A note from Trixie

I got this note from Trixie written on the whiteboard in my baking kitchen. I am so inspired as my "Christmas bake rush" starts tomorrow!

Everything Grilled

I recently bought an electric grill/ panini maker and I just love it. (3D Brand works well; Got it at SnR for P1,800.) We've been making everything from paninis to grilled vegetables, kebabs and grilled salmon. Of course, cooking is so much fun with my sweet little helper.

Microplane Zester

Rating:	★★★★★
Category:	Other

I baked orange chiffon cake this morning and I got to use my Microplane Zester for the first time. This is such an amazing kitchen tool! Talk about effortless zesting! Oranges looked bald after zesting- nothing put to waste!

Vietnamese Spring Rolls

I've been keeping a pack of Vietnamese Rice Paper for a very long time already and so I decided to finally put it to good use and make Fried Spring Rolls. It came as a surprise that it's so easy to wrap spring rolls using Vietnamese rice paper--- all you need to do is to take one piece of paper and soak it in water with a bit of sugar (the sugar caramelizes the paper during frying) until soft, and use it to wrap any filling. It tastes so much better too compared to the regular lumpia wrapper because it's crispy on the outside with a chewy consistency inside, like a fried dumpling. Trixie had so much fun in the kitchen too!