munchkinmommy | October 16, 2008
One of my childhood favorite coolers is Mais con Hielo. My Mom would buy large cans of creamy corn, and it was my Dad’s job to make shaved ice. In those days, there were no snowcone machines yet, at least, not the ones for home use. :) Just put a few spoonfulls of the creamy [...]
munchkinmommy | October 10, 2008
Champorado according to Wiki, “is a sweet chocolate rice porridge in Filipino cuisine. It is traditionally made by boiling sticky/sweet rice and cocoa powder giving it a distinctly brown color. However, dry champorado mixes, which may be found in some Asian food stores, are prepared by adding just boiling water. It can be served hot [...]
munchkinmommy | September 23, 2008
On our way home from Abby’s gym class (or from anywhere for that matter), we always pass by Tropical Smoothie Cafe, which is just a stone’s throw away from where we live. Abby asked me to buy her a smoothie. I proposed to just make her some at home. Thankfully, she agreed. I originally planned [...]
munchkinmommy | September 21, 2008
“You’ll forget the sun in his jealous sky; As we eat the foods of gold.” Hee hee. Sorry, Sting! I just had to borrow these two lines from one of your hit songs. This week’s Lasang Pinoy, Sundays’ theme is “Fried/Golden”. Let’s face it, a lot of the best tasting, tummy tickling, finger-licking foods out [...]
munchkinmommy | September 16, 2008
Those are the exact words on the box of treats we got straight from Japan. I always get excited whenever we get goodies, and I mean food goodies, from the Land of the Rising Sun. For one, they are packaged ever so nicely. Second and most importantly, they taste really good. My last entry about [...]
