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🥥 Lami ang Ginataang Gulay 🥬🍆🎃

Curry-like, as my 3 kids thought it was curry cooking in the kitchen.😜 This is fragrant, coconuty, silky, full of flavor. and packed with nutrients. 🤎 A c lassic taste of home sweet home. 🏝️ Easy to make, my Z made this at her first try, and it was so lami! (delicious). Approved by my girls 👌👌.   🥥 Ingredients Coconut milk Fish sauce Shrimp, deveined 5 garlic, minced Veggies, sliced. eggplant🍆, squash🎃, greens: spinach 🥬, okra, string beans, red bellpepper.  Red chili, thinly sliced (optional) Red chili flakes (optional) Paprika (optional) White pepper Shrimp cubes (optional) Dilis (optional) 🥥 Tools Cooking pot & ladle Chopping board & knife  🥥  Steps On medium heat 🔥, saute garlic Add shrimp, stir fry for 3 minutes. Remove  shrimp & set aside, so it does not overcook. Add shrimp paste, saute for 1 minute.  Add veggies, hard veggies first (like root crops), stir. Add fish sauce. Add 1/4 cup water, add coconut milk. Mix well. Cover p...
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Carrot Salad

 What'up, Doc? 🐰 🥕 Tools peeler mixing bowl or large plate Gloves, or fork, for mixing 🥕 Ingredients carrots Sesame oil Soy sauce Vinegar, or lime juice Sesame seeds (optional) Chili flakes (optional) 🥕 Steps Peel the carrots. In mixing bowl, add the careot peels and all other ingredients. Mix well by hand or with a fork. 💡Inspired by: that viral TikTok recipe

.BLT classic.

Hmm, be-connnnn. BoLT.  BLasT. BriLlianT. Bacon Lettuce Tomato. Nothing beats a  classic . 🥓 Ingredients Bacon , 1 pack, cook til crispy as per package instruction. Lettuce leaves, washed and spin-dried. Tomatoes , sliced like flat moons 🌚, seeds removed. Boiled eggs (optional) Cheese singles (optional) Onion, sliced to thin rings (optional) Sauce (Mayo,  Ketchup, Mustard) Pickles (optional) Burger buns, or wraps, warmed, buttered, toasted, however you fancy. 🥓 Steps Prepare ingredients. Serve separately. Plate & stack as you like it, and discover surprising combos along the way! ! 🤤 

Miswa, unswa?

Misua  or Mee-sua. Our family's version: we love it with gyoza / wanton / dumplings added in. Soul food.  Comfort food. Easy to prep ahead, and quick to cook. 🍲 Tools   Chopping board and knife  Soup pot Soup ladle Big bowl for soaking noodles 🍲  Ingredients Onion, minced or sliced Garlic,minced Spring onion, minced Carrots,1 big, julienne Cabbage, 1/3 head julienne (pechay, spinach, or whatever leafy greens work too) Misua noodles, 3 bunches, soaked in tepid water for 10mins then drained. Minced pork, 250g.  Gyoza / wanton / dumpling, 1 pack. Chicken broth, OR chicken bouillon cube. KalamaNsi (lime),sliced 🍲 Steps Saute minced pork in garlic & onion. Season with oyster sauce, salt, black pepper. Add carrots. Add leafy greens: white / firmer parts first, the softer leaves can follow before the noodles are added in (#8). Add broth. Add enough water ( soup, mah). Add gyoza / wanton / dimsum, & allow to cook as per package instructions (i.e., until ...

Turon turon, sinta 🎵

Yummy turon , airfried ! An easy Pinoy  merienda   swak  for   snack time, tea time, breakfast, anytime, really! 🫔 Tools Chopping board & knife Bowl or plate for sugar Baking tray Baking paper Kitchen towel Kitchen tongs (for flippin'). 🫔 Ingredients Fruit:  banana, peach, mango, pineapple, what-have-you  🍌🥭🍑🍍🍎 Brown sugar, 1 cup  cinnamon powder, 1tsp (optional) Lumpia wrapper (or dumpling wrapper). water, or cornflour / cornstarch with water 🫔 Steps Pat-dry fruits with kitchen towel, then slice thinly. (thick slices need bigger wraps). Dip & coat the fruit in brown sugar . Wrap in lumpia wrapper. Wet the end with water or or cornflour / cornstarch mixture. One last roll to seal the turon. Line in baking paper, space them well -- do not overcrowd. Sprinkle with more brown sugar (optional). Preheat airfryer 5minutes at 160°. Bake turon 10mins 160° in the airfryer. Flip turon. Bake turon for 13mins 160°. Take out from airfryer....

Curry, curry how we love thee.

This is THE Hainanese Curry. A crowd favorite of my pack. They will literally eat this every day, if only i'd say yes. 😂 (if they knew how close i was about to crumble & give in too!) At long last, after endless requests, I got to make this tempting version at home, with the taste ~exactly like Encik Tan's. My boy, while having it for dinner, gave it an 8️⃣, then a 9️⃣, then finally "Can i give it a 🔟?", he asked. 😂 just kept tastin' better & better, no? 😅 🌶️ Tools Cooking pot deep enough for sauce & pairings Ladle 🌶️ Ingredients Curry mix, 1 pk. Water, 600ml Coconut milk 300 ml. 1 whole head cabbage, sliced to squares. Fried eggs (a bit runny) Fried Chicken, fried! 😅 🌶️ Steps- Braised Cabbage in the same pot where ur cooking the curry after, on medium heat, add the cabbage to roast for 5minutes. Add 1 tbsp of cooking oil. Add 1 tbsp of soy sauce, 1  tbsp of sugar. A tsp of lime (or better yet, 1 tsp of tamarind sauce). A tbsp of water. Saute f...

how do I - Store Broccoli ???

  MISSION:  Store broccoli longer Wash fresh broccoli well. Simmer fresh, or frozen uncooked broccs in pot with small amount of boiling water. Cover with lid til. Stir occassionally. Simmer for abou t 5 minutes. ( It should turn vibrant green once cooked through.) Once cooked, strain, then soak in bowl of ice cold water with ice for 2 minutes, to stop the cooking process. Drain. Pat dry. Pack into storage containers or ziplock bags. Keep in freezer.  MISSION ACCOMPLISHED ✅