Squid Adobo

I love seafood and squid is one of my favorite and my kids favorite. My son Ricky asked me once in awhile to make him this dish and it is my pleasure to serve him with the Filipino food. I am a proud mama to have a child who showed love for Filipino food.

1 lbs. Squid ( cleaned and cut into bite size)
1 Tbsp Butter
1 Red Bell Pepper
1 Yellow Bell Pepper
1/2 cup thin slice Ginger
2 Cloves Garlic
Green Onion
2 Tbsp Sesame oil
Salt and Pepper
1 Beef cube


In a large pan place butter, garlic, onion and Ginger saute' for a minute. Add squid and and beef cube and stir for 3 minutes or so. Add sesame oil, Peppers cook until the peppers are crisp. Add salt and pepper if needed. Add Green onion on top and serve.

Note: Do not over cook the squid.

Pasta Italiano

My husband took me to Bucca Restaurant in Albuquerque one time and he ordered some Italian sausage with Red bell peppers. He just keep talking about how good it taste and I told him I think I can make one just like it. So I checked whats in it and what kind of spices they put in it. A week later I decided to go to the store and tried remember the aroma of the food Rick really like. So here it is and he told me that I made it way better than Bucca and I believe him because he asked me many times to make more and more. As a matter of fact he had one yesterday and have some for lunch today.

1 lbs Pasta
5 Link Italian Sausages (cooked and slice)
2 tsp Butter
1 Tbsp Roasted Sesame oil
3 Bell Peppers ( 1 Red, 1 Green, and 1 Yellow)
4 Cloves of Garlic
2 medium onions
1 14 oz. can dice tomato

Cook sausage and pasta per directions and set aside. In a large pan place butter and garlic and saute' a minute or two. Add the cooked and cut sausage and keep stirring until the sausage are golden brown. Add oil,onion , dice tomato and stir until all ingredient mix together. Add Peppers and cook until crisp. You may mix this with pasta or you can serve it separately. I promise you will love this one.

Kinilaw Na Pusit

Every Saturday night my family use to make kinilaw and invite everyone to joined us. How I missed those days where we sing and played outside our house and have our favorite beverages.


1 lbs. squid
2 Tomato
3 Key Lime
2 Thai Chili
Green onion
1 large Purple onion
1/4 cup chopped ginger
1 1/2 Cup Apple cider Vinegar
3 cups White Vinegar
Salt to taste


Cut squid into bite size and soak it in white vinegar for 10 minutes then squeeze the vinegar out and set aside. Cut tomato, ginger and onion into small cubes. In a large bowl add squid and all the ingredients and add the Apple cider vinegar. Add Thai chili cut in tiny pieces. Squeeze 2 key lime and use one as your garnish with the chop green onion.

Crab with Ginger

Filipino get really crazy about this dish the aroma of this dish is so delicious. Once you taste it you will keep coming back for more. My son Ricky love this so much and when I say he love it I really mean it because he will not share it to anyone :-)

6 Crabs
2 tbs butter
1 medium onion
3 cloves Garlic
1/4 cup thin slices Ginger
3 tsp Soy Sauce
1 Roma tomato cut into cube
Green onion
Salt and Pepper



In a large cooking pan melt the butter and add onion, garlic, tomato and ginger until golden brown. Add crab, soy sauce, pepper. Keep stirring until all the ingredients are mixed together. Add 1/2 cup of water and let it simmer in low heat setting for 15 minutes or until there little juice left. Add salt if needed

Sauteed Bean Sprouts

I love vegetables and bean sprouts is on the top of our list. During Rick's trip to Japan he tried many of Japanese cuisines and one of them is Sauteed bean sprouts and as Asian life is not complete without trying this taste vegetable. This vegetable also my son's favorite and he eat it by itself. So as my family's favorite food I am please to share this to all of you.

4 cups Bean Sprouts
1 Medium onion
1 Clove garlic
1 Tablespoon. Butter
1 tsp. Roasted Sesame oil
1 tsp Hot Sesame oil
2 tsp. Soy Sauce
1/2 small red Bell Pepper
Green onion as much as you want.
Salt and Pepper to taste

In a large skillet melt the butter and add onion and garlic until lightly brown. Add bean sprout and bell pepper and let it cook for a minute then add both sesame oil and cook it for additional 5 minutes and make sure to stir it once in awhile. Add salt and pepper to taste. Add the green onion and enjoy.

Filipino Chicken Barbeque

This my family's favorite food and my husband really love it

2 lbs Chicken breast
2 Cups Manang Seta Marinate
2 tsp. Honey
1/2 tsp. Powder Garlic
1/2 tsp. Onion Powder
Salt and Pepper



Clean the Chicken Breast and remove all the fat and set aside. In a large bowl mix all ingredients and add the chicken and refrigerate for 30 minutes. Grill the chicken until both sides are brown to perfection.