The Happy Home Cook: Liver in Bistek Sauce
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Liver is a good source of vitamins A, B, C and D. It contains glycogen and is considered an energy food.
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The Happy Home Cook: Pan de San Nicolas
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Stories from past generations retell that these 17th century wheat cookies introduced by Spain to the Philippines were stored in large jars and fed as a curative cookie to those who were sick with a healing prayer annually, on September 10th, the feast of San Nicolas de Tolentino.
Read MoreThe Happy Home Cook: Tupig
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The scent of burnt banana leaves and sweet coconut floated through the air and I saw tupig was being sold by street vendors. Tupig are thin, long, log-shaped kakanin wrapped in banana leaves. They are made of coconut, sugar, sweet rice grains soaked overnight, molasses and rice flour.
Read MoreThe Happy Home Cook: Dinakdakan (Boiled and Grilled Pig Parts)
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Being located in an Ilocano town, it is not a surprise that the most popular dishes at Hapag-Kainan sa Ballesteros have Ilocano origins like dinakdakan (boiled and grilled pig parts).
Read MoreThe Happy Home Cook: Vegan Filipino Macaroni Salad
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Compared to the Italian, Mediterranean, and other versions, Filipino Macaroni Salad is the sweeter and heartier counterpart. If it’s up to me, I would eat a whole bowl as entree and dessert (and I have).
Read MoreThe Happy Home Cook: Cantaloupe Strings-Calamansi Dessert Drink
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As the scorching summer days descend on us, you can't go wrong with this refreshing Cantaloupe Strings -Calamansi dessert drink.
Read MoreThe Happy Home Cook: Ginataang Mais
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This is my favorite merienda during tapings. Caterers don't seem to run out of this classic Filipino snack.
Read MoreThe Happy Home Cook: Vegan Filipino Chicharon
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Vegan Filipino Chicharon is a fun little snack that has dried shiitake mushrooms coated in rice flour and sweet rice flour then deep-fried. Another way to make it is by deep-frying dried yuba skin.
Read MoreThe Happy Home Cook: Buko-Pandan Gelatin (Young Coconut-Pandan Gelatin)
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The green gelatin and the vanilla ice cream make an attractive combination. The coconut juice sweetens the gelatin, and sugar becomes unnecessary.
Read MoreThe Happy Home Cook: Rellenong Manok
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This is UK Chef Roni Bandong’s prize-winning recipe for Rellenong Manok which was judged “Best Alternative Christmas Dish” on the TV Show “Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas” with celebrity host Kirstie Allsopp.
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