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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...

List of Filipino Vegetables Used in Filipino Dishes


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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