Homemade Puto Seko made with just 3 ingredients. You only need cornstarch, butter and condensed milk to make this classic Filipino cookie. What Is Puto Seko? Traditionally it's a cookie made with cornstarch, rice flour, egg, butter and sugar. It's very similar to an Uraro cookie. The main difference is that Puto Seko is made...
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Ginisang Kamatis at Itlog (Sauteed Tomatoes with Egg)
Ginisang Kamatis at Itlog (sauteed tomatoes with egg) is a super simple two ingredient meal that gives you a healthy and hearty meal on the dinner table in no time. Ginisang Kamatis at Itlog (sauteed tomatoes with egg) We are at the tail end of the Bahay Kubo Cooking Series! Yay. What I wanted to...
Uraro (Arrowroot) Cookie Recipe and Gluten Free!
These Uraro (Arrowroot) Cookies are made with 100% arrowroot flour, which makes them gluten free. Using a cookie press you can make these cookies in under 30 minutes! What are Uraro Cookies? Uraro or Arrowroot cookies were the cookies of my child hood. I remember taking one from the canister and I would just let...
Ube Oreo Truffle Balls
These Ube Oreo Truffle Balls are oh so easy to make. All you need are super fine crushed Oreo cookie crumbs mixed with Ube Polvoron, oh and some Ube Ice Cream to combine it all together. Honestly these should not exist. They are that good. For some reason Ube and Oreo go really good together....
Strawberry Cream Mamon Cake
This Strawberry Cream Mamon Cake is made with just 5 simple ingredients including ready made Mamon. So there is no baking required at all. This is a super short cut for making one of the best cakes ever invented - the Strawberry Cream Cake. In Japan they are classified as Christmas cakes. Don't ask me...
Langka Scones (Jackfruit Scones) Recipe
These Langka Scones are layered with Langka jam from the Philippines. The texture of the scones are nice and light and goes great with the slightly caramelized jam. Oh and it's topped with a light sprinkling of Polvoron for a sweet milky crunch. I have a slight obsession with afternoon tea's. The tiny sandwiches, decadent...
Hojicha Biko Recipe
This Hojicha Biko only requires 5 ingredients! Brewed Hojicha, glutinous rice, condensed milk and coco jam. It also comes together in 15 minutes. I feel like everyone is going to Japan and will probably have brought back some Hojicha. The invention of Hojicha is quite recent. Like 1920's recent. Haha. Some tea growers started roasting...
Calamansi Madeleines Recipe
This Calamansi Madeleines is made with fresh Calamansi juice and coated with a sweet calamansi glaze. They are buttery and a little sweet and sour. These are just the most dainty little cakes. I love the scallop shape how you can finish them in two bites. Hehe. Make sure you rest the batter for a...
Fruit Cocktail Taho Recipe
This Fruit Cocktail Taho is made with instant boba, sweet tofu and of course the Filipino favorite, canned fruit cocktail. Honestly I have a love hate relationship with Fruit Cocktail. I absolutely detested the dessert made with whipped cream and fruit cocktail mixed with some coconut strips especially if it was frozen. Gosh so hard...
Yema Cookie Bars Recipe
These Yema Cookie Bars are made with toasted flour just like a polvoron! Then small pieces of yema candy is mixed into a cookie batter that has been flavored with calamansi rind. You can really taste the depth of flavor when you bite into them. I had originally planned for these to be actual cookies....
Should you make Boozy Salabat?
This Boozy Salabat has lots of spicy ginger and sweetened with coconut sugar and spiked with a shot of Rum. It goes down as smooth as vanilla. So yes you should totally make it boozy. Okay full disclosure. This is oh so easy to drink. I shot the photos for this recipe at 10am and...
Calamansi Marmalade Bars With Polvoron Crust
These Calamansi Marmalade Bars are made with a Polvoron Crust with crunchy bits of Pinipig. I admit. I totally have an obsession with Polvoron. Use it in a pie. Check. What about in a tiramisu? Check. Or my most recent favorite, stuffed in a focaccia. To me our Filipino Polvoron is oh so super versatile....
Parol Bread (Star Bread)
This Parol Bread or Star Bread is made in the shape of a Filipino Lantern called a Parol. It's filled with a sweet buttery bread crumb filling similar to what you will find in Spanish Bread. I love making star shaped bread during Christmas. I love that it looks like a Parol after it's baked....
Apple Pichi-Pichi Recipe
This Apple Pichi-Pichi is made with both apple sauce and apple juice so it packs a flavor punch. In this non-traditional version it is not coated in coconut, but in sugar mixed with cinnamon. I love Pichi-Pichi and don't make it enough. It's made from grated cassava and something magical happens when you steam it....
