Viral Upside Down Apple Puff Pastry Tarts

Viral Upside Down Puff Pastry Tarts with Envy Apples

I’m pretty much always late to these trends, but I finally tried out this viral upside down puff pastry technique inspired by a traditional tart tatine and I understand why it became so popular! It’s definitely the easiest way to build beautiful and delicious puff pastry tarts, where you place all your toppings (in this …

Chicken Tinola with Crispy Chicken Skin Rice

Filipino Chicken Tinola (Tinolang Manok) with Crispy Chicken Skin Rice

There is a category of Filipino dishes that truly feel like a warm hug. Not just because these comforting dishes bring you literal warmth from their hot temperatures, as is the case with sinigang (a sour tamarind soup) or arroz caldo (a soupy rice porridge), but especially because they remind you of home. My mom …

Lumpiang Shanghai

Lumpiang Shanghai – Filipino Spring Rolls

It’s simply not a Filipino party without a tray of the addictive, deep-fried spring rolls, better known as lumpia (pronounced LOOM-pyah). Lumpia is a catch-all phrase for any Filipino spring roll. For example, lumpiang gulay are fried vegetable lumpia, while lumpiang sariwa are larger, fresh lumpia made with soft wrappers that are not fried. Lumpiang …

Lobster Mashed Potatoes with Viet-Cajun Brown Butter

If there are 2 things that were MADE to be eaten with loads of butter, it’s lobster and mashed potatoes, so why not combine them into one decadent dish for the holidays? We’re upping the ante by not just using regular butter, but a nutty brown butter seasoned like the Viet-Cajun crayfish and shrimp boils …

Sweet Potato Hash with Chipotle Beef and Green Chili

One-Pan Sweet Potato Hash with Chipotle Beef, Green Chili and Eggs

I hate wasting food and woke up HUNGRY, so this easy sweet potato hash was the perfect brunch for using up leftover beef and cilantro from hot pot, a single purple sweet potato I had buried in my cupboard, some leftover cubed orange sweet potato and half a red onion in the fridge, and too …