If there’s a Filipino comfort food dish I have been contemplating for the longest time, it would be burger steak. Burger steak is a Filipino-style salisbury steak popularized by a HUGE fast food chain in the Philippines. If you know, you know. And since we are getting into the theme of cozy comfort…
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Vegan Filipino-Style Adobo (Adobong Sa Achuete)
Ahh, the classic Filipino-style adobo, it is the ultimate staple in Filipino cuisine. In every Filipino household, there never comes a time when someone would not brags about their family’s adobo recipe. I kid you not, we will always claim that my mom’s adobo is the best! Want to know the real truth…
Vegan Egg Fried Rice
Fried rice, like in many Asian-Pacific Islander household, is a staple. I, along with many others like me, grew up with rice, eggs, frozen veggies, and soy sauce as a meal. Now, I see it as a total comfort easy-lazy one pot dish. But back then, it wasn’t always that way. One, my…
Vegan Tofu Bistek Tagalog (Filipino “Beef” Steak)
One of my favorite easy Filipino dishes has got to be Bistek Tagalog. For those, who may not be familiar with the term “bistek” (bee-stek), it really just means beef steak in the English language. Bistek derives from the word “bistec” in Spanish, or thinly sliced beef. As a kid, I was a…
Vegan Cheddar & Chives Flaky Biscuits
Okay, let’s be real here. I am a sucker for really good flaky buttery biscuits! I don’t know why but there is just something about freshly baked, flaky goodness that make my heart sing. At least, next to breads and other buttery pastries. I love biscuits, in a sense, it is a soul…
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 Mapo Tofu
So, I’m quite excited about presenting this new recipe. For two reasons, mainly. One, it is a super easy, authentic dish to recreate. Two, it is definitely a Chinese-cuisine favorite. It’s also one of my favorites (though, I feel like I say that a lot about any dish). I’m talking about Mapo Tofu….
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…