Cascaron, deep fried bread dough, is a popular merienda (snack) option in the Philippines. Filipinos love fried food. I love anything fried!

Cascaron or “Bitsu-Bitsu”, deep fried bread dough; crunchy outside; soft and sticky inside. It’s made from mochiko flour, a kind of sweet rice flour. Cascaron is a sweet crunchy snack that should not be confused with the other…

I just love cats! We’ve always had cats in our house. I think the love of cats, and all critters, for that matter must run in our family. We all have at least a pet or two, except in my house we can be a bit extreme. At one point we actually had a dog, a cat, a rabbit, and a horse living with us! Thankfully my husband saw reason and we now only have a cat and dog in…

I love making aviator hats. I just think they’re so cute. They make great photo props for infants, toddlers, older kids, and even adults. I’ve made them for girls and boys. I made a slate colored one for my grandson Jett, and a hot pink one for my friend’s daughter Madeline. They both look adorable.

I decided my one year old grandson, Sadi, would look adorable in an…

Last week I made a Spring Throw Blanket for my daughter Jaime’s new house. She lives in Colorado and can definitely use it. I had found the yarn on sale at my local craft store and fell in love with the colors. I just had to have them even though I had no idea what I would make with them. Then after moving into her new home my daughter bought a new white leather couch and…

Pinoy (Filipino ) Chicken Noodle Soup is a tasty noodle soup dish usually made from bone-in chicken thighs, bacon and chicken liver. It has that good Asian chicken flavor and can help keep you warm during cold season.

I love cooking my own chicken noodle soup at home because aside from having the chance to enhance my cooking skills, I also get the opportunity to make…

As many of you know by now my ongoing project is to re-decorate my guest bathroom. I think this is the third re-do since we bought the house 13 years ago. Not bad really, but each time I’ve redone it I change the color scheme and theme completely. The last theme was I suppose rain forest and featured shades of green, I can’t recall what the previous decor was only that it…

Whenever we are in LA there’s this place we frequent, Zankou Chicken; although their specialty is the delicious rotisserie chicken they also serve beef and chicken kebobs and shawarma wraps. We love the beef shawarma so much that we buy a dozen or so to take home with us.

Since there are no trips…