Growing up in the islands with an abundance of coconuts, coconut macaroons are one of the things you learn early without even a recipe. I’m always weirded out when buying Goldilocks coconut macaroons, lol. But I know baking anything for the first time can seem intimidating, much less these tiny coconut cookies that look so […]
Dear sweet moms and parents! April here helping you relax into motherhood from my tropical island home in Marinduque! The weekend is a precious time when we can indulge our senses – eyes greedily devouring a meal made with love before we savor each sweet, mouthwatering bite. Today we journey through deep grease to escape to flavor […]
How to Make the Best Fudge Brownies (A Recipe That Will Become Your Favorite) I haven’t made brownies for a long time. The last one I made was probably the Maya Oven Toaster Brownie Mix. I was browsing thru the grocery and found this Maya Decadence Fudge Brownie line and I decided to buy some […]
There’s a new moist cake recipe with vinegar (by Chef RV Manabat) called Moist Cake (surprise!) going around Facebook recently and I was reminded of this Sharing Cake (or Friend in Need Cake) we used to do a lot with our (now expired) toaster oven. It’s very easy to do with none of the usual […]
I bet you didn’t know that you can use a pancake mix to make easy waffles. Or maybe you did but I bet you didn’t know that you can cook waffles even without the waffle maker. Yup, you can, (and you don’t even need an oven to make one (even if this is an oven […]
One of my favorite easy dessert recipes to make is Coffee Jelly. Jelly desserts are really easy to make and it really just mixing together and construction. What is a Coffee Jelly? Coffee jelly is a unique Filipino dessert (I think) that is made of jelly or gelatin flavored with coffee. In this recipe, I didn’t […]
One of the things I always get impressed about in food is the ability of others to layer different kinds of food to present a new dish. This Pears and Apples Poached in Red Wine for example. It’s a fruit dessert can definitely stand on its own but added to this Turon and Ice Cream, they […]
