Carmina went to do her two weeks grocery on March 25, 2025, at Landers Balintawak branch. Upon entering the store near the pharmacy there was a sign posted saying to register for vaccines that will be held on April 12, 2025. Carmina called up Becky asking if she is interested remembered to look out for the flu shot. Becky said yes and asked her to give me full name, birthdate and phone number contact information. Carmina also called up Mom Violy said alright and still faraway to decide. Carmina felt Mom Violy should get the flu shot since we'll be traveling to California upcoming vacation. Two years ago, when we went to California got sick and that time it was covid season. I just wanted to protect myself even though hardly get sick in the Philippines. Two days before our flu vaccine received a SMS on our mobile phone number to confirm if we are going to get our flu shot. I had responded said yes. One day before I had message Becky if she had received her confirmation on her flu s...
In the Philippines we have variety of different type of vegetables that are cooked in our Filipino dishes.
Sayote
- Chicken tinola
- Sauté vegetables cooked with shrimp or pork
Upo
- Saute vegetable with shrimp or pork
- Made into a soup
Mungo Beans
- Cooked with spinach and shrimp or pork
Malunggay
- Cooked with mungo beans
- Soup
- Made into pandesal (bread)
Ampalaya (bitter melon)
- Cooked in gata (coconut milk)
- Saute with shrimp
- Salad with vinegar, onion, tomato, salt and black pepper
- Eaten with buro (fermented rice)
Kamote (sweet potato) comes in color purple
or yellow
- Fried
- Boiled
- Baked
- Added in Dessert such as ginatan
- Added in Fresh lumpia
Pechay or Chinese cabbage
- Cooked in Nilagang
- Steam
- Stir-fried
Kangkong
- Cooked with sinigang (sour soup)
- Fried by adding batter
- Steam eaten with bagong (shrimp paste)
Puso ng saging or Banana Blossom
- Cooked has salad
- Soup
Gabi (taro)
- Cooked in singigang (sour soup)
Mustasa
- Cooked in salad
- Soup
- Be boiled and eaten with buro (fermented rice)
Singkamas or Jicama
- Eaten raw by adding it with vinegar, soy sauce
- Salt
Alugbati
- Cooked as soup
- Salad
- Stew cooked with fish
Sigarilyas
- Cooked with coconut milk (gata)
Sitaw or String Beans
- Cooked in singigang (sour soup)
- Sauté with soy sauce, onion, pork and garlic
Kamoteng
kahoy Cassava root
- Cassava cake
- Boiled yucca
Tanglad (Lemon grass)
- Added in rice when cooking in rice cooker
- Dessert
- Juice
Taro Leaves
- Cooked to make Laing and coconut milk
Sweet Potato Leaves
- Stir fry
- Boiled made into salad
Patola
- Cooked soup
- Sautéd vegetable with shrimp
Ubod – (coconut
palm heart)
- Fresh lumpia
Atsuete
- Food coloring
Bawang
- Native garlic – use for longanisa
Green Papaya
- Cooked with chicken tinola
Japanese Eggplant
- Fried dip with vinegar
- Steam made into a salad with vinegar, tomato, onion, salt and black pepper
- Cooked with pinakbet or Kare kare
- Torta (omelette)
Squash
- Pinakbet
- Ukoy
Okra
- Pinakbet
- Sinigang (sour soup)
- Steam
Calamasi (Philippine Lime)
- Citrus juice
- Dipping sauce by adding soy sauce and hot pepper
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