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Low Fat Recipes

Dishes that contain one tablespoon or less of oil / fat per serving. Some are vegetarian; others are not. Meatless or not, they are all tasty!

Vegan and delicious. Soy garlic green beans cooks in seven minutes flat and prep time is under five minutes. May be served as a side dish too.

Soy Garlic Green Beans

Slivers of chicken are sauteed. Shredded corn, onion and carrot are added. Chicken bone broth is poured in and thickened before beaten eggs are stirred in. Chicken and corn egg drop soup will chase rainy day blues away any day. Absolutely delicious!

Chicken and Corn Egg Drop Soup

Sometimes called tinolang tahong or sinabawang tahong, gingered mussel soup is the most basic and the most common way of cooking mussels in the Philippines.

Gingered Mussel Soup

A meatless main dish for vegetarians or a side dish for omnivores, this warm chickpea and green beans salad is garnished with feta, toasted cashew nuts and basil chiffonade.

Warm Chickpeas and Green Beans Salad

Chinese-style Braised Sea Cucumbers and Shiitake Mushrooms Recipe

Chinese-style Braised Sea Cucumbers and Shiitake Mushrooms

For this Sriracha chicken gizzards stir fry, the gizzards are simmered with herbs and spices until tender before they are stir fried with Sriracha sauce, lime juice and honey.

Sriracha Chicken Gizzards Stir Fry

Barbecued balon-balonan ng manok, or chicken gizzards, is a popular street food in the Philippines. Along with barbecued chicken feet, pork ears and isaw (intestines), it is a finger food that goes well with beer. I find them too tough though. So, I did a home-cooked version—definitely tastier and oh, so tender too!

Balon–balonan (Gizzard) Barbecue

Julienne a chayote, carrot and bell pepper, slice some mushrooms and throw them in hot oil. Pour in sauce, cook a few minutes and you've a delicious vegan mushrooms and chayote stir fry!

Vegan Mushrooms and Chayote Stir Fry

Preparation is a simple affair and cooking time is short. What takes time is marinating the chicken. It's essential to give the meat time to soak up the flavors of the soy sauce and garlic it is mixed with. That said, you really ought to try this chicken, chicharo (Chinese snow peas) and quail eggs stir fry. So good!

Chicken, Chicharo (Chinese Snow Peas) and Quail Eggs Stir Fry

Chinese salt baked chicken is known in the Philippines as pinaupong manok (literally, sitting chicken), so called because the chicken is cooked in a bed of salt.

Salt Baked Chicken

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 the ultimate experience.

Grapes and Pecan Salad

Garlicky Mushrooms & Cauliflower With Balsamic Vinaigrette

Garlicky Mushrooms and Cauliflower With Balsamic Vinaigrette

Palitaw is a Filipino rice cake cooked in boiling water, dredged in freshly grated coconut and sprinkled with sugar mixed with toasted sesame seeds.

Palitaw

Cooked Filipino adobo style, I served the string beans and mushrooms adobo with a simple quinoa salad. A meatless meal for my daughter, Sam.

Vegan String Beans and Mushrooms Adobo

Corn and Mushroom Egg Drop Soup

Corn and Mushroom Egg Drop Soup

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