Category Lunch

You know that time of the night when you’re laying down in bed and then the TV starts playing all these food commercials? Torture, I tell you. Like this Hardee’s commercial for Pork Chop ‘N’ Gravy Biscuit.

If I remember it right, the words I uttered were, “Oh My God...

Fruits and Vegetables are part of our diet. We eat a lot of fruits and our dinner would be incomplete without the vegetable component. This year and so forth, we aim to eat more fruits and vegetables. My husband and I have also decided to eat more salad. So in this effort, I went gaga on buying fruits then created my makeshift mini-salad bar.

How’s your weather out yonder? It is bitterly chilly and cold here in NC and other States. I imagine most family are cranking up their heaters while bundling up as the pot or crock-pot is simmering either a soup or stew for lunch or dinner. I for one would love to enjoy a hearty bowl of my Mother-in-Law’s Manhattan Clam Chowder or Denny’s new England Clam Chowder (served on Fridays) or Beef Peppery Soup(Nilaga) or Pork Sinigang or Hot & Sour Soup right this moment.

I have a few soup and stew recipes in the archives that could serve us well as we enjoy the cold weather. I’ve listed them all below for easy access. Just click on the highlighted text to go to each of the recipe itself. Enjoy, please keep warm, and drive safely!

• HOT & SOUR SOUP
• PORK SINIG...

I’m calling this Lechon Kawali Ala Dexie because there’s a particular kind of pork cut that’s perfect for this dish which I did not use and there’s an authentic way to cook lechon kawali which I also didn’t follow. First, I think you’re supposed to use pork belly. It has just the right amount of pork meat, fat, and skin. Second, after parboiling the pork, let the pork rest for a bit then deep fry. Well, I used pork steaks which didn’t really have the crackling crunchy skin which is basically the essence of lechon kawali. And, the pork didn’t get that much rest after the parboiling process coz I fried it right away, after drenching it in flour(waaahhhh) to serve as lunch for my husband and I. I actually originally planned to serve this for dinner so there would have been time for the meat to rest but my husband came home from work to eat lunch then take a short nap before going to school. Since I was already in the early process of this lechon kawali I figured I might as well finish it off for our lunch instead. The rice was already cooking at that point too so I steamed a few green beans while the pork was frying, then I whipped up pico de gallo as a side condiment as well.

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My husband informed me a few weeks ago about a news on supposed upcoming bacon shortage. I was like, NOOOOOO, then made bacon cheeseburger for dinner. The report said it’s highly unlikely that an “aporkalypse” would happen but just in case, yah kow, for some odd crazy reason it does, I better get my fix on bacon as much as I can.

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