Hello foodies! I haven't really actively blogged these days because of various reasons, but I'm back to complete my monthly mission of sharing food photography I took at home. As I always say, these are foods my family and I share at home. They're mostly prepared by my parents. I hope you enjoy this month's edition. :)
So, sit back... relax, and let's start!
This is my mother's version of pork estofado. It's braised pork with fried saba banana. It's a little sweet maybe because of the banana, but it was delicious. She made it a bit spicy as well since I love spicy food! <3
We had some leftover pasta from the carbonara my mama cooked last time. So, we just got some Philippine style spaghetti sauce, meat sauce and cheese... then, voila!!! We got some tasty pasta dish!!! ^^
Time for some veggie dish. :) Using some leftover chorizo, mama cooked this sauteed veggies which includes some okra, string beans, squash, cabbage and so on.
I don't really know how to call this dish, but it's boiled egg, then there are some diced tomatoes and onions.. then placed some flower, egg and bread crumbs before frying them again. It was complicated, but an interesting way to improve boiled eggs.
We had some leftover roasted chicken from lunch, so in order to make use of it and switch it up a bit, we made it into a chicken sotanghon. It's cellophane noodles in English. It's a noodle made from mung bean starch and it's a common noodle in the Philippines.
It's another experimental pork dish made by my mama. It's similar to adobo, but it has more spices than the usual adobo we make. You can really distinguish the spices used in this dish because they're very flavorful and blended well with each other.
This is a common dish Filipinos make using Baguio beans or green beans. It's sauteed green beans with pork. Usually, it's with less sauce and is just savory... however, my family loves drowning our rice with sauce. It makes eating sauteed green beans more fun.
It's mama's style Buffalo wings. It's a little spicy, so it was delicious. The color is a bit orange~y because of "Annatto“ seeds or powder which is a natural food coloring. Mama doesn't like using artificial food coloring. The smell is a little strong, but it's delicious, so it's okay. xDD
This is just the usual sauteed eggplant that my family often have, but there was some leftover chorizo, so we added it on the dish. That's the reason why it looks really oily. haha
It's mung beans with other veggies like squash, malabar spinach, etc. It's already delicious as it is, but we happened to have some pork "chicharon" in our store, so we placed it on top of the mung bean dish. They really go well together. I think this additional or optional ingredient is common among Filipinos, but it depends on its availability as well.
It's another potato and meat dish. My papa usually cooks this kind of dish at home. :)
It looks extra oily because of its color. This is because my mama used annato oil in this dish. The orange~y flavor made it look extra oily... however, the annato she used also made it more flavorful. It was delicious, though... She added some pineapple chunks on this dish as well. :)
My uncles (papa's brother and cousin) came to visit and they decided to have some grilled food. We had these yummy grilled pork and there was also some fish but I failed to take a picture of them because they cooked them later and I had to work, it was gone when I finished. haha
I know, this post is 5 days late. I actually started making it on the last day of last month, but I got busy and just didn't get the chance to finish it. So, here they are. I hope you enjoy my food photography for the month of May!
See you around! (^^,)/
