Soft & Sweet Ube Pandesal (Trader Joe’s Inspired)

Soft and fluffy ube pandesal with cheese and ube jam filling.

Ingredients Steps Tips & Storage Ube origin Accessibility Related links You ever get that craving right before dinner where you’re basically desperate for something yeasty, soft, and a little out-of-the-ordinary? Well, my ube pandesal recipe (yep — like the one at Trader Joe’s) totally hits that craving, every single time. I first heard about these …

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Halo-Halo Dessert Made Easy with U.S. Ingredients

A colorful bowl of homemade halo halo, a traditional Filipino shaved ice dessert.

Ingredients (ice cream & jellies) Layering steps Tips Accessibility halo halo at home is always a little chaos, right? You see those gorgeous treats at Filipino restaurants and think, eh, looks impossible with all those fancy jars and tropical trimmings. But sometimes all you really want is halo-halo dessert in your own messy kitchen, quick …

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Ube Halaya from Frozen Yam: No Fuss Needed

Delicious creamy ube halaya made with frozen ube in a bowl

Ingredients Steps Storage tips Ube culture Accessibility Let me let you in on a life hack, especially if you’re craving ube halaya with frozen ube but you don’t have the time (or patience, honestly) to peel and boil fresh purple yams. You know what I mean – that craving just hits and next thing you …

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Filipino Leche Flan Baked in the Oven

Delicious oven baked leche flan dessert topped with caramel sauce.

Ingredients Baking Steps Variations Accessibility Conclusion leche flan oven bake is one of those things that’ll solve your sugar craving when nothing else quite hits the spot. Ever find yourself desperately wishing for a sweet treat, but don’t feel like standing at the stove forever? That’s honestly how I got obsessed with this. Traditional Filipino …

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