The Happy Home Cook: Creamy Beef Macaroni Soup

The Happy Home Cook: Creamy Beef Macaroni Soup

When it’s rainy outside, nothing brings cheer to your dining table than a warm soup.  Not just the usual soup, but creamy beef macaroni soup.  It’s a meal by itself, packed with either ground beef or slices of it, complemented by fresh veggies like carrots and cabbage.  Then you add that enticing creamy flavor by adding milk.  It’s perfect to drive away that dreary feeling of the pouring rain and cold temperature.

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The Happy Home Cook: Binagoongang Baboy

The Happy Home Cook: Binagoongang Baboy

Beth presents her take on a Filipino favorite, Pork braised in Shrimp Paste.

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The Happy Home Cook: Pancit Choco en su Tinta (Pancit Pusit)

The Happy Home Cook: Pancit Choco en su Tinta (Pancit Pusit)

Food historian and author Ige Ramos described in his cookbook “Republic of Taste: The Untold Stories of Cavite Cuisine that Pancit Choco en su Tinta (Pancit Pusit) is an archetypal Chabacano dish, choko being the Chabacano for cuttlefish, also known as pancit pusit or pancit negra, because of its black color, it was at one time only eaten during Lent or funerals.

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The Happy Home Cook: Pompano with Chili and Pineapple

The Happy Home Cook: Pompano with Chili and Pineapple

Chef, author, restaurateur, entrepreneur Beth Romualdez shares one of her recipes from her book “Cooking Lessons.”

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The Happy Home Cook: Vegan Laing

The Happy Home Cook: Vegan Laing

Laing is easy to veganize because its main ingredient is not meat but taro leaves.

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The Happy Home Cook: Mijo's Oyster Kilaw

The Happy Home Cook: Mijo's Oyster Kilaw

Chef Enrique Moreno shares with us a recipe from his restaurant, Mijo

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The Happy Home Cook: Vegan Pancit Palabok (Gluten Free)

The Happy Home Cook: Vegan Pancit Palabok (Gluten Free)

Pancit Palabok is a Filipino dish great for potlucks, parties, and gatherings. It has a variety of texture and flavor.

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The Happy Home Cook: Strawberry Champorado

The Happy Home Cook: Strawberry Champorado

What will champorado be like without the chocolate?

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The Happy Home Cook: Oyster Mushroom Escargot

The Happy Home Cook: Oyster Mushroom Escargot

The first time I heard about Escargot was when I was a kid, probably around ten years old, dining with my family at a seafood restaurant in the Philippines. Over there, we would refer to Escargot as Ginataang Kuhol which means “Snails in Coconut Milk.”

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The Happy Home Cook: No-Churn Ube Ice Cream

The Happy Home Cook: No-Churn Ube Ice Cream

A smuggled summer treat from Budapest's Barako Kávéház

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