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Pancit bihon is a traditional Filipino merienda recipe that is very nutritious and easy to make. As what people say “pampahaba ng buhay” in engilsh a meal that can lengthen your life, not because the noodles have long strands but because it is completely healthy for you. It’s rich in vitamins and fiber that came from vegetables like vitamin A, beta carotene, vitamin C, vitamin K, Potassium and etc. It is also rich in protein and iron from meat and carbohydrates from the noodles that give you energy. This recipe guide is the easiest and perfect way to cook bihon, in this procedure the vegetable need not be overcooked and to reduce the oil in sauting. Recipe: Pancit Bihon Preparation time: 5 minutes Cooking time: 20-25 minutes Total Servings:   5-6 plates   Ingredients: 2 tbsp oil 1 medium-size onion 3 cloves garlic 100 grams of chicken strips 100 grams kikiam or fish balls 30ml soy sauce 1 pc chicken cube 600ml water 1/2 tsp ground black pepper 1 medium-size carrots 15-20 pcs...

For all pasta lovers, here is another no-bake and easy to make pasta recipe. It's not just another pasta recipe, it"s ala baked mac and cheese but without using a conventional oven to bake it. In this recipe, we will cook only using pots and pans. I hope you find this recipe guide helpful and enjoy that cheesy and meaty taste that will surely make you eat more.  Recipe: No Oven Baked Penne Pasta ala Baked Mac Preparation time: 5 minutes Cooking time: 40-45 minutes Total Servings: 6 servings   Ingredients: Pasta: Salt  Oil 200 grams penne pasta(see packaging cooking instructions) Red sauce: 1 Medium sized onions 3 cloves Garlic 1/8 kilo Grounded beef/pork 4 pieces Hotdogs( cut into cubes) Mashrooms​ (optional) 250 grams Spaghetti sauce 200 grams Tomato sauce 1/2 cup Water Pinch of Salt  1/2 tsp Ground black Pepper 1/8 cup Condensed milk 1/4 cup White sugar White Sauce: 2 tbsp  butter 1/ 4 cup Evaporated milk 1/2 pack All purpose cream 1/2 pack Cheese ( Eden Melte...

Chicken Barbecue is commonly cook by roasting the chicken in  a grill with a direct fire or heat from burned charcoals. In this recipe the chicken will be cook using just a pan. The output and the taste will be the same as the grilled  version of this chicken barbecue recipe. Recipe: Chicken Barbecue in a Pan Preparation time: 5 minutes Cooking time: 36-40minutes Total servings: 6-8 servings Ingredients: 1/2 tbsp ground black pepper 1/2 tbsp salt 5 tbsp brown sugar 3 tbsp fish sauce 3 tbsp vinegar or lemon juice extract 40ml soysauce 100ml banana ketchup 1/2 medium size onion (minced) 4 pcs garlic (minced) 5 tbsp oil 1/2 kilo chicken (chopped) minced red chilli(optional) First add chicken on a medium size deep pan. Add 40ml of soysauce, 5 tbsp of sugar and 3 tbsp of fish sauce. Next add 1/2 tbsp ground black pepper, 1/2 tbsp of iodized salt, 4 cloves  garlic(minced) and 1/2 medium size onion(minced). Mixed it well, then set burner into low fire. Cook and cover  ...

Craving for  burger but you don't like eating meats? No need to worry, because you can still make patties out of vegetables. Banana blossoms is best known as the main ingredient for vegetable patties, but in this recipe we will be using carrots and squash as  the main ingredients for our patties. Why not try this vegetable patty recipe? Easy to prepare, budget friendly, and most of all it's totally  meatless. Best snack or meal for vegetarians. Ingredients consist of squash which are known to be riched in magnesium, vitamin B6, C, potassium, phosporous and vitamin A and carrots which is rich in potassium, biotin, vitamin K1, an antioxidant and with  beta carotene which are good for the eyesight. See below the ingredients you need and the instructions on how to make this vegetable patties. Ingredients  1 medium size onion(minced) 2 pieces garlic (minced) 1/4 small size squash(minced) 1 small size carrots(minced) 1/2 tbsp ground black pepper 1/2 tbsp salt 1/2 cup...

Chicken mechado is the perfect meal for children who loves the taste of ketchup in their food. This meal is also like chicken Tinola and chicken adobo that is served by Filipinos during lunch or dinner. This is usually cook with a twist like adding extra hotdogs and bell peppers to make that unique taste. This recipe is adopted during the Spanish era the reason why it was named as chicken "mechado". Mechado from the Spanish word "mecha"  which means wick or a beef stew in tomato sauce with pork strips.  Though it was named after that  Spanish word, the recipe is originally invented by Filipinos in the past. Below are the ingredients you need and the instructions on how to cook plain or basic chicken mechado  because we will not add hotdogs and bell peppers to it. Ingredients : 2tbsp vegetable oil 4 pieces chicken  1 medium size onion  2 pieces garlic  1 medium size carrots(cubes)  1 large size potatoes (cubes)  120ml papa banana ketchup ...

