Celebrities share Lent-friendly, healthy dishes for Holy Week

Nikka Avegail Sabio

<p>This Lenten Season, many take the time to reflect, rest, meditate, and pray. With the traditional activities such as Visita Iglesia, egg hunting on Easter Sunday, and family get togethers, you can also make your Holy Week food menu Lent-friendly and healthy.</p><p>Here are some celebrity dishes you can enjoy this great week:</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>Vegan Bopis by Judy Ann Santos</strong></div><p>Seasoned actress and celebrity chef Judy Ann Santos shared a recipe for a healthy, plant-based version of the Pinoy dish bopis on her YouTube channel. </p><p>With the spicy dish traditionally made from minced pork or beef lungs and heart, the seasoned actress instead used tainga ng daga (cloud ear fungus), mushroom, and tofu as the main ingredients. </p><p>“It’s so satisfying when you’re able to create a dish using just vegetables and ang sarap niyang kainin kasi alam mong you are feeding your body with great nutrients,” the ‘The Bagman’ actress said.</p><p>You can watch the full cooking video on Judy Ann’s Kitchen YouTube Channel.</p><div><iframe width="1250" height="703" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y7uY9KgjPXc" title="Vegan Bopis | Judy Ann&#x27;s Kitchen" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>Shrimp Gambas by Regine Velasquez-Alcasid</strong></div><p>One of Kapamilya’s <a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/magandangbuhay"><em><strong>Magandang Buhay</strong></em></a> momshies, Regine Velasquez-Alcasid shared the recipe for her Gambas.</p><p>During her <a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/magandangbuhay"><em><strong>Magandang Buhay</strong></em></a> guest appearance in 2021, Regine demonstrated how to cook her version of the popular Spanish garlic shrimp dish that you can cook during Holy Week.</p><p>Ingredients for the dish included shrimps, garlic, paprika, dahon ng laurel (bay leaf), green sili, pepper, salt, fish oil, dried chili flakes, butter, and olive oil.</p><p>The singer also noted how easy it is to prepare and recommended that the dish be partnered with rice.</p><p>“Ang maganda naman sa mga recipes, you can make it your own style like in singing,” she remarked.</p><p>Shrimp Gambas by Regine is good to serve during gatherings this Lenten Season.</p><p>Watch the steps on how to cook Regine’s Shrimp Gambas here:</p><div><iframe width="1250" height="703" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7hYb_3IIRvQ" title="Regine&#x27;s Gambas Recipe | Magandang Buhay" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>Vegetarian Giniling by Jolina Magdangal</strong></div><p>Another healthy, no-meat recipe that you can cook this Holy Week is the vegetarian giniling recipe by <a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/magandangbuhay"><em><strong>Magandang Buhay</strong></em></a> momshie and singer Jolina Magdangal.</p><p>In an October episode of the morning show, Jolina shared the recipe that had ingredients rich in vitamin A such as kamote, carrots, and green leafy vegetables like kangkong and pechay.</p><p>The host also highlighted the ingredient tokwa (tofu) that will be the healthy alternative to meat.</p><p>“Bibida natin dito ang mga gulay,” Jolina remarked</p><p>Check out the full recipe here:</p><div><iframe width="1250" height="703" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Bzsg_o43OIM" title="Vegetarian Giniling recipe | Magandang Buhay" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>Tilapia Escabeche by Maymay Entrata</strong></div><p>&quot;Amakabogera&quot; singer Maymay Entrata shared another Lent-friendly dish that she cooked during her guest appearance in <a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/magandangbuhay"><em><strong>Magandang Buhay</strong></em></a> in 2021.</p><p>Maymay shared the recipe for how to cook her grandfather’s dish, Tilapia Escabeche, which she really liked.</p><p>The ingredients included tilapia, cooking oil, garlic, onion, ginger, carrots, red bell pepper, vinegar, sugar, salt, and tomato paste. You can also add cornstarch or flour to add thickness to the sauce.</p><p>Maymay’s delicious recipe is good to serve anytime during Holy Week.</p><p>Besides its Filipino version, the escabeche dish is also common in Spain, the Caribbean, Portugal, and Argentina and includes other seafood, and vegetables like eggplant.</p><p>Watch the full recipe of Maymay’s Escabeche and her interview here:</p><div><iframe width="1250" height="703" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qTrSCdObyg8" title="Maymay&#x27;s Escabeche recipe | Magandang Buhay" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>Tuyo Fried Rice by Gelli de Belen</strong></div><p>Actress Gelli de Belen gave another twist to the common tuyo (dried fish) that you can make this Holy Week.</p><p>Make your breakfast with a Lent-friendly dish that uses canned gourmet tuyo (or crushed tuyo), salted duck egg, eggs, leftover rice, garlic, tomato, chili flakes, leeks, vinegar, and pickled green papaya (atsara or any other pickled vegetable or fruits).</p><p>Gelli’s yummy dish is also a budget-friendly one as it is made of ingredients that are readily available.</p><p>The actress also recommended other dried seafoods as an alternative for tuyo and the addition of vegetables if you are looking for something else to make your Lenten breakfast even more special.</p><p>Check out the recipe and Gelli’s interview here:</p><div><iframe width="1250" height="703" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Cxn_m1Y4a1I" title="Gelli&#x27;s Tuyo Fried Recipe | Magandang buhay" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div><br/></div>

<p><i>Here are 5 dishes from Judy Ann Santos, Maymay Entrata, Regine Velasquez, Jolina Magdangal, and Gelli de Belen that you can cook this Lenten Season.</i></p>

Here are 5 dishes from Judy Ann Santos, Maymay Entrata, Regine Velasquez, Jolina Magdangal, and Gelli de Belen that you can cook this Lenten Season.

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Celebrities share Lent-friendly, healthy dishes for Holy Week

Celebrities share Lent-friendly, healthy dishes for Holy Week

Nikka Sabio

Published Mar 28, 2024 09:00 AM PHT

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