Chocolate Ice Candy

A delicious ice candy with soft ice by adding a corn starch to the mixture.

Ingredients for 1 dozen Ice candy:
1 cup water
1 cup evaporated milk
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup water with 1 tablespoon cornstarch ( dissolved well)
2 tablespoons Milo or Ovaltine

Procedure:
1. Boil  1 cup water, then add the water with dissolved corn starch ( mix well before adding to avoid lumps) stir very well until it boils, then add the Milo and mix well until dissolved, add sugar and simmer until dissolved then turn off the heat.
2. Add the evaporated milk then let cool.
3. Use a funnel then wrap and freeze until frozen.
4. Serve and enjoy.

soft ice, yummy!

Buttered Vegetables

This is a perfect side dish for your meat or fish.

Pancit Sinabaw

The not so popular pancit sinabaw from Davao region of Philippines, I do not know if other provinces or regions in the Philippines also have this, let me know. The usual pancit is guisado which is dry, this one is sinabaw that's why it is soupy because sinabaw or sinabawan is a Visayan word for soup or something that is soupy. I like this way of cooking pancit specially during rainy days.

Lumpia Ubod

Our viand yesterday afternoon was ginisang ubod ( sauted coconut pulps), and there are some leftover so I decided to make it into lumpia.

Ingredients:
ginisang ubod ( Click here for the recipe)
Lumpia wrapper
oil for frying

Procedure:
1. Spoon a portion of the ginisang ubod, then wrap well with a lumpia wrapper, repeat the process until everything is done.
2. Deep fry until golden brown.
3. Serve with dipping sauce and a sweet smile :-).

Don't waste food!! It's part of God's blessings. Learn to recycle the leftover.

Banana Delight

A delicious dessert that is very easy to make, how about surprising your loved ones this weekend with banana delight after a meal?

Ingredients for 8-10 servings:
3/4 kilo sliced banana ( you can use lakatan, cavendish, latondan)
1/2 cup condensed milk or according to your taste
1 1/2 cup Nestle Cream
Some Hershey Kisses chocolate

Procedure:
1. Combine the milk and cream then add the sliced banana, and mix well.

2. Top with shredded chocolate, cover and refrigerate before serving. If you have some extra Chocolate kisses, you can top each serving with it.

Avocado Ice Candy

It is perfect to spend time with the family this weekend while savoring the creamy avocado ice candy and have some fun. The kids will surely enjoy this and those who are kids at heart :-).

Ingredients:
1 piece medium size avocado
6 cups water
1 cup fresh or evaporated milk
1 cup condensed milk
1 1/2 cup sugar or to taste
50 ice candy wrapper

Procedure:
1. In a blender put the water, sugar and avocado then blend well until smooth.
2. Put in a pitcher and add the milks and mix well, use a funnel then fill the ice candy wrapper with the mixture and tie the end of the plastic tightly.
3. Freeze until frozen, then serve and enjoy.

Lukot Salad

This is not a green colored rice noodles, but this is a secretion from a sea slug which the Visayans called "Lukot"  Have you tasted this before? You should try this delicious salad.

Sauteed Mushrooms

I love mushrooms because it has a natural meaty flavor. It's very yummy even if you just simply saute it.

Ingredients:
1/2 kilo mushrooms
3 cloves garlic
4 tablespoon soy sauce
spring onion

Procedure:
1. Slice the mushrooms then wash and set aside to remove extra water
2. Saute the garlic then add the mushrooms and saute for a minute.
3. Add the soy sauce then continue to saute for 3 minutes or until done.
4. Put some spring onion, then mix well and serve it hot.

Pastel de Lengua

Tasty, juicy and creamy is what I can described for this beef tongue recipe. So perfect with steamed rice and the meaty and nutty  taste of the tongue will make you crave for more Try this easy to make recipe.

Bread Cup Pizza

A simple treat that taste great.

Ingredients:
10 bread slices
5 hot dog ( sliced  slantingly)
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
1 onion ( sliced into rings)
1 1/2 cups tomato sauce
1 teaspoon sugar

Procedure:
1. Remove the sides of the bread, then press it unto muffin cups and bake in a pre-heated oven for 3 minutes at 180C. This is to harden the bread and have a crusty texture.

2. Mix the tomato sauce and sugar, then spread it over the baked bread, put the sliced hot dog, onion and sprinkle with cheese.

