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Meaty with a dash of veggies

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Fast and easy cheesy bacon fries

Fast and easy cheesy bacon fries

Pork+ Vegetable / fruitrecipe by Connie Veneracion

Frozen fries from the grocery are cooked in the air fryer then smothered with cheese sauce, browned crispy bacon and thinly sliced scallions. Serve as a family snack or as finger food to go with cocktail drinks.

Cook time: 20 minutes minutes

Servings: 3 people

Bacon asparagus puff pastry spirals

Bacon asparagus puff pastry spirals

Course: Appetizer, Snack

Cook time: 30 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 people

Easy pan-fried scallops with crispy bacon

Easy pan-fried scallops with crispy bacon

Course: Appetizer

Cook time: 10 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 people

Scrambled eggs with bacon and tomatoes

Scrambled eggs with bacon and tomatoes

Course: Breakfast, Snack

Cook time: 10 minutes minutes

Servings: 2 people

Bacon teriyaki rice balls

Bacon teriyaki rice balls

Course: Snack

Cook time: 30 minutes minutes

Servings: 8 rice balls

Connie Veneracion

Hello and welcome!

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.

Recipes by main ingredient

Beef tendon shoyu ramen

Asian noodle

Spicy beef kaldereta

Beef

Meatballs sandwich (sub) with mozzarella served with fries and tomato sauce for dipping

Bread / quick bread

Japanese fried chicken wings (tebasaki)

Chicken / duck / turkey

Egg

Easy pepper garlic mushrooms

Mushroom

Baked macaroni and beef ragu with Mornay sauce

Pasta

Air fried lechon kawali (crispy pork belly)

Pork

Smoked salmon and furikake onigiri

Rice / other grain

Ebi (shrimp) tempura

Seafood

Agedashi tofu

Tofu

Sweet and tangy mango and tomato salad

Vegetable / fruit

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Meaty with a dash of veggies

Strawberry lemonade

Strawberry lemonade

Course: Drinks

Cook time: 0 minutes minutes

Servings: 2 glasses

Iced jasmine tea

Iced jasmine tea

Course: Drinks

Cook time: 0 minutes minutes

Servings: 1 glass

Chinese steamed pork buns (baozi)

Chinese steamed pork buns (baozi)

Course: Breakfast, Snack

Cook time: 20 minutes minutes

Servings: 16 pork buns

Chicken empanadas

Chicken empanadas

Course: Snack

Cook time: 40 minutes minutes

Servings: 12 four-inch empanadas

Beef tendon shoyu ramen

Beef tendon shoyu ramen

Course: Main Course

Cook time: 6 hours hours

Servings: 3 people

Mango and melon smoothie

Mango and melon smoothie

Course: Snack

Cook time: 0 minutes minutes

Servings: 2 glasses

Japanese chicken curry

Japanese chicken curry

Course: Main Course

Cook time: 1 hour hour

Servings: 4 people

Cajun dirty rice

Cajun dirty rice

Course: Side Dish

Cook time: 15 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 people

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