The Happy Home Cook: Bangus Shanghai (Milk Fish Egg Roll)

The Happy Home Cook: Bangus Shanghai (Milk Fish Egg Roll)

This version of Lumpiang Shanghai uses shredded milk fish instead of pork or chicken. Leftover cooked boneless milk fish can be used for this recipe which makes preparation a lot easier.

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The Happy Home Cook: Tahini Date Fridge Fudge

The Happy Home Cook: Tahini Date Fridge Fudge

Sweet and nutty, this is a cross between halva and fudge with a melt-in-the-mouth texture – much easier to make (just blend and set in the fridge) and of course better for you! 

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The Happy Home Cook: Pork Belly Adobo by the Adobros

The Happy Home Cook: Pork Belly Adobo by the Adobros

Being The Adobros, adobo is naturally one of our classic dishes for our supper club, and it’s a big hit with our guests.  

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The Happy Home Cook: Canonigo (Floating Meringue)

The Happy Home Cook: Canonigo (Floating Meringue)

The caramel-coated canonigo, with its towering meringue, is beautiful and almost weightless when cut. Richly flavored by caramel and mustard sauce, it is the Spanish equivalent of the French Ile Flottante (“floating island”), a mound of light meringue floating in a vanilla custard sea.

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The Happy Home Cook: Paella de Adobo by Señor Anastacio de Alba

The Happy Home Cook: Paella de Adobo by Señor Anastacio de Alba

The Paella de Adobo is a rich rice dish of Spanish origin but made just for the Filipino. This comes from the recipes of Señor Anastacio de Alba who owned a famous Spanish restaurant in Manila.

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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: Adobong Okra

The Happy Home Cook: Adobong Okra

Okra -- that slimy, finger-like vegetable that no one really likes -- has captured the attention of health gurus as a natural way to detoxify. 

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The Happy Home Cook: Ginataang Tilapia

The Happy Home Cook: Ginataang Tilapia

With the supermarket convenience of fish fillets and canned coconut milk, cooking this dish is truly a breeze!

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The Happy Home Cook: Vigan Empanadas

The Happy Home Cook: Vigan Empanadas

Empanadas are a delicacy in many parts of the world, but Vigan’s is unique in its ingredients and preparation. 

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The Happy Home Cook: Escabeche (Sweet-and-Sour Fish)

The Happy Home Cook: Escabeche (Sweet-and-Sour Fish)

This dish has Spanish roots. The original Iberian version kept cooked fish in a seasoned sauce of wine or wine vinegar overnight. The Chinese interpretation, however, became the Filipino prototype: fried batter-dipped fish soaking in a freshly made sweet-and-sour sauce redolent with ginger strips, red pimiento and carrot flowerets [Felice Sta. Maria, The Governor-General’s Kitchen].

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