party in the tummy

i had a serious hankering for lumpia this week ever since i was inspired by the lovely Jeannie of Jeannie Marie and Company on her recent post "the Joy of Lumpia".  please do visit her blog for instructions on how to make these scrumptious dish.

i made a huge batch and gave some to my MIL and froze some of it too for when i would need another lumpia fix ;)  i am good for the next month or so haha

lately, i have been mass-harvesting my spring onions in our balcony garden in preparation for my flowers this spring.  so, i used some of them in another favorite of mine, Thai salt and pepper prawns.  these are great with plain or garlic fried rice.

what to do with a handful of spaghetti, extra broccoli, left-over mushroom and 2 strips of vegetarian bacon?  why,  make spaghetti in creamy broccoli and mushroom and top it with the crispy bacon of course!  and that's just what i did one day when i was pressed for time and ran out of recipes!

Gibraltar's national dish is torta de acelga or spinach pie.  my MIL cooks this one with her eyes closed and i love it because it is absolutely delicious (sadly, i have tasted some that are really bland and dry) and best of all it does not go straight to my hips!  very healthy!

i promised myself to try new recipes and new cuisine whenever i can and to experiment more in my cooking.  who wants to be boring and stuck on eating the same food every day of their lives???? baaaahhhh :P


let's par-tay!