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LP 11 – Cantaloupe Juice
Another summer time treat that I remember is this cantaloupe juice. I remember buying this from street vendors when I was growing up in the Philippines. I don’t know why, but the steet bought juice was always so much better than the known to be hygenically prepared juice from home. Today, I make this when I have a cantaloupe that is slightly over ripe and too mushy for the girls to eat as is. The girls have taken a liking to this refreshing drink and so has my hubby who was a bit skeptical about watering down a cantaloupe. The only tool I can’t do without when making this is this little grater that makes fine strips out of the cantaloupe flesh. I have tried mashing the fruit in the … Read entire article »
Filed under: drinks, Filipino, fruits, Lasang Pinoy
LP11 – Ginisang Sayote (Pork & Chayote Squash Saute’)
I suppose this could be considered a classic Filipino way of cooking; sauteed with the Pinoy version of the mirepoix, the holy trilogy in Filipino cuisine, garlic, onion and tomatoes. This method of cooking is ideal for me because it is also fast cooking and I get the meat and vegetables all in one dish. Sayote or chayote squash was such a common vegetable in Baguio where I grew up that we took it for granted. Often times, we can just go to the backyard and find it growing wild on the back fence. Now, whenever I get a taste for it, I’ve had to cough up as much as $1.50 each. Outrageous, but well worth it for my sould food. This is such a simple dish, but I thought it … Read entire article »
Filed under: Filipino, Lasang Pinoy, pork, vegetables
Chili Dog the North Carolina Way
If you are used to the all-meat Texas style chili or the TexMex chili with beans, then this chili is an acquired taste. I am still acquiring the taste for this; but here in NC when they say chili with your dog, this is the chili that they are talking about. It is ground beef in a sweet ketchup sauce. You food snobs out there can stop groaning and rolling your eyes now. It is actually pretty good, like most food is, if you keep an open mind and an open mouth. My little Southern Belle just happens to love this with her hot dog so I have learned to make it just the way her Grandma Dot made it. I have tried embelishing it with additional seasonings, but she … Read entire article »
Sloppy Joe
When all the hotdogs are gone or you just don’t like hotdogs, here’s another way to use up that southern style chili, in a sloppy joe sandwich! … Read entire article »
LP11 buttons
Hello, everyone, the extremely talented Lasang Pinoy Team have designed this month’s buttons and they are beautiful! Thank you to the tag team of Iska and Mike who are just supremely artistic. Feel free to download these for your own use. Have a great weekend, y’all! Join us for this round of Lasang Pinoy! Just post something about summer foods that you enjoy now or as a child. Food does not have to be traditional Filipino food, just have to have a Pinoy twist. Email me your entries at jmomblogs-at-gmail.com or lasangpinoy-at-gmail.com before the end of the month, June 30. Let’s get cookin! Original announcement for this round is here. … Read entire article »
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Turnip Greens & Vidalia Onions
This is my adaptation of something my dad used to accompany his fried fish with. He used to simply take raw ‘mustasa’ or mustard greens and dip them in bagoong (fish sauce). Well, my girls are not always big fans of fish sauce, and the turnip and mustard greens we have growing in our garden are not quite the same variety as the one my dad used, so this recipe is just done in the spirit of my dad’s version. First off, I blanched the young turnip and mustard greens just for a minute or two in salted boiling water. Sliced some sweet vidalia onions over them, spritzed it with lemon juice and seasoned with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper. Very simple, but if you like the taste … Read entire article »
Filed under: vegetables
LP 11 – June ~ Summertime Coolers and Memories of Summer ~ Announcement
After reminiscing about childhood food memories, the last topic of Lasang Pinoy, I can’t help but segue into more memories. With summer waning in the Philippines and summer just starting on this side of the hemisphere, summertime is fresh on all our minds. Summertime, with its lazy days, is the perfect time to let loose the Huck Finn in all of us. Not only does the weather make us want to get out of the hot house and loll under a tree, it also whets our appetites for anything cool and refreshing. Whether you’re a child or just young at heart, summers with it’s carefree laconic days become some of the most memorable. Growing up in the Philippines, our summers always included time with our granparents in the province, in … Read entire article »
Filed under: Filipino, Lasang Pinoy, salads, seafood, vegetables
First Beet Harvest
We had an early start on the garden this year, thanks to my hubby who worked non-stop prepping it as soon as the last frost slipped back to winterland. With an early start, the garden has already started producing, and we have reaped it’s bounty. This is one of its early risers, beets! I just couldn’t wait to have a sample so these roots were simply boiled unadorned served with some early collard and beet greens in gata (coconut milk). Below is a photo of the gardener’s lunch, taken of course out in the garden. We love eating outside especially now that the weather is nice but not so hot yet. Hubby has to have some meat, so with his beets, he had some grilled italian sausage. … Read entire article »
Filed under: vegetables
Collard & Beet Greens in Coconut Milk
The various greens, which had an early start this year have also started coming in along with the beets, so I finally got a chance to try this recipe, akin to the Bicol Express which is taro leaves simmered in coconut milk and spiced with peppers. Since I don’t have taro leaves available here, I remembered TingAling’s suggestion sometime ago that the recipe would work well with collard greens too. I haven’t had a chance to try it out until now. In addition to collard greens, I also tossed in the greens from the early harvest of beets; that’s the reddish greens you see in the photo. INGREDIENTS:1/2 pound of pork, diced thin4 cloves of garlic, chopped1 medium onion, sliced1 14 oz. can of coconut milkCollard Greens & Beet GreensSalt & … Read entire article »
Filed under: Filipino, Southern, vegetables
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