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DIY Melon Liqueur
The key to finding a melon-flavored liqueur that is not cloyingly sweet: make it at home.
Watermelon Limeade
Blending chunks of watermelon and giving it a quick strain through cheesecloth yields a sweet liquid that is a perfect foil for tart lime juice.
Melon-Mint Smoothie
This mellow breakfast smoothie brings together ripe cantaloupe with a squeeze of lime and a dollop of yogurt.
Fresh Cantaloupe Margaritas
Use ripe cantaloupe for this delicately-flavored margarita.
Fresh Cantaloupe and Honeydew Salad With Lemon and Thyme
Whether it's served over warm ricotta, with thin slices of prosciutto, or as a topping for ajo blanco, this simple summer salad makes the most of fresh summer melon.
Drinking in Season: Sake Melon Slush
Looking for a way to mix things up in the cocktail department, I paired fruity shaved ice with cool sake to create a delicious, boozy granita. I used a cantaloupe because of its sweet and musky flavor and added a little fresh ginger and lime juice to jazz it up.
Watermelon Sorbet
Light, bright watermelon becomes a scoopable ice, with roasty, bittersweet cocoa nibs subbing for seeds.
Fresh Watermelon Sangria
Fresh watermelon adds delicate sweetness, and a squeeze of lime heightens the tartness of the white wine in this sangria.
Watermelon-Mint Shrub with Watermelon Spoom
Shrubs have been gaining in popularity lately. An old-timey way of preserving, they generally involve fruit, sugar and vinegar, and make quite a refreshing beverage if well-balanced.
Fresh Watermelon Margaritas
To get the watermelon flavor to really come through in this thirst-quencher, you'll whir an ample amount of ripe cubed melon (seedless is best) in a blender with a little kosher salt. Be sure to strain through a fine-mesh sieve to avoid any pulp in the drink.
This deeply refreshing Filipino beverage, made from shredded ripe cantaloupe flesh, water, and sugar, is ready to beat even the stickiest tropical heat.
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Pork and Vegetable Lumpia from 'The Adobo Road Cookbook'
These lumpia, or Filipino spring rolls, are fried and filled with moist ground pork, carrots, peas, and bean sprouts. Fish sauce adds a layer of salty complexity, but otherwise these are simply straight-up, easy-to-eat, fried goodness.
Pancit Bihon (Filipino Rice Noodles)
Stir-fried rice vermicelli with carrots, snow peas, and shredded chicken comprise one of the most common pancit iterations you’ll find on the archipelago. This version simmers chicken thighs with water to yield both shredded chicken and stock before stir-frying.
Pancit Palabok (Filipino Noodles With Smoky Pork and Seafood Sauce)
This classic Filipino noodle dish is packed with pork, chicken, shrimp, and layer upon layer of seafood flavor.
Chicken Adobo
Chicken adobo is a Filipino recipe with only a few ingredients. An easy one pot meal, and you won't believe how silky and tasty the sauce is!
Lumpiang Shanghai (Filipino Egg Rolls)
A party favorite at Filipino gatherings and a crowd pleasing snack for all ages.
Filipino Chicken Adobo (Flavour Kapow!)
Filipino Chicken Adobo - the national dish of the Philipines! Juicy, tender chicken coated in a sticky glaze that's savoury, slightly tangy a touch sweet.
Halo-Halo (Filipino Shaved Ice Dessert)
Shaved ice, fruit, tapioca pearls, evaporated milk, ube ice cream, and leche flan.
Pork adobo
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Sizzling Sisig (Filipino Crispy Pork with Eggs)
A hearty Filipino pork dish that pairs well with beer.
Arroz Caldo (Filipino Chicken and Rice Soup)
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