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Poached chicken Hainanese-style

Poached chicken Hainanese-style

Cook time: 30 minutes minutes

Servings: 3 people

Scrambled eggs, ham and potatoes

Scrambled eggs, ham and potatoes

Pandan crepes with coconut and palm sugar filling (dadar gulong / kuih dadar)

Pandan crepes with coconut and palm sugar filling

Avocado, cucumber and blueberry smoothie

Avocado, cucumber and blueberry smoothie

Watermelon and yogurt smoothie

Watermelon and yogurt smoothie

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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.

Mango lassi

Mango lassi

Cook time: 0 minutes minutes

Servings: 2 glasses

Spaghetti with gourmet tuyo, cherry tomatoes, Thai basil and mint

Spaghetti with gourmet tuyo

Fried chicken wings with lemon-orange glaze

Fried chicken wings with lemon-orange glaze

Pork chops with honey orange sauce

Pork chops with honey orange sauce

Cook time: 30 minutes minutes

Servings: 3 people

Oysters adobo with fried garlic and scallions

Oysters adobo

Shrimps with plum sauce

Shrimps with plum sauce

Ramen with chashu and soy sauce egg

Chashu (Japanese braised pork belly for ramen)

Cook time: 5 hours hours 15 minutes minutes

Servings: 6 people

Fried chicken (katsu) sandwich

Fried chicken (katsu) sandwich

Mashed roasted squash

Mashed roasted squash (calabaza)

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