Chicken sopas
Nothing special, just the ordinary chicken macaroni soup. Back in the Philippines, it’s usually prepared in big batches, thus suitable when there’s a gathering (office meetings, parties), or as part […]
Category Archives: Noodles and Pasta
Turkey macaroni
I cooked this in a large skillet with a lid. Ingredients: olive oil for sauteing garlic (minced) onion (julienned) 1 cup turkey (minced) 1/2 red capsicum (julienned then halved) 100g […]
Spaghetti (Filipino junk food version)
I will share with you a “secret” spaghetti sauce recipe. “Secret” because I don’t let people know I crave this and make this once in a while—a real junk food […]
Rice noodles with curry
I had some rice noodles at a Chinese buffet in town and was amused that they used curry. Back home we would always use soy sauce. So here’s my take […]
Chicken Macaroni Salad
I’m posting here the “standard” chicken macaroni salad recipe in our neighbourhood when I was growing up. Recently there had been other versions coming up back home (such as the […]
Dumplings
I promised to post the recipe for the dumplings I used in my chicken soup. Now I should tell you that I didn’t make the dumplings myself–but had my ‘assistant’ […]
Chicken soup (with star pasta and dumplings)
I defrosted my freezer today so lots of food had to go. I had wrinkly capsicums and carrot, and bits of coriander that could still be used from the bunch […]
Pancit Palabok (my version)
I had always been intimidated to make this dish, as I did not know how to produce the required crab fat. But once I saw crab fat in jars at […]
