Maria Santos
Maria Santos is a valued contributor to the UlamDaily editorial team. Based in Pampanga, she shares recipes inspired by Kapampangan and traditional Filipino comfort food — dishes she learned through years of home cooking and family tradition.

Adobo

Adobong Dilaw (Yellow Adobo)

Adobong Sitaw with Lechon Kawali

Adobong Tahong (Mussels Adobo)

Ahi Shoyu Poke

Air Fryer Longganisa Frittata

Air Fryer Tilapia

Aligue Fried Rice

Amazing Cabbage

Ampalaya con Carne

Annatto Oil

Apple Cake

Apple Glazed Pork Chop

Arroz Caldo Special with Chicharon and Egg

Arroz a la Valla

Arugula Salad with Chopped Walnuts

Asian Chicken Lettuce Wrap

Asian Cucumber Salad

Avocado Ice Candy

Avocado Sago Jelly

BBQ Beef Short Ribs

Bacon Frittata

Bacon and Avocado Sandwich

Bacon and Spinach Quiche

Bacon wrapped Scallops in Lemon Garlic Butter Sauce

Baked King Crab Legs with Garlic Lemon Butter Sauce

Banana Bread

Banana Yogurt Smoothie

Bananacue

Bangus Bicol Express

Bangus Filipino Paksiw

Barbecued Chicken Lettuce Wrap

Basic Teriyaki Sauce

Beef Bulalo

Beef Kaldereta Special

Beef Mechado Special

Beef Nilaga

Beef Salpicao

Beef Short Rib Kare Kare

Beef Tinola

Beef Wonton Mami

Beef and Tripe Pochero

Beef in Creamy Mushroom Sauce

Beer Brats

Beer Marinated Grilled Chicken Breast Inasal

Bicol Express ala Bebet

Binignit

Biscoff Icebox Cake

Bistek Tagalog

Bistek Tagalog (beefsteak)

Bistek Tagalog Classic

Biyaki

Breakfast Sausage Hash

Broiled Lobster Tail with Lemon Butter Sauce

Broken Lasagna

Brownies with Walnuts

Buko Pandan

Bulalo Batangas Style

Bulalo Beef Mami

Bulalo sa Gata

Bulalugaw

Butter Garlic Fried Chicken

CPA (Chicken and Pork Adobo)

Calamares

Calderetang Baboy

Camaron Rebosado

Carne Asada Fried Rice

Carrot Cake

Cassava Cake

Cassava Cake with Custard Topping

Cheesy Baked Macaroni Pinoy Style

Cheesy Corned Beef Balls

Cheesy Garlic Butter Mussels

Chicharon Bulaklak with Spicy Vinegar

Chicken

Chicken Adobo (boneless thigh)

Chicken Adobong Puti

Chicken Barbecue Fried Rice

Chicken Curry with Coconut

Chicken Fried Rice

Chicken Gravy

Chicken Hinalang (Halang-halang na Manok)

Chicken Inasal Manokan Country Style

Chicken Inasal Special

Chicken Lumpia

Chicken Parmesan

Chicken Pastel in a Cup

Chicken and Egg Macaroni Salad

Chicken and Rice Casserole

Chili Garlic Butter Shrimp

Chili Garlic Shrimp Saute

Chinese Pearl Balls

Chizza

Chocolate Graham Cupcake

Chopsuey with Quail Eggs

Cibae

Cocido-style Nilaga

Corned Beef Guisado

Corned Beef Lomi Batangas Style

Crab and Corn Chopsuey

Crab and Corn Pearl Soup and Chinese Spring Roll

Creamy Garlic Parmesan Chicken Pasta

Creamy Lengua in White Sauce

Creamy Macaroni Salad

Crispy Bagbagis (Crispy Deep Fried Pork Intestine)

Crispy Bicol Express

Crispy Dinakdakan

Crispy Eggplant Fries

Crispy Fried Smelt

Crispy Oven Broiled Liempo

Crispy Pancit Canton Noodles

Crispy Pata Kare Kare

Crispy Pata Tim

Crispy Ulo and Lechon Sauce

Crown Roast of Lamb

Daral

Deep Fried Siomai

Deviled Egg with Salmon

Dinakdakan

Dinamarang Isda

Dinaraongan

Dinardaraan (Dinuguan)

