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I’ve made omelet cupcakes many times — with chopped meat, fish, vegetables… And I just realized that leftover Christmas ham, roast turkey, duck or chicken, and...
We had roast duck on Christmas Eve. It was carved, we had the skin and meat with tortillas and vegetables, and the bones were saved to...
Got overripe bananas? Mash them and bake them into this banana cake that’s ultra moist and chock-full of nuts. Enjoy for breakfast, snack or dessert! Banana...
Day-old rice was dumped in the slow cooker with bone broth for the most delicious congee ever. Topped with browned sausage meat, poached egg and fried...
Stay away, purists! I created a twist on a Filipino classic and the hack is richer and tastier than the original. We adore chicken binakol at...
If you have leftover rice, heat it with milk and add chocolate to make champorado. If, like me, you’re not a fan of tuyo (salted dried...
When you buy a slab of fish and fillet it at home, what can you do with the bones? You make fish stock, right? And if...
It is fried rice but not Chinese style. My paprika rice with grilled pork and Italian garlic sausages has the flavors and aroma of the Mediterranean....
If you have extra sauce from a tomato-based stew, don’t throw it away. Remove large solids and keep the sauce in the fridge. For what? Use...
Scrap fish meat was flaked, mixed with vegetables, egg, breadcrumbs, nuts and oats, formed into balls, fried, smothered with thick tomato sauce and topped with melted...
Basmati rice was cooked with sweet corn, green beans and tomatoes in excess bone broth. We enjoyed our corn and bean rice with fried chicken fillets...
Roast pork belly is perfect when newly cooked and the skin is puffed and crisp. A few hours later and the lovely rind becomes chewy. What...
A unique and impressive starter course, this grapes and pecan salad is also a wonderful snack that you can easily prepare. Add lots of cheese for...
It’s the first week of January and many families are wondering what to do with holiday leftovers. Here are 12 delicious recipes developed to transform leftovers...
Made with leftover roast turkey, this turkey macaroni and pecan salad has carrot, celery, crushed pineapple and plenty of grated Parmesan.
I'm Connie Veneracion, retired lawyer and columnist, wife for 28 years and mom of two.
CASA means house, but it is also an acronym for the first names of the Veneracion family.
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