3. Put back in the oven and bake for 5 minutes or until the cheese is melted. Serve it with a smile.

Braised Shrimps

A succulent shrimp bits recipe that goes well with steamed or fried rice. Easy to cook too.

Pork Sinigang with Tanglad

I am just curious about the result of sinigang with lemon grass or tanglad since tanglad is very popular with tinola. I like the aroma of tanglad in a soup and I found out that sinigang with tanglad is also the best, the perfect taste of sinigang together with the aroma of tanglad is a perfect appetite booster. Try it.

Shrimp Rolls

An easy to cook recipe that can't go wrong, 100% guaranteed :-) This is very good during special gatherings.

How to Cook Tapioca in 10 Minutes

I've already shown how to cook tapioca perfectly , but due to lots of questions I received about cooking tapioca, I tried some experiment on how to cook it in a shorter period of time to avoid consuming too much gas or electricity I was amazed by the result that it worked this way.

Ingredients:
1/2 kilo tapioca
 5 litres water

Procedure:
1. Put the water in a big pot then bring to a boil, when it is boiling increase to heat to high then drop the tapioca while stirring the water to avoid it from sticking to each other. Let simmer for 10 minutes while stirring occasionally.
2. After  10 minutes turn off the heat, and just leave it covered for 2 hours, without opening it so that the heat will continue cooking the tapioca.
3 After 2 hours and it's already transparent, drain it and wash with water and use your hand to separate the lumps. Drain and this is now ready to be used for different recipes.


You can use this method in cooking small sago.

Stir Fried Shrimps and Mushrooms

Shrimps can be cooked quickly that's why when my 2 friends arrived yesterday, just in time for my dinner, I cooked this and invited them to join me. We had a good dinner with this dish together with egg omelette and rice :-).

Chicken Tanglad

A simple chicken dish that's budget friendly and smells just like tinola because of the lemon grass. Have you tried this before?

Mely's Kitchen Pork and Chicken Adobo

I need to feed 20 persons that's why I put an egg as an extender to my pork and chicken adobo since I do not have carrots and potatoes. Nothing's left after the dinner and my friend's were satisfied. :-).

Ingredients:
1 kilo chicken
1 kilo pork
2 dozens cooked quail's egg
1 cup soy sauce
1 cup vinegar
4 cloves garlic
1 small onion
1 small bell pepper

Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic and onion then add the chicken, pork, ground pepper, vinegar and soy sauce, . Cover and let simmer for 5 minutes over medium heat. After 5 minutes, stir and mix well, continue to simmer until the meat is tender.

3. Continue to simmer until fully cooked, then increase the heat to make the sauce thicker then turn off the heat, put the eggs and serve.

Tipid Lumpia

This spring roll is very economical yet yummy, I cooked this for my friends who are practicing their program presentation when I visited them, so I volunteered to prepare them something to eat. They were surprised how I made lots of lumpia with just few ingredients :-).

Macaroni Tapioca Salad

There were lots of kids in the church today practicing a dance, that's why I invented this so that they can have a snack after their practice, they were so excited when they have tasted it, they were surprised how yummy it is.

Hot and Spicy Pork Adobo

An adobo cooked by my friend, which he served to us when we visited him, while we were eating I told him that I would love to post it because it's so yummy I almost forgot my problem lol. The tangy taste of vinegar and soy sauce was just perfect. Thank you Mr. Rupert for allowing me to post this.


Ingredients:
1/2 kilo pork
4 pieces hot dog ( slice to your desired size)
2 big potatoes ( sliced into quarter)
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup vinegar
1/4 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
1/4 teaspoon ground laurel / bayleaf
1 cup water
6 pieces chili pepper or labuyo
4 cloves garlic

Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic then add the pork and braise for few minutes until the natural juice comes out.
2. Add the soy sauce, sugar, ground pepper, laurel and chili then simmer for 3 minutes then add the water, simmer until the meat is tender.
3. Add the potato, simmer until tender then add the hot dog and vinegar, simmer until cooked.
4. When everything is done, increase the heat to high allowing the sauce to boil and becomes thick, then turn off the heat.
5. Serve hot with a smile.

Contributed by: Mr. Ruperto Angeles

Rice Puto With Cheese

Perfect for a snack, simple and easy to cook.

