How TikTok Helped Filipino Moms with Home-Cooked Meals

Our mother’s home-cooked recipes are one of the best meals we have ever tasted. When asked which recipe for a specific dish is better, we always answer, “My mom’s.” They have this unique taste buds that give them a personal twist on every home-cooked meal. And they have elevated these meals even more because of Tiktok.

How TikTok Helped Filipino Moms with Home-Cooked Meals

TikTok allows its users to post short-form videos of different genres. Dance tutorials and covers, jokes and pranks, and other entertainment-related videos. But that isn’t all of them. There’s this massive side of TikTok called #Foodtok. This hash features millions of videos showing how particular meals are cooked, from American, Korean, Chinese, Italian, and much more.

Of course, there are Filipino dishes featured here as well. You can even type a Filipino ingredient and follow it with the word “recipes.” And instantly, you’ll have many options on how you would like to cook that ingredient. This mobile application has helped Filipino moms to create new and exciting twists to the original recipes of different meals.

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Starting with snacks, here is a pancit canton recipe with corned beef and ube with buko wrapped in a Lumpia wrapper. These two are new recipes that many could try replicating.

Here is a recipe you could try for viands when you have eggplant in your pantry. It is a simple one but will surely satisfy your family’s appetite.

Another viand is this shrimp with buttery and garlicky sauce, topped with grated cheese. This dish resembles a cheesy baked tahong, but you will use shrimp instead.

Let’s move over to the sweet meals. If you’re a strawberry lover, this could be the one you can try—lumpia wrapper with a strawberry and cheese filling. And, of course, the no-bake chocolate dream cake. This dessert has been a famous recipe during the pandemic that made noise on TikTok, so it’s a must-try.