My Macaroons

Same day that I made my first chopsuey, I baked our favorite macaroons. Unlike most macaroon recipes, I do mine with freshly grated coconut instead of dessicated coconut.

Mom said that this recipe was an award winning recipe way back in the 80's. Thank goodness my mom loves to bake. I only learned to bake a year ago. Nonetheless, I can do better in baking than in cooking. I only made half of what the recipe called for. I was able to make over 60 pieces. I love my macaroons when they are golden brown on top but kuya loves it just lightly golden so I have to make sure that he gets his share too.

I used to sell macaroons in the office and my officemates just loved it. When that new oven lands here in June, I will definitely sell some again. I just have to come up with a nice and a bit sturdy packaging.

Ambitious Cook

Being a full time mother and wife, I can now at least say I have learned to love the cooking trade as opposed to what I was before, a mere "devourer".

I don't used to like cooking although I could cook very simple recipes that don't call for more than 3 ingredients. Among those that I could do without even looking at recipe books are: fried fish (fresh or dried), tinola, utan law-oy (stewed mixed veges), and sinugba (grilled).. and adobo, too. Well, at least I can make good adobo. It trapped my ex-boyfriend into believing I am a good cook that he ended up marrying me, hahaha!

Since the time I achieved my long time dream of being a full time home manager, I became a bit interested in cooking. Well, I know this is not by choice. I have to do it, otherwise, my family will get bored eating the same thing everyday. This is especially, when our certified cook is not around to do the cooking for us. For nine years, I had depended on my ex to cook for us when it calls for food other than fried stuff.

I seek refuge from internet recipes especially from www.pinoyfoodtalk.net and recipe exchange forums.

Just a few days back, I cooked my very first chopsuey, recipe courtesy of a fellow Girltalker. I altered the recipe though because I am selective with vegetables I eat. Sadly, I don't eat carrots (unless they are grated in some recipes). So my chopsuey only contained my favorite cauliflower, broccoli, sayote, baguio beans and chinese cabbage. I was very proud of my finished product. The picture may not look very appealing but I tell you it tasted so good that I told my husband he will never cook chopsuey again to rival with my version. Well, the secret was with Campbell's Cream of Mushroom condensed soup. It had to taste good because that chopsuey was a bit expensive because of the ingredients. As always, I gave out some to our neighbor, not to brag about it but because there was just plenty of it for just the three of us at home.