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...
Puto Maya Recipe
This Puto Maya recipe is made with sticky rice, coconut cream infused ginger and pantusa. Serve with some fresh cut sweet mango and Sikwate. Puto Maya is a delicacy from Cebu. It can be eaten for breakfast or as a meryenda along with a cup of Sikwate. It's a must. You can't have one without...
Ube Cheesecake Cooked in a Rice Cooker!
This Ube Cheesecake is made with Ube Ice Cream and Ube Halaya and cooked in a rice cooker. Yes it is!! Also it's so light and airy and it feels like you are eating a mousse. This Ube Cheesecake is like a cross between a regular cheesecake and the soufflé like Japanese Cheesecake. Regular cheesecake...
Calamansi Olive Oil Cake
This Calamansi Olive Oil Cake is creamy and has a touch of zing from the calamansi juice. The olive oil adds some floral notes and keeps it moist. This cake is the type of treat that is nice to have on the kitchen counter. Everyone can just grab a slice for a random snack. My...
Ube Snowflake Crisp Recipe
These Ube Snowflake Crisp Recipe is like a rice crispy treat but not really. Popular in Taiwan and China during Lunar New Year. The key difference is mixing in milk powder with the melted marshmallows and using cookies instead of rice puffs. That is all it takes to make it a light and crispy treat....
Ube English Muffins Recipe
This Ube English Muffins recipe are made with Ube and no food coloring or artificial flavoring. Don't worry it's easier than you think. Did you ever think, hmm I should go and make some English muffins? Hahaha probably not. But maybe you are curious? I remember the first time I made them and I was...
Queso de Bolla Crackers
These Queso de Bolla Crackers are made with just four ingredients. It's so easy to make your own home made crackers with this recipe. Sometimes you just want the flavor of cheese, but not eat a whole block of cheese. You all know the problems with getting multiple balls of Queso De Bolla during the...
Queso de Bolla Lengua de Gato
This Queso de Bolla Lengua de Gato is a buttery cookie flavored with grated gouda otherwise known as Queso de Bolla. Ahh, Queso de Bolla the quintessential cheese that you see every Christmas. You might even still have a few balls lying around. Don't worry they last a very long time and age really well....
Pastillas Recipe That Happens To Be Vegan
This Vegan Pastillas Recipe is made with just 5 ingredients from pantry staples. They are the perfect treat for a little something sweet. Pastillas is a milk based candy from the Philippines. Traditionally it is made with Karabao milk (Indigenous Water Buffalo), sugar and corn starch. When traveling locally within the Philippines it is one...
Favorite Filipino Pandan Recipes
These Filipino Pandan recipes range from baked goods to drinks and everything in between. Giving you many ways to cook with Pandan. Buko Pandan Halo Halo This recipes kills two birds with one stone. You get both the classic jelly based Buko Pandan with the addition of some icy milk and coconut ice cream. So...
Blueberry Bibingka Muffins
These Blueberry Bibingka Muffins are made with rice flour, coconut condensed milk, butter and oh so many fresh blueberries. Make a batch for on the go breakfast and snack. Did I put blueberries in bibingka or put bibingka into blueberry muffins? Either way it's sooooo good and soooo soft and moist. Ingredients Coconut Condensed Milk...
Ube French Toast Made With Just 3 Ingredients
This Ube French Toast is made with milk bread, ube ice cream and fried in butter. So simple yet oh so good. I love easy. We all love easy recipes and this is one of them. I believe the origins of making French Toast with ice cream came from Jacques Pépin, not from Tik Tok....
Filipino Pineapple Shake
These Filipino Pineapple Shake is made with just two ingredients. Frozen pineapple and pineapple juice. That is all it takes to make this super refreshing drink. Okay if you have ever visited the Philippines, the drink menu at the restaurants there are always filled with shakes. But it's not what you think! It's really a...
Pistachio Cream Biko
This Pistachio Cream Biko is made with just 3 ingredients - sticky rice, coconut milk and pistachio cream. Bonus it's ready in 20 minutes! I am totally joining the Pistachio cream bandwagon here. If you didn't know, pistachio cream is having a moment because of the viral Dubai chocolate bars. Now everyone and anyone has...
Strawberry Taho
This Strawberry Taho is less on the saucy side and more on the fresh strawberry side. It's sweetened with a few spoons of strawberry jam. I had a craving for this the other day and happen to have everything I needed for this super simple snack. Packed with fresh strawberries and super silky soft tofu...
