Main Course

Crispy cauliflower florets with Buffalo sauce

Batter-coated cauliflower florets tossed in a thick and sticky sweet-salty-spicy sauce that coats them without ruining the crispness.

Cook time: 15

Servings: 4 people

Filipino-style sweet spaghetti with hotdogs

If we Filipinos have embraced a bastardized version of spaghetti with tomato sauce, the root is American colonization.

Cook time: 30

Servings: 6 people

Lamb, lemon and garlic spaghetti

Meaty but still light enough for a sunny day meal. Make this meaty lemon garlic spaghetti by tossing pasta with ground lamb, sun-dried tomatoes, sliced pitted olives, capers and garlic, and squeezing in fresh lemon juice at the last minute.

Cook time: 15

Servings: 4 people

Lemon garlic mushrooms over mock saffron rice

A vegetarian dish, fresh mushrooms are substituted for meat to add bulk, flavor and texture to a meatless meal.

Cook time: 15

Servings: 4 people

Spanish garlic chicken (pollo al ajillo)

Subtly sweet, tangy and bursting with garlicky goodness, there are only nine ingredients (plus salt and pepper) required to make this delicious dish.

Cook time: 40

Servings: 4 people

Salmon belly sinigang

A mixed vegetable soup with sour broth, sinigang encompasses an array of dishes that may contain meat or seafood. The souring agent may be tamarind extract, young kamias (bilimbi), green mango or guava. In this sinigang recipe, salmon belly is cooked with vegetables and kamias.

Cook time: 20

Servings: 4 people

Pork bone and radish soup

Chunks of pork are boiled with salt, and cubed white radish (and, optionally, sweet corn) is added to make a deceptively simple soup that is warming and comforting.

Cook time: 1 30

Servings: 4 people

Lamb shank curry

Whole lamb shanks are plunged in hot oil to brown then slow cooked with spices in a mixture of coconut milk and cider. Coconut cream is added toward the end to create a thick and creamy sauce.

Cook time: 1 30

Servings: 4 people