For the love of adobong baboy

A colleague of mine does not believe that I have cooking capabilities.

Well, I do. However, my capabilities are far from perfect, and in most instances, I dare to improvise. I do love to cook, but this is but a recent interest that I’ve gained.

Call it fortunate, or call it unfortunate, but I grew up not being inclined to cook since my relatives are particular about cooking. So I gave up cooking for our family until I had my own. See, before I left my home in order to get hitched to my husband, my grandmother told me I MUST, I MUST learn how to cook my favorite dishes, especially since my husband’s family would not be cooking for us. LOL

Well, folks, one favorite dish is ADOBO (adobong baboy). I am sure if you’ve met other Filipinos, I think chances are that adobo is among their favorite dishes. I guess it is a Filipino thing? I also read somewhere that adobo is the Filipino National Dish. Whether this is true, or not, I have no idea.

Grilled Cheese Sandwich Memories

A couple of days ago, I had this relatively intense hankering for grilled cheese sandwiches.

I haven’t enjoyed grilled cheese sandwiches in AGES, so the yearning I felt was so strong, it could possibly blow you off your feet! I blame it on The Devil Wears Prada.

Look at that:

Photo lifted from Tumblr.

Wouldn’t you like some grilled sandwiches, too? 

While I was drooling over my keyboard looking at the images on Google, I had a ‘light bulb’ moment and thought, ‘Why not make my own grilled cheese sandwich?’ As far as I can recall, we had some of the ingredients, so I searched for instructions on the web. 

While I found several recipes on making a grilled cheese sandwich, I figured the one AllRecipes provided was the best to start with.