My Mama's Kitchen and Garden

When I was young, my mom always cooks spaghetti for us. She usually use the Del Monte brand Italian Spaghetti sauce, ground pork, purefoods hotdogs, ufc or Jufran banana ketchup and at least 2 tbsp. of sugar or condensed milk. Jufran banana ketchup or banana sauce makes the spaghetti sweeter. My kids don’t like their spaghetti very sweet and doesn’t like hotdogs on their spaghetti. No hotdogs and sugar on my spaghetti recipe. I also don't use chicken broth because it makes the spaghetti taste a little bit different and if I make changes, they will not eat it. This is their favorite version of spaghetti. They eat this for lunch and dinner almost every single day. I make this at least twice a week for them. Instant Pot Filipino Style Spaghetti Author: Neliza Ly Ingredients 1 lb. ground chicken  2 tbsp. oil 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 shallot, minced 1 lb. Spaghetti Noodles, break in half 24 oz. Tuttorosso Marinara pasta sauce or Great Value Chunky Tomato, Garlic and On...

This recipe is similar to with my blackberry muffin and blueberry lemon bundt cake. Air Fryer Blueberry Lemon Donut Author: Neliza Ly Airfryer Yield: 8 donuts Ingredients: ¼ cup unsalted butter – room temperature 1/3 cup white sugar 1 XL egg 1 cup (127 grams) All Purpose Flour 1 tsp (4 grams) baking powder ¼ cup (60 ml) milk ¼ tsp salt ½ cup (70 grams) fresh blueberries 1 tbsp. lemon juice (1/2 lemon) Lemon zest from 1 lemon 1 tbsp. melted butter for coating the donut mold 1 tsp. cinnamon 1/3 cup white sugar Instructions: Mix butter, sugar and egg until creamy. Add flour, baking powder, salt, milk, lemon zest and lemon juice and mix well. Fold with blueberries until well combined. Brush donut mold with melted butter. Pour batter into each mold. Place the donut mold in the air fryer basket and air fry at 350F for 7 minutes. Carefully remove the donut mold from the Air fryer . Remove the donut, place it in a cookie rack. Apply melted butter. Place the...

I made this ribs more than a dozen times. This is my favorite ribs. The combo of Instant Pot and Airfryer makes the cooking easier and faster than cooking in the oven. Instant pot and Air fryer Baby Back Ribs - Filipino Style Author: Neliza Ly Ingredients: 3 lbs. Baby Back Ribs, clean and rinse ( I also use St. Louis style ribs) ¼ cup maggi seasoning ¼ cup brown sugar 2 tbsp.vegetable oil 2 tbsp.white wine vinegar (tried it with apple cider vinegar, it's good) 10 cloves garlic minced ½ cup chicken broth 2 tbsp. cornstarch+ 2 tbsp. water ½ cup water for cooking Instructions: Combine all ingredients except for cornstarch and warm water. Transfer ribs into a large container or ziploc bag. Pour the marinade over the ribs and toss to evenly coat the ribs. Marinate for at least 1 to 2 hours in the refrigerator.  Place marinade and ½ cup water  into the Instant Pot , place the trivet and ribs. Set the Instant Pot on Manual mode, High Pressure for 18 minu...

If you love porks spare ribs, you might like this. This is tasty and soft ribs. A classic vietnamese dish. Instant Pot Vietnamese Caramelized Pork Spare Ribs Author: Neliza Ly Ingredients: 3.5 lbs. pork spare ribs cut into half ½ tsp. five spice 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 shallot, minced 1 tsp. fine sea salt ¼ tsp. ground black pepper 2 tsp. chicken bouillon or seasoning powder 1 tbsp. fish sauce ½ cup coconut water ¼ cup granulated sugar 2 tbsp. water Instructions: Boil the ribs for 4 minutes. Rinse and drain. Season the ribs with five spice, garlic, shallot, salt, pepper, bouillon or seasoning powder and fish sauce. Mix well and set aside for 15 minutes. Set the Instant Pot on Sauté Mode. Add sugar and water. Gently swirl the pan. Caramelize the sugar. (Note: I remove the inner pot to swirl then put it back. The edge of the pot is not hot.) Add ribs and sauté for a few minutes then add coconut water and mix well. Set the Instant Pot on Manual mode, High...

