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Meaty with a dash of veggies

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Cheese pimiento

Cheese pimiento

Dip / spreadrecipe by Connie Veneracion

The Filipino adaptation of the American pimiento cheese. Ours has roasted pimiento, butter and three kinds of cheese — Parmesan, cream cheese and cheddar. The spread is creamier and the flavors are fantastic.

Cook time: 0 minutes minutes

Servings: 3 cups

Salmon and mango salad: sweet, tangy, spicy

Seared salmon and mango salad

Course: Main Course

Cook time: 5 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 people

No fuss egg salad sandwich

No fuss egg salad sandwich

Course: Sandwich

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

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

Almond and pecan polvoron

Almond and pecan polvoron

Course: Dessert, Snack

Cook time: 5 minutes minutes

Servings: 10 large polvorones

Cookies and cream polvoron

Cookies and cream polvoron

Course: Dessert, Snack

Cook time: 5 minutes minutes

Servings: 12 large polvorones

Beef and sausage stew

Beef and sausage stew

Course: Main Course

Cook time: 2 hours hours 30 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 people

Chinese hamburger (rou jia mo)

Chinese hamburger (rou jia mo)

Course: Sandwich, Snack

Cook time: 1 hour hour 30 minutes minutes

Servings: 10 sandwiches

Beef tongue (lengua) and mushrooms in Bechamel sauce

Beef tongue (lengua) and mushrooms in Béchamel sauce

Course: Main Course

Cook time: 20 minutes minutes

Servings: 3 people

Sour cream chicken and mushrooms

Sour cream chicken and mushrooms

Course: Main Course

Cook time: 10 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 people

Gingered chicken, shiitake and bok choy soup

Gingered chicken, shiitake and bok choy soup

Course: Soup

Cook time: 30 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 people

Japanese-style spinach and mushroom salad

Japanese-style spinach and mushroom salad

Course: Appetizer, Salad, Side Dish

Cook time: 5 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 people

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