A day of errors - Nov 2, 2014

Have you ever had those days when you are excited to try something but it doesn't work out the way you envisioned it?

Today was one of those. After such a fun-filled and prayer-answered day yesterday (will tell you about it soon), I was looking forward to make puto for snacks before we went to church. I had googled the recipe a few days back and was so excited especially since dad brought back Lola Dely's steamer from Antipolo.

Dad and I talked the recipe over and he was commenting that instead of buying the dry rice flour, we should buy the ready-to-use galapong instead.

To make the long story short -- the lesson learned here is rice flour is different from glutinous rice flour. Duh. Sayang, it was cheesy pa man din.

It was a good batch of kutsinta/tikoy/maja blanca though.

Later that night, I planned to cook food for Miko to eat throughout the next few days. I steamed squash and brocolli and proceeded to make him a vegetable patty. I just mashed the squash and brocolli, then added cheese and a scrambled egg yolk (since most allergens are found on the egg white). Then deep fried dollops of the mixture.

Lesson learned: stop cooking this for Miko. He doesn't like it. Ate and Kuya ate one patty each and refused more.

What are your misadventures in the kitchen? Let me know and let's laugh talk about it okay?




You can read about other kitchen adventures here.

Quick and Sweet Bread Toast

Here's a quick snack that we love having for merienda --

What you need:

Bread, pan de sal is best

Butter or margarine

Sugar

What to do:

Spread  butter or margarine generously over one side of the bread. Sprinkle sugar on top. Microwave. I like this on low heat to ensure that the sugar is completely melted. If you only have hard, day-old bread, do not worry! Just put in a small container of water inside the microwave with the bread and, when you take it out, the bread will be soft again. 

Hope you like it!

 

 

Pancakes! :)

I'm making pancakes today. Hope i still get to make this for you when you grow older. :)

It has been said that we're in the age of technology and there is no reason for anyone to be naive anymore. Google has fast become my best friend, especially now that I'm trying my hands at cooking.

So there I was, following the instructions on the Maya Pancake Mix to the letter, when I just thought, what the heck, let's google "secret to fluffy pancakes". And there I found a lot of people swearing to -- beaten egg whites!!!! :)

I tried adding one beaten egg white to the batter and tada! Fluffy pancakes! I hope you get to taste them someday.

I love coffee as much as I love pancakes so I decided to add some powdered coffee to my 2nd batter and hope this works well too. Crossing my fingers! :)

What concoctions have you tried in the kitchen? Can't wait to cook with you. Love you both so much! :)