Crispy Oven Baked Lechon Recipe
Yes this Crispy Oven Baked Lechon is totally made crispy in the oven. Just follow my fool proof method of boiling, drying and baking and you too shall have this super crispy yet juicy Lechon. I've made this recipe for other brands, but have not put it on here on my own site. Tis the...
Savory Ube Mash Recipe
This Savory Ube Mash is simply made with ube puree, cream, butter and salt. Super simple yet super tasty. I don't know what is wrong with me. Last year I think I did the same thing. Posted a last minute Ginataang Mashed Potato with Crispy Dilis recipe and today I am doing it again on...
Savory Ube Rolls
These Savory Ube Rolls are made with Ube puree and loaded with lots of butter. They are the perfect way to add Ube to your Thanksgiving or Christmas table in a different way. Yup. I said savory. Similar to my Savory Ube Focaccia and Ube Pierogi recipes. Not all ube recipes need to be sweet....
Calamansi Espresso Tonic
This Calamansi Espresso Tonic is made with a honey syrup, calamansi soda and shot of espresso along with lots of ice. It's a perfect shot of super icy caffeine. I had this a Calamansi Espresso Tonic at a cafe in the Philippines the last time I was there. I don't remember the name of it...
Peach Mango Taho Recipe
This Peach Mango Taho recipe uses instant boba mixed with sweet tofu, diced canned peaches and fresh mango. It's super easy and super fast and super sarap. Honestly this recipe came about because I saw Mango Instant Boba at my local grocery store. Initially I was just going to do just a Mango Taho, but...
Pandan Cake - Quick and Easy
This Pandan Cake is a one bowl wonder made from ingredients you already have in your pantry. It's also vegan and can be ready to eat in 30 minutes! The story of this cake is very simple. My daughter was craving a Pandan flavored cake. I looked around in my pantry and found everything that...
Big and Bubbly Sweet Ube Focaccia
This Big and Bubbly Sweet Ube Focaccia is like eating a super huge fritter, but so much easier to make. The outer crust is super crispy and the bread is super soft. It's studded with Ube Polvoron and slathered with Ube Halaya. To finish it's drizzled with a sweet Ube Glaze. I have been seeing...
Ube Candy Bark
This Ube Candy Bark is made with a layer of Skyflakes, Ube Halaya and a Ube white chocolate coating. Then topped with a heavy sprinkling of Ube Polvoron. Super easy and super sarap. I think making Filipino flavored Candy Bark is just my thing. I mean the Sans Rival version I made was so good....
Apple Biko Recipe
This Apple Biko is made with apple juice infused sticky rice and topped with a cinnamon laced apple sauce and coco jam sauce. Oh so perfect for all your fall festivites. I noticed the other day that I actually did not have that many apple recipes on here. This Apple Biko is a remedy to...
Bibingka Apple Pudding Cake
This Bibingka Apple Pudding Cake is made with Bibingka mix, apple juice, preserved apples and topped with cinnamon flavored polvoron. To finish it's drizzled with some coco jam. It's fall in a bite. So I have been thinking about this cake for sometime like all recipes on here. I mean isn't everyone searching for a...
Calamansi Chicken Tenders
These Calamansi Chicken Tenders are the Filipino Chicken Tenders you never knew you needed to make. They are marinated in a calamansi infused batter and coated in a mix of crushed Skyflakes and chicharron. Then after baking it's dipped in a super creamy calamansi sauce. I had to develop a chicken tenders recipe for a...
Longganisa Breakfast Sandwich
This Longganisa Breakfast Sandwich is made with Ube English Muffins, longganisa patty and super fluffy scrambled eggs. My friend Luisa Brimble has successfully segued into becoming one of the best bakers in Sydney, Australia at a place called Tita Carinderia. It's a place that I really want to go to but going back to Australia...
Calamansi Marmalade Recipe
This Calamansi Marmalade Recipe is made with fresh calamansi, water, sugar and a touch of honey. It's a labour of love, but worth it. Anyone else really into that Meghan Markle show on Netflix? I actually really love it. We could actually be besties. We have the same love language. Making great food and leveling...
The Ultimate Chunky Ube Cookie
This Chunky Ube Cookie is all Ube. No fillers, no distractions, just a simple Ube Halaya swirl. It's ube to the max. Nothing gets me more annoyed than a bad cookie. I get even more angry if it's a bad Ube Cookie. You know what I am talking about. The ones with no bite or...
Ube Boba - A Super Easy Recipe
For this Ube Boba all you need are 4 ingredients! Instant boba, milk, melted ube ice cream and ice. All you need to do is layer it all up and mix and boom. Boba. I made this Ube Boba drink in less than 5 minutes and didn't have to drive to a tea shop to...
Sparkling Matcha Calamansi Soda
This Sparkling Matcha Calamansi Drink is both sweet and sour that is complimented by the earthy flavor of Matcha. I first had a version of this drink at Stonehill Matcha in San Francisco. It was a super hot day and I never had matcha mixed with a lemon soda. Upon taking the first sip I...
Ube Croissant
This Ube Croissant is the best way to dress up day old Croissants. Just blend almond paste and Ube Halaya together, dust some Ube Polvoron on top and bake! The thing about seeing almond croissants at bakeries is that they make it seem so hard to make because they taste so good. To make really...
Adobo Fried Rice - Leftovers have never looked so good.
This Adobo Fried Rice is made with leftover Chicken Adobo and topped with truffle scrambled eggs. A bit of crushed chicharron is added for crunch as well as cherry tomatoes for a fresh bite. Every time I make Chicken Adobo (btw I always make it with coconut milk now. Totally a game changer.) I always...
Ube Mamon Layer Cake
This Ube Mamon Layer Cake is made with just 3 ingredients. Whuut?? You say. All you need is 3 store bought Ube Mamon, Ube Halaya and Marscapone. In 15 minutes you have this beautiful cake. Oh and the beauty of it all is that there is no baking required! Sometimes I get ideas in my...
Bistek Cheesesteak Recipe
This Bistek Cheesesteak is super quick and easy to make. All it takes is the right cut of steak, a bit of soy sauce, calamansi and onions. My husband was listening to a podcast about a guy judging a Cheesesteak competition in Philly recently. He was talking non-stop about a Bistek flavored one from a...
Sweet Corn Bibingka
This Sweet Corn Bibingka is made with creamed corn, coconut milk and butter making it super soft and malagkit. Making it the most perfect merienda. Did you know that there are many forms of Bibingka. There is one cooked over and under fire in banana leaves that you eat during Noche Buena. Other versions include...
Filipino Chocolate Mousse with ChocNut Topping
This super easy Chocolate Mousse has a Filipino twist. It's made with Tablea a super dark Filipino chocolate and topped with one of my favorite candies - ChocNut. I have been dreaming of a big pot of Chocolate Mousse lately. So we just had to add one one here with a Filipino twist of course!...
Binallay Recipe
Binallay or Binalay is a Kakanin from Ilagan, Isabela Province. It's made from ground galapong and steamed in banana leaves. It's served with a caramel sauce made from Pantusa and Latik. As a Filipino living in the US I don't get exposed to the many many different kinds of Kakanin in the Philippines. I actually...
Coconut Bibingka
This Coconut Bibingka comes together so quick. All you need to do is blend everything in a blender and bake. It's super chewy and moist and full of coconut flavor. This version of Bibingka is so so chewy, it can also be called Bibingkang Malagkit. Malagkit means sticky when you translate it from Tagalog to...
Halo Halo Sundae
This Halo Halo Sundae combines the best of Filipino and American desserts. Bananas, Ice Cream, Nata de Coco and lots of shaved ice topped with a cherry of course! I was brainstorming for new Filipino recipes out loud and my daughter happened to be sitting there. So she thew out Halo Halo Sundae and I...
Calamansi Wine Spritzer
This Calamansi Wine Spritzer is the perfect cocktail on a super hot day. Supper bubbly with lots of calamansi flavor. Remember those wine spritzers from the 80's? My mom always had a 6 pack in the fridge. They didn't seem to have any alcohol in them as I never got tipsy when drinking a stolen...
Green Mango Shake - Filipino Style
This Filipino style Green Mango Shake is the perfect icy mix of sweet and sour. It's the kind of drink you crave on a super hot day. I crave this once I land in the Philippines. But I did notice on my last trip a year and a half ago - it's not so common...
Melon Halo Halo - Super Sarap
This Melon Halo Halo is made with fresh cut super sweet melon and lots of ice. To make it next level we add a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Okay this Halo Halo is like when Melon sa Malamig and Japanese Kakigori have a baby. I just love touch of melon syrup soaked into the...
Ube Latte - A Super Easy Version
This Ube Latte is super easy because we are going to use a short cut for that super ube flavor. Melted ube ice cream with a shot of espresso. So sarap! Do not under estimate the versatility of Ube Ice Cream. You can turn it into cakes, tiramisu, or even French toast! No need to...
Ube Tiramisu - A Super Pinoy Version
This Ube Tiramisu is filled with all Filipino Ube ingredients. We have got Halaya, Polvoron and even Ube Ice cream! A trifecta of Ube Pinoy goodness. I am about to throw hella shade right now. But first a disclaimer. I developed this recipe originally for Sarap Now. Unfortunately that shop has now closed and my...
Turon Pastry
This Turon Pastry is filled with Saba and Langka jam that has been wrapped in puff pastry. Then dipped in butter and sugar creating a caramel crust. I am very adverse to deep frying. Which is why all my lumpia recipes are not fried. With this Turon recipe I wanted to have the same melt...