The Happy Home Cook: Authentic Italian Carbonara, Chicken Caesar Sandwich and Croque Monsieur
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Chef Sandy Daza whips up something special for the family with authentic carbonara, chicken caesar sandwich and croque monsieur.
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The Happy Home Cook: Korean Beef Stew
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In this video, Chef Sandy Daza does his take on Korean Beef Stew, a treat for the whole family!
Read MoreThe Happy Home Cook: Vegan Lechon Paksiw
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For the longest time, I thought Lechon Paksiw is impossible to veganize. After all, how do you veganize roasted pork? Enter the jackfruit.
Read MoreThe Happy Home Cook: Pinatisang Manok (Chicken Stewed in Fish Sauce)
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Fish sauce, or patis, is rarely used as a main ingredient, making this recipe unusual.
Read MoreThe Happy Home Cook: Gising Gising (Seafood Extreme)
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A seafood dish, from the soldiers’ cookbook.
Read MoreThe Happy Home Cook: Ground Beef Omelet (Tortang Itlog at Giniling)
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An easy and familiar regular-day dish.
Read MoreThe Happy Home Cook: Black Rice Salad
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Today’s my mom’s death anniversary so I thought I’d prepare something out of the ordinary, one that she probably never thought of preparing in her kitchen. (I learned my cooking from her.) So today, I’m taking a break from my no-rice diet and will prepare some black rice salad.
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The Happy Home Cook: Boneless Bangus Donburi
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Unlike in California, I don’t have a source of packaged eel where I currently am in Baguio City in the Philippines. But I have found a worthy, readily available alternative to unagi domburi: boneless bangus (milkfish). I have even come up with my local version of the unagi sauce, using my choice of beer, San Mig Light, as a substitute for sake.
Read MoreThe Happy Home Cook: Instant Pot Arroz Caldo
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The classic Filipino Arroz Caldo, is a rice porridge that’s cooked with chicken in a broth seasoned with ginger, garlic, patis (fish sauce) and calamansi. This is a simple, hearty rice soup that is easy to make. It is also known to help heal one who has a cold or the flu, or when one is feeling under the weather. In my latest cookbook, Instant Filipino Recipes: My Mother’s Traditional Philippine Food In a Multicooker Pot, I shared how to cook this soup porridge in a quick way, without losing the flavors and the soul of mom’s cooking.
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