Filipino Recipes - Filipino Food, Origin and Influences

I have this previously posted in tumblr.com but it got deleted, so I'm reposting it here and here alone.

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Filipino recipes are a collection of traditions and diverse cultural influences of Philippine inhabitants. The main influences are Spanish because of Spain's 500 years colonization in the Philippines. Other influences are from Europe, America and neighboring Asian countries such as China and countries with Malay origins.

Filipino recipes are very simple to cook and are most always very tasty for all pallates. Main ingredients are vegetable, meat and seafood served with steamed or fried rice.

It's always a treat to have Filipino dishes prepared by my mom especially for me living in a foreign country. I usually get my filipino recipes through a phone call to my mom or my sisters who's cooking are always a delight.