Mother's Day was last weekend here in Canada. We had a family dinner at my brother's condo in Scarborough on the Sunday. While it was nice to hang out with family, I felt a bit sad because my sister wasn't there. I did wished her happy Mother's Day first thing in the morning, and extended the invite to her. But she declined. She already had plans with her three kids. My brother also sent her greetings for the occasion.
But, we still made the most of the gathering. I made baked spaghetti, vegan kare-kare (with shrimp paste as condiment), and banana bread. Kare-kare is a type of Filipino stew with a rich and thick peanut sauce usually made with oxtail and beef. I've never actually made kare-kare with meat, and have only used Astig Vegan's recipe, with a few alterations. For example, I don't use ground rice and achuete, and I usually put the eggplants later in the cooking process. Her idea to use black bean sauce as a condiment, to replace bagoong or aramang (fermented fish and shrimp, respectively) is a stroke of genius, I think. I love cooking this version of kare-kare for Manny, who's mostly vegetarian.
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