The winter months in San Francisco are always wet and cold and this usually means someone in our household gets sick. Instead of chicken noodle soup, I love to prepare Filipino sopas to cure the throat and the soul. Sopas is a beloved dish of my mother-in-law’s that everyone loves. …
Filipino kare-kare has so much more meaning than the peanut butter oxtail dish it is. At age 16, it was the meal I regularly cooked for my family when my parents were at work. It is my firstborn’s favorite Filipino dish and that’s asking a lot from a picky eater. …
If you’ve been following me on Instagram, you know my little known marriage secret: learn to cook the comfort foods that your significant other grew up on and you’ll always be/have a Happy Wife, Happy Life. Over the years, I made it a point to learn the recipes of my …
There is something so good and easy about Filipino beef nilaga! It is an island comfort food which showcases tender pieces beef in a salty beef broth with vegetables. The star of the show is usually the broth so bear with me as I perfect it. My dad used to …
Summertime is around the corner and I have the easiest Instant Pot BBQ pork spareribs and mashed potatoes recipe for you! No need for a grill when you have an Instant Pot (especially since San Francisco is the foggiest in the summer)! When I was an undergrad college student living …
Have you picked up yourself an Instant Pot yet? Once you get the hang of it without getting the dreaded BURN indicator, converting regular recipes into Instant Pot recipes isn’t too hard to do. Invariably, I have mastered the chicken aka poultry button. When my family gets tired of chicken …
This weekend we celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with my first attempt at Instant Pot corned beef and cabbage. My hubby has been requesting this dish even before the Instant Pot was invented and I never got around to finding a recipe. It is a meal 20 years in the making! …
I’m in between a 3-in-a-row night shift stint so minimal cooking is the name of the game this week! That includes foregoing a lengthy blog post. So here is my quick Instant Pot Filipino chicken adobo.
Confession: Filipino sinigang pork spare ribs is my all-time favorite food. I can eat it multiple times a week and never get tired of it. If I don’t have time to make it, I know five Filipino restaurants within a 10-mile radius that will satisfy my craving. Sinigang is a …
Tonight, I finally had enough energy to get out of the house after being a recluse for a week. Jason and I ran our errands which included a massive Costco run. We try to go every month for the essentials and let me tell you, your love of Target is …
