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A Bit of History Bananas Foster is a dessert made from bananas and vanilla ice cream. It is served with sauce made from butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, rum and banana liqueur. The butter, sugar and bananas are cooked, and … Continue reading
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If you have every ordered strawberry lemonade at a restaurant, you know it is delicious and refreshing but it does not come cheap. At least $4.00 a glass and you never really know how much lemons, strawberry or sugar they … Continue reading
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Holidays usually involve a frenzy of baking and cooking for most people. I am not overly fond of baking but I did make these cranberry bars for the holidays. They turned out festive looking and tasted great. I used … Continue reading
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The week before this post, I asked Jedd, my younger son, what he wanted for dinner. He answered ‘clam chowder soup’. It was a great answer because it is December and even in Houston, it is cold in the mornings … Continue reading
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Sometimes, I just crave fish and salmon is one of the healthiest and easily available fish where I am. As I am writing this post, we are just a few days after Thanksgiving Day and I have had my fill … Continue reading
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Acorn squash is considered a winter squash and so it is very popular during fall and winter. It is shaped like an acorn, has yellow-orange flesh inside and tastes slightly sweet when cooked. Acorn squash is most commonly baked, but … Continue reading
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This dish is closely similar in taste to Pasta Carbonara which is a common white sauce pasta in the Philippines. I prefer this one because the Mediterranean combination of flavors is more interesting and this recipe does not use bacon. … Continue reading
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This is a unique and fun twist on pizza. Think deep dish pizza with the crust on top. Think chicken pot pie with ground meat and tomato sauce instead of chicken and mushroom and green peas. The end result is … Continue reading
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I grew up in the Philippines with white-green cabbage, the one we used for ‘pancit’ noodles, the one we saute with chicken or pork or use for the sweet-sour-creamy coleslaw. I did not even know there were cabbages colored other … Continue reading
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In our house on the weekdays, breakfast is usually coffee and some pastries or fruit and spinach smoothie. On weekends, we have more time and we indulge a little. Most weekends we eat fried rice and sausage (longaniza) which lasts … Continue reading
