There is nothing like home-cooked meals to cap a tiring or a particularly stressful day. Apart from being prepared and cooked with love, these hearty, all-too familiar meals are tangible expressions of our mums’ love and affection, as well as of their promise to always nurture their children and their family.
My Mama has been gone for 8 years now but each time I taste a dish that tasted so much like her meals, it immediately brings me back to my childhood when my Mama would prepare all those delicious dishes for me and my siblings, it instantly brings me back to the time when I am eating the same dish in our dining table, bringing back all my fond memories of childhood, along with the warmth of my Mama’s love. The all-too familiar taste reminds me so much of the flavor of home.
My Mama is an excellent cook, try as I may, I will probably never be at par with the magic she can whip in the kitchen. But it is a good thing that through products like Knorr, I am never closer to achieving these familiar flavors of home in my own kitchen and serve these meals to my family.
This is what the recently-launched Knorr Video is all about. Aptly called “Flavour of Home,” the video depicts the story of Carmen who works far away in the Arctic and is brought back home at once through the familiar dishes prepared with Knorr that brings the delicious flavor of home and her mum’s cooking to her.
The emotional and heart-warming video portrays the latest research commissioned by Knorr stating that flavors make people feel happy and comforted. The same research also shows that no matter how much time has passed, people still find their mum’s cooking to be one of the greatest flavors on earth and that a great number of people agrees that a single taste of their mum’s cooking is enough to bring happy and fond memories of childhood, and I really cannot agree more.
Watch the video and let me know which dishes remind you so much of your childhood and the flavor of home. As for me, my mum’s spaghetti, kare-kare {stewed oxtail}, and dinuguan {pork blood stew} are just a few of my favorites.
Knorr in a nutshell
Knorr is one of the largest food brands in the world and their great-tasting products, including the iconic bouillon cubes and soups are sold in more than 87 countries. They have over 300 dedicated chefs who are true culinary experts representing more than 48 nationalities, making the company one of the biggest employers of professional chefs worldwide. Knorr is also committed to a sustainable future, responsibly sourcing agricultural ingredients and building sustainable practices.
This post has been sponsored by Knorr, however all thoughts and opinions are 100% my own.
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There is definitely something special about any mom’s cooking. I pray that my kids will also consider my cooking as a source of comfort for them in the future. God bless you.
i am sure they will! 🙂
I must agree that there is really something special on our own mum’s cooking. My mother is not a great cook herself. Ang perfect nya ang is adobo and spaghetti. But everytime she’d cook those 2, para kaming nasa heaven ng mga kapatid ko. And for me, no one. As in no one can cook adobo and spaghetti better than my mama. 🙂
i guess that is typical of us who are big fans of our mums’ cooking. i feel the same, like no one can cook dishes the way my Mama did! 🙂
I can vividly remember cold afternoons being warmed by Knorr soup back then. They are just perfect for the cold weather.
so true!
Of course I love my mum’s cooking and I’m happy to say I’m still able to enjoy her dishes. 🙂 It’ll be different for my kids though. I can’t cook. So they’ll probably remember my husband’s cooking with fondness instead.
you are very lucky to still enjoy your mum’s cooking! it is never too late to work on your signature dish so your children will have a dish to remember you by 🙂
just like you sis dinuguan is my pick..mom cooked it differently..she put a cocomilk in cooking dinuguan
cocomilk should be interesting in dinuguan sis. my Mama sometimes used santol in her dinuguan, instead of just the usual vinegar.
Food brings a lot of memories particularly those dishes that taste exactly like the original flavor that you have in mind. It’s great that Knorr can make this happen for you.
that is so true. this post can never be more timely as i have been craving for my Mama’s cooking for a while now.
I am trying my best to make my own trademark when it comes to home cooking. My dishes are not five-star restaurant type but I can be proud that most of the time, they like my dishes better than other food outside.
it is a mum’s joy to know that her children love her cooking, well done mommy! i hope to achieve the same, although i have a lot to learn in the kitchen 🙂
Lovely video. It’s amazing how memories are evoked just by tasting a dish or smelling its aroma. I do hope I’m creating memories also with my own cooking. 🙂
i am not much of a cook but that is my goal, too 🙂
I miss Knorr Cubes. Kaso I’ve been preggy/breastfeeding past few years so I’ve been avoiding it, but yes, brings back memories of home and my mom’s cooking
sure does. hopefully, you can use Knorr on your homecooked meals soon.
Homecooking always does the trick. There’s nothing like home cooking to comfort you.
i totally agree!