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Filipino Adobo Pork

I was introduced to Filipino food in Australia, there’s so many similarities to Caribbean cooking, I always enjoy Filipino food. Here’s something I like making at home. Pork Adobo. Ingredients 500g pork scotch fillet steak diced 1 cup soy sauce ( or coconut aminos) 4 tbsp apple cider vinegar 4 Spring onions 2 bay leavesContinue reading “Filipino Adobo Pork”

Singapore Noodles

Lately everytime we have Thai take-out my hubby orders Singapore noodles. I guess he likes it so I did some research and made him Singapore noodles this way: Ingredients Rice vermicelli noodles 100g pack 5 Spring onions Fried eggs(3) 3 carrots (Julien slice) 1/4 Cabbage 3 Lup Chong Chinese sausage diced 3 tbsp Dark soyContinue reading “Singapore Noodles”

Chai tea ☕

I was introduced to chai tea in Michigan, while living in the United States. I was very sick with a cold in the middle of a long cold snowy winter and a dear friend bought me a soy chai latte from a coffee shop, when I lost my voice. My next taste of chai wouldContinue reading “Chai tea ☕”

Quick and easy pork ragu pasta

This is a quick and easy mid-week meal. Another meal that can be made with a mince. This one calls for mince pork. Ragu is usually cooked low and slow with cuts of meat and not mince, using mince means we can speed up the cook time. Otherwise we’d need all day to make ragu.Continue reading “Quick and easy pork ragu pasta”

Pound Cake

Called a plain cake in the Caribbean, this was my first attempt at baking a cake as a child. I started using a loaf pan for this cake when I moved to Virginia. My grandma loved me to make this cake for her to offer friends when they visit. Last time I made this forContinue reading “Pound Cake”

Mortar & Pestle

These tools were used throughout my childhood in the Caribbean, to make pounded root vegetables like yam and dasheen or pounded breadfruit. Similar to West African fufu. The M&P were usually made out of wood, and larger in size than the mortar and pestle you would have seen used on a cooking show. I’m notContinue reading “Mortar & Pestle”

Pork rice paper rolls, fried

Discovered rice paper in Australia. Asian food goes beyond take out here. Such a malleable ingredient, I decided to try making something with it at home for the first time. Ingredients 500g pork mince 3 green onions diced Diced or mince ginger to taste 4 cloves of minced garlic diced small brown onion Soy sauceContinue reading “Pork rice paper rolls, fried”

Chicken Alfredo

I was introduced to this meal in America, my Aussie family loves chicken Alfredo. A simple and rich Italian pasta dish. You can use any pasta you like, but no macaroni! Ingredients 300g chicken breast or thigh sliced 50g butter 250g cream 1/4 cup full cream milk 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese Salt and pepper toContinue reading “Chicken Alfredo”