Do not discard the bare ham bone from the holiday feast. You can make this hearty ...
Christmas recipes
Cassava Flan – Instant Pot + Stovetop
There’s a lot that happened in 2020 that were still significant. For me, it was making Cassava Flan ...
Instant Pot Beef Bourguignon
It’s the homestretch to Christmas. A few days left before we feast. I’m cooking Beef Bourguignon in ...
Chicken Pipian
Chicken Pipian is the kind of dish I cook for the holidays. It’s a Filipino recipe which has a ...
Chicken and Pork Adobo A La Pobre – Instant Pot + Stove-top
In the flurry of the holidays, I depend on the old reliable family recipes. I add ...
Filipino Puto Maya – Rice Cakes – Instant Pot + Stove-top
*This recipe was selected to be part of the Noche Buena Recipes as part of the Christmas ...
Instant Pot Pork Pata with Spanish Chorizos and Garbanzos
When I was developing recipes and writing my latest cookbook Instant Filipino Recipes: My Mother’s ...
Bibingkang Kanin Malagkit – Biko Rice Cake with Coconut Topping
Holiday recipes connect us to friends and family. Thus, was the case with this Bibingkang ...
Holiday Fruitcake with Dried Mangoes, Pineapple and Jackfruit
What is a fruitcake? To me, it’s a sweet, dense pound cake that’s filled with dried fruits, nuts and ...
Filipino Coconut Macaroon Tarts
When I baked these Filipino Coconut Macaroons, the sweet nutty aroma reminded my husband how he ...
Petit Fortunes – Bite-sized Cashew Macaroons
Every time I go back to my home province Tarlac in the Philippines and visit the next door province ...