Queso De Bola Cheese Puffs
These Queso De Bola Cheese Puffs are made with fresh grated cheese mixed into choux pastry. It's easier than it sounds! Ahh, queen of the Noche Buena table. Queso De Bola. You make get many gifts of it and are wondering what to do with it. I can help you. Not gonna lie. The cheese...
Favorite Filipino Desserts
Here is a list of some of my Favorite Filipino Desserts. Some are traditional, some are not but still have lots of Filipino flavor! Halo Halo A lot of people would say that Halo Halo is one of the best Filipino desserts out there. I agree! There are different versions available now, but just as...
Ube Cheesecake Balls
These Ube Cheesecake Balls are made with just 2 ingredients. Leftover Ube Cheesecake and some crushed Ube Otap. That is all it takes for people to think you are over the top but not really. Okay. Confession time. This recipe was originally going to be for a small serving of Ube Cheesecake. However I baked...
Tuyo Fried Rice
This Tuyo Fried Rice comes together in a flash for a quick meal with a punch of flavor. Serve with diced mangoes and tomatoes makes for a super tasty meal. Obsessed. I make this every time I have a bit of leftover rice and cannot get tired of it. This Tuyo Fried Rice does use...
Buko Pandan Cookies
These Buko Pandan Cookies are soft and gooey in the middle and nice and crispy on the edges. It also has both shredded coconut and macapuno for that ultimate buko overload! I've been wanting to make a Buko Pandan Cookie that wasn't that super neon green color and is filled with as much buko as...
Chocolate Bibingka Cake
This Chocolate Bibingka Cake is made with rice flour and chocolate chips and has a ChocNut frosting with lots of fun sprinkles! I first had this cake in Maui at a restaurant called Tin Roof. It's a restaurant by Top Chef alum Sheldon Simeon who is Filipino! He also includes it in his cookbook Cook...
Ube Affogato
This Ube Affogato is a super easy dessert to serve after dinner. All you need is a scoop of Ube ice cream and pour espresso on top. That is it! We love easy over here and this is probably one of the easiest desserts to make especially if you have been in the kitchen all...
Bread Dip in an Ube Bread Bowl
This bread dip is made with a surprising combination of ingredients that work oh so well together. It's then served in an Ube Bread bowl. I was introduced to this dip by my friend Danielle when I was still living in Australia. I don't remember if she brought it to a party or if I...
Crusty Ube Bread - A No Knead Version
This Crusty Ube Bread is probably the easiest bread you will make. All you need are just 5 ingredients. Oh and it requires no kneading. No knead breads are the best. They are so low effort, but the end result is just so satisfying. I mean the smell of freshly baked bread alone makes you...
Sans Rival Candy Bark
Sans Rival Candy Bark is made with a layer of Skyflakes, a gooey cashew butter center and topped with white chocolate crumbled with roasted cashews and meringue pieces. You know I love me some Sans Rival. See Sans Rival Macarons and cookies recipes. Now this is an even easier way to get Sans Rival on...
Longganisa Embotido
Longganisa Embotido is a two in one Filipino recipe! Instead of making multiple Longganisa pieces we are just going to make one big one and make it like an Embotido. Embotido is a Spanish word for sausage. A traditional Embotido is made with some ground pork and fine chopped veggies then stuffed with a few...
Kale Laing With Chili Crisp
Super quick Kale Laing made with sautéed kale and served with a coconut sauce flavored with garlic, ginger and fish sauce. For a bit of crunch a drizzle of Chili Crisp is added at the end. As you may have gathered this is not an authentic recipe for Laing from Bicol. Traditionally it is cooked...
Kuchinta with Ube Cookie Butter
Kuchinta is a super bouncy steamed Filipino Kakanin with lye water being the secret ingredient. It's served with Ube Cookie Butter for some extra flavor. I've actually made Kuchinta here before, but it was a matcha version. Kuchinta is one of the more simple Kakanin recipes. You only 5 ingredients to make it and just...
How To Make Iskrambol
Super simple Iskrambol recipe made with strawberry milk, shaved ice, chocolate syrup and marshmallow fluff. It's topped with a Neapolitan ice cream to bring all the flavors together. Iskrambol or Ice Scramble is a Filipino dessert that kids used to get after school. My Mom grew up eating these from vendors outside her school. It's...
