CASA Veneracion

Avocado, tomato and onion salad

Connie Veneracion — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:16:52 +0000

The avocado was supposed to go into sushi but I cooked all the Japanese rice we had to make oyakudon. Sam looked at the lonely avocado ruefully, suggested that we make a salad with it then she...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Lobster balls and long beans stir fry

Connie Veneracion — Wed, 16 May 2012 12:16:51 +0000

Sam likes buying those frozen seafood balls in the grocery — fish balls, squid balls, shrimp balls, prawn balls, crab balls, lobster balls… I always ask her to choose fish balls over the...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Mango cheese pie: something between a cheesecake and a custard

Connie Veneracion — Tue, 15 May 2012 15:25:24 +0000

It has a graham cracker crust and it is baked but at a lower temperature and without the baine marie. It has all the traditional ingredients for a cheesecake — cream cheese, cream, sugar and...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

“The rise of the armchair cook”

Connie Veneracion — Mon, 14 May 2012 20:44:04 +0000

Commenting on the deteriorating interest in home cooking, the program mix on The Food Network and the Cooking Channel, and the general dumbing down of the public, Seattle Times nutrition columnist...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Melon cocktail with grape syrup

Connie Veneracion — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:28:53 +0000

If you Google “melon cocktail”, you’ll find that there are two categories. The first is an alcoholic drink; the second is a dessert. This falls under the second category. But while...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]