LP15 - Stuffed Ampalaya
Leftovers in our kitchen are recycled and reloaded regularly, so for this month’s Lasang Pinoy theme hosted by Mike of Lafang, we only had to stretch as far as the refrigerator for inspiration. I like to call these moments my Iron Chef events. I start pulling things from the refrigerator, lay them on the table […]
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Potato Salad with Herbs
The weather has started to turn cooler, and so we’ve had to take in the remains from our garden. Not willing to let summer go quite yet, we’ve taken advantage of the fall sunshine to do a bit more grilling. I came across this recipe for Potato Salad with Dilled Vinaigrette and decided to use […]
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Purple Basil Chicken Bake
If you hadn’t noticed already, yes, we do bake a lot of chicken. We have our favorite way which is also the simplest way, but once in a while, especially when we have an abundance of a particular ingredient (in this case purple basil), we like to change it up a bit just to have […]
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Green Beans, Tomatoes & Cilantro Salad
There are many versions of green bean salad, this is one of the simplest but it’s my favorite because the natural flavors of each vegetable is enhanced rather than masked. This dish is also perfect when you are on a diet as it has 0% fat content.
This is the green bean salad I referred […]
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Thanks for the Muscadines
I must thank P of What’s Cooking in Carolina for inviting us to her garden/vineyard to have a taste of these beautiful muscadine grapes that her husband breed. They were delicious! I wasn’t sure if my girls were going to like them as they tend to have a very strong, sweet flavor. My […]
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Simply Fried Pork Cubes
What can be simpler than frying up some meat for dinner? This is one of those dishes that just kind of evolves simply because you have ran out of time and hungry kids are banging on the table for food (I’m exaggerating). I was going to make a slow simmered stew with these cubes, but […]
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Rambutan
Rambutan is exquisitely exotic, it’s one of my favorite fruits when I can get it. So I was highly amused when I read this post from the blog Bad Fortune Cookie. Nowadays when I think of rambutan, I can’t help but think of my good friend the baby rambutan, who is a terrific baker. But […]
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Pinakbet Tagalog
Whenever I see this grouping of vegetables, the first thing that comes to mind is another traditional Filipino dish called Pinakbet. This is what I call Pinakbet waiting to happen. When cornered into translating this dish for English speakers, I simply call it vegetable stew. Basically, that is what it is, a melange of vegetables […]
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