Ingredients for 8 servings:
1 cup rice flour ( giniling na bigas)
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 cup coconut milk
1 egg beaten
pinch of  salt
1/2 cup sugar
some cheese for toppings

Procedure:
1. Sift together the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar, then pour the coconut milk and egg then  mix well, until the batter is smooth in texture.
2. Put the banana leaves into the molder properly, then pour the batter around 3/4 full. ( If banana leaves is not available just grease the molder before pouring the batter.)
3.Steam for 35 minutes  then put the cheese and continue to steam until it's done.
4. Serve anytime you want it.

Sardines Bread Pizza

I prepared this for some friends and they loved it so much. I added liquid cheese for extra flavor.

Ingredients for 5 servings:
10 slices bread
2 cans sardines in tomato sauce ( drained)
1 1/2 cup tomato sauce
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1 onion minced
2 tablespoons Nestle Cream
salt and pepper to taste
1/2 cup grated cheese

Procedure:
1.Preheat the oven at 180C. Then bake the bread slices for 3 minutes, then take out from the oven and set aside
2. Saute the onion then add the drained sardines, simmer for a minute.
3. Add the tomato sauce, sugar, salt and pepper then simmer for 2 minutes, add the Nestle cream, stir and turn off the heat.
4. On the baked bread, spread the sauce evenly, sprinkle with cheese then bake for 5 minutes or until the cheese is melted.

5. Serve with love :-).

You can top it with melted cheese for extra flavor.

Simple Rice Salad

Easy to prepare yet yummy and satisfying. I ate this during my lunch, I just partnered it with pork crackling :D Excellent! Better and healthier than fried rice. Try it.

Pork and Shrimp Siomai

After making my siomai wrapper I want to test it, so I made this pork and shrimp siomai, the result about the wrapper is fine. The siomai is yummy with additional tangy flavor from the shrimps, you will surely ask for more.

How to Make Pizza Crust

Do you love making pizza? Make your own pizza crust and enjoy a delicious crunchy crust pizza that better than bought ones. Here is a simple way to make a pizza crust.

Eggplant Omellette (Tortang Talong)

I have lots of friends who do not like eggplant because they said it is not yummy and there is no flavor at all.
 Well, I do not agree because if you know how to cook it, it is yummy, it goes well with other ingredients.
The recipe that I liked for eggplant is tortang talong or eggplant omellette like the one in the picture that's shared to us by Miss Gloria Resurreccion.


Ingredients:

6 eggplants
3 eggs
1/4 cup flour
salt and pepper to taste


Procedure:
1. Grilled the eggplant or boil until it is cooked. 
2. Remove the skin and flatten it. Set aside.
3. In a bowl beat the eggs, add the flour, salt and pepper, mix will.
4.Put the eggplant in the mixture,  coat it well, and fry it.
5. Serve it hot.

Contributed by: Miss Gloria Resurreccion.

Simple Bibingka With Cheese

A delicious bibingka with cheese that will boosts your appetite when you smell its aroma, mmmmm yummy.

Ingredients for 4 servings:
1 cup all purpose flour
1 egg ( beaten)
2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup fresh milk
pinch of salt
some cheese for toppings
wilted banana leaves

Procedure:
1. Sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt, set aside.
2.Pour the milk to the sifted ingredients then mix well,  add the beaten eggs and mix  until fully combined and smooth.
3. Put a wilted banana leaves in the molder that you are going to use then fill it with the bibingka mixture up to 3/4 full, and bake for 25 minutes or until done in a pre-heated oven at 180C.
4. After 25 minutes top it with cheese and continue baking for 5 minutes and turn off the heat.
5.Serve with a smile.

Pork Broccoli

I cooked this dish from a friends request. I made it simple and budget friendly, but still it is yummy. I hope you will like it.

Ingredients for 3 servings:

1 head of broccoli (regular size)
1/4 kilo pork
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 onion
3 cloves garlic
2 cups
1 1/2 teaspoon corn starch dissolve in 1 tablespoon water
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:

1. If the pork that you will use has fats,  toast the fats then saute the garlic and onion.
2. Put the rest of the pork together with the soy sauce and simmer for a minute.

3. Add the water and bring to a boil.
4. Increase the heat then add the broccoli stirring constantly until it is half cooked then add the dissolved corn starch, salt and pepper then simmer until cooked.

5. Serve it hot.