January 2009 - Page 4 of 4

Embotido or Fruitcake?

January 7, 2009 by Toni | Posted in Food Watch | 22 Comments

This was the mystery dish of our Christmas dinner. It was shaped like a fruitcake block but was very pale like embotido (meat loaf). It was served along with the main courses, right smack between the kimchi and a huge bowl of rice. Was it a misplaced dessert dish? Or was it really meatloaf? Which […] Read more…

Leftover queso de bola ideas

January 6, 2009 by Toni | Posted in Recipes | 12 Comments

Queso de Bola is one of the good foodie things about the holidays. But what happens when the holidays are over and there’s still so much cheese left over? You think of other ways to enjoy it aside from its regular sliced version. We didn’t want the cheese to go to waste so we enjoyed […] Read more…

Tuna spaghetti and toast bring cooking mojo back!

January 5, 2009 by Toni | Posted in Recipes | 10 Comments

“Wifey, will you cook pasta?,” asked my husband as we were planning our New Year’s eve dinner. My lazy bones wanted to scream “No!”, my clogged nose wanted to say “Uh-uh!”, but my heart won over those two sickly body parts and said, “Of course!” Cooking took a huge backseat for me in ’08, going […] Read more…

Happy New Year!

January 2, 2009 by Toni | Posted in Thoughts | 19 Comments

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January 2009 archive

Embotido or Fruitcake?

Leftover queso de bola ideas

Tuna spaghetti and toast bring cooking mojo back!

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