Cooking & Baking

28 Dec 2010 1 Comment

New Year’s Celebration Prep

There isn’t much turnaround time between Christmas and New Year’s, so it’s time to start thinking about the foods that you want to ring in 2011 with! Growing up, my parents always had big New Year’s Eve celebration at our house and there were many dishes that made appearances year after year. Filipino classics like BBQ skewers, sweet spaghetti, chestnuts, all kinds of fruits, palitaw (Filipino mochi cake), etc. So now, I’m thinking of making all those food for New Year’s Eve but laziness is creeping up on me. I’m crossing my fingers that I’ll get into the cooking mode by tomorrow so I can start grocery shopping!

by Joy in Celebrations, Cooking & Baking, Uncategorized

08 Nov 2010 5 Comments

Baking Marathon for Jordan’s 1st Birthday

A few days before Jordan’s birthday party, I bought ten pounds of butter, huge bags of flour, a dozen eggs, several bags of sugar, and new bottles of almond & vanilla extracts. I went through my recipe box and decided to use a different recipe for sugar cookie instead of my signature sugar cookie because I’m afraid it’s not going to stay fresh as long as a regular sugar cookie.

After many hours of baking, I finally ended up with about 160+ cookies! It took a very long time to pipe and frost each and every single cookie but it’s all worth it in the end. Our house almost turned into a mini bakery with all the stuff I’ve been making but everyone loved it because the house smelled so good! More

by Joy in Celebrations, Cooking & Baking, Party Planning

23 May 2010 No Comments

Homemade Baby Food

I got in the mood for cooking and slaved in the kitchen today. I stood over the cutting board and stove, cooking for nearly 8 hours! The payoff… I completed about 4 weeks worth of the small fry’s food and made all our meals including “baon” (tagalog word for packed lunch) for the rest of the week.

For the baby food, I haven’t really done anything fancy other than the peach-mango puree. I just normally steam veggies and then puree them with a Babycook.  After I get the puree made, I freeze it in baby food cubes storage so that way, I always have something on hand to give him. More

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