Fusion

Baked meatballs Parmesan

Meatballs, tomato sauce and cheese. Put them together and you have a lovely dish that adults and young ones will love.

To make this dish really, really good, you have to have great meatballs (good quality meat, the correct seasonings and binders are all essential), a very tasty tomato sauce (I made my own) and a rich cheese that melts well.

Cook time: 30

Servings: 3 people

Baked apple spring rolls

If you love apple pie but don’t know the first thing about making a pie, here’s a delicious way to get your baked apple fix. Use apples as spring roll filling.

Cook time: 20

Servings: 12 spring rolls

Bacon, lettuce and tomato bruschetta

Enjoy an Italia meets America experience with BLT bruschetta. The five BLT ingredients — bacon, lettuce, tomato slices, bread and mayonnaise — are boosted with cream cheese and garlic.

Cook time: 8

Servings: 4 people

Potato and tomato salad with goat cheese

Inspired by Caprese salad, herbed goat cheese, tomato slices and sliced boiled potatoes are laid out alternatingly on the plate, drizzled with olive oil and garnished with fresh basil.

Cook time: 20

Servings: 2 people

Milkfish (bangus) belly and moringa (malunggay) miso soup

Fatty milkfish belly is cut into small cubes and combined with freshly stripped moringa leaves in this Filipinized miso soup. Chunky enough to be served with rice as a main course.

Cook time: 10

Servings: 4 people