Hi, I'm Liza and welcome to my blog. Salu-salo is a Filipino word that means getting together with friends and family to eat. I am not a cook by profession, but I spend a lot of time in the kitchen, cooking for my family. Read More…
Fruitcake is a cake traditionally made with dried fruits, nuts and spices. The fruits and nuts are normally soaked in alcohol, usually rum, before folding in with the batter. The baked fruitcake is drizzled with alcohol and then aged for a few weeks. The aged fruitcake can be wrapped and given to family and friends…
Congee is my go-to dish whenever I am feeling under the weather, as it is a mild and easily digested food. Pork and century egg congee, beef congee and arroz caldo are some of my favorites. Most of the time, I order congee from my favorite Chinese restaurant but lately, my son and I made it…
This lemongrass chicken vermicelli bowl recipe is inspired by the vermicelli bowl dish I normally order whenever we eat at any Vietnamese restaurant. I love how big the portion is so I always have left-overs for lunch the next day. Although this recipe’s list of ingredients is long, the instructions are easy to follow. The…
I have been eating lots of salads lately, especially at lunch time at work. Most of the time, I would also bring a sandwich for supplement. This homemade potato salad recipe is one salad that can be a meal unto itself. It is not only delicious, but is filling as well. The great thing about…
Fall is finally in full swing which means that some of the fall favorites are coming back. Foods such as pumpkin and squash are starting to appear in grocery stores. About a month ago I shared a baked spaghetti squash recipe that I really enjoyed. So, today I decided to share another spaghetti squash dish. This time…
The use of spaghetti squash in this baked spaghetti squash with tomato meat sauce recipe makes it the ideal low-carb dish. Spaghetti squash has a unique feature in that it resembles spaghetti after you cook it and fluff it up with a fork. That’s why it is the perfect vegetable to use in a dish like this. After…
One fruit that I eat a lot every time I go home to the Philippines is mango. Philippine mango tastes different from the Altaulfo mango, the one that is being sold here in Vancouver. My maternal grandmother used to have several mango trees in her hometown and growing up, we always got a supply of…