Chicken Tinola is also one of the most favorite Filipino meal of all time. People love this meal because of it's chicken broth that is gingery in taste. This meal can be cook using different vegetables as ingredients. Vegetables that can be use for this recipe are malungay, pechay,papaya, sayote and chilli leaves. It is best to combine malunggay leaves and papaya, malunggay and sayote, sayote and  chilli leaves, papaya and  chilli leaves or even pechay alone. The taste depends on what vegetables you add to it, but what important is the original Tinola taste of the broth. See below the ingredients you will need and the instructions on how to make this chicken tinola. Ingredients: 1/2 medium size onion 2 pcs garlic 3 grams ginger 4 pieces chicken 840ml water 1knorr chicken cubes 2 tbsp fish sauce chilli leaves salt to taste Preparation time: 5 mins Cooking time: 30-35 minutes Total serving: 4 servings Cooking instructions: Saute garlic, ginger then onion. Add chicken and cook ...

Recipe: Paksiw na Tilapia with Fried Tilapia Total cooking time: 20 minutes Total serving: 2-4 servings Tilapia is the famous fish use for Filipino meals. It's is best for "paksiw"  and bangus is best for "sinigang". Many people are confused with how they are cooked. The difference in how to cook paksiw and sinigang is that paksiw is cook in a slower process, it is  cook in low to medium fire without much water added to it, while sinigang is cook with more water and without oil added to it. And traditionally it is cook using clay pots with banana leaves and using bagoong as the fish sauce. Ingredients: Paksiw: 2 tbsp oil 3 tbsp fish sauce 3 tbsp vinegar 1/2 medium-size onion 2 cloves garlic 3grams ginger 2 pcs medium tomatoes 2 pieces of small size fish 6 pcs green peppers  Kangkong stalks 1/4 tsp ground black pepper 1/8 tsp salt  1/2 tbsp  sampaloc mix with gabi Procedure: Add 2 tbsp oil into a deep pan.  Add 3 tbsp vinegar,  add 3 tbsp fi...

Filipino spaghetti style is known to be sweeter and cheesier. Unlike italian spaghetti which is a bit sour in taste because mostly the main ingredient for the sauce are tomatoes. Filipinos especially the kids, like that sweet version of spaghetti like the one you see from Jollibee which happens to be the most famous fast food in the country. If you've not tried eating at Jollibee before, I'll tell you it's just around the corner. You can see Jollibee around the streets here in the Philippines. Filipino Sweet Style Spaghetti- Plain spaghetti(no ground pork, beef,chicken, mashrooms,hotdogs). This is how to cook plain spaghetti. For the low income families who received spaghetti pack as their relief goods these quarantine days.This is how to cook it simply.Enjoy! Ingredients: For the sauce: 2tbsp oil 1 small size onion(minced) 6 pieces  garlic (minced) 1 can of corned beef or corned chicken 1/2 tbsp ground black pepper Salt to taste  500 grams sphagetti sauce For past...

     Chicken Adobo is the most famous Filipino meal known by other people around the world. It's one of the traditional foods Filipino people serve during get together parties, and the most favorite food of every Filipino especially if they want to eat more rice. It is also a typical meal that Filipino people cook for their lunch and dinner. This is also good as "baon" or the most known food to be kept in a lunch  box to bring during Christmas parties or and even when you go hiking because adobo can last for how many days and still taste the  same.This kind of meal can be cook salty by adding more soysauce and salt, it is usually hot and salty in taste. If you like to add a little sweetness to it,  you can add pineapples chunks or bits which makes this meal liked by more kids. Ingredients: 6 pcs of boiled chickens 2 medium size potatoes 1 pack of pineapple tidbits 1/3 tbsp ground black pepper 50 ml soysauce 360ml water Pinch of salt Preparation time: 10minu...

   Escabeche is  an  adopted meal  from the Spanish culture because  Philippines was influenced by the Spaniards for 333 years long before the Philippines became independent from the Spanish colony. Escabeche is  a meal that is common in Spain and Portugal,  it   is a meal where fish is marinaded using vinegar and spices and is being fried. Escabeche in the Philippines is a type of meal that you can cook simply by combining fish with tomatoes and extra sauce with carrots or even bell peppers.  It's budget friendly and  also good for people who don't have much appetite to eat. Perfect  light meal for lunch or even for dinner. It is best to combine with rice.See below the ingredients you need and the cooking instructions on how to make this plain escabeche recipe. Ingredients: 4 pieces galunggong fish 50 ml soysauce(for marinade process) 1/2tbsp salt(for marinade process) Cornstarch as breading 2 pieces kalamansi to be ex...

Recipe: Sauted String beans with squash Total cooking time:  15-20 minutes Total servings: 4-5 servings Ingredients: 1pc onions 2 pcs garlic 1/2 sachet magic sarap Pinch of salt 5 spoonful of soy sauce 1 full cup water 1/4 slice of big size squash 10 pcs of string beans Procedure: 1. Use a tall pot, set fire into low fire. 2. Saute onions and garlic till golden brown. 3. Add pork langonisa, saute in 1 minute. 4. Add the string beans, cover the pot and cook for 3 mins. 5.Add the squash, cover and cooks for 3 mins. 6. Add soysauce, cover and cook for 1 min. 7. Add 1 full cup of water, add magic sarap, cover and cook for 5 mins. 8. Salt to taste. Facts about string beans:  It helps maintain a healthy weight, no fat, no cholesterol, and good for the heart. it has fiber or soluble fiber that helps lower LDL or the bad cholesterol and total cholesterol levels. It also lowers the blood pressure .it is low in sodium. it has proteins that are essential for the im...