Food
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Gingery Asian Beef and Noodle Soup
Here’s another Filipino basic that is great for making use of leftovers, or when in need of a quick no-nonsense meal. I start out here with leftover pieces and gravy from a soy-braised round steak. Store-bought rotisserie chicken, stuffed wontons,… Continue reading
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Vegetables in Coconut Milk and Shrimp Paste
This is a very basic Filipino recipe. I fell in love with coconut milk stews sometime in high school, and I’m still in love. I remember calling my mom a couple of weeks after I got married and asked her… Continue reading
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Summer’s End Vegetable Soup
This is a lovely soup to have on hand those beginning autumn days when the air starts getting chilly, but you still have an abundance of veggies from the summer harvest. Of course, you can always change up the vegetables… Continue reading
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Stovetop Ratatouille, with Roasted Eggplant
Ratatouille is just one of those dishes that make me happy-happy-happy. Besides having all my favorite veggies, it also has such a fun name to say: rat-a-too-ee. Doesn’t that word just make you smile? I try to make this often… Continue reading
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Fettuccine Alfredo, Kinda
I’m posting this because it’s such a simple and easy recipe, and though it’s not the healthiest, I want my kids to have this in their back pocket for those times when they need a quick, filling meal. It’s not… Continue reading
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Gluten-Free, Egg-Free, Dairy-Free Banana Bread
An allergy-free banana bread, originally written in 2013. This one is gluten-free, dairy-free, and egg-free. Continue reading
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Bouchons au Thon
Molly Wizenberg wrote about this dish in 2005, when I was just beginning my blogging journey. I made it with canned salmon because that’s what I had, and it struck me how similar it is to the Filipino torta, which… Continue reading
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Marbled Mason Jars
Sometimes I get crafty. Marbled mason jars for all the alternative flours and starches in the house. Amateurish splotches here and there. First try, I just dumped some red and some white into a jar and swirled it through. There… Continue reading
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Jazzed Up Banana Bread
Adapted from Molly Wizenberg’s A Homemade Life. Getting rid of ingredients that have been in the pantry forever — this time cacao nibs and crystallized ginger. I sometimes think banana bread without walnuts is almost sacrilegious, so I don’t make… Continue reading