Salt, an essential ingredient not only for food but in life. A mineral mainly made out of sodium and chloride ions ( NaCl ), you can find it being used as an ingredient in almost every recipe whether sweet, savory, sour, or bitter, in drinks, in medicine that we intake or apply topically, for cleaning,…
Avocado, is more than just a trendy food. Also called ‘butter fruit’, or ‘alligator pears’, with the scientific name ‘Persea americana’ is a native fruit from the Americas under the laurel family growing from an evergreen tree. This fruit has a dark leathery textured smooth skin, a creamy slightly earthy and nutty tasting bright green…
Flat Tops is an indulgent milk chocolate candy that many Filipinos have fond childhood memories of. Created by the Philippine based company RICOA, who were also the first to create chocolate in the Philippines. Each pack contains around 30 to 100 pieces, made of milk solids, hydrogenated vegetable fats (Palm oil and Palm Kernel oil),…
Choc Nut is a small milky peanut flavored chocolate candy ‘bar’ no bigger than a thumb, and hits all of the nostalgic points in many Filipino’s childhoods. These are made of milk powder, roasted peanuts crushed to a powder form, cocoa powder, vanilla, and cane sugar. Once an all time favorite kid candy has now…
Puto Bumbong is a traditional Filipino dish that is basically an aromatic purple colored rice cake made of glutinous rice flour, rice flour, coconut meat, water, and ube. Steamed inside a bamboo tube or in this case a steamer then topped off with grated coconut and shredded cheese. Puto bumbong is a beloved dish that…
This Icebox cake (with just 2 ingredients) is an easy no-bake summery treat that’s so easy even kids and beginner home cooks can make. Pre-made store brought cakes, arranged to layer with whipped cream, and finally sprinkled with some chocolate chips and chilled overnight. Ready to be consumed by you and your housemates as a…
Chocolate is not only an irresistibly delicious ingredient used to make your baked goods and desserts absolutely addicting. It has so much history and benefits. A food product made of roasted cacao seeds, grounded, then turned into a liquid, paste, or solid, eaten once it solidifies into a chocolate bar, or sometimes flavored with other…
White Sugar, also called ‘granulated sugar’, ‘table sugar’, or ‘regular sugar’ is made of cane sugar or beet sugar. One of the most common types of sugar, there are many types of varieties under this popular sweetener. The short process to make this ingredient starts from extracting the liquids from sugarcane or beets, boiled till…
Buko Salad Ice Candy is a sweet creamy coconut fruit salad turned into a summery frozen treat. This little twist made using the classic Buko salad made of shredded young coconut, a mixture of canned fruits or fruit cocktail that’s then mixed together with a creamy concoction of evaporated milk and condensed milk. Boiled together…
555 Sardines Philippines is a truly Filipino product from the under Century Pacific Food, Inc. with the tagline “Super Ulam Pinoy” translating to “Super Filipino Viand” as these are not only filling, but have vitamins and minerals like lycopene, protein, iodine, calcium and more. It’s been in production for around 30 years or more, ingredients…
