Homemade cookies & cream

One of the desserts I made at home and a fave to my 2 kids is my homemade COOKIES & CREAM. It is so easy to prepare. In a container, add 2 boxes of Nestle Cream and 1 box of condensed milk. Mix the 2 together. Then add 1 pack of pounded pieces of Oreo cookies to the mixture. Mix well until the cookies are perfectly scattered in the mixture. Place it in the fridge and presto, instant dessert for my kids.

Conti's Mango Bravo Cake

Hubby and I are contemplating if we will prepare something for our Noche Buena. We’re just four in the family, us and the 2 kids, and most of the time kids are already asleep by midnight of 24. We just decided to cook spaghetti and chicken sandwich for the 2 of us. For our Media Noche on the 31st I am planning to buy the famous Conti’s Mango Bravo. I got my first taste of it during my Tita’s 70th birthday and I must admit I really love it and my daughter as well.

There are only 4 branches of Conti’s and the one we’re familiar with is the one located in Greenhills. I bought this cake once in an occasion and this is probably the second time. It is definite that will gonna have it on the table on New Year’s Eve but when to buy it is still on hold.

If you are cake lovers and want to try something new aside from Goldilocks and Red Ribbon specials then this cake is highly recommended. A slice of this Conti’s Mango Cake gives you pieces of ripe mango with layers of nuts, chocolate mousse and sans rival pudding. The icing taste just perfect and the mixture of the ingredients really blend on every bite. It costs P850.00 but the size is twice of a regular cake so not that really expensive.

Happy Holidays!!!

Food bite: Ginataang Halo-Halo Recipe

Holy Week is here and people are observing their annual tradition of penitence. To others, fasting is strictly observed while others visited different churches and holy places. We also have the traditional “Pabasa” (reading the stories in the Bible by way of singing it). Others shun themselves of happy things and opt to meditate. There are still other ways people do observe during Holy Week like real life crucifixion.

During Lenten Season, I notice that there are more people who cook this recipe, Ginataang Halo-Halo, and for me this is one of my faves during the season. If you need the recipe check it out below. You can have it as dessert or a snack.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of galapong (rice flour mixed with water)
• 1 cup of camote (sweet potato) peeled and cut in cubes
• 1 cup of bananas (saba) peeled and cut diagonally about 1 cm thickness
• 1 cup of gabi (taro) peeled and cut in cubes
• 1 cup of ube (violet yam) peeled cut in cubes
• ¼ cup of shreaded langka (jackfruit)
• 2 cups of coconut milk
• 1 cup of white sugar
• pieces of pandan leaves

Cooking procedures:

Form the galapong into small balls about a marble size with the use of your palm. Fill a deep casserole with the coconut milk and sugar and mix them well. Put the remaining ingredients except the galapong, cover it and set the flame. Simmer it for 30 minutes. Check the ingredients if fork-tender then add the galapong balls and simmer for additional 10 minutes. Serve hot.