I wanted to make a soup using the ham bone from Easter. I took some mung beans that my mom gave us and made Monggo, or mung bean soup. Mung beans look like little green lentils and can be found at the Asian store. Monggo is a yummy soup that […]
Philippines
Welcome to another episode of Philippine Cooking Under Quarantine. Next up is adobo, per my missionary daughter’s request. Adobo is akin to the Philippine national dish. Everyone cooks it and everyone has their recipe. I have cooked it a gazillion times for my missionary and others and yet I had […]
Anxiety-free Adobo
My missionary loved street food, especially siomai, in the Philippines and I personally love dim sum but for some weird reason was intimidated making this. Well, they did not have any siomai in the frozen food section. Neither did they have ground pork. So I thawed a half package of […]
Social Distancing Siomai
My missionary said she loved siopao (steamed meat-filled buns) while in the Philippines so I decided to make her some for lunch. I grew up in the Philippines but didn’t learn to cook my favorite foods, including siopao, until I came here. This is my super-easy recipe using biscuit dough […]
Super-easy Siopao (steamed buns)
Monday, July 4, 2016 (our last full day), Manila, Philippines Happy July 4th! What a fun start to the morning. Sweet Sabrina agreed to run with me at Luneta Park at 5:30 a.m. I had no idea what to expect, as I haven’t been in Manila or Luneta in so […]
Philippine Trip: Day 12
Sunday, July 3, 2016 Leaving Angeles after church, the full three-hour block from nine to twelve with Ward 1 (not Sierra’s area) and sacrament meeting from 1 to 2:10 with Ward 2 (Sierra’s first area). They were great fast and testimony meetings. I loved hearing testimonies in both Tagalog and […]
Philippine Trip: Day 11
Saturday, July 2, 2016 What a blessing that it wasn’t raining this morning at Batad. Woke up at 5 and by 5:30 ran with an overcast sunrise for a half hour near Bogah Homestay. Bogah is the local word for bigas, or rice. It is cooler here than in the lowlands […]
Philippine Trip: Day 10
Friday, July 1 Woke at five to catch a beautiful sunrise on Sabang Beach in Baler. I love the place we are staying at. Simple accommodations but right on the beach. It is owned by a lovely LDS member named Sister Wilma whom Sierra got to know when she served […]
Philippine Trip: Day 9
June 30, Baler All day, the TV stations are covering Philippine President Duterte’s inauguration speech. He doesn’t smile much, but he comes across as earnest and tough. I think Filipinos are excited to see what he will do. = = = When I was a kid, I remember our family […]