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Congee days and ramen nights

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One Bowl Meals

Rice bowls and noodle bowls to feed a few or to feed a crowd. With meat, with seafood, meatless, with or without broth. For everyday meals and even for special occasions. Make beef pho, poke bowl, fried rice. Cook pasta in every imaginable way.

Browned sausage meat and fried quail eggs rice bowl

Browned sausage meat and fried quail eggs rice bowl

It is longsilog, the Filipino breakfast of longganiza (sausage), fried rice and egg. But there is nothing traditional about how the dish is prepped and served. First, …

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Pork ribs and rice noodle soup

Pork ribs and rice noodle soup

The flavors of Vietnam in one bowl. Simmering the pork ribs until the meat is so tender that it literally falls off the bone requires long and slow cooking, but patience …

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Garlicky sausage mac and cheese

Garlicky sausage mac and cheese

Store bought garlicky sausage meat is browned and combined with Mornay sauce before cooked pasta is stirred in. Fast and easy snack or a filling lunch or dinner.

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Congee

Cook day-old rice into congee

Leftover rice often ends up as fried rice the next day. But if you want to try something different, try cooking it into congee. And for a richer flavor (and more …

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Sticky rice with pork, sausage and mushrooms

Sticky rice with pork, sausage and mushrooms

It's machang (the Filipino adaptation of the Chinese lo mai gai or zongzi) but without the leaf wrapper. Delicious and filling, make it in bulk for a party.

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Claypot rice with shimps and dumplings

Claypot rice with shimps and dumplings

Soaked rice is cooked in broth, topped with green beans and mushrooms tossed with black beans and chili sauces, store-bought vegetable dumplings and whole shrimps.

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Bacon spinach cream cheese macaroni

Bacon, spinach and cream cheese macaroni

Spinach is wilted in bacon fat, cream cheese is stirred in until melted, a little cream is added to make a sauce, cooked pasta and fried bacon are tossed in.

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