Fruit Skewers

 I have some leftover fruits from what I served yesterday to my guests. In order for it not to be rotten I decided to give it to the kids in the neighborhood because i cant consume all of it.Fruit skewer is also good for your parties, it's attractive specially if you have good variety of fruits.
We just need some skewers and variety of fruits. My leftover fruits are  just strawberries, grapes and persimmon. So I just sliced the strawberries into halves, then peeled the persimmon and sliced it to my desired pieces then put it on the skewers together with the grapes, after all the fruits were consumed, it is now ready to be served.
Enjoy eating!

Meat Bread

I like bread a lot ever since I was young, now that I know how to make it, I tried different fillings in it, I want to know what is good flavor to put and what is nice, so I tried the pork and I gave it thumbs up! You can try it too it is easy to do. Have fun baking!

Ingredients for the dough:

5 cups flour
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup fresh milk or whole milk (warm)
3 teaspoons yeast
3 eggs 
3/4 cup melted butter


Ingredients for the filling:
1/2 kilo ground pork ( or any ground meat of your choice)
3 cloves garlic
salt and pepper to taste

 Procedure for filling:
1. Saute the garlic then add the ground pork, salt and pepper then simmer until it is done.
2. Set aside.

Procedure:

1. Dissolve the yeast in the warm milk for 10 minutes ( put the yeast and leave it for 10 minutes then mix)
2. Mix all the dry ingredients, make a well in the middle, then crack the eggs and beat it there.

3. Add the butter and the milk with dissolved yeast.

4. Mix well, then knead until  the dough is formed put it in the container or big bowl and let rise for 2 hours by covering it with a damp cloth.

5. After 2 hours knead the dough for a while then slice it, make sure each slice should be around 80 grams to make one serving of bread.

6. Flatten each portion and put the pork filling and roll it, make sure each end is well sealed by pressing it.

7. Then twist it and form it like a knot ( like the picture below) and let it rise for 45 minutes.

8. After 45 minutes bake it in a preheated oven for 15-20 minutes at 180 degrees celcius.
9. Serve it with a smile :-)

Garlic Spaghetti

Light and simple spaghetti dish that you will like, the toasted garlic makes the dish aromatic and nice to chew. Mmmmmm I like the smell of the toasted garlic in every bite. I made this one in a very simple and easy way that you've never imagined hahahahahaha. Here is how I did it.

Ingredients:

1/2 kilo spaghetti
1/2 cup toasted garlic
1/4 cup olive oil

Procedure:

1. Cook the spaghetti according to its packaging procedure. Put enough salt to make it tastier. After cooking drain it and put in a big mixing bowl.

2. Add the olive oil and toasted garlic then mix well.
3. Serve it right away.

Sauted Squash and Okra with Hotdog

Squash and okra are some of my favorite vegetables so when it is the only items available in the refrigerator I came up with this recipe.  Simple but yummy. I just want to share this simple dish to all my friends, have fun cooking :-).

Ingredients:

1/2 kilo squash
1/4 kilo okra
1/4 kilo chicken hotdog
1 onion
4 cloves garlic
2 cups water
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:

1.  Saute the garlic and onion then add the squash and simmer for 2 minutes.
2. Add water and bring to boil, when it is boiling add the salt and pepper to taste, simmer until the squash is half cooked.
3. Add the okra and simmer until half cooked.
4. Add the hotdog and simmer until done.
5. Serve it hot.

Baked Apples

This recipe from my bestfriend ( Mr. Malley) is easy to do and it is delicious, a good dessert for the whole family and the ingredients are easy to find. I had my first taste of it and I want to eat the whole fruit hahahaha, you should try this it is really really good.

Ingredients:

2 big Apples
1/2 cup raisins
1/4 cup Cinnamon powder
2 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons butter
1 cup water

Procedure:

1. Preheat the oven at 180 degrees celcius.
2. Meanwhile prepare the apple by cutting the upper and bottom parts of  it and remove the core, then divide the raisins, sugar, cinnamon powder and butter into 2 parts so that we can put it on the apples equally.

 2. After process # 1 put the apple in a baking tray then put the water. and bake it for 40 minutes or until done.

3. Cool it before serving.

Mr. Malley is ready to taste the baked Apple:-)

Cashew Nut Bread

I was eating cashew nuts when something sparks in my mind to make this bread. It's delicious and I like th smell of the cashew nut in it. Try this!

