Chips and Fresh Salsa

munchkinmommy | February 1, 2010

Are you ready for Superbowl Sunday?  You know game day won’t be complete without some good game day chow.  The most basic of all would be chips and salsa.  Our favorite tortilla chips is the Mission brand.  We buy a huge bag at Costco.  For a while, our favorite dip was a creamy spinach dip.  [...]

Safeway Holiday Recipe: Deviled Eggs with Smoked Salmon and Cream Cheese

munchkinmommy | November 29, 2009

I hope y’all had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  Thanksgiving week proved to be quite hectic for me, it felt like I was in a cooking marathon…or a horse race (I could have donned equestrian apparel!)!  That explains the lack of update on this site. Sorry! Nevertheless, it was a fun-filled, food feasting week!  Now that I [...]

Glazed Chicken Livers and Giblets (Motsu no Koshiyaki)

munchkinmommy | October 13, 2009

I have finally completed the list of basic  ingredients I need to start trying out the recipes in what I know will become a favorite recipe book…Quick & Easy Japanese Cuisine for Everyone and Quick and Easy Sushi Cookbook.  My first recipe book in the Quick and Easy series is Dim Sum Appetizers and Light [...]

Crab Rangoon

munchkinmommy | April 29, 2009

Crab Rangoon is one of our favorite appetizers, my daughter’s specially.  It’s food that is sure to keep my daughter on her seat and she could devour several pieces very quickly.  At the noodle house we frequent, these are called Crab Puffs.  It may also sometimes be referred to as Crab and Cream Cheese Fried [...]

Deviled Eggs

munchkinmommy | April 18, 2009

*This is entry #44 for theme “Easter EGG Hunt” of Lasang Pinoy, Sundays (La.Pi.S.), a weekly food photography meme.*
When I saw two or three weeks ago that we’re having an egg theme for La.Pi.S., I decided right there and then that I was going to make deviled eggs. As I was shopping for treats at [...]