It is, officially, pumpkin season! Frankly, although we don’t have fall on Guam, I do enjoy the flavors of pumpkin and pumpkin pie spice. Something about the illusion of fall season, with its flavors, make everything much comforting to me. It’s also closer to the holidays! And if you don’t know, the holidays…
Tag: filipino vegan
Vegan Burger Steak (Filipino-Style Meat Free Salisbury Steak)
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…
Easy Vegan Spicy Peanut Rice Noodles with Chili Oil
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you a new easy-peasy noodle recipe. If you’re anyone like myself, you probably love your food with lots of bold flavors. Let alone, choosing the right kind of food must have a combination of different taste profile and texture. One of the main things I look for, when…
Vegan Cultured Cashew Cheese (Easy Fermented Non-Dairy Cheese)
Alright, this recipe is going out to all the science-enthusiasts mixed with a passion for really good food. If you’ve been following me for a hot minute, you would know I have this fascination for fermentation.Let alone, a fascination for anything science related. Experimenting has been in my blood for the longest time,…
Vegan Blueberry Cinnamon Scone (Better than Coffee Shop)
Alright, be honest! Do you enjoy scones or hate them? Personally, I love scones. There is, without any doubt, a better way to enjoy a cup of coffee with a great-tasting-flaky scone. While I do enjoy these flaky, buttery goodness, there’s often one issue I cannot stand. Scones can be awfully dry –…
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 Katsu Sliders
Do you enjoy moments of solitude? Though, not the quarantine isolation, I mean meditative moments to yourself and allowing the world to slow down? The thing is, I am only child. And I have always felt aloof, in most instances, from groups of people. Growing up, I always get asked, “don’t you ever…
Vegan Dubu Jorim (Spicy Korean Braised Tofu)
The first place my husband and I traveled to (together) was Korea. It was in the peak of the MERS outbreak back in 2015, literally, red alert when we were packing our bags for our flight. I was about to travel with a guy, I’ve only been dating for six months, and he’s…
Vegan Chocolate Strawberry Cookie Cake
Ah, February! The month of love. Quite frankly, this is the least romantic season (of them all). I feel, as if, majority of what Valentine’s Day is mainly marketing. Marketing, in terms, selling overpriced flowers and chocolates to gift a significant other or loved one. Romance, to me, is in the gestures and…
Vegan Pandesal (Filipino Bread Rolls Tangzhong Method)
As a kid, my parents had always made sure that there was fresh bread on the table. While they were not bakers, they’d make every effort to wake up early in the morning, before work, to drive to the nearest bakery and buy a loaf of bread or half a dozen pandesal. I…