one filipino dish a week

Being Catholic this is a season of self reflection and self sacrifice also known as Lent. The tradition is to give up something as a sacrifice and in return the practitioner will be more self aware and be able to better themselves. So what did I give up for Lent? Meat. In the next 40 days T and I will eat as vegetarians. Nothing that moos, nothing that flies, nothing that swims, and *gasp* nothing that oinks! What’s a Filipino to do with our pork? Actually, I’m looking forward to these next few weeks. This will be an opportunity to open up my cooking skills to new dishes and techniques and possibly change my outlook on how to cook. It’s like when people lose one of their senses they quickly adapt by compensating with the remaining ones. I’m hoping that this journey will not only fulfill me spiritually but also culinary-ly. My goal is to document the adventures of cooking outside my comfort zone.