Dinuguan Special with Puto

Dried Squid in Coconut Milk

Easy Champorado

Easy Guacamole

Easy Kung Pao Shrimp

Easy Meatball with Mixed Vegetables

Easy Meatballs

Easy Pata Tim

Egg Roll

Extremely Spicy Pork Adobo na Tuyo

Filipino BBQ Pork Chop

Filipino Chicken Macaroni Sopas

Filipino Menudo

Filipino Sweet Macaroni Salad

Filipino-style Pineapple Glazed Ham

Food for the Gods

Fried Chicken a la Max's Restaurant

Fried Rice

Fried Whiting Fish

Fruit Cocktail Float

Garlic Bread

Garlic Sesame Spinach

Ginataang Alimasag with Malunggay

Ginataang Baka – Beef in Coconut Milk with Green Beans and Spinach

Ginataang Bangus

Ginataang Halo-halo

Ginataang Hipon na may Sitaw at Kalabasa

Ginataang Langka with Daing

Ginataang Langka with Malunggay and Dilis

Ginataang Langka with Smoked Fish

Ginataang Lechon Kawali with Kalabasa and Long Green Beans

Ginataang Manok and Kalabasa

Ginataang Pusit (squid in coconut milk)

Ginataang Sitaw at Kalabasa with Fried Tilapia

Ginger Beef Stir Fry

Ginisang Ampalaya na May Itlog at Hipon (Sauteed Bitter Melon with Egg and Shrimp)

Ginisang Corned Beef

Ginisang Monggo

Ginisang Monggo with Inihaw na Liempo

Ginisang Monggo with Kalabasa

Ginisang Papaya

Ginisang Pechay (Sautéed Bok Choy)

Ginisang Pechay with Ground Pork and Shrimp (Sauteed Bok Choy)

Ginisang Repolyo

Ginisang Repolyo with Eggs

Ginisang Upo

Ginisang Upo at Kalabasa - Sauteed Opo and Butternut Squash

Ginumis

Gising Gising with Bangus

Goto Laman Loob and Tokwat Baboy

Gravy

Green Bean and Shrimp Stir-fry

Grilled Ahi Tuna

Grilled Chicken and Spinach Salad

Grilled Lamb Chops

Grilled Pork Belly with Garlic Fried Rice and Fried Egg - Liempo Sinangag Itlog

Gumbo

Halo-Halo

Ham Katsu

Hamonadong Baboy

Hawaiian Macaroni Salad

Health-Conscious Laing

Hoisin Glazed Grilled Tofu

Hoisin Glazed Salmon

Idol Cheesedog Bread Roll and Bites

Inentegan

Inihaw na Galunggong with Ensaladang Talong

Inihaw na Pusit with Scallion

Java Rice

KFC Style Gravy

Kababayan

Kakaibang Tokwat Baboy

Kalamay Gabi

Kalamay sa Latik

Kangkong with Squid Balls in Oyster Sauce

Kapampangan Gisang Balatong

Kare Kare

Kare-Kare (Chicken)

Ketchup Fried Chicken

Kikiam

Kinalas

Kinamatisang Baka

Kinamatisang Isda (Red Snapper with Tomatoes)

Kinilaw na Dulong

La Paz Batchoy

Laing na Gabi

Latik from a Can of Coconut Cream

Lechon Manok Sauce

Lechon Pata

Linguine Pasta with Clams

Linguine with Mussels

Lo Mein

Low-Carb Breaded Pinatisang Baboy

Lumpiang Hubad

Lumpiang Shanghai

Luncheon Meat Mac Salad with Cheese

Macaroni Salad

Mahi-Mahi Paksiw

McDonalds Style Chicken Nuggets

Melon Juice

Menudo

Monggo Pinakbet

Most Delicious Pork Adobo

Nilagang Manok

Nilupak

No Bake Macaroni

No-Grill Pork Ribs Barbecue

Orange Glazed Pork

Oven Grilled Liempo

Paksiw na Pata

Palabok Habhab

Panara (Deep Fried Shrimp Wonton)

