I had no idea how to cook rabbit so I turned it into a stew with Filipino flavors. This is more like Rabbit Caldereta with a sweet and tangy tomato based sauce. FYI, this recipe was originally posted in b5media when I used to write for their Lifestyle site. I'm posting the recipe here in Feistycook for my archives. I bought the frozen rabbit from a Farmer's Market in Raleigh. Rabbit Stew(Caldereta) Print Author: Feistycook Serves: 5 INGREDIENTS 1 whole rabbit, thawed and chopped in sections 1 ... Read More

My husband spent a year in Korea a few years back through his career in the Army. He would always tell me stories about the food that he tasted while over there. One of the most famous food Korea is known for is kimchi. They have all sorts of kimichi dishes there in Korea. Kimchi is not just eaten as a side dish. Sometimes people would incorporate kimchi into meat items to create a dish out of it. One in particular ... Read More

To tell you the truth, I’m not into peanut butter that much. A peanut butter sandwich hits the spot when I’m really starving and I need to get something quick. Reese’s Pieces is good once in a while too. But like I said, I’m not that fond of it. On the occasional days that I get a craving for peanut butter, sometimes eating a spoon of it would suffice but sometimes I'll make it all grand by making peanut butter cupcakes. ... Read More

I had such a craving sweet potato fries earlier this month so I decided to make baked sweet potato fries. I think it because we didn't eat that much sweet potatoes around the holidays. I made sweet potato bread on Thanksgiving Day but that's about it. I wanted to savor the flavor and softness of sweet potatoes in fries form. Hence the baking way instead of fried way. Here's how I make my baked sweet potato fries. Baked Sweet Potato Fries Print Recipe ... Read More

Just because it’s Fall or Winter doesn’t mean you can’t have that barbecue taste once in a while. Two ways to accomplish that is to cook meat with barbecue sauce in the oven or broiler or take out your crock-pot and let it do it’s magic. A crock-pot pork barbecue is one of the easy dishes you could make in the weekends. Start it early in the morning, leave it to cook for hours so you could spend some quality time ... Read More

This colorful and delicious green beans and cherry tomatoes salad was inspired by Food Network’s Giada De Laurentiis green beans salad recipe. While she also had wax beans (yellow) for an added color, I only used green beans and cherry tomatoes to keep it simple for the kids. The dressing is not hard to make either. Green Beans & Cherry Tomatoes Salad Print Recipe type: Side Dishes Author: Feistycook Serves: 5 INGREDIENTS a bundle of green beans a pack of red cherry tomatoes water for boiling 1/2 cup red wine ... Read More

Instead of going with basic roast pork, I decided to butterfly the pork roast then stuffed it with a filling of sauteed celery and mushrooms. I'm glad I did. Pork Roast Stuffed W/ Mushrooms & Celery Print Recipe type: Dinner Author: Feistycook Serves: 5 INGREDIENTS about 3 pounds pork roast 2 tbsp of olive oil sprinkle of garlic powder sprinkle of black pepper sprinkle of paprika sprinkle of Italian seasoning 1 small onion 3 sprigs of celery, chopped 5-6 button mushrooms, chopped sprinkle of dried basil sprinkle of dried oregano salt and pepper INSTRUCTIONS Preheat oven to 365° In a pan, ... Read More

I dream about my dream kitchen as much as I dream about my dream house and shoes. I gotta have my large kitchen someday. The funny thing is, for me to have my dream kitchen, I'll probably do a kitchen remodeling to the kitchen of my dream house. Isn't that how it always works when you're buying an already built house? It's a different story of course if you build your house from the ground up. I can be very ... Read More