In April, 2003, I posted a tuna lumpia (spring rolls) recipe using cooked fresh tuna. That recipe was updated (with better photos) in 2011. Although I ...
Cooking on a Budget
Tinapa (smoked fish) and mashed potato cakes
I have to admit that when the weather is unfriendly, my brain goes on vacation. The humidity today was so suffocating and my creative juices just fizzled ...
Lechon kawali con tokwa (pan fried pork belly and tofu)
Speedy just finished mowing in the garden and the smell of new-mown grass is something that I can only describe as provincial. If that's not provincial ...
Tinolang Bangus (Gingered Milkfish Soup)
Today is about bangus (milkfish), the national fish of the Philippines. Not because I'm feeling nationalistic but because I was lucky enough to find baby ...
Arroz Verde (Rice With Scallions and Cilantro)
In the arroz amarillo post, reader Sam mentioned cilantro rice. I said I've come across it but under a different name -- arroz verde. I also told Sam that ...
Pressure-cooked Sweet and Sour Fish
The traditional way of cooking sweet and sour fish is to use large fish, dredge it in starch, deep fry it until crisp, then pour the sweet and sour sauce ...
Sticky rice mold with dulce de leche and toasted coconut topping
Inspired by how wonderfully the suman with dulce de leche dipping sauce turned out, I decided to create a similar dessert (or snack) using practically the ...
Rice, Biryani Style
If I had saffron water to drizzle over the rice after cooking, and if I had used cashew nuts instead of peanuts, this would be a more authentic biryani. ...
Saluyot and Spinach Soup
Armed with the information that saluyot is slimy, I combined the saluyot leaves with spinach to make a chunky saluyot and spinach soup with pork that ...
Sausage, Pasta, Tomato and Cabbage Soup
A one-pot dish that's a breeze to prepare. The sausage meat makes the broth rich in taste while the vegetables and pasta make the soup very filling. Serve ...
Arroz Amarillo (Mexican Yellow Rice)
I am on a rice journey. And now that I am learning so much about Latin American cooking, including Mexican cuisine, I am discovering so many more amazing ...
Sausage and Milk Pasta
Everyone in my family has cough and cold. I thought it was plain exhaustion. The girls were having their final exams at around the same time that my mother ...
Tripe, Sausage and Chickpea Soup
This is a tomato-based soup quite similar to the tomato soup with tripe and sausage but with a few significant differences. First, the ox tripe and ...
Miso, chayote and spinach soup
One thing I like about ground meat is how it is such a budget stretcher. A little goes a long, long way. Even if a lot of vegetables are added, and even if ...
Fettuccine aglio e olio with mussels
It's still the very basic and very easy to make pasta aglio e olio. Two additions, though. The first is an ingredient; the second is both an ingredient and ...
Chinese sausage, tofu and mushroom soup
In About Chinese sausages, I asked how you readers like to cook them and there was a comment that stood out. While most, myself included, fry Chinese ...