I was looking for Aubergine Recipe and my good friend, Silviu, gave me a site where to look for a good one. I had a quick look at the ingredients and instruction and proceeded to make it my way. Here’s what I came up with. Ingredients: 2 Large Aubergines 200G Mushrooms A Handful of Broad [...]
Read more »Broccoli Sprouts with Garlic and Ginger Sauce
I first had this recipe when my friend Pearly took me to her favorite Chinese restaurant. The combination of garlic, ginger, salt and oil was amazing I could never forget my first bite. So here I made it myself. Ingredients: Broccoli Sprouts 3 Garlic Cloves Ginger, about 1 1/2 inch long Extra Virgin Olive Oil [...]
Read more »Grilled Aubergine or Eggplant Salad
Last week, my husband came home with a bagful of tiny Asian eggplants. I looked at them and for a moment it gave me a problem. I didn’t know how to cook them all although they are my favourites. Besides, they are too tiny for melanzane alle parmigiana and on top of that, I didn’t [...]
Read more »Vegan Pinakbet
Pinakbet is a native dish from Ilocos in the northern Philippines. It is usually seasoned with bagoong or salted anchovies. But my husband can’t even stand the smell of fish sauce which is normally used to substitute bagoong. So here I have to use only salt or vegetable stock, hence, my vegan pinakbet. Ingredients: 1 [...]
Read more »Melanzane alla Parmigiana (Aubergine or Eggplant with Parmesan)
fried aubergine with tomato sauce and cheese Ingredients: 2 Aubergines 500g Tomatoes 1 Medium Onion 1 Clove Garlic 2 Tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1/4 Teaspoon Salt Parmesan or Mature Cheddar Cheese Thyme Method: Parallel cut aubergines in 4 pieces and lay them in a baking tray. Spread a layer of oil and dash some [...]
Read more »Grilled eggplant, Okra adobo, fried tofu
Today I fancied some Filipino foods that remind me of home. So I made grilled eggplant to eliminate some water then fried it because I prefer fried so much better, fried firm tofu, and okra adobo (sautéed with onion then cooked with soy sauce and garnished and flavored with lemon extract in the end.) This is [...]
Read more »Stir-Fried Mixed Vegetables Rainbow
Ingredients: Cauliflower, Red Pepper, Leeks, Carrots, Celery, Spring Onion, White Onion, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Garlic, Salt to taste. Related Posts:No Related Posts
Read more »Roasted Mixed Vegetables
A very simple recipe suitable for Vegan. This a mixture of courgette, Jalapeño pepper and mushrooms. Just cut them up, pour extra virgin olive oil and mix them together to spread the oil. Sprinkle some salt and pepper and pop in the oven. Gas Mark 5. See the Oven Temperature Chart on the right. Related Posts:Vegan Pinakbet
Read more »How to make Kao Niao (sticky rice) in the oven
Cooking sticky or glutinous rice is such a fussy thing as you can’t avoid burning it or at least having a hard crust in the bottom. In Thailand they steam it but since I don’t have a steamer I improvised some method. Ingredients: 1 cup sticky rice 1 cup water 1/4 teaspoon salt Method: First [...]
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