Entries from May 2009
May • 11 • 2009
cream cheese + imitation crabmeat wonton
Fried wontons are tasty appetizers. Whatever you put in as a filling, you can never go wrong! Cream cheese and crabmeat combo is the most widely used filling and this wonton is sometimes called crab rangoon, or crabby wonton. Wontons are so easy to make and don’t require a lot of ingredients. At parties, they [...]
May • 11 • 2009
pininyahang manok sa gata (pineapple chicken in coconut milk)
We haven’t had rice for about 3 days. That’s highly unusual for full-blooded Ilocanos – we eat rice 3 times a day! So today, I thought I’d cook a meal we haven’t had for a long time so I can get Auster to eat. I decided to cook pininyahang manok. I looked up the recipe [...]
May • 1 • 2009
red hibiscus
In my attempt to create a tropical-themed backyard, I bought several tropical plants including hibiscus, kentia palms, spathiphyllums, and bromeliads. Hopefully they will grow in this crazy Ohio weather. Goodluck to me!
rushlyn