Author: Rochelle Sy Chua

I remember having tomato sauce at home and couldn’t think of anything to use it with.  So that day, I searched through Del Monte website to look for ideas.  I found this new recipe I haven’t tried — Ampalaya Guisado.  The usual stir-fried ampalaya that I know is with eggs but apparently, there is one version that uses salted beans and tomato sauce. Read More

Whenever I go to S&R, I always get ground beef and ground pork.  I just thought that both are must-have items in the kitchen.  And since I always stock up on ground meat, I ended up cooking lots of dishes with it.  For today, the recipe that I’m going to share is picadillo with potatoes. Read More

As much as possible, I try to cook dishes that are pinoy in nature because it’ll be very easy to find the ingredients here in Manila.  Another deliberate choice is to cook mainly vegetable dishes with meat incorporated.  The reason for this is that I get to eat healthy and at the same time, get the protein fix that I needed.

For today, the recipe that I followed is Ginisang Upo at Hipon. In english, this is stir-fried gourd with shrimps. Read More

According to my trainer, I have to eat more food that are not fried.  One of the dishes he suggested is Chicken Tinola.  So here I am trying to cook Chicken Tinola!  This version is the one using chicken cubes.  However, there is another version that uses pure chicken stock.  I’ll try that next time.  For now, the recipe I’m sharing with you today is the easy one! 🙂 Read More