Tuna Fettucine In Brown Butter Sauce

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By Juvy S. Iliwiliw

Whenever I get the chance to hang around with my nieces and nephews during the weekends, I would really make sure that they are all pegged out when I will hand them again to their respective parents. This kind of special bond I have created with them has made me realized that I am putting something in their hearts that can't be erased with time. And after filling them, I can always have hugs and kisses in return. Just like when I made this tuna fettucine recipe during our dinner, I could hardly hear them talking because they were busy savoring the butter sauce that I have added on it. After that dinner, it was me who was dumb-founded because of the chorus of thanks that I heard from them. Such a heart warming experience that I can't forget with them.

Pork Stir-Fry

English: Cashew nuts and vegetables stir-fry pork Français : Porc sauté aux noix de cajou et légumes (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

By Juvy S. Iliwiliw

For stir-fry fanatics, pork stir-fry is just the right dinner for you. This will only take you about 5 minutes to prepare and 12 minutes cooking time. So easy to do yet so healthy to eat and just don't forget to retain texture and flavor, the pork and vegetables are cooked quickly on high heat. Then serve immediately with rice for a yummy dinner meal.

Beer-Steamed Clams

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By Juvy S. Iliwiliw

If you have a husband who prefers to be with his drinking buddies than eating together with his family, do not nag about it. Impress your hubby with this dish and he might just go cold turkey on the nights out with his drinking buddies. After all, the easiest way to his heart is through his stomach so just fill him and he will never go astray even a single meal.

BEER-STEAMED CLAMS

You will need:

4 slices bacon, chopped

1 small onion, chopped

2 cloves garlic, chopped

2 dozens live Manila clams, scrubbed well

2 cups beer

2 bay leaves

3 tablespoons butter

1 bunch cilantro

Salt and pepper to taste

Here’s how:

Fry bacon in a medium pot for about 3 minutes. Add the onion and garlic and continue cooking until the onion becomes translucent.

Stir in the clams along with the beer and bay leaves. Scrape bottom as you stir to get more flavor. Cover the pot and steam the clams for 5 to 10 minutes, until they open. Discard clams that remain closed.

Add butter and cilantro. Season with salt and pepper if needed. Stir gently then serve.

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Creamy Beef Rice Topping

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In places where rice is the staple food like the Philippines, it is always a need to have viand for the unflavored rice. Most often Filipinos would spend much money with viand than in buying rice. The easiest solution is rice toppings, you don't have to spend much with either your viand or your rice.  I

Breaded Chicken With Lemon Glaze

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By Juvy S. Iliwiliw


For our family, Monday is not just an ordinary day. Though it means the beginning for another week-long of work and play, it is also the very day when our family is gathered together every week for our Family Home Evening. It is a family activity whom we have come to get accustomed with. This is where prayers are said, counsels are made, scripture reading is mastered and the most exciting part of all is the refreshment where my mother would let us guess what she will serve at the end of the program.

Crispiest Apple Crisp Recipe

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By Ben Panny

This particular Apple crisp recipe is one thing which had been tested by many apple crisp lovers. Tried and tested, this kind of recipe brings the crispiest apple crisp you will ever have according to individuals who have genuinely tried it! This recipe makes use of a secret additive and that's no other than "Grape nuts". This is a breakfast cereal that contains neither nuts nor grapes, yet is really made of whole wheat and barley. This recipe is a great and worth-keeping one. With grape nuts, the secret ingredient that produced such amazing crisp, this apple crisp has been transformed into a healthy treat.

Bagoong Fried Rice

English: Khao phat nam phrik narok (Thai script: ข้าวผัดน้ำพริกนรก) literally means "rice fried with chilli paste from hell". The rice is fried with nam phrik narok, a very spicy chilli paste made with fried catfish, grilled onion and garlic, grilled (dried) chillies, sugar, fish sauce and shrimp paste. Here it is served with mu yang (grilled pork) and nam chim chaeo, a spicy dipping sauce made with dried chillies, sugar and ground dry roasted rice. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

By Juvy S. Iliwiliw


This traditional Thai rice dish is usually served with caramelized pork pieces to complement the salty rice and sour mangoes. Cook the pork just like adobo but with more sugar and simmer until the sauce caramelizes and coats the pork pieces.

Stir-Fried Morning Glory With Chicharon

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By Juvy S. Iliwiliw


Very inexpensive and easy to cook, morning glory (commonly referred to as kangkong) is an ideal ingredient for a quick-cook dish. Remember not to overcook the veggies so that they remain crisp. The chicharon pieces add a pleasing crunch to the dish.

Pork Binagoongan sa Gata

English: Filipino pork adobo (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

By Juvy S. Iliwiliw

This easy time-friendly recipe is very much a Filipino dish with the presence of bagoong.  The cooking time of this dish is dependent on the size of the pork cubes - cut them smaller if you're pressed for minutes. If you're not into creamy stews, skip the coconut cream. A very flexible dish that can be cooked even without some of the ingredients but the taste has never been dependent in one missing ingredient. Try this and you will be surprised how you can turn everything just right. Even the cook will go nuts with its surprise! 

PORK BINAGOONGAN SA GATA

You will need:


1 kilo pork belly (liempo), cubed

2 tablespoons corn oil

6 cloves garlic, chopped

1 white onion, minced

5 small tomatoes, chopped

1/2 cup shrimp paste (bagoong)


3 tablespoons vinegar

1 1/2 teaspoons sugar

salt and black pepper to taste

3 eggplants, sliced diagonally

1/2 cup coconut cream

Here's how:


Place cubed liempo in a stockpot. Cover with water and let boil for at least 15 minutes. Prepare the rest of the ingredients while meat is cooking.

Pour corn oil into a hot pan. Saute' garlic and onions until softened. Add tomatoes and cook until softened too. Stir-fry bagoong until aromatic then put in boiled pork pieces and 1/2 cup of the boiling water used to cook the pork. Simmer until pork softens, then add vinegar and sugar and season with salt and pepper to taste. Add more pork broth if necessary.

When pork is fork-tender, add sliced eggplants and coconut cream. Bring to a boil and simmer until mixture thickens and eggplants are soft, about 10 minutes. Served with steamed rice.

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Lechon Kawali Stir-Fry

English: Phat khanaeng mu (Thai script: ผัดแขนงหมู): Stir-fried khanaeng (Sprouts of Chinese broccoli) with pork, garlic, oyster sauce, fish sauce and white pepper. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

By Juvy S. Iliwiliw

When meat and vegetables are being served, with just one wink of an eye, the meat's gone. Too often, the young ones prefer meat than vegetables and this made mother's reinvent the usual individually served menu by combining dishes or even adding ingredients, making it more appealing to the eyes  of the little ones and more tasteful to their selective taste buds.

Chicken Tapa

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By Juvy S. Iliwiliw


It is always good to start your day with a simple nutritious breakfast but too often because of the tight schedules, one can hardly cook a single dish just to catch up with time. I shared this same dilemma almost everyday. The easiest thing for me to do is to keep my leftover rice that evening so I would only have sinangag the following day and never hurry so much for my cooking since I would just make a simple sinangag paired with fried egg and my morning's done.