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Christmas.

We don’t get snow, we don’t have a fireplace and we don’t believe in Santa Claus. But we love good home-cooked meals and the food is always better during the holidays.

Ham and kimchi fried rice

8 dishes you can cook with leftover Christmas ham

Sopas (Filipino creamy chicken macaroni soup)

Sopas on the Christmas table

Macaroni salad

Salads from Christmas past

Connie Veneracion, 2020

Hi, I’m Connie!

Home cook and writer by passion, photographer by necessity, and good food, coffee and wine lover forever. I write recipes, cooking tips and food stories. No AI is used in creating content for this blog.

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Banoffee in wineglass topped with shaved dark chocolate

Banoffee with a tropical twist

Cook time: 10 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 glasses

Green mango juice

Green mango juice

Cook time: 0 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 glasses

Banana bread (it's a cake) with cachew nuts and chocolate morsels

Banana bread with chocolate chips and nuts

Cook time: 30 minutes minutes

Servings: 3 small cakes

Chicken teriyaki served over rice with pickled ginger

Chicken teriyaki with homemade teriyaki sauce

Cook time: 35 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 people

Chicksilog (fried chicken, rice and egg)

Chicksilog (fried chicken, rice and egg)

Cook time: 15 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 people

Beijing beef a la Panda Express

Beijing beef a la Panda Express

Cook time: 10 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 people

Crispy tofu skin fingers with spicy honey lemon ginger sauce

Crispy tofu skin fingers with spicy honey lemon ginger sauce

Cook time: 10 minutes minutes

Servings: 2 people

Mushroom fries

Mushroom fries (battered crispy oyster mushrooms)

Cook time: 10 minutes minutes

Servings: 6 people

Sausage ragu eggs en cocotte

Eggs en cocotte with sausage and bacon ragu

Cook time: 50 minutes minutes

Servings: 3 people

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