Let’s be honest: it’s an uncertain and frightening time. But you and your family still need to eat, and the act of cooking at home while quarantining can bring great comfort to all your loved ones. 

You can make a good meal out of a few staples if you have enough stocks at home. But your choices are even greater if you are able to shop at a grocery store or have your ingredients delivered to you.

Here are some easy-to-cook dishes that anyone can make at home:

Easy-To-Cook Dishes You Can Make At Home

1. Corned Beef Bread Pizza

Canned corned beef gets a quick upgrade with tomato sauce, cheese, and bread.

Ingredients:

• 1 can of corned beef
• Any kind of loaf bread
• 1 onion
• 1 Eden cheese
• 1 small pack of tomato sauce

Check out Memen Balmes Hernandez‘s recipe here

2. Chicken Cooked in Sprite

It’s packed with protein, minerals, and vitamins that are perfect to keep the family healthy.

Ingredients:

• 1 whole chicken
• 2 cups or 500ml Sprite
• 3tbsp ketchup
• 3tbsp soy sauce
• 2 sachets oyster sauce
• 1 whole onion
• 1 whole clove garlic
• 3 pcs calamansi
• 3 stalks of tanglad or lemongrass
• salt and pepper

Follow Jean Dulnuan‘s chicken recipe here

3. Homemade Kimchi

It doesn’t get much easier than this, TBH.

Ingredients:

• Cabbage
• Pack of salt
• Cup of water
• Onion leaves
• Garlic
• Carrots
• 2 or 1/2 tablespoon of sugar
• 4 tablespoon of fish sauce
• Gochugaru
• Cooked rice

Follow Precious Anne Sanchez‘s recipe here

4. Buttered Shrimp

It only takes three ingredients to pull off this mouthwatering dish.

Ingredients:

• Shrimp
• Butter
• Garlic

See Cay Molina‘s buttered shrimp recipe here

5. Malapot Na Beef Sinigang

Sinigang is all the rage, but making its soup thick and extra tasty is something else.

Ingredients:

• 1 kilo beef with bones
• 1 44g pack Knorr Sinigang sa Sampaloc Mix with gabi
• 8pcs gabi
• 2 medium sliced eggplants
• 2 ripe tomato quartered
• 2 long green pepper
• 8 to 10 pieces of okra
• 1 small daikon radish labanos, sliced
• 10 pieces snake beans sitaw
• 1 medium onion quartered
• 8 to 10 cups of water
• 2 1/2 tablespoon of patis
• 1/4 teaspoon of ground black pepper

Check out Gilberth Francisco‘s recipe here

6. Pinakbet Na Sili

Spicy pinakbet? YES PLEASE.

Ingredients:

• Siling haba (green)
• Garlic
• Onion
• Ginger
• Cooking oil
• Vetsin (optional)
• Bagoong
• Vinegar

Follow Mary Calago‘s special pinakbet recipe here

7. Pancit Malabon

Pancit is a great tasting Filipino dish that represents long life and good health.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 kilo of pancit malabon
• 1/4 giniling
• 3 pack kropek
• 1/4 cup tinapa flakes
• 3 tokwa (optional)
• Oyster sauce
• Patis
• 5 cloves of bawang
• 1 medium sibuyas
• Half atswete
• Paminta
• Chicharong baboy
• Green onion
• Kropek
• Boiled egg

See Bolivia Ordiales Timing‘s recipe here

8. Pinadapang Manok

You can’t go wrong with chicken when it comes to a quick and delicious meal.

Ingedients:

• Onion
• 1 whole garlic
• Lemongrass
• Onion leaf
• Salt
• Magic sarap
• Sprite
• 1 cup of milk
• Oyster sauce
• 3tbsp ketchup
• 1tbsp sugar
• 1tbsp oil
• Paminta

Follow Mary Joy Tulawi Paragas‘ chicken recipe here

All these recipes are easy and healthy – and ready in just a few minutes. Need more cooking ingredients? See the list of online groceries here!

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