Ginger watermelon Juice and Its Health Benefits

A delicious and nutritious juice with a kick of minty flavor from ginger that will make you say ahhhhhhhhhh.
This juice is good for blood flow, abundant with anti oxidant that can help repair our damaged cells, and it contains an amino acid citrulline that converts to arginine in our body. Arginine is necessary for healthy cardiovascular and immune functioning. Plus ginger has important healing properties and is good in boosting our immune system. So what are you waiting for? Grab a glass of  this juice now. :)

For this glass I used a thumb size ginger and 400 grams watermelon

By using a juicer extract the juice then serve.

Oriental Style Bean Sprouts

Oriental style Sauted bean sprouts is one of the best bean sprouts recipes, its fully loaded and the blending of the taste is perfect! For vegetable lovers have a go for this dish, I am very sure that you will like this. :)

Ingredients:
1/2 kilo Bean sprouts
1/4 kilo Shrimps
2 squares tofu ( cubed and fried)
1 carrot ( sliced into strips)
1/2 cup celery stalks
1 red bell pepper
1 onion
3 cloves garlic
salt and pepper to taste

Bean Sprouts

Procedure:
1.Wash the bean sprouts properly and set aside.
2. Saute the garlic and onion, then add the shrimps then simmer for a minute.
3. Add the carrots, bell pepper and celery, then simmer for another minute.
4. Add the rest of the ingredients and simmer until done.
5. Turn off the heat and serve it hot.

Prawns with Tomatoes

A friend in the church gave these prawns and I decided to cook it with tomatoes so that it will not take a long time to cook because it is almost dinner time.

Ingredients:
1 kilo prawns
1/2 kilo tomatoes
5 cloves garlic
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic then the tomatoes, let simmer until soften.
2. Add salt and pepper to taste then the prawns, simmer until done.
3. Serve hot.

Kinamatisang Isda

 Today is June 20,2013 and I just cooked this kinamatisang isda that is why I added in this post.This time I used salmon.

I cooked this dish for a person who loved soup so much :) I am thankful that I was able to cook for him. This is a savory fish soup.

Ingredients:
1/2 kilo fish fillet
5 tomatoes
2 cayenne pepper or siling haba
1 onion
spring onion
1/4 cup fish sauce (patis)
2 cups water

Procedure:
1. Put all the ingredients in a cooking pot except the water, then cover and let simmer over medium heat.

2. Simmer until the tomatoes are liquify then add the 2 cups of water and let boil and simmer for 5 minutes
then add the spring onions.

3. Continue simmering, add salt if  necessary then serve hot.

Special Lechon Kawali

For  me lechon kawali is one of the best pork belly dishes and easy to do. By using a deep frying pan and oil, the pork belly is roasted until crispy, then served with a delicious dipping sauce.

Ingredients:
1/2 kilo Pork Belly( cut into an inch thick, boiled)
1/4 cup lime or calamansi juice
4 tablespoons soy sauce
1/2 cup sprite (this will make the meat tender)
1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
salt to taste

Procedure:
1. Mix all the ingredients, then marinate for few hours or overnight.
2. Deep fry the pork belly until it is cook.
3. Cut into bite size and serve with your favorite sauce. :)

Fried Tilapia Bistek Style

Bored of just fried tilapia? Add a spice to it and turn it into a more delicious dish by having a little twist with it. Chop some onion squeezed a lemon and if bitter melon is available add some, pronto! a new delicious dish is ready to be served. Enjoy!

Ingredients:
3 fried Tilapia
2 onions ( sliced into rings)
1 bitter melon
1/4 cup lemon juice or calamansi
1/2 cup soy sauce
2 cups water
ground pepper ( optional)

Procedure:
1. Saute the onion then add the bitter melon after 2 minutes remove it all and set aside.
2. Pour in the water, soy sauce, ground pepper and lemon juice then let boil, add some sauteed onion and simmer for few minutes.
3. Add the fried tilapia and simmer allowing the fish to be soften, then add the sauteed onion and bitter melon.
4. Simmer for a minute and turn the heat off.
5. Serve it hot.

Cucumber and Ginger Juice and Its Health Benefits

I combined these 2 ingredients because I admire the health benefits of both cucumber and ginger , according to health experts"ginger  works wonders in treatment of everything from cancer to migraine."  Wow, that's amazing!  While cucumber can " help reduce acidity in the body, improving symptoms of ulcers and other disturbances in the body's pH levels." A good juice combination that you must try.

For a glass of cucumber and ginger juice we need the following:
400 grams cucumber
an inch of ginger

 Wash thoroughly then extract the juice and enjoy it.