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| Pinoy Sweet-Style Spaghetti, a Pinoy food recipe |
I love Spaghetti! It’s my favorite dish
next to fried chicken. My mom cooks spaghetti the sweet style. Filipino-style
that is, sweet sauce with ground meat and tons of sliced hotdogs! When I was a
kid, she (in her early 70s now) has never heard of oregano, basil, mozzarella
and parmesan that make any pasta dish more aromatic and flavorful.
So when I was growing up, I would only
be familiar with the kind of spaghetti she prepares, until I got to taste
various pasta dishes served in restaurants and those I’ve seen in numerous
international cooking shows. This Pinoy food recipe is a combination of what my
mom used to cook with some tweaks I have made since cooking this spaghetti dish
several years back.
Since January 4 celebrates National
Spaghetti Day, allow me to share with you what brings warm childhood memories
and a definite comfort food for me and any Pinoy who grew up accustomed to an
easy Pinoy food recipe – Pinoy
Sweet-Style Spaghetti.
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| Lechon Kawali, a crisp pork Filipino dish |
This
Lechon Kawali recipe is a combination of inspirations over the years. Cooking
Basics, a former culinary school which I collaborated in a previous project
taught me about boiling the pork this way (read on the procedure and you will
know what I am saying) while the marinate is an inspiration on how I marinate
my Pork Adobo, an iconic Filipino dish.
October is one of my favorite months.
For those who keep an eye on certain days and months of the year for food
celebrations around the globe, (yes, we celebrate food days and food months
year after year), October is a deliriously delicious month!
January is for Spaghetti and Cheese
Lovers, February for Chocolate Fondue and Strawberries, March for Baked
Scallops and Potato Chips, April for Grilled Cheese and Chocolate Mousse and so
forth. October is my foodie month. Cookie, Seafood, Pasta and Pork are all
celebrated in October.
A Healthy Filipino Street Food Version
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| Camote Cue, a popular street food |
Do you
enjoy eating street foods? Most travelers when heading out to Southeast Asian
regions flock to wet markets, night markets or weekend markets to enjoy what
most locals eat on a daily basis when stuck in the concrete jungle. Perhaps
they are so engrossed seeing Anthony Bourdain munch on exotic dishes or the
need to stretch their travel budget while traveling for months.
For those like
me who avoid eating street foods for being excessively oily and loaded with
every possible dirt you can imagine that surrounds the streets and drops into
the food being cooked or displayed, I prefer cooking those “street foods” at
home with the attempt of making them healthier for my family.
Here’s a
quick and easy recipe, a favorite snack found on the streets of Manila. My take
is a healthier and more delicious version of Camote Cue (Camote Fritters), a popular
Pinoy street food.
DELIRIOUSLY
DELICIOUS!
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| Eat To Your Heart's Content Presents 50+ Deliriously Delicious Homemade Desserts |
Life is Sweet here at Eat To Your Heart’s Content!
Having a sweet tooth, a meal would not be satisfying for me, without a sweet ending. Depending on my mood or craving, I would be content with a cone of ice cream or a slice of cake while in some stressful cases of my day job, a tub of ice cream plus tons of chocolates with almonds, walnuts or macadamia will have to do the trick, of making my life a little sweeter.
Let’s celebrate, because here at Eat
To Your Heart’s Content, Life is Sweet!
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