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Pork mechado , a staple Filipino dish. Filling on its own but best served with warm rice! Op kors! Mechadong masarap ito!  It's like Afritada , but its not. Like Menudo , but it's not. Like Caldereta , but it's not. 😜 It's a ONE POT stew  with a taste appeal all its own! 🍲 Ingredients: 500g pork loin, diced 1 Onion, diced 2 Garlic, minced 2 Potatoes, big,diced 2 Carrots, medium,diced 1 Sayote or 2 Celery, diced Salt & pepper Oyster sauce, 1 tsp Brown sugar, 1 tso Tomato sauce, 1/2 cup Water, 1/2 cup Bayleaf, 1  Liverspread, 1 small can Slurry (cornflour + tepid water), 2 tbsp Cooking oil 🍲 Tools Knife & chopping board (for meat, for veggies) Medium-depth pot Ladle Bowl for  slurry Tasting spoon/cup 🍲 Steps Heat oil in the pot, medium heat. Saute garlic & onion, stir so garlic does not burn. Add pork slices, add salt and pepper. Let it brown. Add potatoes and carrots, let it cook for 5 minutes,stirring gently. Add sayote / celery last (since it cooks f...

A fun drink without the headache! 😁 Mocktails are kids-safe ✅ This is refreshing lychee with yummy bits. Pop in that bobba straw and slurp away! 🥤 Ingredients Lychee, 1 can, mashed lightly Lychee syrup, 1/2 of can Lychee juice Nata de coco, 1 pack, w/o syrup Water, 3/4 of pitcher 1 / 2 lemon juice Mint leaves, 2 washed (optional). Honey, 1 tbsp (optional), to taste. 🥤 Steps Drop all in a jug. Mix well but gently. Taste test. Pour! Enjoy!

My brood loves pasta dishes. To shake things up a bit, we tried one with the Asian twist. Always fun to do a twist 😁💃 🍝 pasta noodles, al dente ginger, 1 smallest knob, shred Garlic, 1 small knob, shred Spring onion, white 1 onion, diced 1 Chili, sliced bias (optional) 🍝 Sauce - Soy sauce, 1 tbsp Sesame oil, 1 tbsp Peanut butter 1 tbsp Lemon juice / vinegar, 1tsp Pasta water, 2 tbsp Chili flakes, 1 tsp (optional) 🍝 Toppings - Crushed nuts Spring onion, greens Chili flakes Toasted sesame seeds Tips- - careful adding more lemon juice or vinegar to the sauce. Ver2 request-  Charlie Chan pasta version. less sour and more PB taste, please! (for EZ) 💡Inspired by:  Aaron and Claire Peanut Spaghetti

Pita wraps and cream bring fond memories, of me in my 2nd-trimester 1stborn baby bump with a HUGE craving for a pita-wrapped goodness of creamy tuna. So fortunate that Ayala Cebu, just across my workplace then, had a stall that sold a very satisfying version of this!  🎶 Yes, " Pita wrap dreams are made of this "... 🎵🎶 A very welcome healthy twist to tuna wraps is the iron-rich spinach leaves add-on, which my current town has plenty supply of. Other alternatives would be kale, and other similar greens. And here was 1 of my many takes. Ingredients - 2 garlic shredded 2 generous knobs of butter* 2 cans of spicy tuna in oil Pinch of salt Dash of pepper 1/2 tsp chili flakes 1 can cream 1 pack of spinach leaves 1/2 cabbage diced (optional) 1/2 apple diced (optional) 1 tsp lemon juice pratha or wraps Steps - Saute garlic in butter, add salt. Add tuna, cook for 3 minutes. Optional to add a bit of the oil from the can. But for healthier version, leave that out. Spinach goes in, sau...

As requested by my teeniebop M, pasta but with the Singapore twist -- salted egg sauce !!! Easy & yummy-loaded!  SHIOK! 🥚 Ingredients Olive oil Curry leaves (optional) Chili padi, whole Chili flakes, 1 tsp Spring onion, julienne Butter, 1 knob 2 packets salted egg mix Evaporated milk, 1/2 can Water *follow packet instructions, then add more to desired sauce consistency. 500g pasta, cooked al dente. 🥚 Tools knife &  chopping board can opener Measuring cup & teaspoon spatula pasta pot & strainer sauce pan 🥚 Steps Cook pasta in pasta pot according to package instructions. Save 1cup of pasta water for the sauce.  Strain pasta and set aside. Heat sauce pan (medium). Add olive oil. Saute chili, curry leaf,spring onion for a minute to release flavors. Remove and set aside. Add butter.  Add salted egg mix and stir well until dissolved and foamy. Add water. Cook for 5 minutes. Add chili and spring onion. Add evaporated milk. Add pasta water, to desired con...

Looks pretty & fancy schmancy 🤵 .  For something VERY flavorful, the steps to make this is fairly easy & straightforward, makes sense that it's pinned up in my fam's menu. 📌 A reunion family dinner at Dakong Balay, and my precious   niece ordered this dish.  Elegant, Savory, Filling and Rich.  I was  inspired! A week later, this was our star dish for Media Noche, to welcome New Year 2025! 🐔 TOOLS meat mallet / kitchen hammer / burger press non-stick pan sauce pan chopping board cheese grater serving plate 🐔 INGREDIENTS chicken fillet, "butterflied" or chick leg boneless butterflied & flatten with meat mallet. salt pepper flour 2 eggs breadcrumbs cheese, grated (cheddar, mozzarela,  parmesan, etc. Got the authentic Italian parmiggiano? Even better! ) cream or beschamel sauce (my Z does NOT like cheese) so this one's for her 😉 parsley 2 tomato, diced 1/2 onion, minced tomato sauce 🐔 GOALS -FLATTEN protein / meat -THIN flour coating only -HOT...