My Easy Homemade Mami Recipe
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This recipe is from my debut picture book, MAMI KING: How Ma Mon Luk Found Love, Riches, and a Perfect Bowl of Soup.
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The Happy Home Cook: Maria Orosa’s Freedom Cookies
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These rice bran cookies, rich in vitamins A, E, D and Vitamin B Complex, saved many lives in the Philippines during World War II. As such they are almost sacred.
Read MoreThe Happy Home Cook: Pinaupong Manok
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This is a family recipe of my mother with chicken and salt as the staple ingredients.
Read MoreThe Happy Home Cook: Lumpiang Shanghai with Sweet and Sour Sauce
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In my children’s book, “Ang Alamat ng Lumpiang Shanghai” (The Legend of the Fried Spring Rolls), I chose to write a story about a dish that is universal. It’s loved by both children and adults. It is also very versatile. We have so many different iterations of the lumpia like the lumpiang gulay, lumpiang togue, lumpiang ubod, lumpiang hubad, lumpiang Bacolod, and even turon (banana spring rolls) is a lumpia, right?
Read MoreThe Happy Home Cook: Vegan Embutido
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I never thought I could make a vegan version of embutido that’s simple to make, even for beginner cooks. After all, embutido is a sausage with elaborate stuffings.
Read MoreThe Happy Home Cook: Chiyo’s Kelp Noodle Pancit with Salmon
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The Kelp Noodle Pancit with Salmon recipe that I’m sharing is made with seaweed and tamari so that it’s gluten-free and uses a variety of bright vegetables for diverse nutrition, fiber, and folate.
Read MoreThe Happy Home Cook: Lola Soling’s Mango Ice Candy
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Ice candy is a Filipino snack that children can make with the help of an adult.
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The Happy Home Cook: Sago’t Gulaman Iced Coffee
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Sago’t Gulaman is a refreshing Filipino beverage made of tapioca pearls (sago), jelly cubes (gulaman), and brown sugar syrup (arnibal). It has been around even before boba or bubble tea became popular.
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