Posted by Nez | Mar 29th, 2010

Dagupan City’s Bangus Festival 2010

Dagupan City, Philippines – a city where you can find plentiful of tastiest Bangus or milkfish in the world. The city owns the best bangus which is most loved not only by Dagupeños but by Filipinos worldwide. Thus, Former Mayor Benjie S. Lim has conceptualized the Bangus Festival last 2002 as to promote the province as the Bangus Capital of the World and to cause the city as one of the major tourist spot of the...

Posted by Nez | Mar 28th, 2010

Pork Cubes Picadillo

Originally, Picadillo is a spicy ground beef favored in South American countries and is cooked with beans and blended with herbs and spices. Because of the love Pinoys have for food, I believe we adopted the original picadillo and modified some ingredients which are available in our country. PINOY PORK PICADILLO often uses ground pork sauteed in garlic, onion and tomatoes. But since I just ran out of ground pork, I...

Posted by Nez | Mar 27th, 2010

Baked Macaroni

My youngest sister, Mary Heidi, asked me to cook pasta for her graduation party last weekend. Since I already cooked Pasta Carbonara just this week, I finally decided for BAKED MACARONI. Mary agreed with delight since it is her favorite pasta. She had about 15-20 friends who came and it really was an army. Well, I do have a confession to make. It was not really baked because I didn’t use the oven to bake the...

Posted by Nez | Mar 26th, 2010

Dinakdakan

DINAKDAKAN is a pride of the Ilocano cuisine, most wanted by guys who love the exotic experience of grilled a grilled pig head, face or ear dressed with pig’s brain, that’s right, pig’s brain. Disgusting or interesting? Honestly, I never had that enough courage to try the traditional Dinakdakan. But thankfully, there are now many ways of preparing and cooking Dinakdakan without the brain....

Posted by Nez | Mar 25th, 2010

Pasta Carbonara

I have been craving for pasta for the past few weeks. I almost got tempted to buy the ready mix sauces for pastas in grocery stores, but I am really for a very-well prepared dish, so I brushed off the thought of buying those. I also didn’t buy any of the pastas from a fastfood or resto, I hate the feeling of regret buying such costly meal and didn’t get my money’s worth. So, I tried this recipe of...

Posted by Nez | Mar 11th, 2010

Breastmilk Cheese

I happen to see the Yahoo news this morning which features NEW YORK CHEF DANIEL ANGERER’S BREASTMILK CHEESE. Yup, you read it right! Cheese made out of his wife’s breastmilk. This really caught my attention. So, I asked my friends, “Would you like to try breastmilk cheese?” Some would say, yummy! Why not? Breastmilk is better than cow’s milk. Some would say, eeewww! Breastmilk is...

Posted by Nez | Mar 10th, 2010

Sweet and Sour Fish (Tilapia)

My blood pressure reached 140/90 few days ago. My OB advised me to lessen oily, sweet and salty foods since I have a history of pre-eclamsia. I had my medications for the past days and gladly, my BP went back to normal again. I am in my 32nd week and patiently waiting for few more weeks to deliver another baby boy. Cutting down oily, sweet and salty foods doesn’t mean one should already suffer eating bland,...

Posted by Nez | Mar 6th, 2010

Adobong Paa ng Manok (Chicken Feet Adobo)

Does this scare you? Sorry if I make you cringe. Nope, this is not a Halloween Edition of Hungrynez’ recipe. I know that to some the picture is a yucky, deadly and scary image of chicken feet yet a yummy feast to some just like me. I like to categorize ADOBONG PAA NG MANOK (CHICKEN FEET ADOBO) as one of the exotic foods of Philippine Islands. I believe Asians are much acquainted with Chicken Feet since it is...

Posted by Nez | Mar 5th, 2010

Apple Cinnamon Muffins

I took a break for a while from baking. It is quite hard for me with my big belly to go around the kitchen, reach for baking utensils in our cabinets, bend on my knees if I dropped something and whew, I find it very warm for my tummy each time I bake. I was grateful Royce was at home last weekend and helped me bake some goodies again. I guess he misses my baking. I had a couple of apples waiting in our fridge so I...

Posted by Nez | Mar 4th, 2010

Turbo Broiled Chicken

My mom was invited by her former high school friends to a potluck lunch party last weekend. She was hesitant to buy a potluck dish since she wanted to bring something she specially prepared for them, yet uncertain to cook because she didn’t want to go under the tedious process of buying, peeling, chopping, waiting for the meal to be cooked, seasoning, and everything. So, I suggested that I will lend her my...