Shrimp Spaghetti

I considered this a healthier option, shrimps instead of ground beef or pork, I thought the taste will not be palatable, but I was wrong, that's my assumption because I have not tried this before, now I knew that it's delicious and lighter in my tummy. :-)

Ingredients for 6 servings:
1/2 kilo spaghetti ( cooked according to its packaging procedure)
1/2 kilo shrimps ( cleaned)
4 cloves garlic
1 onion
2 1/2 cups tomato sauce
1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 cup Nestle Cream
1/2 cup grated cheese
salt and pepper to taste



Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic and onion then add the shrimps and stir until pinkish, then add the tomato sauce and simmer for 2 minutes.

2. Add the sugar, salt and pepper the simmer for few minutes, then add the Nestle cream and simmer for a minute then turn off the heat.
4. To serve you can mix together the sauce and the pasta or you can put the pasta in a serving plate and top it with sauce and grated cheese. Serve with a smile. :-)

Garlic Scallops

Scallop is:
Delicious!
Succulent!
EXPENSIVE! But I still bought it for my blog's sake :D.

Ingredients:
5 scallops
3 cloves garlic
1 calamansi or lime
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon toasted garlic for garnishing
spring onion

 

Fresh Scallop

Procedure:

1.Open the shells and remove the meat, wash well. Wash the empty shells properly and boil with water and allow to dry.

2. Heat the butter then saute the garlic, add the scallop meat and stir, squeeze the lime then add salt and pepper to taste then stir until cooked.

3. Arrange the empty half shells and put back the cooked scallop's meat and garnish with spring onion and toasted garlic then serve,.

Yellow Fried Rice

A colorful fried rice that will make you tempted to eat it, aromatic because of the powdered turmeric or yellow ginger that gives its fantastic color, I added green peas because my best friend Vince is a green peas fanatic. Vince you can get all the green peas lol.

Ingredients for 4 servings:
4 cups cooked rice
1 carrot ( minced)
1/2 cup green peas
1 cup chopped chicken
1 piece chorizo ( sliced)
4 cloves garlic
1 1/2 tablespoons turmeric powder
some spring onion
salt to taste

Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic and onion then add the chopped chicken and simmer until pinkish color is gone.
2. Add the chorizo, turmeric powder, carrots and salt then simmer for a minute.
3. Add the rice and mix well until fully mixed, stir until cooked, then add the green peas and stir until done.
4. Serve it hot with spring onion and enjoy.

Single Serving Chocolate Cake

I deserve this once in a while, I think :D - Big smile here :D .

Ingredients for 1 serving:
2 tablespoons flour
1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa powder
1 egg
1//4 teaspoon  baking powder
2 tablespoons milk
1 tablespoon oil

Procedure:
1. Mix flour, sugar, baking powder and cocoa powder in the mug.
2.In a bowl, mix together the egg, milk and oil.
3.Combine procedure # 1 & 2 then mix well, microwave for 2 minutes or bake at preaheated oven for 5 minutes or until done at 180C.
4. Serve with cocoa powder on top or chocolate syrup.

Fusilli with White Sauce

A light sauced pasta that is very palatable.

Ingredients for 5-6 servings:
1/2 kilo fusilli or spiral macaroni
3 cups all purpose cream/Nestle cream
1/4 kilo ground beef
4 cloves garlic
1 small size onion
1 cup sliced button mushrooms
salt and pepper to taste


Procedure:
1.  Cook the fusilli according to its packaging procedure, drain and set aside.
2. Saute the garlic and onion, then add the ground beef and mushrooms, cover and simmer for few minutes until fully cooked.
3. Add the all purpose cream then mix it well then simmer for 2 minutes.
4. Add salt and pepper to taste then serve it by mixing the pasta and the sauce or just top the sauce on the fusilli.

Sauteed Oriental Veggies

A delicious vegetable dish that goes well with fried fish or meat. I put all the vegetable in one go, and to make this you need to slice the vegetable with calculation, like do not slice the squash thickly and do not slice the bitter melon thinly or else it may result to a raw squash while other veggies were already overcooked.

