Garden Chef's Needle and Pen

Preparing for a Rummage Sale sponsored by our church two Saturdays ago caused our whole family to search for books, clothes, CDs, kitchenwares, etc. from the bookshelves, closet and wherever. Doing so brought to my attention a recipe book given to me as a birthday gift by my youngest daughter, Ana Cristina, a few years back. It's a Del Monte Kitchenomics Cookbook Volume III issue in celebration of their 20 years of creative cooking. Page 64 of the cookbook features Samosas , a dish my husband and I ordered when we went out for a family dinner at Banana Leaf last Christmas season. I mention this in my post entitled, New Year Greetings from my Family to Yours . My Del Monte Kitchenomics Cookbook In my excitement to try it, I immediately bookmarked the recipe and prepared the following ingredients: 8 pc large square lumpia wrappers, each piece cut lengthwise into 4 Filling: 1 pc medium onion, chopped 350 gms ground pork (but I substituted chicken) 1 pc medium...

Happy Sunday to all! What's so special about this Sunday? Well, my husband and I are celebrating our 23rd wedding anniversary today and that makes today a special day! Today also, I baked bread for the Lord's Table which we celebrate every first Sunday of the month in our church. In baking the bread, I use the recipe in making pie crust. So I prepared extra ingredients for the Vegetable Pastel I had in mind. It has been quite some time since I last cooked this menu. The first time I did, I remember my family and friends liked it. So Vegetable Pastel here I come! Remember one of my posts in July entitled,   " Stories from the Cupboard: Feature No. 1 --- My Kitchenmates " (click here to view post). In that post, I featured about some of my favorite recipes using Del Monte Kitchenomics. Vegetable Pastel is one of the recipes of Del MonteKitchenomics . This is the original Vegetable Pastel recipe of Del Monte Kitchenomics . Ingredients: 20 g (20 ...