Tag Archives: Filipino

This Maiz Con Hielo (Corn on Ice) recipe is a popular Filipino summer dessert or snack recipe. Shaved ice, milk, sweetener, cream-style sweetcorn and cornflakes are the ingredients needed for this frosty and milky treat. It has high amounts of calcium, protein, folate, iron and potassium and only less than 100 kcalories per serve!

This Filipino Chicken Adobo recipe is a delicious and healthy dish wherein vinegar, soy sauce, spices and lots of garlic are added to the meat while stewing. It is also a very common and popular dish to Filipinos, a favorite picnic item. You may substitute pork for the chicken or you can also mix the two. Try this simple and tasty chicken recipe on your next meal, it only has 114 kcalories per serve!

"Beef Tapa" is dried cured beef, a Filipino version of Beef Jerky. This is traditionally prepared by curing the meat with sea salt and letting it dry directly under the sun for the purpose of preserving the meat. Nowadays, homemade and commercialized Beef Tapa are often cured but most do not undergo the drying process. Tapa is usually stir-fried and is best served with Atchara (pickled green papaya) or vinegar with chili, sliced tomatoes and garlic rice. A very lean and protein-rich dish great for breakfast, lunch or dinner!

This Mongo Guisado (Sauteed/Stewed Mung Beans) recipe is a Filipino favorite dish. Mung beans are inexpensive and humble food but is actually a nutritional powerhouse and to some it is considered as a superfood for it is abundant in amino acids, vitamins and minerals. Weight watchers will benefit from this recipe because it is low in fat and cholesterol but high in soluble dietary fibre.

This Pork Menudo (Stewed Pork with Vegetables in Tomato Sauce) recipe is a Filipino favorite dish you can serve your family for dinner, simple gatherings or special occasion. It is flavourful and nutrient packed, it provides our body with protein (from meat), antioxidants, fibre, vitamins and minerals (from vegetables).