Turkey Day 2009

Traveling back to back made me really appreciate Thanksgiving this year. Friends, family and some good ole home cooked food - I couldn't have asked for anything more. We had the traditional trimmings: a whole roasted turkey, stuffing and baked yams along with pancit lug-lug, lumpia, biko and babinka. Let the battle against Holiday weight begin..


Turkey Treatment: Butter, garlic, paprika, rosemary


This is my annual Apple, Cranberry, Sausage Stuffing


Jason made these. Soo good. Four red yams and olive oil at 355 for about an hour. Rotate every 20 minutes.


Pancit Lug-Lug (Palabok): Pork, shrimps, tofu, atschuete, hard boiled eggs, rice stick noodles, fried garlic, lemon juice


Lumpia: pastry wrapper, pork, carrots, cheese, waterchestnut, ham, shrimps


Babinka*: granulated sugar, milk, sharp cheddar, mochiko


Biko*: Black rice, coconut milk, dark brown sugar, banana leaves

*My mom made me swear to NOT publish these recipes. You can find dozens of them online - they just won't be as magical.