Presenting… The Day-Off Chef
“The Day-Off Chef” is a new category am putting in this blog which will detail my hard-pressed attempts at domesticity in the most-cherished part of my week: my day-off. Hopefully, this will motivate me to spend more time in the kitchen -something I have been doing less and less of ever since I discovered that snoozing, shopping, gadget-reviewing, blogging and doingathousandotherthingsbesidescannotbe doneallatthesametime by someone pretending to be Superwoman. Thankfully, my kiddies are still eating decent meals but I thought it’s high time to flash the apron and try something new.
My first venture was the Banana Chocolate Chip muffins I saw on Epicurious. I have been meaning to bake cupcakes and was taken in by the recipe because the kids love both bananas and choco chips. It was a bonus that these muffins were easy to make even though they were not as robust as Mrs. Fields. Still, they tasted luscious coming straight from the oven and are best eaten when hot, just as the choco chips are melting away from all that heat. Hmmm.. For the do-it-yourself, click here.
The second dish I tried for this DO (day-off) is a comfort food and family favorite. My mom calls this picadillo although I doubt if that’s the correct name. It’s a tasty soup which basically falls for sauteing strips of lean beef in onion, garlic and lots tomatoes. Then, add water and cover the meat till it’s almost tender, season to taste with patis and put in the potatoes cut into cubes. Lastly, add the pechay leaves (also cut into strips) and turn off the heat. The pechay will cook by itself in the hot broth. Serve fresh from the casserole.
Hurrah! I’ve just updated my dormant food blog (heheh)
Blogging since 2004 and recently married to Mr Z. I can't live without coffee....and brown sugar.
finally you put that apron on
picadillo para nako sabaw hahaha pulling yr leg
am just in jolly good mood
blame it to the hopia mongo my friend brought from the phils..
i will do muffin this weekend pala..
hmm, picadillo? mama has a picadillo dish too, but for some reason or another it is not a fave of mine…i actually don’t like the taste of beef. (yup that includes steaks!) the cuppacakes look good, i love anything with bananas…any chance may leftovers pa dyan? have a wonderful weekend, ajay!
Try the muffins Sha and tell me how it went. Share na rin:grin:
Howdy Anna! I can’t believe you don’t like beef, pano na ang sangkaterbang bulgogi at kalbee chim dyan?:grin: Am glad we both like dishes with bananas. Wish I could share thme with you. Regards!