Cooking Pinoy atbp.

Turkey cupcakes Turkey stuffed with rissoto and raisins For Thanksgiving, my husband and I go to my family for lunch and his family and relatives (aunts and uncles and cousins) for dinner. So we usually bring a side dish or dessert, which leaves us nothing to eat at home but leftovers from the party the night before. This year, I feel more energetic so I thought I'd cook my own at home and bring dessert at my in-laws. here's two interesting thanksgiving ideas that i used for this year's thanksgiving... This is my sister's recipe, and I thought I'd give it a try and turned out pretty good. First is the turkey stuffed with rice instead of bread stuffing. This is delicious actually. Get any of those rice box mixes like Uncle Ben's. For my personal recipe I used Whole Foods brand 365 in Shitake Mushroom Risotto flavor. Cook in saucepan according to package directions, and adding 1 small box raisins the last 5 minutes (do not overcook). For the turkey, I simply rub

It is Monday, and 3 days to thanksgiving. I am making my favorite chocolate cream pie. In the past, I've usually gotten my premade crust..but nowadays it contains transfat (hydrogenated oils) which is not healthyand my favorite brand that was trans fat free was not available at my supermarket. So I looked up some basic pie crust recipe, and I came across this one which had good reviews and supposed to be flaky. I used my own ingredients, and used organic butter instead of shortening. Ingredients: 1 1/4 c Unbleached Flour 1/4 tsp sea salt (mix together in a bowl) 1/2 c organic butter 3T ice water Directions: 1. Cut butter into small pieces, add flour and salt and continue to toss and cut into crumb like pieces. 2. Add 3 T ice water and use a fork to mash together 3. Continue to add 1T of ice water until mixture forms into a ball with hand but not too wet or soft. (about 3T or more) 4. Cover with saran wrap and chill for 30 min before pressing into pie plate. Some tips: leave 1 inch