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Pork Tenderloin with Orange-Chilli Glaze »

Did you know that pork tenderloin is as healthy as chicken breast? You do? Well,then good for you, but in case you don’t, read the facts here. Pork tenderloin is one of my favorite cut of meat. It’s perfect for quick and easy meal, it takes almost no time to cook, it’s as versatile as [...]

October 2, 2009 | Posted in Meat, Olive's Twist, Photo | Read More »

Slow-Cooked Beef »

I haven’t met a person who doesn’t like home-cooked delicious dish like this (except for vegans and vegetarians, of course). And the most amazing thing about this is, it’s super easy. No, stirring, no watching for the pot to boil, etc. Once you get it all inside the slow-cooker, you don’t need to worry about [...]

September 30, 2009 | Posted in Meat, Olive's Twist, Photo | Read More »

Picadillo »

Back in college my two sisters and I lived in a boarding house and whoever comes home first will have to cook dinner and that unfortunately for all of us, was most of the time, me. As much as we dreaded my cooking, we didn’t have a choice then, but to eat it. We lived [...]

September 16, 2009 | Posted in Meat, Olive's Twist, Photo | Read More »

Pork, Cabbage and Potato Stew »

I had this dish for the first time under the shade of an Indian Mango Tree. My family and I went for a visit on my grandma’s house on the farm, and my aunt prepared a simple lunch of fried fish, green mangoes with bagoong and this cabbage and potato stew. It was a hot [...]

September 10, 2009 | Posted in Meat, Olive's Twist, Photo | Read More »

Siomai (Pork Dumplings) »

Siomai or dumplings as it’s popularly known are super easy to make, if you are not particular about it’s appearance. You can disguise it with sauce, it taste super-good. You don’t need to wrap it nicely just make sure that you seal it properly. Steam (if you know how; this is a bad idea for [...]

September 3, 2009 | Posted in Meat, Olive's Twist, Photo | Read More »

Baby Back Ribs »

There are a lot of ways you can cook this “baby” (back ribs) and a lot of people have their own special marinade/ sauce but whatever the method: boiled, grilled, broiled, braised, I know one thing for sure that makes it sooo good: long and slow cooking. You have to be patient with this type [...]

August 30, 2009 | Posted in Meat, Olive's Twist, Photo | Read More »

Meatball Soup »

I was supposed to do siomai (steamed dumplings) but I ran out of wonton wrappers, I only have half a pack and wasted most of it in practising, most of it got torn, I managed to make some that looked close to decent, I steamed them, some have the wrapper stuck in the bottom and [...]

August 17, 2009 | Posted in Meat, Olive's Twist, Photo | Read More »

Pork Adobo »

For the life of me I couldn’t replicate my mother’s adobo. It amazes me how she can cook the same adobo without measuring anything. I’ve been cooking adobo the same way she does but gets different result everytime, sometimes it’s good, other times blah. My family doesn’t get excited over my adobo because it’s so [...]

August 10, 2009 | Posted in Filipino Food, Meat, Photo | Read More »

Quick & Easy Beef Saute with Carrots and Potatoes »

Beef always intimidates me. I’ve never tried cooking with it beyond grilling burger patties and using ground beef for meat sauce. I have this notion that it’s tough and requires a pressure cooker to make it tender, I’m scared to use the pressure cooker so I don’t bother with beef anymore and besides I don’t [...]

July 17, 2009 | Posted in Featured, Meat, Photo | Read More »

Pork Sinigang (Pork In Tamarind Broth) »

Pork sinigang is my favorite filipino dish because not only it is delicious but it is also easy to cook. If you know how to boil water, you can cook sinigang, because it is basically that- boiling meat and vegetables. Sinigang loosely translated in English means pork boiled in tamarind broth, but sinigang is [...]

July 14, 2009 | Posted in Filipino Food, Meat, Photo | Read More »