Ginisang Munggo with Tomato Sardines Recipe

"Ginisang na Munggo" or Sauteed Mung Beans is consider as one of the healthy and budget-friendly vegetable dishes that always served during lunch or dinner in every Filipino homes.

Sardines with Misua and Patola Soup Recipe

Turn canned sardines in tomato sauce to a simple and easy but delicious soup dish.

In this recipe, you can use any brand of sardines as long as it is in a tomato based sauce. And misua is a very thin flour noodles originated from China. Misua can be cooked with beef, pork, egg, and chicken. You can also add some vegetables like upo (bottle gourd) sayote and patola for a healthy dish in just one bowl, but in this dish I used patola for additional flavor.

Pinoy Style Homemade Sardines in Tomato Sauce

According to the historian the word Sardines are named after Sardinia, the Italian island where large schools of these fish were once found. In the Philippines has a  local name for this kind of fish, they called it "tamban". While sardines are delightful enjoyed fresh, they are most commonly found canned, since they are so perishable.