1. PHILIPPINES Meal Pattern 3 Meals 1 Afternoon snack Culinary Staples Beef and Fish Rice

2. PHILIPPINES Traditional Dishes: Sinangag ◦ Fried rice with garlic Kakanin ◦ Sweet rice cake Adobo Chicken or Pork ◦ Meat spiced with soy sauce, garlic, vinegar and pepper Did you know? Breakfast is traditionally savory, such as leftovers from dinner Many people enjoy fresh fruit for dessert Complementary and alternative medicine is common such as hot ginger tea for a sore throat

4. Cassava Cake is a classic Filipino dessert made from grated cassava (manioc). Cassava is also known as kamoteng kahoy and balinghoy in the Philippines. Cassava starch is also used to make tapioca.