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DJ KristineDera Of 101.1 YesFM – Filipino Recipes Blog Interview

Written By The Filipino Food Blogger

It is a really big pleasure for me and our humble blog to interview such inspiring, very approachable, down to earth and entertaining person named Colleen Parilla or popularly known as Ms.Kristinedera. After some exchange of tweets here and there, she accepted the blog’s invitation to do some food related interview. So without further delay, here she is. =)

1). Please tell our readers a little something about yourself?

- hello readers, hello there! Ms.Kristinedera here of Automatic 'Yan, YesFM 101.1, former DJ of 90.7 Love Radio… almost one month na rin ako sa YesFm, which nilagay ako ng boss namin here sa sister station namin, and primetime na program ko from 9am-12nn, unlike before na teleserye, balita ang kalaban ko =). I’m petite,witty,etc… Better check my page na lang http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kristine-Dera/158888957498592 or visit www.kristinedera.piczo.com :) Or even follow me at http://twitter.com/kristinedera101 .

Kristine Dera YesFm.Com.Ph Profile Page

2). Knowing that you are a DJ and you spend a lot of time on air, do you still have the time to cook for yourself? If none, then who do the cooking for you?

- since nag-work ako, di pa ko dj nun, no time na mag-cook talaga… so carinderia baby ako… and pag may budget, go for resto or fastfood chain =) … but I do love “mag-luto” .. pagta-tyagaan mo nga lang yung luto ko! Hehe #harhar

3.) What are your favorite Filipino foods? From appetizer to desserts.

-macaroni soup… hmmm ???
- mongo, sinigang na baboy/hipon, atay, tinolang manok(lalo na if native chicken,awww yumyum!), ginataang hito (luto ni mama)…
-fruit salad, number one fav ko! Ice cream…weee.. and leche flan!

4). What is/are your best selling Filipino recipe/s or specialty that your friends/relatives loves the most when you cook it and share it with them?

- Mongo! Hahaha as in Fav na fav sya nang mama and dad ko… pero there’s this one time na super pumalpak yung luto ko… becoz of wii hahaha ! (Filipino recipe ba ‘yun?? Hahaha di naman ako cook talaga..lutong bahay lang aken)

5). Have you eaten any Filipino exotic foods? If yes, then what food it is?

- exotic food like “frog”?? I think oo =) (kabilang ba yun sa exotic food) sorry ha, wala ako masyado alam sa food.. hahahahaha alam ko lang, “Kumain”.. harhar

6). What other Filipino foods you really want to learn cooking?

- kare-kare, because sabi nla mahirap daw lutuin yun?? Dami e… =) sabi nga pag sumasagot sa slambook, TMTM (too many to mention)!

7). Do you think our blog, http://philippinesfoodrecipes.blogspot.com/, can help you out in your cooking needs? How?

- I think so ! lalo na now, Filipino are now expose/d sa internet.. so blog like this really helps people =) easy access!

Thank you very much Ms.Kristinedera for your kind response. Such an honor for our food blog to have you as our first ever interviewed celebrity.

Oh for the readers of this post, did I already told you that she’s a really kind and beautiful lady? Well, see for your self! She’s really one of the most approachable celebrity ever. Trust me.

Lumpia Shanghai Recipe By Maria Epps

Written By The Filipino Food Blogger

Here is another delicious and unique recipe of Filipino favorite lumpiang shanghai made by a Filipina living abroad. This one is sent to me by one of my twitter friend and currently one of the admins of our famous Facebook page, Maria Epps.

Maria is a mom who loves to cook! She is a Virginia Commonwealth University graduate, a former corporate executive turned business owner and philanthropist. She is currently living in the US. She do have a Filipina blood as well.

Check out Maria's Facebook profile and Maria's twitter profile to know more about her.

And about her Lumpia Shanghai recipe, here it is.

Note: This recipe is directly copied from her email to me. Unedited at all.

Lumpia Shanghai Recipe By Maria Epps

You will need:

Spring roll/lumpia wrappers
1 package of ground beef or ground turkey
4-5 whole carrots
1 head of cabbage
1 small onion
soy sauce
seasoning salt or GOYA seasoning
vegetable or canola oil
a small bowl of water
1 beaten egg in a small bowl

Prepare mixture filling:

Shred cabbage and carrots and mix together. Cut and dice about half of onion.
Cook onion in pan, remove and place on the side.
Cook ground beef or turkey well in pan until brown or no longer pink. Drain.
Add shredded cabbage and carrots, then cooked diced onion.

Remove spring roll wrappers from package. Be sure the smooth side is on the inside where you will be placing your filling. This makes wrapping and sealing easier. Take each wrapper individually & place on a plate in a diamond shape with corner pointing towards you and spoon fill with mixture filling in the middle. Wrap in lumpia style, bottom corner upwards over the filling, rolling tightly, then tucking the side corners inside and continuing the roll until complete. Finger dip in water bowl and in egg bowl to seal the end of roll.

When all rolls are finished, pan fry in a skillet until slightly golden brown. Best served hot! Enjoy!!

Recipe by: Maria Epps

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Lumpia Shanghai Recipe By Maria Epps

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