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Why You Need to Eat Your Veggies
There are several reasons people embrace the vegetarian lifestyle. For some, it’s a matter of morals and a desire to protect all life. Others, however, recognize the key health benefits associated with eating more fruits and vegetables. Or, like my daughter, just prefer the taste of fruits and vegetables over meat. Our meals then, end up being heavy on non-meat items to accommodate my daughter’s preference. She is not a vegetarian, she just prefers more vegetables … Read entire article »
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Tortang Talong – Eggplant Fritata
The garden has been doing well this year and the three Japanese eggplants have been very generous. … Read more »
Bean Sprouts and Mushrooms
This is another simple, fast and extremely satisfying vegetarian dish that is a favorite with my girls. … Read more »
Lettuce Wrapped Chicken
This is an update to an old recipe which is a favorite in our house especially once … Read more »
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Homemade Pork Tocino
(Updated 1/3/2010) We love this homemade tocino recipe and so have many of our blogging friends who have … Read more »
Suman - Sticky Rice in Banana Leaf
When I think back to special occasions like birthdays and Christmas during my childhood, this delicacy is … Read more »
Classic Leche Flan
I posted previously a recipe for Coco Flan and Pumpkin Flan but I just realized that I … Read more »
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Scallops with Lemon Sauce
This dish is more like a summer dish instead of fall, but since I’m trying to clean up my drafts page on this blog, I present to you something fresh, light and easy to cook just when you’re getting inundated with pumpkin everything posts. You can thank me later This dish is so easy, there is really no need … Read entire article »
The Not So Secret Heath Toffee Cookies
You can tell it’s almost Halloween as the candy aisles in the stores are again bulging with temptations for your waistline and your teeth. I actually made these cookies last year after Halloween, when all the candy and chocolates have been decimated except for these Heath Toffee bars. I guess no one else in this house likes them but me … Read entire article »
Watermelon Salad with Mint
A good friend of ours, who we think has a secret watermelon farm somewhere, has been gifting us with these humongous, beautifully red and sinfully sweet orbs once a week for the past three weeks. As much as I love watermenlons and think that summers are just not complete without them, with just the three of us who really eat … Read entire article »
Review: The Hummingbird, Durham
The Hummingbird Bakery and Restaurant is one of my daughter’s favorite places to go for lunch and she has been bugging me to go with her. Even offering to pay! Well the kicker was when she said they have great cupcakes. So I said ok. Unfortunately, I didn’t bring my camera so I couldn’t take photos of what we had (NC … Read entire article »
Gold Pork and Chicken Adobo
My daughter loved this. She said, it was almost like an optical illusion for food. When planning what to cook for dinner, I fully intended to make my usual pork and chicken adobo with potatoes. But then, something happened along the way… In the middle of assembling the adobo, I spied the can of coconut milk in the cupboard. We love anything … Read entire article »
Kangkong (On Choy) Adobo Style
This was our vegetable of choice when we grilled tilapia and squid. It was the perfect pairing! I hadn’t realized that my girls don’t remember ever having this vegetable since I don’t buy it often. It’s also not always available in the market and when it is, it is always on the expensive side. The two-pound bundle that I bought cost … Read entire article »
Grilled Stuffed Squid
My daughter Asi and I were on a seafood kick last weekend but we were tired of shrimps which is what we normally get. We decided to grill some tilapia and squid for a change. When my dad had grilled squid for us in the past, he always used the smaller, more tender variety. The Asian market where we bought … Read entire article »
Grilled Whole Tilapia
There’s really no recipe for this. After all, nothing could be simpler than to merely slap a piece of meat over a hot coals until it’s cooked. We have been grilling a lot lately, taking advantage of the warmer weather that is not yet too blisteringly hot to be outside over a hot fire. We’ve been having a cooler than usual … Read entire article »
Chicken Chilaquiles
Some days, I feel like Pinterest determines what we’re going to eat. Do you have days like that? I love using Pinterest for keeping up with recipes that I would like to try. I used to have to print out recipes that interest me and I would end up with piles of paper in my kitchen of recipes that need … Read entire article »
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