Pancit Bato Guisado

Pancit Canton

Pancit Cantón

Pancit Guisado

Pancit Habhab

Pancit Lomi

Pancit Malatong

Panlasang Pinoy Bibingkang Galapong

Party Fried Chicken

Pata Pochero

Peach Pie

Peach Refrigerator Cake

Pechoso

Pesang Isda

Picadillo

Pinapaitan sa Ampalaya

Pinasman

Pineapple Coleslaw

Pineapple and Soy Sauce Pork Pot Roast

Pinoy Carbonara with Ham and Bacon

Pinoy Chicken Curry

Pinoy Chicken Sopas

Pinoy Fried Chicken

Pochero (Filipino)

Pork Adobo with Potato

Pork Afritada

Pork Burger Patties

Pork Chop Suey

Pork Embutido

Pork Embutido Special

Pork Empanada

Pork Ginataan with Squash and String Beans

Pork Giniling Hardinera

Pork Giniling Special

Pork Giniling with Quail Eggs

Pork Mechado

Pork Sinigang sa Kamias

Pork Sisig

Pork and Green Bean Stir-fry

Potato and Leek Soup

Pulled Chicken BBQ Sandwich recipe

Pumpkin Muffins

Puto Bumbong

Puto Cake

Quick and Easy Beef and Pepper Stir Fry

Raisin Bran Muffin

Roasted Chicken Quarter

Saging con Hielo

Salmon Sisig

Salted Egg Prawns

Sampalok Candy

Sardines with Sotanghon and Pechay

Sariwa na Kinilaw na Bangus

Sauteed Bottle Gourd with Ground Pork and Shrimp

Sauteed Chayote with Pork and Tomato

Sauteed Flank Steak with Bok Choy and String Beans

Seaweed Salad (Ensaladang Lato)

Shared . Roast Chicken

Shrimp with Quail Eggs and Green Peas

Sikatola

Sikwate

Silid

Simple Ube Halaya

Sinamak

Sinantomas

Sinarsahang Manok

Sinigang

Sinigang na Bangus sa Bayabas

Sinigang na Hipon Special

Sinigang na Hipon sa Sampaloc

Sinigang na Hipon sa Sampalok

Sinigang na Salmon sa Miso

Sinigang sa Miso

Sisig (Chicken)

Sisig Paella

Sizzling Mushroom and Tofu Sisig Special

Slow Cooked Pork Chop with Shiitake Mushrooms

Smothered Pork Chop

Sous Vide Chicken Adobo

Spaghetti with Meat Sauce

Spaghetti with Tomato and Basil

Spanish Bread

Spanish Rice

Spanish Sardines Pasta with Sun Dried Tomato and Chopped Olives

Spare Ribs Hamonado

Spare Ribs with Ketchup and Pineapple

Special Arroz Valenciana Ilonggo

Special Goto

Special Siopao Sauce

Spicy Sardinas with Patola and Miswa
Sprite Pork Adobo

Squid Ball Pancit Canton

Squid Sisig

Sta. Fe Dip

Steamed Fish with Scallions and Ginger

Sticky Crispy Chicken

Stir Fried Crabs with Ginger and Scallion

Strawberry Jam

Super Tender Juicy Chicken Nuggets

Sweet Chicken Asado

Sweet Chicken Spaghetti

Sweet Mango Barbecue Chicken Skewers

Sweet Pata Asado

Sweet Potato Casserole

Sweet and Sour Pork

Teriyaki Pork Chop

Teriyaki Salmon

Thai Chicken Salad with Spicy Peanut Dressing

Tibok-Tibok

Timitim

Tinapa Fried Rice (Smoked Fish Fried Rice)

Tinutungang Manok

Toasted Garlic

Tofu, Asparagus and Mushroom Stir-Fry

Tokwa't Baboy with Tausi

Tonkatsu Sinangag at Itlog

Tortang Talong with Ground Pork Special

Tortilla Espanola

Tosilog

Tulingan Bistek (Braised Bullet Tuna in Soy Sauce and Onion)

Tuna Frittata

Turkey and Ham Sopas

Tuslob Buwa

Ube Macapuno Ice Cream

Ukoy na Dilis

Upo Guisado

Upo s (bottle gourd)

Utan Bisaya

Utan nga Langka
