• Skip to main content
  • Skip to header right navigation
  • Skip to site footer
Umami Cooking

Umami Cooking

Meaty with a dash of veggies

  • About
    • Author
    • Blogs
  • Recipes
    • Appetizers
    • Salads
    • Soups
    • Main courses
    • Side dishes
    • Sweets
    • Breakfast
    • Snacks
    • Beverages
  • Cooking tips
  • Food Stories
  • Umami Art Club
  • About
    • Author
    • Blogs
  • Recipes
    • Appetizers
    • Salads
    • Soups
    • Main courses
    • Side dishes
    • Sweets
    • Breakfast
    • Snacks
    • Beverages
  • Cooking tips
  • Food Stories
  • Umami Art Club
No fuss egg salad sandwich

No fuss egg salad sandwich

Eggrecipe by Connie Veneracion

Keep egg salad simple. Adding too many ingredients will just drown the lovely flavor and creaminess of the eggs. Mustard, mayo, salt, pepper and dill are all you need.

Cook time: 10 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 sandwiches

Korean sweet pancakes (hotteok)

Korean sweet pancakes (hotteok)

Course: Breakfast, Snack

Cook time: 10 minutes minutes

Servings: 10 pancakes

Fast and easy cheesy bacon fries

Fast and easy cheesy bacon fries

Course: Appetizer, Snack

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

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

Join Umami Art Club!

Umami Art Club, July 2026 edition: Overloaded Lugaw

My recipes and my daughter’s original art work (no AI) in a monthly snail mail service for foodies who like to own beautiful (but never useless) things.

Members get a recipe card, a companion letter, stickers, stationery, postcard, word puzzle and a loyalty card to collect freebies and discounts.

We send mail worldwide.

Get the details!

Meaty with a dash of veggies

Che bap (Vietnamese sweet corn, tapioca and coconut)

Che bap (Vietnamese sweet corn, tapioca and coconut)

Course: Dessert, Snack

Cook time: 20 minutes minutes

Servings: 6 people

Polvoron

Polvoron

Course: Dessert, Snack

Cook time: 5 minutes minutes

Servings: 40 polvorones

Crowne Plaza Hong Kong-style congee

Crowne Plaza Hong Kong-style congee

Course: Breakfast, Snack

Cook time: 10 hours hours

Servings: 4 people

Breakfast omelette sandwich

Breakfast omelette sandwich

Course: Breakfast, Sandwich

Cook time: 10 minutes minutes

Servings: 2 people

Smoked salmon and cream cheese pâté on crackers

Smoked salmon and cream cheese pâté

Course: Appetizer, Snack

Cook time: 0 minutes minutes

Servings: 3 cups

Korean-style ground beef rice bowl

Korean-style ground beef rice bowl

Course: Main Course

Cook time: 10 minutes minutes

Servings: 6 people

Air fried salmon teriyaki

Air fried salmon teriyaki

Course: Main Course

Cook time: 20 minutes minutes

Servings: 3 people

Pork patty spring rolls

Pork patty spring rolls

Course: Appetizer, Main Course, Snack

Cook time: 10 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 people

  • Author
  • Blogs
  • Privacy
  • Copyright
  • No AI
  • Contact

Created by a human for humans · Copyright © 2026 · Connie Veneracion · All Rights Reserved