Ingredients:
2 pieces bitter melon (amplaya)
1/2 kilo squash
1/2 kilo bottle gourd ( upo)
1/2 kilo eggplant
1/4 kilo ground pork or beef
1 onion
4 cloves garlic
1/2 cup soy sauce
2 cups water
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1.Saute the garlic and onion then add the ground meat and stir until the pinkish color is gone.
2.Add the water, soy sauce, salt and pepper to taste then simmer.
3.Add all the vegetables then simmer until cooked.
4. Serve it hot.

Mely's Kitchen Sticky Rice with Mango

A simple glutinous rice recipe that is good for all occasions. These two main ingredients ( glutinous rice and mango) goes well together.

Ingredients:
2 cups glutinous rice
1/2 cup white sugar( or according to your taste)
2 cups coconut milk
2 mangoes ( slice into batonettes)

Procedure:
1. In a pot combine the glutinous rice, sugar and coconut milk then cover and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally.
2. When the coconut milk is almost dry, reduce the heat to low then cover and simmer until fully cooked, then allow to cool.
3. After cooling, scoop some rice  then put over a foil and flatten it evenly, then put some mango slices, roll like a sushi.

4. Cut into desired size then sprinkle with crushed cashew nuts or sesame seeds then serve, or you can put some coconut cream before serving.

Note: In cutting this, wet the knife with water so that the rice won' stick and easier to cut.

Mely's Kitchen Lasagna

 

It was fun when I made this lasagna. forgive me that I have not posted yet on how to make the long lasagna sheet. It's a very good alternative from the lasagna that we can buy at the market where we need to boil it, this one is like an instant lasagna sheet, because we can use it right after making it. Yes, no need to boil it, sounds great? I will be posting soon on how to make it, but for now I want to share this version from my kitchen.

Ingredients:

Long lasagna sheet ( I will be posting soon on how to make this, sorry)

1/2 kilo ground beef

3 packs tomato sauce ( 250g each)
1/2 cup Nestle cream
1 tablespoon white sugar
1/4 kilo Mozarella cheese ( scraped)
1  onion
5 cloves garlic
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1.Saute garlic and onion, then add the ground beef,salt and pepper then simmer for few minutes until the pinkish color of the beef disappeared.
2. Add the tomato sauce and sugar, simmer for few minutes until the ground beef is fully cooked, then add the Nestle cream and simmer for a minute then turn off the heat.

3. Spread the lasagna sheet then spread the sauce evenly and add the cheese, then roll it.

4. Put the rolled lasagna in a baking pan, then pour the resst of the sauce to cover it and sprinkle with cheese, then baked in a pre-heated oven for 40 minutes or until done at 180C.

5. Once done, allow to cool for 15 minutes before serving.

Check other Lasagna Recipes:

Baked Lasagna

Rolled Lasagna

Sauteed Bottle Gourd

Bottle gourd or upo in Filipino language is a kind of vegetable that is watery and light in taste, but cooking it with a right combination of other ingredients, we can make a delicious dish from it, like this recipe it's simply sauteed with pork and added with annatto ( atsuete) to enhance the color and aroma, presto! a delicious dish that you can not resist.

Ingredients:
1 whole bottle gourd
1/2 kilo pork
4 cloves garlic
1 piece onion
1/2 cup soy sauce
1 teaspoon annatto powder or 1/2 cup annatto extract ( atsuete)
salt and pepper to taste

Bottle gourd

Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic and onion then add the pork and continue to saute until half cooked. Then add the soy sauce, atsuete, salt and pepper to taste then simmer for 2 minutes.

2. Add the bottle gourd and simmer until tender then turn off the heat.

3. Serve it hot and do not forget to smile :-).

Sauteed Shrimp Paste

Shrimp paste is a fermented krill or baby shrimps. There are lots of Filipino dishes that calls for shrimp paste or bagoong alamang, but I love the pure sauteed shrimp paste, it's really a good appetizer, and putting a little Sprite in it makes me crave for more, try it.

Ingredients:
1 cup shrimp paste ( Bagoong alamang)
1/4 kilo pork's fat
6 cloves garlic
1/2 cup Sprite
some chili ( optional)

Procedure:
1. Put the fat in a pan the cook it until the oil comes out, then continue to cook it until brownish.
2. Add the garlic then saute until golden brown, add the shrimp paste and chili, then mix well. Simmer until cooked.
3.Add the Sprite then simmer for few minutes and turn off the heat. Let cool.
4. Keep in an air tight jar and use it anytime you want.