Cellophane noodles soup

This kind of noodles soup is common to most Asian countries, as far as I can remember the first time I tasted this kind of noodles, I loved it. It's firm and smooth, and delicious. There are many recipes that can be done with cellophane noodles or sotanghon and this delicious soup is just one of it. There are also different style in making sotanghon soup and this is mine.

Ingredients:

1/4 kilo cellophane noodles ( sotanghon)
200 grams ground beef
1 cup broccoli (optional)
1 cup cabbage  (thick strips)
1/2 cup carrot ( strips)
half small onion
3 cloves garlic
salt and pepper
6 hard boiled quail's egg
water ( enough to make the sotanghon soupy)
spring onion for garnishing

Procedure:

1. Saute the garlic and onion, add the ground beef simmer for few minutes
2. Add the water thats enough for the sotanghon to be soupy until it is cooked,  let it boil, then add salt and pepper .
3. Put the sotanghon and wait until it is almost done stirring occasionally.
4. Add the the rest of the ingredients simmer for a minute
5. Turn off the heat and serve it garnished with spring onion.

Es kacang hijau

This is a very popular snack in Indonesia and Malaysia , I had one bowl of it when I went to Penang, Malaysia in 2007. If I could turn back time I will really take a picture of that moment so that I can share it in my blog, but who knows that I will have a blog in 2011? :-). Oh well, since I like that snack and it is easy to make, here is the recipe.

Ingredients:

1/4 kilo monggo
2 glasses coconut milk
1 teaspoon ginger (strips)
1 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
ice

Monggo or mungbean

Procedure:

1. Cook the monggo until it is very tender like a porridge (lugaw)
2. Put the sugar, salt and ginger continue cooking for few minutes.
3. Add the coconut milk and simmer for few minutes
4. Turn off the heat, let it cool
5. Serve in a bowl and put some ice. Enjoy your snack:-)

I remember when I was young my mom made like this for me, she used milk and without ice , but it is almost the same as this one, that's why when I saw this at the restaurant in Malaysia, I ordered one serving.

Snow Peas with ground beef

Green + crispy = delicious! to the power of 10 :-)

Ingredients:

1/4 kilo Snow peas (Chicharo)
100 grams ground beef
4 cloves garlic
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:

1. Saute garlic then add the ground beef and simmer until the pinkish color is gone
2. Add the snow peas and stir fry for few minutes then add salt and pepper to taste, simmer until done.
3. Serve it with a smile :-)

Shrimps with Spinach

I am allergic to shrimps but for my blog's sake I cooked this one, anyway I have friends who will eat it even if I can't. Spinach taste well with shrimps so it is a good combination. It's my first time to cook this dish and it's delicious!

Ingredients:

1/4 kilo shrimps (cleaned)
1 cup spinach leaves ( can be replaced with an green leafy vegetables)
3 cloves garlic (minced)
1 medium size tomato ( diced)
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:

1. Saute the garlic and tomato.
2. Add the shrimps then salt and pepper to taste, simmer for a minute
3. Add the spinach simmer for a minute then turn off the heat
4. Serve it hot.

Chayote with tuna

The word chayote is a Spanish derivative of the Nahuatl word chayohtli, but this  vegetable is originally native to Mexico and has been introduced worldwide. Costa Rica is the number one exporter of chayote to European union while Veracrus (located in Eastern Mexico) is the main exporter of chayote to United States.
When I was in Bangkok, Thailand it's not only the fruit of chayote that's eaten but as well as the leaves and stems, if I have a chance I will post that recipe here. But for now here is a chayote dish that I wanna share.

Ingredients:

2 chayote or chuchu (sayote)
1 can tuna
1 small size onion

Procedure:

1. Saute the onion add the tuna simmer for a minute
2. Add the chayote then simmer until it is cooked
3. Serve it hot and with rice.

Simple Pancake

According to the article that I've read about pancakes"archaeological evidence suggests that varieties of pancakes are probably the earliest and most widespread types of cereal food eaten in prehistoric societies whereby dry carbohydrate-rich seed flours mixed with the available protein-rich liquids, usually milk and eggs, were baked on hot stones or in shallow earthenware pots over an open fire to form a nutritious and highly palatable foodstuff"
A well known breakfast in most countries all over the world , pancake is very easy to make, although there are different varieties of making it, with milk, without milk, with different fillings, etc. But the one that I am going to share is a simple and easy one. It is really delicious.

Ingredients:
1cup flour
1 cup milk
3 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg ( beaten)
2 tablespoons butter or margarine ( melted)

Procedure:

1. In a big bowl sift (salain) together the flour, sugar, salt and baking powder
2. Then make a well or space at the center and put the beaten egg, milk and melted butter.
3. Mix it thoroughly until  smooth or firm.
4. Heat a butter or a little oil and spoon a portion of the pancake mixture and cook until both sides are brown.
5. Serve hot with pancake syrup or your favorite fruits.

I love you

The message in the picture was made with gummy candies. I was surprised when I recieved this from a friend (if that friend is a woman or a man, I wont tell hahahhahahahaha). But I appreciate the message and it is very lovely, since it is food, I want to share it to all of you.
Bottom line is .... we can be creative with the foods we eat.

Beef Galore

I cooked this for lunch today. I used hotdog and eggs as an extender because there were lots of visitors.  After eating, they said it was yummy. :-)

Ingredients:

1 kilo beef ( tenderloin or sirloin)
1 small green bell pepper
1 small yellow bell pepper
1 small red bell pepper
5 cloves garlic
1 small onion
1 cup water
1/2 kilo hotdog
hard boiled eggs ( depends how many number of persons)
1 pouch tomato sauce (250ml)
1/4 cup soy sauce

Procedure:

1. Saute the garlic and onion then add the beef and simmer for few minutes.
3. Add the tomato sauce,soy sauce, salt and pepper then simmer for 5 minutes stirring occasionally then add the water and simmer until the meat is tender.
4. Add the rest of the ingredients and simmer for few minutes, turn off the heat.
5. Serve it with rice. :-)

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Fruits and Vegetables salad

I came up with this idea after I shopped for fruits and vegetables. Fresh fruits and vegetables mmmmm yummy! Make this delicious and nutritious treat for your loved ones and I am sure that they will love you more :-).

Ingredients:

1 red apple
1/4 cup strawberry yoghurt
1/2 cup carrots
1/2 cup pineapple tidbits
1/2 cup celery stalk
1 ripe banana
1/2 cup Nestle cream

Procedure:

1. Slice the apple, banana, carrot, and celery according to your desired cuts.
2. Mix all the ingredients
3. Chill it for about an hour before serving :-)

You can add some grapes :-)

Paksiw na Pata ( Pork hocks stewed in vinegar)

I cooked this because one of my friends has requested for this recipe. I remember when I was young I always tell my father to cook this for me, because I like it a lot, but now that I am more than 30  years old I haven't had it for a long time, well it is delicious specially if the meat is so tender mmmmmm so irresistible!

Ingredients:

 1 kilo pork leg (pata)
    8 cloves garlic (crushed)
    1/2 cup soy sauce
    1 cup vinegar
    1/2 cup banana blossoms (bulaklak ng saging)
    3 cups water
    salt and pepper to taste
 

Procedure:

1. In a pot put the garlic, pata, soy sauce, vinegar, salt and pepper then allow to simmer, until the color of the soy sauce is absorbed in the meat.
3. Add the water and cover, simmer until it is tender stirring occasionally
4. Add the banana blossoms and simmer until it is done.
5. Serve it with rice :-)