Sweets and Treats

The key to making matcha pancakes is getting good quality matcha powder. Make sure to get culinary grade which is used for…

My family love Matcha (Green Tea) not only as a beverage but in baked goods and sweets as well. We like to…

Everyone in my family knows I love Ube in any shape or form – ice cream, cake, jam, as filling in pastries…

Palitaw is a type of Filipino rice cake very similar to mochi. Palitaw in Tagalog means to float or rise up. This…

Okinawan Purple Sweet Potato is different from Purple Yam or Ube in Tagalog. Sweet Potatoes have a smoother outer skin compared to…

Is is only in recent years that I have seen avocado made into sweet treats here in the northern hemisphere. In Southeast…

It’s strawberry season here in the East Coast and we went berry picking over the weekend. We got over 5 lbs of…

Maiz con hielo or Mais con yelo in Tagalog is a summer cooler in the Philippines. Literally translated it’s corn with ice….

Shaved ice dessert is very popular in Asia. What makes it different from ices and snow cones in North America is the…

My girls invited their friends over for a Valentine’s day get together. Aside from the savory dishes I served, I made them…