Celery Juice

This is the firs juice that I took today. It has a strong flavor but what encourages me to drink it are the health benefits that we can get. From what I have read about the celery juice it says that "the minerals and vitamins and nutrients are in perfect harmony with each other. Celery leaves are high in vitamin A, whilst the stems are an excellent source of vitamins B1, B2, B6 and C and dense in potassium, folic acid, calcium, magnesium, iron, phosphorus, sodium and essential amino acids" Learn more info about celery juice from this link:
http://www.naturalnews.com/024596_celery_juicing.html

For celery juice we need some celery and juicer.

Wash the celery well then put in a juicer to extract the juice until you obtain  a glass of it.

Drink it :-).

Torta Delight

I need to cook for lots of people that is why I made this recipe, it is simple and economical and most of all delicious and nutritious. The blending of the taste for this dish is awesome! Try it and see it for yourself.


Ingredients:
1 can tuna flakes in oil
1 apple
3 potatoes
1 carrot
1 cup corn kernel
1 red onion
1 cup sliced spring onion
1 cup flour
3 eggs

Procedure:
1.  Shred the carrot, apple and potatoes then mix all the ingredients.

 

If mixture is too dry, you can add a little water.

2.  Fried until golden brown.

 3. Serve it with your favorite dipping sauce :-).

Maja Blanca with Corn

Maja Blanca or white beauty in English is a popular dainty in the Philippines, it is very easy to make and it does not take a lot of time to to cook. Try this and surprise your love ones with this delicious white beauty with corn :D.

Ingredients:
2 cups cornstarch
5 cups coconut milk
2 cups white sugar
1 cup Nestle cream or any all purpose cream
2 cups evaporated milk
1 cup corn

corn starch

 Procedure:
1. In a pot mix all the ingredients (leave some corn to be used later)  then let it boil over medium heat.
2. Stirring occasionally until it is sticky, when it is already firm, it means it's cooked.

3. In a tray where you are going to pour it, put some corn.

4. Then pour the maja blanca, flatten evenly then refrigerate.

5. When it is already chilled, turn the tray upside down and remove the maja so that the corn will be visible.

6. Slice it to your desired serving size.

re-cooked july 29, 2014

Creamy Bicol Express

 Are you looking for something hot to eat? This is the one for you!

Ingredients:
1/2 kilo pork
1 onion
5 cloves  garlic
1 1/2 tablespoon shrimp paste ( bagoong alamang)
1/2 cup all purpose cream/Nestle cream
1 1/2 cups pure coconut milk
200 grams jalapeno or cayenne remove the seeds (Siling haba)
1/2 teaspoon ground pepper
Salt to taste

Procedure:
1. Saute garlic and onion then add the shrimp paste and saute for a minute.
2. Add the pork and ground pepper, simmer and stir occasionally.
3.If the meat is already tender add the chili, simmer for 4 minutes.
4.Add the coconut milk and all purpose cream, if it's already boiling turn off the heat, then serve it.

Sari-saring Pagkaing Pinoy na Madalas Makita sa Almusal

I just want to share some pictures of common Filipino breakfast specially to my friends from other countries.

Longganisa, kanin at pritong itlog

Kanin, ginisang sardinas at pritong itlog

Pritong tuyo

Turon (My Style)

Turon is one of the famous snacks in Philippines, but saba banana is used for it, here in my place saba is not available so I used a different variety of banana and it still tastes so delicious.

Ingredients:

spring roll wrappers
ripe banana ( it depends how many you want to make) any cooking banana can be used
sugar
oil for frying

Banana

Procedure

1. Peel the banana and slice into halves

2. Wrap properly with spring roll wrappers.

3. Deep fry it until done. Remove from oil then set aside.

 4. Melt some sugar with a little oil, once it is melted pour over the cooked banana.
5. Serve it hot :-).

Most of the turon has jackfruit inside. But in my place it's hard to find, so I just cooked a simple one.

Crab with coconut milk

Fresh and on sale at the market yesterday so I grabbed the opportunity and cooked
 ginataang talangka ( Crab with coconut milk). My father always makes this dish when I was young that's why I learned to cook it.

Ingredients:
4 crabs
2 tablespoons ginger strips
1 onion
2 cups pure coconut milk
1 cup water
some spring onion

Crabs

Procedure:
1.  Clean the crab and wash very well.
2. In a pan combine 1 cup of water and 1 cup coconut milk then put the, ginger, onion and garlic then let it boil.

Procedure #2

3. Once it is boiling add the crabs then let simmer for few minutes.

4. When it is cooked put the rest ot the coconut milk let simmer and put the spring onion then serve it hot.

Coffee Cookies

Try this delicious coffee cookies that goes well with your favorite drinks.

Ingredients:
1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
 1  teaspoon baking powder
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup butter
 1  tablespoon instant coffee
 2  tablespoons hot water
 1  egg beaten
 

Preparation:
1.Sift flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside.
2.In a mixing bowl, cream together the sugar and butter.
3.Dissolve coffee in hot water and let it cool, then mix all the ingredients thoroughly to form a cookie dough.
4.Get a portion of the dough and arrange in a lightly greased baking sheets.
5.Preheat the oven then  bake at 180 degrees celcius for 10 to 12 minutes.
6.Serve with your favorite drinks or keep it in a jar to munch it every now and then :-).

Simple Chicken Pad Thai

Sawasdee ka is "hello" in Thailand, this is always the greeting of the Thai vendor, every time I order Pad Thai at her booth. Pad Thai is at top number 5 spot in World's 50 most delicious foods readers' poll compiled by CNN Go in 2011. Make this Thai dish right at your home by following this recipe.I will make Pad Thai again but I will include the recipe for the sauce. Do not have much time when I cooked this so I just used the bottled sauce.


Ingredients for 3 servings:
1/4 kilo chicken breast
100 grams rice sticks noodles
100 grams bean sprouts (toge)
3 tablespoon fish sauce (patis)
1/4 cup crushed cashew nuts
1 egg ( fried and scrambled)
3 spring onion stalks ( cut into an inch long)
1 cup Pad Thai sauce

Pad Thai Sauce and Noodles

Procedure:
1. Cook the noodles for 13 minutes or until al dente, then drain and set aside.

2. Saute  the garlic and onion then add the chicken breast and simmer for few minutes.

3. Add the fish sauce and simmer until chicken is cooked, then add the sauce and noodles, mix well.

4. Add the bean sprouts and spring onion mix well for less than a minute then turn off the heat.

Bean sprouts

5. Chopped the scrambled egg and mix with the crushed cashew nuts, then pour  add in the noodles and mix well. Get some to sprinkle on top before serving. Enjoy!

For a homemade sauce you can combine:
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon lemon or lime  juice
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon water
1 tablespoons fish sauce

Spiral Macaroni Soup

I cooked this for my friends few weeks ago when the weather was cold.

Ingredients:

2 cups spiral macaroni
200 grams ground beef
2 hotdogs ( optional)
3 cloves garlic
1 small size onion
1 cup evaporated milk
1 small carrot
1 cup sliced spring onion
1 knorr beef cube (optional)
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:

1. Saute garlic and onion then add the ground beef, beef cube, salt and pepper,  simmer for few minutes.
 2. Add the spiral macaroni and saute for a minute, then add water that is enough to soup the macaroni until the cooking is done.
3. Stir occasionally  so that the macaroni will not stick at the bottom of the pot.
4. When it is almost done, add the carrot and simmer until tender.
5. Add the milk and spring onion, let it boil once and turn off the heat.
6. Serve it hot :-).