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Fresh edamame is cooked in the microwave then popped open to get the beans that went into the pan with shrimps and homemade sweet chili sauce....
It’s the lesser known sibling of moo shu pork but if you love shrimps, or prefer seafood to meat, moo shu shrimp rice bowl is a...
Whole pork tongues are slow cooked in Filipino asado sauce, cooled and sliced. The cooking liquid is reduced, thickened and poured over the pork tongue slices....
There’s lemon chicken and there’s orange chicken. Both are found in the menu of many Chinese restaurants but, curiously, neither is a traditional Chinese dish. Lemon...
Like most Asian stir fries, the preparation time for this mushroom and vegetable rice bowl is twice as long as the cooking time. Prep time is...
What is that one dish that, when you’re at a loss about what to cook, you automatically choose without a second’s hesitation? For me, it’s adobo....
The cooking procedure shortens the prep time for chicken teriyaki. It’s not the traditional way to cook teriyaki but the result is just as good. This...
A very Asian take on bite-sized fried chicken fillet made popular by KFC. This sweet chili popcorn chicken is marinated Vietnamese style and glazed with homemade...
Two tips for best the most delightful pork steaks with spicy mustard and honey sauce: 1) Try and get Japanese mustard and 2) butter — lots...
An easy meal that can be served for breakfast or dinner. Butter-rich and creamy chicken and mushrooms rice bowl a la stroganoff will please adults and...
Day-old rice gets jazzed up with spicy flavors and bright colors. Kimchi fried rice is commonly topped with fried egg but you can add cooked meat...
The perfect breakfast for a chilly stormy day. This slow cooker congee with crispy fried fish and tofu might look like it required a ton of...
Slices of honeycomb tripe went into the slow cooker overnight, scooped out and set aside. Leftover rice was cooked in the tripe broth. After the tripe...
That’s not grated cheese on top of the congee. That’s grated salted egg yolks. Uncooked egg yolks, believe it or not, that has acquired the texture...
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...
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.
What is this blog about? Well, blogs, actually, because there are five that live in this domain.
Take your pick, have a nice time during your visit, bookmark the blogs and check in regularly because there's always something new in them.