Ingredients:

5 cups all purpose flour
3 eggs
3 teaspoons yeast
3/4 cup milk
3/4 cup butter
1 1/4 cup sugar
 1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup crushed cashew nuts

Procedure:

1. Combine the sugar, flour and  salt and sift together then then make a well in the middle and crack the 3 eggs there and beat it.
 2. Pour in the butter and warm milk with yeast ( let the yeast and milk stand for 10 minutes) then mix well and knead until you form a firm dough.

 

 3. Let the dough rise for 2 hours by covering it with a damp cloth.

4. After 2 hours knead the dough again then slowly combine the crushed cashew nuts, make sure it is evenly mixed.
5. Divide the mixture into 3 then form it into your desired shape and let it stand for 45 minutes before baking it.

6. Preheat the oven at 180 degrees celcius, after 45 minutes bake the bread for 15 minutes or until done.

 7. Serve it.

Vegetable Crepe

I prepared this for my friends who love to eat vegetables and they like it a lot. I do not have much time to make the crepes so I just bought the ready to use crepes from the supermarket.

Ingredients:

6 crepes
2 cups sliced lettuce
2 big tomatoes ( diced)
1 yellow bell pepper ( diced)
1 green bell pepper ( diced)
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons lemon juice
salt and pepper to taste
some cashew nuts

crepes

 Procedure:
1.  In a big mixing bowl, combine the lettuce, tomato and bell peppers

2. Add the olive oil and lemon juice mix well then add salt and pepper to taste
3. Form the crepes into cone then put the vegetable mix and top it with some cashew nuts.
4. Serve it with a smile :-).

Ginataang Gulay na may Hipon

Simply yummy!

Ingredients:

1/2 kilo squash
1/4 kilo shrimps
1 cucumber
1 big eggplant
1 big sayote
3 cups water
2 cups pure coconut milk

Procedure:

1. Put the water in a pot and bring to boil, then put the squash and the shrimps simmer for 3 minutes.
2. Add the sayote and eggplant and simmer for 3 minutes.
3. Add the okra and simmer for 2 minutes add the coconut milk and simmer.
4. Add salt if necessary and serve it hot.

Spanish Bread

Since I was young I loved Spanish bread a lot, so I decided to try baking it and it was a success. I am very happy how it turned out. So here is the simple and easy way of making it.

Ingredients:

5 cups all purpose flour
3 eggs
3 teaspoons yeast
3/4 cup milk
3/4 cup butter
1 cup sugar
 1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups shredded Cheese
bread crumbs

Procedure:

1. Combine the sugar, flour and  salt and sift together then then make a well in the middle and crack the 3 eggs there and beat it.
 2. Pour in the butter and warm milk with yeast,( let the yeast and milk stand for 10 minutes) then mix well and knead until you form a firm dough.

3. Let the dough rise for 2 hours by covering it with a damp cloth.

4. After 2 hours knead the dough again and combine the shredded cheese, by using a rolling pin knead it very well and make sure that the cheese is evenly mixed. After this process, slice a portion, around 80 grams then flatten and pull to make a long sheet then roll it to form into Spanish bread,(you can mix sugar and butter for filling, I didnt put) set aside to let it rise for another 45 minutes before baking and sprinkle it with bread crumbs.

5. Preheat the oven at 180 degrees celcius, after 45 minutes bake the bread for 15 minutes or until done.

 Serve it hot

Cinnamon Rolls

This is my first time to make Cinnamon rolls and I am happy with the result but if I have a time I will bake it again because from experience with this one, I know I can do it better. :-)

Ingredients:

5 cups all purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup warm milk
1/4 cup melted butter
3 tablespoons yeast dissolve in warm milk for 10 minutes
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 eggs
sweetened cinnamon powder

Procedure:

1. Combine the sugar, flour and  salt and sift together then then make a well in the middle and crack the 3 eggs there and beat it.

 2. Pour in the butter and warm milk with yeast, then mix well and knead until you form a firm dough.

 3. Let the dough rise for 2 hours by covering it with a damp cloth.

4. After 1 hour knead again the dough to remove the air and divide it into 2 and by using a rolling pin flatten each part, once it's flatten sprinkle a desired amount of cinnamon powder then condensed milk, roll it and cut into an inch size and arrange it in a baking pan then let it rise for 40 minutes before baking.

5. Preheat the oven at 170 degrees celcius, then bake the bread for 15 minutes or until done.
6. Serve it hot or you can top it with sugar glaze.

Recipe for the sugar glaze or toppings

Ingredients
1 1/2 cups  confectioners' sugar, sifted to remove any lumps
3 to 4 tablespoons water

Procedure:
1. Place the sugar in a medium bowl and slowly stir in the water,  a little at a time, to make a smooth sugar glaze.