Want to switch up your celebration table for this Holiday season? Well, you’re in luck, because my recipes are all about standing out with bold flavors. This, new, recipe I’m about to present to you is no different. Today, I will be showing you how to make Vegan Paella. WHAT IS PAELLA? Paella,…
Category: Holidays
Vegan Corn Chowder (Coconut Corn Soup)
I just want to be clear, I’m an island girl. Living on Guam, I experience summer all year long. Making soup recipes and holiday themed dishes, especially made for winters, are not natural to me; and it is something I have adapted since food blogging. Though, I do enjoy making holiday-themed recipes now….
Vegan Shepherd’s Pie
There you have it, friends, we have officially entered the Holiday season. While I am, usually, known for making easy-peasy recipes that take one hour (or less) to make, it is always great to add a variety of food to the table. While making pies might seem intimidating to make, I can assure…
Vegan Filipino Puto Pao
Let’s talk puto pao. Puto, pronounced as pooh-toh, is a Filipino version of steamed cakes. Pao, pronounced as pow, is short for siopao; our Filipino version of steamed meat buns, also known as char si bao. In modern Filipino cuisines, comes a hybrid of different things. Puto pao is a lovechild of the…
Vegan Pumpkin Cream Pasta
Well, there you have it folks. We are closing up October; congratulations for making it this far! Halloween is near, and right before you know it, it’s already Christmas. So as I ease into festive holiday cooking, let me begin with this fall recipe. It is pumpkin season and my Instagram feed has…
Vegan Menudo (One Pot Filipino Style Stew)
I don’t know about you, but I have been in the mood for stews these days. Perhaps, it must be the change of weather. On Guam, we don’t have fall season (or any season apart from summer and rain). We have rainfall – which is close enough for a sweater-weather, I guess. So,…
Vegan Arroz Caldo (Congee)
Arroz Caldo, also be known as aroskaldo, congee or lugaw (looh-gao) in Tagalog, is a hot rice porridge traditionally made with heavily infused garlic and ginger flavors with boiled chicken. Its origin, actually, came from congee (con-jee) which is a Chinese rice porridge; Chinese-Filipino influences developed during the time of the Spanish colonization…
Vegan Matcha Sesame Scone
Okay, let’s be honest here! When you think of scones, this is probably not the first thing that comes to your mind. One, it is shaped like a giant lady finger biscuit and, two, it has matcha topped with sesame seeds. While this is, in no way, the traditional fruity vanilla scone, it…
Vegan Olive Oil Cake
Let’s call for a celebration! An excuse to eat cake! We’ll call this occasion “congratulations – we’ve – survived – nine – months – in – this – crazy – pandemic.” I don’t know about you but I’m just about ready to eat another slice of cake and pop open a bottle of…
Buchi (Sesame Seed Balls)
Let’s talk about Buchi (pronounced as boo-chee). Also known as butsi, buchi-buchi, or Jian Dui. Buchi is a Chinese pastry coated in sesame seeds and fried with a mung bean filling inside. If you have never had buchi before, think Japanese mochi but with a crispy-nutty exterior to contrast with the chewy interior….