Chop, Chat and Chomp

    One of the dishes I always have in mind when I have bagoong (fermented small shrimp) on hand is Pork Binagoongan. My mom always cook bagoong whenever we visit her for us to bring home. We love her bagoong so much that it takes only a few weeks to finish a big jar. We serve it side by side with Karekare, we use it as dip for steamed vegetables, use it to season Pinakbet and other Sauteed mixed vegetables and as dip for Manggang Hilaw (unripe mangoes). The list goes on and on...     Today, I'm sharing the recipe for Pork Binagoongan with Ampalaya and I'm using the last morsel of bagoong from the jar.   Pork Binagoongan With Ampalaya Pork Binagoongan with Ampalaya Half a kilo of pork belly strips, sliced Water enough to cover belly 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 medium sized onion, sliced 3 Tbsp. bagoong 1 medium size ampalaya, sliced into 1/2" thick 4 pcs. finger chili, sliced into 3 Place pork belly in a wok and add enough water to cover pork. Let boil...

    One of the goodies I wanted to bake before going paleo was Food for the Gods. I have not been baking my recipes for all sorts of goodies for a long time now and I thought of improvising my recipes and make it paleo just to satisfy my cravings. And this is the result, of which I want to share.     Here's the recipe for my paleofied Food for the Gods...   Paleo Food for the Gods Ingredients: 1/2 cup clarified butter 1 cup minus 2 Tbsp. coconut sugar 2 Tbsp. honey 4 eggs 1 cup rice flour 2 Tbsp. tapioca flour 1 tsp. baking powder a pinch of sea salt 1/2 cup dates, chopped 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped Preheat oven to 350degF Cream butter and sugar together. Add honey. Beat in eggs one at a time. Fold in the flour, baking powder and sea salt. Mix till no trace of flour is seen. Add the dates and walnuts. Place in a greased baking dish 7" x 11". Bake for 30 minutes.     Try this rec...

    On May 1, 2015 Labor Day, Tommy and me with Cham, Mike and Gael went to an interactive art museum in Cubao, Art in Island.  We brought along my assistant, Ronalyn. We divided ourselves into 2 groups, Tommy, Ronalyn and I went together while Cham, Mike and Gael formed themselves in one group.     To know more about Art in Island, Cham described well about this in her blog  here . These are the photos I took: