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To cook fried eggplants with gochujang (Korean chili paste), fry the eggplants, add the chili paste with seasonings and spices, and toss. Sounds easy, right? It...
This holiday season, surprise family and friends by serving caponata (Sicilian eggplant salad similar to the French ratatouille) as a side dish. They will love you...
Yes, cucumber can be stir fried! Sprinkle with salt, rinse and drain to remove excess water before cooking this delicious vegan shiitake and cucumber stir fry.
Cubes of silken tofu and wood ear mushrooms are braised in a mixture of soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, mirin, Sriracha and spices. This soy braised...
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 to...
To cook soy garlic eggplants, Asian eggplants are sliced and briefly fried. The soy garlic sauce is boiled for a minute and poured over the cooked...
Julienne a chayote, carrot and bell pepper, slice some mushrooms and stir fry them in hot oil. Pour in sauce, cook a few minutes and you’ve...
Chopped cauliflower and broccoli were sauteed with garlic, onion and herbs in sesame seed oil. Nuts and sesame seeds were added for crunch. It’s keto diet...
To make this wood ear mushroom and cucumber salad, blanch the wood ears and toss in a dressing made with soy sauce, black vinegar, sesame oil...
What is palitaw? Palitaw is a Filipino snack made with galapong—a soft dough or batter (depending on the amount of water) made with rice flour and...
A small bunch of string beans and fresh button mushrooms were cooked Filipino adobo style. I made this for Sam a couple of weekends ago. Instead...
To sum up in one sentence, it is deep-fried firm tofu tossed in sweet chili sauce with additional chilies and finely chopped ginger thrown in. It’s...
I took a pack of pork from the freezer and all the vegetables in the fridge. It would have to be chop suey for lunch because...
Batter-coated cauliflower florets tossed in thick sticky sauce is very much in with my family right now. I’ve already done two—one with chili orange sauce and...
By adding lots of crunch to cauliflower, it becomes more appetizing. Toss crunchy cauli florets in a thick sticky sauce and they become exciting.
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.
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