I was raised in a place where this dish is a common fixture on the table: odong and tinapa. While tinapa means smoked fish, Cebuanos refer this to as canned sardines or mackerel. Odong is salted flour noodles characterized by a thin hard texture (soft when cooked) and yellowish color. A worthy substitute is misua,…
There are many ways of cooking vegetables. You may use your imagination to visualize your food. Like what I did. I found minced pork in my freezer and decided this is going to be an ingredient of what I am going to cook. Ginisang gulay na may giniling na karneng baboy whose ingredients are easy…
There also many ways of cooking squid. One of the ways I tried is a spicy sweet and sour squid. Normally, cooking a squid is easy and quick dish. So, try this recipe that I wanted to share. Ingredients: 1 kilo squid, clean and cut into a square shape 3 gloves garlic, mince 1 small…
Kare-kare is a stew of oxtail, beef, occasionally added beef tripe, lots of varieties of vegetables and we called a combination of all three main ingredients (beef, oxtail and tripe) commonly cooked with a peanut butter paste and serve it bagoong. Estimated time of cooking for this type of dish is 2 1/2 hours. Ingredients:…
Pancit bihon is commonly known as a Filipino type of noodles. Noodles in every Filipino’s life is very significant. For instance, eating and serving noodles especially during your birthday is symbolic way of saying “may you have a long life ahead of you”. This type of noodles called rice stick noodles or bihon vermicelli is…
Are you one of a seafood lover? Take this recipe, easy to cook dish and brings tasty meals everyone would love. You can even lick your fingers to affirm the sweet and spicy prawn taste. Ingredients: 1 pound fresh prawn 2 tbsp vegetable oil 3 tbsp fish sauce 1 tbsp seafood soy sauce 2 tbsp…
Do your children eat ampalaya (bitter melon)? If not, try this recipe of mine. It is easy to cook it’s likely your children would love it. I creatively cooked it that your children might think it is not an ampalaya but pancake variation. Ingredients: 1 whole of ampalaya, sliced thinly 50 g minced pork 3…
Do you enjoy seafood? If so, here’s the other way of cooking it for your lunch and dinner. I hope you’ll love this curry recipe that I made because I believe this is the healthiest curry I have ever cooked. There are lots of variations and colourful ingredients and it tastes good too! Ingredients: 2…
Dinuguan or big blood stew is commonly served in Filipino gatherings in the Philippines such as birthdays, fiestas, wedding, funerals, anniversaries or reunions. But they are not only served during these special occasions. Dinuguan can also be cooked for domestic consumption or bought at a nearby eatery. I learned to cook dinuguan when I was…
Bicol express is a spicy dish commonly cooked with a generous amount of chili, coconut milk and shrimp paste. Served as a dish with rice or can be a pulutan with ice-cold beer but it depends on variations you use. At first, I don’t really know what is the reason why it is called “Bicol…