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Food articles posted in Oct 2003
Beef with broccoli
My kids used to refer to broccoli as puno (tree). To them, the florets looked like small trees. That was when they are toddlers. Even then, broccoli was one of their favorite vegetables. They are 11 and 9 now and broccoli remains one of their favorite vegetables. And one of their favorite ways of preparing [...]
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Pinakbet (or something like it)
I’ve always wanted to cook pinakbet–that classic Ilocano dish that is a mainstay in any Filipino buffet. But… I am allergic to bagoong (salted shrimp sauce). And… my kids do not eat ampalaya (bitter melon or bitter gourd). So I have never cooked pinakbet before.
I wanted vegetables for lunch today, mainly because we have been [...]
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Pepper steak
I found the original Pepper Steak in a little cookbook I received during a Kris Kringle exchange gift program when I was a freshman in law school. That recipe used beef tenderloin seasoned with soy sauce. My version uses a less expensive beef cut–stewing beef cubes–seasoned with Worcestershire sauce.
Despite what the name implies, Pepper Steak [...]
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