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Cheesecake brownies

Cheesecake brownies

Choco Peanut Confetti Squares

Choco peanut confetti squares

Oats, nuts and chocolate squares

Oats, nuts and chocolate squares

Connie Veneracion, Chiang Mai, 2020

Hi, I’m Connie!

Welcome to Umami Days, a blog that advocates innovative home cooking for pleasurable everyday dining. No trendy diets, no food fads and definitely no ludicrous recipe names like crustless quiche, noodleless pho or chocolate lasagna.

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Pork ribs sinigang in blue serving bowl

Pork ribs sinigang

A good translation for pork sinigang is “Filipino pork and vegetables in sour broth” but it doesn’t completely capture the …

Get the recipe →Pork ribs sinigang
Salmon belly sinigang

Salmon belly sinigang

A mixed vegetable soup with sour broth, sinigang encompasses an array of dishes that may contain meat or seafood. The souring …

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Chicken sinigang

Chicken sinigang

Sinigang, the Filipino vegetable soup with sour broth, has mostly been associated with pork, fish and shrimp. But did you …

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Scrambled eggs with bacon and tomatoes served over s slice of bread

Scrambled eggs with bacon and tomatoes

An easy and delicious breakfast, the eggs, tomatoes and basil are cooked in rendered bacon fat. Serve the scrambled eggs with …

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Baked shrimp omelette sprinkled with Parmesan and parsley

Baked shrimp omelette

Eggs, shrimps, broccoli florets, tomatoes, Parmesan and parsley are stirred together, ladled into a six-hole muffin pan and …

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Scotch eggs

Scotch eggs

Boiled eggs are wrapped in garlicky sausage meat, breaded and deep fried until golden and crisp. Serve Scotch egg as a snack, …

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Popular categories

Guam-style Grilled Chicken with Annatto Rice

Chicken

Air fryer lechon kawali (crispy pork belly) recipe

Meat

Mackerel Poached in Olive Oil

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scrambled eggs with tomato, basil and cheese inspired by pizza Margherita

Eggs

Home cooked shrimp and broccoli pasta in sour cream sauce

Noodles

Pulled pork adobo tortilla roll-ups

Bread

A Cook’s Diary

Tamarind tree with fruits and leaves

How to extract tamarind juice

Around the world, tamarind is consumed as food in various ways. The fruit is made into candy or jam. The pressed juice can be …

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Sangria

A punch called sangria

A drink that was all the rage in the U. S. in the 1960s, it’s tempting to label sangria as a retro punch but it’s much older …

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Fresh whole squids on chopping board

How to clean fresh whole squid (calamari)

If you like squid (or if you’re just a fan of crispy calamari), knowing how to clean fresh whole squids is an indispensable …

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Grilled skewered shrimps

How to clean, peel and devein shrimps and prawns

How shrimps and prawns should be deveined and prepped depends on how they are intended to be cooked. There is a simple way …

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Japanese crab sticks (kanikama)

Are crab sticks made with real crab meat?

If you’re allergic to crabs (or all crustaceans) and wondered why eating kani (crab sticks) never made you sick, it’s because …

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Okra in a home garden

Okra: how to grow and how to cook

It is not hard to grow okra in a home garden. Cooking it is more challenging. We’ve learned that smaller pods are more tender …

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