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Meaty with a dash of veggies

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Beef tendon shoyu ramen

Beef tendon shoyu ramen

Cook time: 6 hours hours

Servings: 3 people

Korean-style ground beef rice bowl

Korean-style ground beef rice bowl

Cook time: 10 minutes minutes

Servings: 6 people

Smoked salmon and cream cheese pâté on crackers

Smoked salmon and cream cheese pâté

Cook time: 0 minutes minutes

Servings: 3 cups

Connie Veneracion

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I’m Connie Veneracion, home cook and writer by passion, photographer by necessity, and good food, coffee and wine lover forever. I create, test and publish recipes for family meals, and write cooking tips and food stories. More about me and my umami blogs.

Recipe highlights

Vietnamese shrimp spring rolls

Spring rolls

Spanish oxtail stew

Organ meat

Fried chicken wings with honey adobo glaze

Fried chicken

Sigarilyas at tinapang bangus sa gata (winged beans and smoked milkfish in coconut milk)

Cooked with coconut

Grilled cheese and green onion kimchi sandwich

Cooked with kimchi

Crispy pork belly in coconut cream sauce

Pork belly

Meaty with a dash of veggies

Thai chicken curry

Thai chicken curry

Cook time: 50 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 people

Molo soup

Molo soup

Cook time: 15 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 people

Claypot salmon and mushroom rice

Claypot salmon and mushroom rice

Cook time: 15 minutes minutes

Servings: 2 people

Fried chicken and spaghetti

Fried chicken and spaghetti

Cook time: 15 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 people

Shrimps with plum sauce

Shrimps with plum sauce

Cook time: 7 minutes minutes

Servings: 3 people

Chicken arroz caldo with immature chicken eggs

Chicken arroz caldo

Cook time: 1 hour hour 45 minutes minutes

Servings: 6 people

Tilapia escabeche

Tilapia escabeche

Cook time: 20 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 people

Fried chicken wings with honey adobo glaze

Fried chicken wings with honey adobo glaze

Cook time: 15 minutes minutes

Servings: 3 people

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