Sopas: Filipino Chicken Noodle Soup

It got all the way down to 43 degrees cold this past week.  That kinda chill only calls for a childhood ultimate comfort food (not to be mistaken with my favorite comfort food): Sopas (literally, Soup) I remember eating sopas on New Year’s Eve as my siblings and about 50 of our cousins wait around for the  booms and the...

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Caldereta: A Filipino Kin to Beef Stew

Dec 23, 11 Caldereta: A Filipino Kin to Beef Stew

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If there is one meal I could eat for an entire week,  it would be beef stew (My husband’s is pizza or cheeseburger ). But today’s recipe is one that I remember eating around Christmas holidays/fiestas back in the Philippines and it is a kin to beef stew: Caldereta/Kaldereta. It is a spanish influenced dish according...

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Ginisang Munggo (Saute’ed Mung Beans)

Dec 19, 11 Ginisang Munggo (Saute’ed Mung Beans)

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Remember this post where I shared with you (that one day I had galunggong for ulam for the entire day)?   Well,  this ulam is one that really goes a long way.  And is normally served with galunggong . .   . . The Ingredients  14 oz package of Mung beans 1 package of Pork rinds (for topping) 2 cups Dried shrimp Fish...

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