Homemade Dumplings!

I finally found the courage to make my very own dumplings :) By the look on my critics' facial expressions, I did it right.

Tadaa!

Homemade chili sauce with olive oil

Mga gutom na kritiko :D 

 Tiyaw Nakamya :D

Fried Chicken Wings

Cooking in previous years proved to be the most "äbsentee" word in my vocabulary. I have to admit, I love to eat, my family and friends can second that - but cooking? no. Lately though, I developed the passion to cook the food I want to eat, as well as gradually making the kitchen equipped with whatever I need.
Here's what I found funny yet cute about learning how to cook:

1. You'd spend to get a certain ingredient mentioned in the recipe - not knowing there are alternatives :)
2. I have 6 kinds of spices in the cupboard in less than a month when previously, I don't even remember if we had salt. :)
3. You tend to overdo it and put something more than what's said on measurements and stuff. 
4. I spend half an hour standing in front of the "Spices" section of the grocery store.
5. I don't use measuring cups / spoons - I just "swish" and "swash" with my hand.
6. When it's my first time to cook a recipe, I don't want anybody else near my work place :)
7. I always let my sister taste first and wait for what she says :)

Anyway, today is chicken day. The only time I eat chicken wings is when they're fried.

A bit of Paprika and a Sprinkle of Cayenne pepper

now, let's eat

A near caesar dressing makes it tastier

This post mingles and crowds: 

 

Feels Good :)

At last I found a way to perk up whatever drink I have at home without going out and buy the expensive mocha whatever by popular coffee shops like..... you know what I mean :) so on my way home, I dropped by baker's depot and found some tiny bits of specially made sweets to make my chocolate more interesting.



Pour in :) 



 Played a little with the chocolate syrup

Bits and Pieces :D

Mingles and Crowds:

Strawberry Pancakes

While I'm posting this blog, I can still smell the sweet tasting syrup I had just poured on my serving. Tonight is pancake night.
This has been one of my easiest, fastest and most delicious recipe cooked in a span of only 25 minutes. A breakfast "regular" but then I did it for dinner.

 Fresh Strawberries

While strawberries aren't my favorite, I've found a new way to incorporate them to pancakes, one of my favorites. This is in order to make it useful especially during their season.



Finished Product :D

 Strawberry in every layer

Kim :D 

Mingles and crowds:

The Homemade Burger :D

This... This burger is "Kim's Burger". I started cooking out of just wanting to gain more knowledge in the intricacies of cooking and since then, I've been able to put something different to the table - and now, my sister has been bugging me to do whatever kind of burger. After she tasted the S'piggy I bought from Bapchi, she thinks every single burger, sandwich or whatever you call it will taste juuuuust like it :) (It didn't, but this one was gooooood)

Everything's homemade, from the creation of the burger patty all the way to the "semi" cooking of the onions.

My special serving - all for me!

Kim :D my ever loyal critic



Thank you Laura for all the tips, it helped all the way..

Chicken Picatta

My very own Chicken Picatta. I'm not a great cook - I have to admit that, but somehow, I always end up giving justice on recipes I have used as a guide in creating one of a kind dish. Today, I finally able to cook this recipe - a recipe that I have been visiting almost every other day on this website. http://purposedrivenchef.com 

The outcome of my 2 hour battle in the kitchen

I didn't even know a certain "Worcestershire sauce" existed.. I can't even pronounce it :D

yum

  Thanks to http://purposedrivenchef.com for this wonderful recipe.

Steamed mussels with pasta

Mussels is probably one of my favorite seafoods, besides it's cheap - they are indeed delicious. Through the years, I only knew one way to cook them and that's musssel soup. I was talking to a friend yesterday when she came on a different idea to cook it with pasta and the finished product? Steamed mussels with pasta :) yum

Small size mussels

Tomatoes

Now, let's eat

Noodle Doodle!

uI got home early today and decided to cook noodles for dinner thinking it would be the easiest and least work of all. I was wrong... I had the busiest preparation ever, not to mention keeping my fingers crossed about the taste.

Yes you can bet it tasted good :)

I did my best :D

Deviled Eggs A'la - Bang

Again, today I tried something new. Deviled eggs. A recipe I should have cooked last new year, unfortunately forgotten. I may not give enough justice on what was taught but at least I tried..   :D

Whoala!

Topped with chili

Filler :D

Southern Fried Okra

Today, I thought of finding a recipe that will make my sister and brother eat Okra. Whenever my mom cook some delicious "pinakbet", I never fail to see some Okra on one side of their plate so.. here's my first attempt to cook the Southern Fried Okra.

Fried Okra

a bit of chilli stuffed soy

And as a compliment to the cook, my brother loved it :)

Spaghetti à la Jones

I cook in so many ways we can eat a meal, but not exactly what you call a hearty one, but through the years, as I came to read blogs about food - talked about loving food, watching my mom cook and constantly talking to a friend who can tell me how to cook a certain food in its simplest way - I thought I should try.

And for my first try - A simple spaghetti.

My first critic

The finished product

Garnish and all

For the whole family