Repeat after me: light & airy cookies. Light and airy, melt in your mouth, vegan butter cookies. Let that sink in and collect yourself. Because, not only are these aesthetically pleasing to impress your (minimal Christmas 2020) crowd but they taste amazing. Think, Butter Danish cookies meets the texture of Milano cookies. Absolute…
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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….
Easy Vegan Tofu & Eggplant Stir Fry
Why, hello there November! How are you holding up? Has it been crazy, stressful, or heavy? If so, I understand, that is kind of the theme of 2020. A series of plot twists. I don’t know about you, but the first week of November had been quite draining and all I wanted to…
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 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 Filipino Style Tapa
Let’s talk about tapa. Tapa is dried or cured meat seasoned with salt and spices as a form of preservation. It is comparable to beef jerky. And where I am from on Guam, we have tinala’ katne or dried / exposed beef. Filipino style tapa, are thinly sliced strips of cured sirloin, which…
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 Bicol Express (Filipino Spicy Coconut Stew)
What is a spicy Filipino stew that is not often talked about in blogs? Let’s go with Bicol Express! Bicol Express is a spicy coconut stew traditionally made with pork, hot chili peppers, and coconut milk. The term Bicol comes from a region in the Philippines (located in the southern part of Luzon)….
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…