The Geeky Momm

Monday, October 4, 2021

Recipe: Homemade Chaosansi

Made famous by canned Gulong brand of sautéed bamboo shoots, here’s my take of Chaosansi using canned shoots instead of fresh ones because I find them too tough. If you want to use the fresh ones, make sure to boil them in water for 20 minutes or so to soften them a bit. INGREDIENTS: 1 tsp minced onion 1 tsp minced garlic 100g pork strips or ground pork or tofu if vegan 250g...

Recipe: One Pot Herbed Chicken with Broccoli and Mushrooms

One pot viand has always been my favorite practical way of serving family meals within a budget. Saves you time, money (depends on the ingredients), and dishes to wash. This one pot chicken meal is one of my family’s regular. I serve them several times a month and may differ a little in flavor with whatever available herbs that are on hand. For this recipe, I’m using a mix of fresh Cuban...

Recipe: Lux-Nama Chocolates

If there’s such thing as a fan art, then this would be a fan recipe. Lol. Dark. Sinful. Hot. Luscious. Just like Mr Morningstar himself Lux-Nama Chocolates.These are Netflix’s Lucifer inspired silky smooth, melt-in-your-mouth chocolate ganache or popularly known as Nama chocolate. Usually made with two ingredients of fresh cream and premium dark chocolate, I added a smidge of brandy...

Recipe: Lemon Herbed Spatchcock Chicken with Giblet Gravy

♥️ #Valentines dinner with the family at home. LEMON HERBED SPATCHCOCK CHICKEN with GIBLET GRAVY. Google on how to #spatchcock a chicken. This method helps cook the chicken evenly and keeps the chicken stable in the roasting pan. The herbs I used were extra special because I grew them in the garden...including the pechay. .I used Magnolia Free Range Chicken because they are smaller...

Recipe: Beef Stroganoff

Craving for steak and pasta but don’t have the budget for expensive cuts of beef? Why not make Beef Stroganoff using minute steak sliced into thin stroganoff strips for quick stir fry and keeps the beef tender. Traditionally made with flat egg noodles and sour cream, I’m using plain spaghetti and all purpose cream for this recipe. You may use sour cream or whatever pasta or noodles you like. INGREDIENTS450g...

Recipe: Honey Karashi Chicken Bake

Karashi is just another name for Japanese mustard. My kids love it so I experimented cooking it with honey and chicken. Karashi has a more pungent taste and a slight kick similar to wasabi but if you don’t like to use this, you can just simply use dijon mustard or a combination of this and whole grain mustard. In this recipe, I’m using all three mustard together with raw clover honey. Ingredients 600g...

Recipe: Chinese Steamed Egg Custard

My go to method of extending the volume of my eggs. Chinese Steamed Egg Custard. This is four regular sized eggs which equals to roughly about a cup plus another 2 cups of water, stock or milk (twice it’s volume as a rule of thumb) so it will total to 3 cups. Vienna Sausage and shredded cheese is optional. Steam just like leche flan and you’ll have a silky, creamy egg custard in no time. Custard:5...

Asian Style Shrimp and Mushroom Linguini

A quick and easy Asian twist to pasta. Cooking and eating at home lately had me using up all kinds of sauces for this Italian pasta. I’m using shrimps for this recipe but you can also substitute chicken breast or tofu. Ingredients:1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1 stalk green onions, sliced2 cloves of chopped garlic50g shrimps, shelled2 large pieces dried shiitake mushrooms, rehydrated, sliced,...

Recipe: Kombucha Fish Paksiw

Every household that prepares fish paksiw has their very own version of it just like adobo. Today I’m cooking with months old #kombucha that has been sitting inside a scoby hotel. It’s super sour, flavorful and a good alternative to vinegar and other souring agents that’s used for making this dish. A kombucha is a fermented tea using a scoby and a good starter tea. The blend that I’m using is from...

Recipe: Buwad Brandade

Leveling yet another salted fish dish called Brandade (brahn-dahd). Originally made from salted cod, garlic, olive oil cream and potatoes, blended intoa smooth spreadable cream. French in origin, the word brandade derives from the Provençal “brandado”, that comes from the past participle of “brandar”’meaning to shake or stir. It was believed that the chefs in Nimes in Southern...

Recipe: Quarantine Pokébowl

I miss having #sashimi since March. They advised against consuming raw food from the restos but I’m prepping this at home with vacuum packed frozen tuna fillets so I guess it’s okay to give in. Pokébowl are chunks of fresh marinated raw fish, topped on a bowl of grains, in my case, some cooked rice and some veggies. Hawaiian in origin, the word “poké” literally meant “to...