Recipes with vegetable / fruit

Pasta with chicken and broccoli in garlic butter cream sauce

Butter, cream, garlic, chicken and pasta. What’s not to like? The recipe is easy; it’s hard to mess up with this chicken broccoli pasta unless you start scrimping on the ingredients. Because that’s where the magic lies — the freshest chicken, the freshest broccoli and copious amounts of butter and cheese. No scrimping allowed

Cook time: 10

Servings: 2 people

Chicken picadillo soup

Simple and rustic, this soup is quick and easy to make. Serve with buttered toast and it’s comfort food to the max.

Cook time: 30

Servings: 4 people

Corn, avocado and bean salad

Creamy, crunchy, tangy, sweet, hot and herb-y, this corn and bean salad (it has avocado, pineapple and chili too!) has it all. The perfect side dish for meat, poultry or seafood.

Cook time: 0

Servings: 3 people

Fried chicken and red cabbage salad with peanut dressing

If, like me, vinaigrette is your least favorite salad dressing, you will love the thick creaminess of the peanut dressing in this salad. It’s a version of the peanut sauce that often accompanies satay.

Cook time: 5

Servings: 1 person

Pork baby back ribs and apple stew

Apples aren’t just for salads and desserts. Apples are a fantastic addition to savory dishes too.

Cook time: 1 20

Servings: 2 people

Pan-grilled eggplant with sweet chili sauce

Sweet, spicy and salty with the incomparable rich flavor of fermented fish sauce, this eggplant dish can be served as a side to meat, poultry or seafood, or as a main dish for non-meat eaters.

Cook time: 7

Servings: 1 person

Calabaza con chorizo (squash with sausage)

The perfect breakfast / brunch dish — cooks in less than 10 minutes and is so packed with flavors that it will quickly wake up your senses that may still be bleary with sleep.

Cook time: 10

Servings: 2 people

Pork belly estofado

A sweet sour and salty meat stew that blends Spanish, Chinese and Filipino food traditions.

Cook time: 1 20

Servings: 6 people