GINISANG UPO is a Filipino dish that is very quick and easy to cook but requires a lot of time in its preparation. Peeling and slicing the UPO or WHITE SQUASH or BOTTLE GOURD is the tedious part. It is exciting though, specially if you are cooking for the people that you love. GINISANG UPO is...

PORK AFRITADA WITH PINEAPPLES – Cubed pork, potatoes, tomato sauce and pineapple chunks come together in this wonderful dish to make an easy weekend family meal. Everything is cooked slowly to perfection, pork is tender, the sauce is thick, the vegetables are right and crisp, creating a...

BEEF PICADILLO is one of Filipino’s comfort food. Again, this Picadillo not the Picadillo recipe of South American countries, but a Pinoy’s version of Picadillo like the one I previously featured. Truly, this recipe has captured the hearts of the Filipinos, for I...

PINAKBET ILOCANO or PAKBET ILOCANO is the most award winning Pinoy vegetable recipe. It is usually served as in accompaniment to a fried or grilled meat or fish dishes. It is a combination of native eggplant, okra and ampalaya. Native vegetables are those which are usually small in size and...

Cooking MONGGO SPROUTS or TOGUE always brings me back to my grade school days. I remember my Science teacher asked the class to bring some monggo beans for an experiment. Fascinated and excited as I was, I brought lots of monggo sprouts next day. We placed the seeds on a pot of soil and...

Still Colby has no classes since Pangasinan is still signal # 1 with typhoon Juaning. we are so thankful that we are not so devastated with rain and wind of Juaning but our prayers to those who are badly affected of the typhoon. Today is a lazy day with the rainy weather but I still want to...