Cooking on a Budget

Broccoli Stems are Edible and Nutritious

Facebook feeds of friends are filled these days with snapshots of price tags of vegetables in the market. Per kilo, pitaw …

Pasta is versatile because you can just toss it with a flavorful sauce, sprinkle it with cheese and you have a delicious …

In April, 2003, I posted a tuna lumpia (spring rolls) recipe using cooked fresh tuna. That recipe was updated (with better …

I have to admit that when the weather is unfriendly, my brain goes on vacation. The humidity today was so suffocating and my …

Today is about bangus, or milkfish, (which, as it turns out is NOT the national fish of the Philippines). Not because I'm …

In the arroz amarillo post, reader Sam mentioned cilantro rice. I said I've come across it but under a different name -- …

The traditional way of cooking sweet and sour fish is to use large fish, dredge it in starch, deep fry it until crisp, then …

Inspired by how wonderfully the suman with dulce de leche dipping sauce turned out, I decided to create a similar dessert (or …

If I had saffron water to drizzle over the rice after cooking, and if I had used cashew nuts instead of peanuts, this would …

Armed with the information that saluyot is slimy, I combined the saluyot leaves with spinach to make a chunky saluyot and …

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 …

I am on a rice journey. And now that I am learning so much about Latin American cooking, including Mexican cuisine, I am …

Everyone in my family has cough and cold. I thought it was plain exhaustion. The girls were having their final exams at …

This is a tomato-based soup quite similar to the tomato soup with tripe and sausage but with a few significant differences. …

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 …

It's still the very basic and very easy to make pasta aglio e olio. Two additions, though. The first is an ingredient; the …