  Filipino Lumpia shanghai usually don't use bean thread noodles. My kids love lumpia with bean thread noodles like their Grandma's Vietnamese Eggroll. This is tasty Eggrolls. It taste the same like deep fried. Crunchy/crispy wrapper and moist filling. Air Fryer Filipino Lumpia Shanghai, Eggrolls, Springrolls or Cha gio Author: Neliza Ly Ingredients: 1 lb. ground chicken/pork or beef ½ onion or shallot, finely chopped 2 garlic cloves, minced 1 carrot, shredded 1 XL egg  4 tbsp. cornstarch 2 tsp. maggi seasoning 2 tsp. oyster sauce ½ tsp. salt ½ tsp. black pepper 1/8 cup wood ear mushrooms, chopped (optional)  50 grams sotanghon (bean thread noodle), cooked and cut into small pieces Others: 50pcs. Spring Home TYJ Springroll wrapper /pastry Eggwash or water for sealing Instructions: In a bowl, add all ingredients. Mix until well combined. Spoon about 2 tbsp. of meat mixture to each spring roll wrapper. Roll into a log and seal with...

Arroz Caldo is a comfort food especially if you are sick or have a flu. This is my family favorite and my favorite comfort food since I was a kid. My mom always cook this for us. I learn how to cook from her. I made this Arroz Caldo in the Instant Pot several times since 2012. My kids like to eat with small meat. I usually use ground chicken instead of chicken thighs. Once in a while, I make it with chicken legs and thighs for adults. Instant Pot Filipino Arroz Caldo (Filipino Congee) Author: Neliza Ly Ingredients: ½ cup (70 grams) uncooked jasmine rice ½ cup (72 grams) uncooked glutinous rice 1 lb. ground chicken or 6 pcs. Chicken legs/thighs 8 cloves garlic, minced 1 knob ginger, sliced (at least 50 grams net) ½ shallot, sliced 8 cups chicken broth ¼ tsp. ground black pepper 1 tsp. turmeric powder 1 tbsp. maggi seasoning 2 tbsp. vegetable oil Garnish: Green onion, chopped Roasted garlic Hardboiled egg Fish sauce Instructions: Mix Jasmine Rice and Glutin...

Favorite way of cooking at home. Vegetable need to be a little crunchy and not mushy. This is my husband and my kids favorite. Instant Pot Steamed Carrots and Broccoli Author: Neliza Ly Ingredients: 3 regular size carrots (600 grams) cut into pieces 2 regular size broccoli crown, cut into pieces ½ cup water Salt Instructions:  Pour ½ cup water into your Instant Pot and place your steamer basket. Season carrots and broccoli with salt. Set the Instant Pot on Manual mode, High Pressure for 0 Minute, QR. Once cook time is done, release the remaining pressure. Enjoy.

Siomai is a Filipino dish which is similar to Chinese dish. Iloilo is a province in the Philippines where majority of the people in the city are Chinese and most of the establishments are manage by Chinese. Most of my Mom's business friends are Chinese. As Ilonggo, we are exposed to Chinese food and we adapted their way of cooking. Kong Kee and Roberto's house are one of the oldest Chinese eating place in Iloilo since I was a baby. It it still my favorite for the past 40 years especially for siopao, siomai, lomi, sotanghon guisado, meatballs, lumpia/eggrolls and camaron rebosado. Siomai is my kids favorite since they were small. I start introducing this food to them since they were 9 months old and they love it. My kids love the closed version. I don't use sesame oil or peanut oil. My son has severe allergy with sesame, peanuts and tree nuts except for almond. I'm glad he was able to pass the dairy/milk and soy after 6 years of testing. Instant Pot Filipino C...

This is my husband favorite. Instant Pot Bun Bo Hue (Not very spicy) Author: Neliza Ly Ingredients: 3-4 lbs. oxtail or 4 lbs beef shank 1 lb. pork hocks 6 stalks lemongrass - cut into 3, smashed, bruised 1 (70 grams) ginger, cut into half 1 onion, peeled 2 tbsp. fish sauce 1 tbsp. shrimp paste 2 tbsp.Quoc Viet "Hue" Style beef flavored Soup base 15 grams rock sugar 6 cups chicken broth Aromatics: 1 tbsp. annatto seeds 3 tbsp. vegetable oil 1 shallot, minced 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 stalk lemon grass, minced Others: Noodle: Either Hai Ca Vang Double Golden fish Brand or Dragon Brand Vietnamese Rice Vermicelli, follow package instructions Purple cabbage Beansprout Chili pepper cilantro Scallion Cha lua Lime Instructions:  In a pot, parboil the meat for 10 minutes then rinse with running water. Prepare the aromatics. Heat oil, add annatto seeds. Cook for a minute. Add lemon grass, shallot and garlic and sauté for a minute and set asi...