CASA Veneracion

Iced tea mojito

Connie Veneracion — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:08:05 +0000

You can prepare this drink in two ways — as a cocktail drink or as a non-alcoholic iced beverage. If course, the non-alcoholic version won’t be a anything similar to a mojito and you can call it anything you like. Like minted iced tea. It’s really very good. But if you feel a little naughty [...]

15-minute oversized pork burgers with creamy mushroom sauce

Connie Veneracion — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:20:43 +0000

Need to get dinner on the table in 15 minutes? No problem. Season some ground meat, form into patties, throw into the skillet and cook until nicely browned. Cook sliced mushrooms in the same skillet, add cream and season. Spoon the creamy mushrooms over the burgers and you have a great meal. Recipe: 15-minute oversized [...]

Tofu: General Tso’s style

Connie Veneracion — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:51:47 +0000

One of the most widely known Chinese dishes outside of Asia is General Tso’s chicken — floured bite-size chicken pieces fried until crisp then tossed in sweet-salty sauce. This is the no-meat version using silken tofu. Instead of the usual onion leaves, the saucy tofu cubes were garnished with snipped cilantro and toasted sesame seeds. [...]

Pork patty, herbs & arugula spring rolls

Connie Veneracion — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:22:59 +0000

If a food show has a reality TV format, I skip it. It’s that simple. I prefer informative and entertaining but sans the contrived drama. Like Good Eats with Alton Brown. And Foodography. These are two of the few programs in Food Network that we still watch (Foodography actually airs via Cookingchanneltv.com but, locally, we [...]

Mocha and almond trifle

Connie Veneracion — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:06:12 +0000

The inspiration started with a photo. The finished dessert turned out to be something else because, believe or not, it was partially made with “failed cookies.” What failed cookies? Last Sunday, Sam saw photos of “Coraline” cookies and wanted to make them. Coraline? You know, the Neil Gaiman book about the little girl who had [...]