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Tag: Recipes
April 23, 2021
Chicken Adobo Recipe
This is a dish that’s dear to my heart. Adobo is unofficially considered the national dish of the Philippines, where my mother comes from. She made my adobo occasionally growing up. And now, with my growing culinary skills, I thought I’d try to claim this piece of my heritage. Filipino food can be amazing, but I find it sometimes lacks refinements and that puts some people off. I’d like to think I use a lot of interesting substitutions and techniques in this recipe to make it more universally palatable. Essentially, this is my way of trying to increase the profile[…continue reading]
April 18, 2021
Cauliflower Rice “Caulisotto” Recipe
This is a great side dish that exemplifies my current philosophy on food. In this Autoimmune-Paleo dietary regime I’m following, grains – especially gluten – are avoided. That seems to leave out classic dishes like pastas, rice, and risotto. But, these dishes are memorable for their sauce, not their starch. That’s why I feel like this cauliflower rice risotto: It’s much lower in calories, gluten-free, dairy-free, and can even be vegan, but packs a savoury, comforting, tasty punch. It’s hard to believe that without cream, butter, or wheat, a dish can be this tasty! Cauliflower rice isn’t exactly rice. It[…continue reading]
February 25, 2021
Pesto Cauliflower Pizza Recipe
In going gluten-free, dairy-free, and nightshade vegetable-free, I feared that many of my favourite foods would be gone forever, including pizza. A pizza crust has gluten, cheese is a dairy product, and the tomato sauce is made of tomatoes, a nightshade vegetable. But, I was fortunate to find a way to substitute for each. And I think the result is a superior pizza. To make an autoimmune-paleo friendly pizza, I upgrade its ingredients: The crust is replaced by a cauliflower crust. It’s like a thin-crust pizza, with as much flavour as a wheat crust. I have recently discovered sweet potato[…continue reading]
