Monthly Archives: July 2008

Sinigang sa miso

A perfect dish during weekends! You can use bangus or tuna fish for this recipe. Ingredients: 1 big bangus (scales,… Continue reading »

Tuna Sinigang

A soup dish easy to make but will definitely create wonders. You just need to find the freshest ingredients for… Continue reading »

Sinigang na Bangus

This is truly one of the comforting soupy dish I love to eat when the weather is cold. Ingredients: 1… Continue reading »

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Pork Adobo

Various ways and styles fofcooking this filipino dish exist. This is but one of them. This is a bit sweet… Continue reading »

Pork Adobo Ilocano style

Another filipino all time favorite. Historians claim it’s a spanish inspired dish, whatever they say this is definitely my favorite… Continue reading »

Adobong Sitaw with fried tokwa

This is my auntie’s specialty! Ingredients: 2 cups of cut sitaw (long beans) 3 cloves of garlic pounded 1 big… Continue reading »

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Adobong Sitaw

One of my favorite vegetable dish that is so easy to cook! Sitaw or string beans comes in different variety… Continue reading »

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Adobong kangkong

When I was a kid I grew up close to kangkong plantation. I remember how many times I enjoy eating… Continue reading »

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Paksiw na Bangus

The best way of choosing bangus is by their eyes. It should be shiny and brilliant; It shouldn’t have any… Continue reading »

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Ginisang Munggo

This is my dad’s secret recipe. In Philippines it is common to eat ginisang munggo and paksiw na bangus on… Continue reading »

Pinoy Spaghetti Meatballs

Some love it spicy. The italians love it soury but Filipinos love it with a hint of sweetness! Ingredients: For… Continue reading »

Beef Morcon

Ingredients: 1 kilo of beef (tell your butcher if possible it’s for making morcon) slice it thinly about 1 cm… Continue reading »

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Kilawing Puso ng saging (Sautéed Banana Blossom)

Yesterday, on our cafeteria I ordered this dish of sautéed banana blossom it was really amazing.  I chatted with the… Continue reading »

Ginataang Tulingan

Ingredients: 1 kilo of tulingan (you can replace this with tuna fish) 1 cup of coconut cream 1 onion sliced… Continue reading »

Tilapiang Pangat

Ingredients: 5 to 6 pieces of tilapia some rock salt one cup of kamias or tamarind (you can replace this… Continue reading »

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Chicken Sopas

Sopas is truly my all time comforting dish.  Enjoying a bowl of hot sopas bring me the memories of my… Continue reading »

Pork Pochero

Ingredients: 1 kilo of pork cut in serving pieces 1 can of tomato sauce 1 teaspoon of tomato paste half… Continue reading »

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Nilagang Baka

Nilaga or Boiled is one of my favorite Sunday dishes my mom regularly cooks.  Sunday is usually considered a special… Continue reading »

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Sarsa ng lechon

Ingredients: half a kilo of chicken liver pounded one onion sliced 3 cloves of garlic pounded 3 tablespoons of soy… Continue reading »

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Lechon Kawali

Ingredients: 1 to 2 kilos of pork (you can choose the shoulder or the leg part) 2 tablespoons of rock… Continue reading »

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Ginataang Halo-halo

During  summer vacations in  our family, next to Champorado, Ginataang Halo-Halo is our favorite afternoon snack.   This is a… Continue reading »

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Turon

I have foreign friends who consistently ask me about the difference between a banana-cue and a turon. Although both dessert… Continue reading »

Chicken Kare-kare

This recipe is faster than the traditional Kare-kare dish but will give you the same savour. Ingredients: 1 kilo of… Continue reading »

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Kare-kare

Kare-kare is one of my favorite feast dishes that we prepare in the Philippines.  It is basically a stew of… Continue reading »

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Pork Afritada

Resisting to tempation. There are three things I inherited from my dad: his hot-temperedness, his love for corny jokes and… Continue reading »

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Chicken Afritada

Ingredients: 3/4 kilo of chicken cut in serving portions 1 can of tomato sauce 1 onion 3 cloves of garlic… Continue reading »

Pork Embutido

Ingredients: 1 kilo of ground pork 5 pieces of pork sausages chopped 2 pieces of carrots chopped 2 pieces of… Continue reading »

Crispy Pata

Ingredients: 1 Pata (you could use front or hind leg of a pig including the knuckles) 1 can of lemon… Continue reading »

Sweet and Sour Pork

Ingredients: 1 kilo of pork loin slice them bite size pieces 1 egg half a cup of flour some cooking… Continue reading »

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Tokwa’t Baboy

I still remember my last week’s conversation with a foreign friend while dining in a restaurant: “that I consider Filipinos… Continue reading »

Pork Sinigang

Ingredients: 1 kilo of pork cut in chunks (preferably with meat, fatty matters and some bones) 1 big onion quartered… Continue reading »

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Bam-i

Bam-i is a stir-fry of two noodles, a specialty of the Visayan island of Cebu in the Philippines. My vacation… Continue reading »

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Sapin-sapin

No fiesta in our family passes by without this delicious filipino kakanin dessert.  For the newbies of this Filipino dessert… Continue reading »

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Banana-cue

Philippines is truly a banana republic.  And why is this so?  Well because of tons of banana varieties we can… Continue reading »

Adobo Pusit

One very important aspect we need to remember when cooking squid is that its never good to over cook them. … Continue reading »

Chicken Liver Adobo

Eating livers and innards is an aqcuired taste. Although many might feel disgusted at a sight of it, but its… Continue reading »