New potatoes were added to this green beans because my husband requested them. This was just canned green beans but cooked to add interest and flavors. 2 cans Green Beans 1 clove garlic smashed and minced ½ medium yellow onion minced 2 slices bacon diced Cook the bacon pieces in a skillet until brown andContinue reading “Green Beans”
Category Archives: Vegetables
Ampalaya in Garlic Sauce
2 bitter melon, deseeded and sliced thin 4 large garlic, smashed and minced (more if you like garlic) 2 tsp. ginger sticks or minced 2 green onions cut in 2″ lengths 1 TBS fermented dried Chinese blackbeans, rinsed and rehydrated or you can use garlic blackbean sauce Oil for sauteing 2 tsp. cornstarch dissolved inContinue reading “Ampalaya in Garlic Sauce”
Baba Ganoush
This recipe uses raw cashews in lieu of the traditional tahini. Ingredients: ½ cup raw cashews or 2 TBS prepared Tahini paste (roasted sesame seeds) 1 large eggplant (Use more if Japanese long eggplant) 2 cloves garlic or more 1 tsp. olive oil (or more) 2 TBS lemon juice or juice of 4 calamansi SaltContinue reading “Baba Ganoush”
Tomato Salad
I came across this recipe for tomatoes that is very delicious. I had a good tomato crop this year so I had to make something with them. This is very good with small, ripe tomatoes like Cherry tomatoes, Grape tomatoes, Campari tomatoes, etc. A handful of tomatoes, quartered to make about 3 to 4 cups.Continue reading “Tomato Salad”
Spinach-Artichoke Dip
I’m not the only one who loves this dip but also a lot of our friends like it too. I made this dip for my husband’s birthday party and I doubled the batch as I have always done. It tastes so good that any leftover from a get together, if there is any, will beContinue reading “Spinach-Artichoke Dip”
Patola In Ramen Soup
I had more patola and I had to dream up dishes to use it in. I came up with this idea that is very quick and no fuss at all. 1 package Ramen Noodle Soup, any flavor 1 dried Shitake mushroom (Oriental) soaked in water then sliced thin or diced small. 1 Patola squash, dicedContinue reading “Patola In Ramen Soup”
Miswa sa Patola
(Pork Meatballs with Patola and Miswa noodles) “Miswa Sa Patola” is one of the names of this authentic Filipino dish. It is also called “bola-bolang (meatballs) may miswa at patola”. The very fine flour noodles in the soup is called “miswa” (Click on the word miswa to take you to the Glossary link). The picturesContinue reading “Miswa sa Patola”
Potato Soup
INGREDIENTS: 2 to 3 medium size Russet potatoes, peeled and cubed small 2 TBS butter or olive oil or 2 strips of thick sliced bacon, diced 1 small onion minced 1 clove garlic minced 1 clove garlic 1 stalk celery minced + some leaves 1 small carrot minced 1/2 tsp. celery seeds (optional) 3 TBSContinue reading “Potato Soup”
Ginataang Kangkong (or Laing)
Kangkong in Coconut Milk I had a lot of kangkong that I had to think of what to do with them so they won’t go to waste. I came up with this dish then found out that it is similar to a dish in the Bicol Region called Laing. Laing is a very popular dishContinue reading “Ginataang Kangkong (or Laing)”
Stir-fried Green Beans
This is the same recipe as the Chinese Beef with Green Beans but without the beef. Mix together and set aside: 1 TBS Soy sauce ½ tsp. Black bean sauce 1 clove garlic, minced 1 TBS oyster sauce 1 tsp. Sherry or cooking wine ¼ tsp. sugar or 1 tsp. Aji Mirin Prepare: 1 lb.Continue reading “Stir-fried Green Beans”
Kusina ni Norie 