Stuffed bell pepper
Bell pepper stuffed with cooked rice, onion, garlic, paprika, mushrooms, cheese and parsley is drizzled with olive oil, baked and served in a shallow pool of homemade …
Vegetables
Although we're admittedly more carnivorous than herbivorous, we do try to include vegetables in every meal. It's not that difficult, really, considering that many Asian dishes — from soups to main courses — include vegetables among the ingredients. If we're having a no-vegetable main dish for lunch or dinner, we supplement it with at least one vegetable side dish.
Gaeng om
Often described as a pork curry soup from northern Thailand, gaeng om isn’t exactly a curry and it’s not a soup either. It's a cleansing herbal tonic and it's absolutely …
Cheese-stuffed chili spring rolls
Finger chilies are split open, stuffed with cheese, wrapped like spring rolls, dipped in egg, dredged in flour and fried. Little dynamites with gooey cheese!
Ginger chili pork with spinach and baby corn
Easy prep with a short cooking time, this delicious pork and vegetable dish has just the right amount of heat to make you reach out for more rice.
Garlic spinach
A stir fry that cooks in five minutes flat, garlic spinach is a delicious side dish that goes well with grilled meat or seafood.
Mashed potato pancakes
Creamy and soft inside, lightly crisp outside and brimming with herb-y goodness, these mashed potato pancakes make a lovely side dish to fried and grilled meat, and …
Bean sprouts spring rolls
Bean sprouts spring rolls, or lumpiang togue as they are popularly known in the Philippines, are so named because bean sprouts (togue) is the dominant ingredient in the …