The Happy Home Cook: Vegan Nilaga

The Happy Home Cook: Vegan Nilaga

If I have to name a dish I’ve cooked the most, that would be a Filipino soup called Nilaga.  Often times I want a dish that I can cook fast with ingredients I already have in hand like celery, carrots, cabbage, and squash. When I’m feeling generous, I’ll add quinoa too. And once I put the vegetables to a boil and mashed the squash into the broth, I’ll turn off the heat and enjoy a hot bowl of this nourishing soup. Just like that, it has become my go-to favorite.

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The Happy Home Cook: Vegetable Lumpiang Shanghai

The Happy Home Cook: Vegetable Lumpiang Shanghai

Could you veganize pork lumpia without tofu, mushroom, or gluten?

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The Happy Home Cook: Minatamis na Saging (Sweetened Saba Bananas)

The Happy Home Cook: Minatamis na Saging (Sweetened Saba Bananas)

Filipinos make sweetened saba bananas at home all the time; it’s more of a beloved homemade dish than a restaurant special.

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The Happy Home Cook: Vegan Calamari

The Happy Home Cook: Vegan Calamari

This Vegan Calamari is made out of king trumpet mushroom coated in batter and deep fried until crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside.

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The Happy Home Cook: Filipino Crab Cake Omelette

The Happy Home Cook: Filipino Crab Cake Omelette

Neither just crab cakes nor just crab omelettes, Filipino crab cake omelette or tortang alimasag is the best of both worlds plus more. Now, it can be veganized, too.

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The Happy Home Cook: Low Carb, Low Sugar Fried Rice

The Happy Home Cook: Low Carb, Low Sugar Fried Rice

A hearty and healthy alternative for fried rice.

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The Happy Home Cook: Vegan Mechado

The Happy Home Cook: Vegan Mechado

Astig Vegan's Richgail Enriquez takes on the popular Filipino dish, Mechado, and provides a vegan alternative.

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The Happy Home Cook: Two Bistek Recipes

The Happy Home Cook: Two Bistek Recipes

Two versions of the Filipino favorite Bistek Tagalog, the traditional way and a vegan variant.

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Not Just Another Filipino Food Festival

Not Just Another Filipino Food Festival

The Filipino Food Movement’s “Savor Filipino” sends a scrumptious message to America.

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