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Filipino Recipes for Meat Lovers
Ask any Filipino what his favorite viand is and you’ll get a fairly small range of answers: adobo, sinigang, barbecue, roast beef. Filipinos are born meat lovers, and Filipino cuisine is naturally heavy in meat and meat-based dishes. Part of it is because livestock is one of our top industries. Sure, […]
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Getting Adventurous With Filipino Food
Comments: When you think of Filipino food, the first thing that comes to mind is probably the usual fare: barbecue, kare-kare, bistek, or rice cakes. But we tend to forget the more interesting parts of Filipino cuisine, the foods we probably eat more often than the traditional Filipino recipes. I’m talking […]
Filipino Food Alternatives to Junk Food
You are starving after a long day at work, but there’s nothing in the fridge. So you run to the nearest store and grab something to eat a bag of chips, a candy bar, or a can of soda. This is what a typical afternoon is like for a lot […]
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Healthy Filipino Food Lunches
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but that does not mean it is okay to scrimp on lunch. Whether you are in school or at work, you need that midday meal to keep up your energy for the rest of the day. If, like most students and yuppies, your […]
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How to Make Your Kids Love Filipino Food
Feeding kids can be tricky: let them pick their food and they will choose junk, give them healthy food and they will not touch it. If you are a parent, you are probably familiar with the tantrums that come with every meal. But it does not have to […]
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Filipino Food Party Planning
So you are planning a little get-together for your friends, and you have got a mental list of foods to serve and people to invite. If you think planning a party is that simple, you are in for a surprise. For one thing, there is no such thing as a little get-together […]
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Spices in Filipino Cuisine
It’s no secret that Filipino cuisine is one of the best in the world, but like any good food, it has to have its secrets. Few people have really mastered authentic Filipino food—not the washed-down fare you get in fast foods and diners, but real, home-made native dishes. Although most of us […]
Filipino Food Rice Toppings
Rice has always been the staple food in Filipino cuisine, but until recently, plain and fried were the only varieties we knew. It was only a few years ago that we started playing around with rice recipes such as java, garlic, chili, and Chinese. But what seems to be a hit among […]
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Pastries in Filipino Cuisine
There’s no better way to cap off a hearty Filipino meal than with something light and sweet for dessert. No, not ice cream or milkshakes, although those are great too—we’re talking about native Filipino desserts. If you think sweets have no place in Filipino cuisine, you can’t be further from the […]
Yummy, Low Cost Rice and Flour Recipes
All Filipinos seem to be born with a sweet tooth, and most of us never really outgrow it. We’re never too old for a candy bar or a rich filled doughnut. That’s why desserts have always been a big part of Filipino cuisine. For many of us, a meal […]
