Desserts
7 Tasty Filipino Merienda Treats You Should Try
One of Spain’s lasting legacies in the local food scene is Filipino merienda, a light single dish mid-morning or mid-afternoon snack. Unlike the full meals served during breakfast, merienda serves as a short, often sweet, break in between full meals. Filipinos have inherited this light snack from their Spanish colonizers, although such meals are not…
29 Favorite Filipino Desserts You Should Try
The Philippines is a generous host to those with a sweet tooth. That’s because there are so many traditional Filipino desserts you can try out. Plenty of cultural influences to take credit, combined with Filipino flair and creativity, have resulted in a wide variety of Pinoy sweets sure to soothe your sugar craving. Significance of…
Pinoy Hotcake
It looks like the typical pancake served right out of McDonald’s breakfast menu, but Filipinos call it more appropriately as “hotcakes” because they are best consumed when hot. Hotcakes, often known as pancakes or flapjacks, have a rich history dating back to ancient civilizations. Indeed, it is thought that the ancient Greeks and Romans developed…
Top Pinoy Foods We All Crave For
Filipinos are food lovers. Gifted with nature’s bountiful harvest, a talent for cooking, and a tradition that often integrates food into the table, Filipinos, and food is an unmistakable tandem. Whether it’s a small meeting or large gathering, food is an integral element that unites Filipinos together, enjoying each other’s company while savoring the delicious…
Banana Cake Recipe
Abundance of bananas in our country is a blessing we should take advantage of. You can use to it by baking, banana chips, banana cue, pinaypay na saging and so many more. This is the advantage that I live in a tropical country. Banana offers a lot of nutrients such as Vitamin C, iron, Calcium,…
Pinaypay na Saging
Pinaypay na saging is a famous Filipino snack or dessert made with thinly sliced, battered, and deep-fried plantains till crispy and golden brown. The name “pinaypay” is derived from the Filipino word for “fan,” since the sliced plantains are stacked in a fan configuration before being battered and fried. For extra sweetness, pinaypay na saging…
Potato Salad
Potato salad is a dish made from boiled potatoes, the versions of which vary throughout different regions and countries of the world. Although called a salad, it is generally considered a side dish, as it generally accompanies the main course. Potato salad is often served with barbecue, roasts, hot dogs, fried chicken, hamburgers and cold…
Baked Creme Caramel
In cultures around the world, dessert is a course that typically comes at the end of a meal, usually consisting of sweet food. Now, I’ll help you create a very simple kind of dessert which is baked creme caramel. Ingredients: For Caramel: 150 g sugar 40 ml water 400 ml water For Creme: 325 ml…
Cucumber & Tomato Salad
These deliciously cool and refreshing salads are perfect for nearly any occasion. Dress them up for a gourmet dinner, or serve them with a simple lunch. Ingredients: 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar 1/2 teaspoon sea or kosher salt 3-4 cloves garlic, mashed 10 fresh basil…
Brownies Recipe
Brownies are often among the first recipes a beginning baker attempts. In fact, many of us baked our first proud batch of brownies as children. And, just as likely, we’ve puzzled for years over why such a “simple” recipe can have such variable results: too dry, too blah, too underbaked in the center. But the…
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