Glorious Green Beans

Something that you must try. It is really yummy because the beans cooked this way is crispy plus the flavor of the toasted garlic blends well with the rest of the ingredients.

Ingredients:

1/4 kilo green beans
2 tablespoons oyster sauce
8 cloves garlic ( minced)
olive oil

Procedure:

1. In a pan heat the olive oil and toast the garlic ( remove it from a pan and set aside)
2. Put the green beans and saute it until it is cook then remove from the pan.
3. Arrange in a platter and garnish with oyster sauce and toasted garlic
4. Serve it hot, mmmmmm really yummy!

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Orange chicken

Mmmmmmm a flavorful Chinese-American chicken dish that your loved ones will surely like. This dish originated from Hunan cuisine (combination of 3 regional cuisine in China). Orange chicken became popular in most of the fast food restaurants in America using a variation from the original recipe introduced by a popular Chinese cooking teacher Eileen Yin-Fei Lo . Some cooking procedure for this recipe are difficult to follow for beginners, so I make a simple one and here it is.


Ingredientsfor 5 servings:
3  oranges
1/2 kilo chicken
3 cloves garlic
1 piece onion
2 tablespoons soy sauce
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic and onion
2. Add the chicken and soy sauce and braise for few minutes.
3. Add the orange juice, salt and pepper to taste
4. Simmer until the orange juice becomes thick
5. Serve it with fresh orange toppings.

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Avocado delight

I just arrived from the market and looking for something to eat, so I made this simple salad, of course this is delicious. :-)

Ingredients:

1/2 small red apple
1 avocado
1/2 carrot
3 tablespoons Nestle cream
2 tablespoons condensed milk

Procedure:

1.  Slice the carrot, avocado and apple to your desired size.
2. Mix all the ingredients  then serve or chill before serving.

Kalderetang Bola-bola

Treat your love ones with this economical dish but very yummy. Simple and easy to prepare.

Ingredients for the meatballs:

1/2 kilo ground beef
1/4 cup flour
dash of salt and pepper

Ingredients for Main Dish:
Meatballs
2 medium size potatoes ( sliced)
1 medium size carrot (sliced)
3 cloves garlic
1 small onion
1 cup tomato sauce
1/2 cup olives (optional)
 tablespoon bread crumbs mixed with 1/2 cup milk ( to thicken the soup)

Procedure:

1.For the meatballs mix all the ingredients for it, form into balls and fried it, set aside.
2. Saute garlic and onion add the potatoes, carrots and tomato sauce simmer for few minutes then add 1/2 glass of water and bring to a boil.
3. Simmer until the carrots and potatoes are tender, add the meatballs and the breadcrumbs with milk
4. Simmer until it is done and serve it hot.

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Ginataang Gulay- Vegetable cooked in coconut milk

Not too much vegetables in my place to go with this dish, so I just used some that goes well together and I based this recipe for a place where you can buy only bottled coconut milk that is why my procedure is different from a place where I can use fresh coconut milk. One day God willing when I can go back to Philippines I will be posting again this dish, I am sure it will be a better one because the ingredients will be completed, but for now I am happy with this, because I really like to eat vegetable with coconut milk.

Ingredients:

1/2 kilo squash
1 sayote or chayote
1 eggplant
half onion
fried fish
1 1/2 glass water
1 glass or 200ml coconut milk

Procedure:

1. In a pot put the water ,onion and fish, bring to a boil.
2. Add the squash simmer until it is almost half cooked
3. Add the eggplant and sayote simmer until almost done
4. Add the coconut milk and simmer until cook.
5. Serve it.

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Fish Paksiw

Fish Paksiw or stewed fish in vinegar is one of the popular dishes in Philippines, the taste is uniquely delicious because the blending of the spices and vinegar taste penetrates up to the bone of the fish making it so flavorful.

Ingredients:

1/2 kilo fish
1/2 cup vinegar
half of an onion
thumb size ginger
some chili
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:

1. In a pot put all the ingredients and let it boil.
2. If the taste of the vinegar is so strong, you can add a little water.
3. Simmer for few  minutes until it is cook.
4. Serve it with some chili on top.

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Empanada

Empanada recipe was first published in Latin language cookbook in 1520. It originated in Spain and Portugal and became a popular dish in Latin America and some other countries. Each country has its own way of serving  the dish and has its own filling. I will share the South American way. I learned this from Marina ( my Argentinian friend).

Ingredients:
10 empanada wrapper( I bought the ready to use at the market)
1/4 kilo pork
3 pieces hotdog ( small diced)
3 cloves garlic (minced)
1 small onion (minced)
2 hard boiled eggs

Procedure:
1. Saute garlic and onion, add the ground pork
2. Simmer for few minutes then add the hotdog and simmer until it is cooked. Set aside and let it cool.
3. Chopped the eggs and mix with the beef mixture. Mix well.

4. In the empanada wrapper put the filling as shown in the picture above then flip the other side of the wrapper and sealed it by pressing it with a fork.

5. In a pan heat the oil, and deep fry the empanada until it’s done.
6. Serve it with your favorite drinks.

Recipe for the wrapper
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons oil or olive oii
1 cup of warm water (about 250 ml)
1 level teaspoon of salt


Place the flour in a bowl add the warm water and the oil slowly then stir the salt and mix well.
Knead the dough until it is very firm then leave it for 45 minutes to rise.
Flatten the dough with a rolling pin until you reach the desired thickness of the wrapper.
Fill the dough with the filling then fry.

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Hard boiled egg with Oyster sauce

I made this recipe randomly, because I just want to have a hard boiled egg ....not really hungry, but when I was about to cook the eggs, I saw the bottle of oyster sauce, so I started to think what I can do with it, and I came up with this recipe. The blending of the flavor is a very good appetizer. Try it.

Ingredients:

2 hard boiled eggs ( sliced)
1 small Onion
2 tablespoons oyster sauce

Procedure:

1. Saute the onion then arrange in a platter to be the base of the hard boiled eggs
2. Put the hard boiled eggs and top it with oyster sauce.
3. Serve it with a smile :-)

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Food decoration 3

Last time, I posted about how to make a flower from a carrot and cucumber ruban slices, now I am going to share how to make a rose from tomato skin. Yes! From tomato skin! It is very easy but unique.
First we need a tomato

Then we need to cut the top part of the tomato but we  leave a little part still attached

From that point , we will start  peeling the tomato, until we reach the bottom part

After we removed the tomato skin, from the bottom part, we will start to roll it like this

Just keep on rolling until we finish forming a flower, like these

big rose

small rose

I hope that you like this food decoration, the next time you serve salad to your loved ones, use this as a decoration and I am sure that they will like it. :-) Have fun!

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Classic Maja Blanca

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This is one of the desserts that I like , creamy and sweet, this can be serve also as a snack. I am sure you cant resist its white beauty :) because that is the English meaning of maja blanca :) I know the Spanish people are smiling :-) . You can adjust this recipe, if you want to make more just double the ingredients.

Ingredients:
1 1/4 cup cornstarch
3 cups coconut milk
1 cup white sugar
1 small can evaporated milk
1/4 cup toasted peanut ( pound or dinikdik)

Procedure:

1. In a pot mix all the ingredients and bring to a boil over medium heat.
2. Stirring occasionally until it will become sticky, when it is already firm, it means its already cooked
3. In a tray where you are going to pour it, put the pound peanuts
4. Then pour the maja blanca, let it cool or refrigerate it.
5. When it is already chilled, turn the tray upside down and remove the maja so that the peanuts will be visible.
6. Slice it to your desired serving size.