The traditional version of fruit salad in the Philippines consists mostly of canned fruits and sometimes fresh fruits like apples or mangoes mixed with cream, some cheese, and condensed milk
Baked Turkey Lumpia - Filipino Eggroll by Food Done Light. To the usual rangoon base of creamcheese and green onions, I added some fun extra ingredients
Some of the more difficult to find ingredients include bird’s eye chili (siling labuyo), glutinous rice, young coconut, tamarind, jicama, pressed bean curd (tokwa), annatto, shrimp paste, dried taro leaves, pork belly, lemongrass, fish sauce, coconut cream, water spinach (kangkong), calamansi, dried shiitake mushrooms, mung bean noodles, and more
Tender, soft, and sweet cinnamon rolls… these basically taste like the famous mall food court treat of my childhood, but they are homemade and actually, pretty easy
Kare-Kare – Filipino Peanut Stew (V, GF). Umami Mushrooms (slow roasted mushrooms on a polenta bread with almond feta, thyme & red chili oil) + Crazy Jimbo (polenta bread with almond feta, kale, seasonal veggies with beetroot relish & basil cashew cream) + African Baked Beans (North African style baked beans served with almond feta and avocado on toast)
Inipit Pandan and Rice Crispies Polvoron (Filipino Shortbread). It is a dessert made from two layers of chiffon cake with sweet and creamy fillings pressed in between
This is one of my all-time favourite hot Filipino snack. coconut cream (optional). And lastly, I think I prefer to use the glutinous rice flour rather than soaking the malagkit overnight then grinding it then straining it in a cheese cloth
Filipino Spring Rolls (Lumpia). Creamy Coconut Shrimp. use a nightshade-free sauce (making AIP subs as needed), omit the sausage, cheese, and pepperoni
Paciencia (Filipino Meringue Cookies). Macarons with Vanilla CreamCheese. I topped the hot chocolate with some whipped cream (you can also use marshmallow creme) and crushed candy canes
Of course now they added their famous Chicken Joy, Sweet Filipino Spaghetti, Palabok, and Halo Halo, to their products, but most importantly, they have Peach Mango Pie