My Favorite Filipino Drinks
Here are my favorite Filipino drinks from fresh juices, to thick shakes with some cocktails thrown in. So many options for you to find your own favorite! Classic Filipino Drinks These are either the drinks of your childhood and what you miss drinking when out of the country. Calamansi Juice Of course we are going...
Champorado Ampaw
This Champorado Ampaw is a two Filipino recipes in one! Inspired by the Filipino breakfast dish made with rice and chocolate. Ampaw is the Filipino version of a rice Krispy treat. It's finished with a dusting of milk powder. Just like champorado! I have made the original Ampaw in an earlier recipe. You can refer...
Ube Cream Puffs
These Ube Cream Puffs are filled with Ube Ice Cream and topped with an Ube Glaze. To add a bit of crunch Ube Polvoron is also sprinkled on top. OMG these are so so good. Making the puffs are a bit of work, but it's so worth it. Once you learn how to make them,...
Filipino Pork and Tofu Adobo Meatballs
These Filipino Pork and Tofu Adobo Meatballs are baked and then cooked in a garlicky vinegar and soy base sauce. Oh and it's on the table in 30 min! I first made a version of these meatballs when my daughter's friend stayed for dinner. We think she had 4 meatballs! She didn't even know there...
Maruya (Filipino Baked Banana Fritter) Recipe
This Maruya (Banana Fritter) recipe is baked instead of fried. The batter is super light and buttery and filed with cubes of Saba. We also make a light crispy crust using the broiler. Maruya is a street food you can find all over the Philippines. Traditionally it is Saba covered in a light batter and...
Chocolate Covered Skyflakes (A Filipino Brickle Recipe)
These Chocolate Covered Skyflakes are like a Filipino Brickle Recipe. A saltine cracker covered in caramel and chocolate. It does have lot's of Filipino twists. Read more below. I've had this Chocolate Covered Skyflakes recipe in the back of my head for so long. It's super duper Filipino that has roots in the Saltine Cracker...
Filipino Pumpkin Recipes
These Filipino Pumpkin Recipes will inspire you to add pumpkin to Filipino recipes or even apply Filipino cooking techniques to other recipes. I'm not going to waffle on here and just get to the recipes. I'll be sharing both savory and sweet ones. Oh also I will be using the words Kalabasa and Pumpkin interchangeably...
Kalabasa Kalamay (Pumpkin Kalamay)
This Kalabasa Kalamay is a great way to use up some pumpkin puree. It's cooked with glutinous rice flour and coconut milk, giving it a nice sticky texture. I know, who am I another pumpkin spice recipe. Don't worry though it is still Filipino all the way through. If you didn't know Kalabasa is the...
Pumpkin Pie (A Filipino Version)
This Pumpkin Pie is made with Pumpkin Halaya with a Polvoron Graham Cracker crust. It giving Filipino flavors and cooking techniques. For years I have been so against doing any pumpkin recipes. Now that I have been sitting on that for a long long time, I thought well let's just cook pumpkin or kalabasa using...
Kalabasa Halaya (Pumpkin Jam)
This Kalabasa Halaya is flavored with pumpkin spice, which gives this recipe an American Twist. Great to have a spoon of it after dinner or use it in drinks or baked goods. Did you know that you can make Halaya (or Jam) with any potato, yam or gourd? It's not limited to just Ube. This...
Salted Egg Butter - Itlog Na Maalat Butter
This Salted Egg Butter is made with just two ingredients. Grated Salted Egg and the best butter you can buy. It goes well on veggies, bread and other baked goods. I love the idea of flavored butter and this combo of Itlog Na Maalat and butter is just so good. Originally it was made to...
Bibingka Cornbread Loaf
This Bibingka Cornbread Loaf is served with Salted Egg Butter. The perfect upgrade to regular Cornbread and plus it's gluten free! Ahh, it's almost Thanksgiving and I am giving you Filipino versions of sides that you can make and bring for that big American feast. This recipe is a blend of Bibingka and Cornbread, baked...
Palabok 4 Ways
Did you know that Palabok is very versatile? Here are 4 different ways you can enjoy the flavor of Palabok. Palabok is my favorite Pancit ever. It's the noodle dish that I request my Mom to make me for my birthday. The sauce is just so creamy and I love all the toppings that you...
Ube Halaya Pie Cookies
These Ube Halaya Pie Cookies are so adorable and also full of Ube flavor. Don't let the color of the crust fool you. It's all Ube Halaya. I'm not a fan of using Ube flavoring. First of all the dye and second of all it's artificial. These super adorable Ube Halaya Pie Cookies are not...