size ginger, sliced or cut into strips1 small size green Sourc...

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Pork Sarciado, Sarciadong Baboy, Kinamatisang Baboy

Pork Sarciado, Sarciadong Baboy, Kinamatisang Baboy “To most Pinoy sarciado refers to a fried fish, usually leftover fish, recycled by cooking it with a lot of tomatoes and sometimes with scrambled eggs… I myself did not know that meat can also be cooked as sarciado until one colleague has cooked a dinner for us, in fact it was one of the few dishes that he can cook because it is so simple that Sourc...

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Ginisang Munggo with Pork and Fried Fish, with Green Vegetables

Ginisang Munggo with Pork and Fried Fish, with Green VegetablesI always wanted my ginisang mung beans cooked till the beans are disintegrated to form a thick soup dish.As much as possible I try to remove the bean shells that usually float at the center of the boiling beans by scooping them out.There is no special procedure in cooking this dish, all I had done was used two thumb size ginger and a Sourc...

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Passion Fruit Curd Mother's Day Cupcakes

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Strawberry Milkshake Easter Cake

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Easter Imprint Plunger Cookies

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40th Birthday Card Exploding Box Card

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One Pot Classic Chicken Adobo with Atsuete

One Pot Classic Chicken Adobo with AtsueteToday I am sharing a simple recipe of a One Pot Classic Chicken Adobo with Atsuete.It is as simple as putting all the ingredients together.Hindi na kailangan pang igisa at ibabad ang chicken.For color I also added some annatto extract.Ingredients:1 kilo chicken, adobo cut1/2 head garlic, crushed, skin on1-2 tsp. black peppercorns1-2 tsp. cracked black Sourc...

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Afritadang Baboy at Manok with Kamatis at Skyflakes

Afritadang Baboy at Manok with Kamatis at SkyflakesToday I would like to share my version afritada using pork and chicken combination. This afritada recipe is based on Pork and Chicken Afritada recipe first published on Overseas Pinoy Cooking website.For this afritada version I used fresh seared/fry tomatoes instead of the canned crushed tomatoes.I also used Skyflakes crackers for thickening of Sourc...

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Chicken Igado, Ilocano Igado recipe

Chicken Igado, Ilocano Igado recipeThis Chicken Igado recipe is and original recipe from Overseas Pinoy Cooking“Some of OPC’s readers are asking if igado can be cooked using chicken instead of the usual pork. Today I tried to cook igado using chicken gizzard, liver, hearth and breast, the result was a great my chicken igado was comparable to the pork igado version.To those who have been asking Sourc...

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Lauya nga Luppo ti Baboy, Nilagang Pata ng Baboy Recipe

Lauya nga Luppo ti Baboy, Nilagang Pata ng Baboy RecipeThis  Lauya nga Luppo ti Baboy, Nilagang Pata ng Baboy recipe is based from an old post of Overseas Pinoy Cooking website.“Lauya is how they call in Ilocandia a soup dish like boiled pork, beef or any other meat. Lauya is nilaga in Tagalog. Cooking procedure is basically the same on both lauya and nilaga, except for the choice of aromatic Sourc...

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Balbacua Recipe with Saba, Oxtail Balbacua Soup

Balbacua Recipe with Saba, Oxtail Balbacua SoupTry this innovative Oxtail Balbacua with Saging na Saba Soup Recipe.This is our soupy version of the popular Balbacua , Cow Skin Stew.For this recipe I used oxtail with skin, off course you can use cow knuckles, leg/feet, skin or mascara, whatever is available.Ingredients:1/2 kilo oxtail skin-on or cow knuckles, leg/feet, skin or mascara.4-6 pieces Sourc...

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Homecooked Bagoong Alamang, Ginisang Bagoong Alamang with Crispy Pork and Kamias

Homecooked Bagoong Alamang, Ginisang Bagoong Alamang with Crispy Pork and KamiasIf you are fed up with commercially available  GINISANG BAGOONG ALAMANG or BAGOONG ALAMANG GISADO, that are overly sweet or overly salty and most of the time it leaves a bad taste or “maangta”?Try this homemade recipe with CRSPY PORK and KAMIAS.“Pwedeng ulam at sawsawan ng manga”Ingedients:1/4 kilo pork belly, sliced Sourc...

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Tinolang Tahong with Sotanghon and Spinach Recipe

Tinolang Tahong with Sotanghon and Spinach RecipeThis Tinolang Tahong with Sotanghon and Spinach recipe is from an old post from Overseas Pinoy Cooking web site.The recipe is fairly easy but there are things or tips that I would like to share.Allow the mussels to expel sand/dirt and the dirty sea water if the source is questionable. Place the mussels in a big bowl, cover with water and let it sit Sourc...

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Pork Igado Traditional Version, Classic Ilocano Igado

Pork Igado Traditional Version, Classic Ilocano IgadoThis classic Pork Igado Recipe is our version of the traditional cooking method of Igado.Traditionally Igado uses pork innards in addition to the usual pork meat and liver ingredients.This may be the usual liver, spleen, intestines, heart, kidney, ect. Sourc...

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Jammie Dodger Heart Cake

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Valentine's Chocolate Bark

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Making your own wooden story spoons

If you have children in your life and are a little bit artistic, these story spoons are a great idea. They are wooden spoons, featuring characters from whatever story you like - you can draw or paint or even cut out pictures and glue them on. I drew these freehand using coloured marker pens (Promarkers) and then Mod Podge, which is a craft sealant, over the top. I bought a set of five wooden spoons on Amazon for just a few pounds and did the Three...

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Unicorn Birthday Cake - Cakes for Children

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Lechon sa Oven, Lechon sa Horno

 Lechon sa Oven, Lechon sa Horno Recipe Ingredients:Use pork belly from young pig, or with the thinnest skin available. The thinner the skin, the crispier result.1 kilo pork belly roast1 bundle spring onion, chopped/sliced3 stalks lemongrass, chopped/sliced1 small size onion, chopped2-3 pcs. bay leaf, crushed1/2 head garlic, crushed, chopped1 small packet sampalok sinigang mix1/4 cup butter, Sourc...

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Restaurant Review - The Fox, Coulsdon Common, Caterham

I’ve been looking through old photos on my phone and remembering the fun things I did with my daughter pre-pandemic, and all the places we went. Many of them are things I was intending to post on this blog and never got around to - like this one! It was back in 2018 when my daughter was barely two months old and my school friends came up to meet her as it was also my birthday. I knew I wasn’t really going to be in a position to host so we went...

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Butlin's Bognor Regis - Ocean Hotel and Restaurant Reviews, DineAround Explained

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Pinoy Lechon sa Air Fryer, Lechon sa Oven Inasal Style

Pinoy Lechon sa Air Fryer, Lechon sa Oven Inasal StyleToday I am sharing my Pinoy Lechon sa Air Fryer, Lechon sa Oven Inasal Style.The recipe is based on original recipe from Overseas Pinoy Cooking  Lechon sa Oven Inasal Style RecipeIngredients:1 to 2 kilos pork belly, cut into slabsrock saltwhite vinegarPressure boiling the pork belly ingredients:2-3 tbsp. salt1-2 tbsp. black peppercorns2-3 bay Sourc...

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The Trading House, London: Restaurant Review

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