Aloha Fried Rice

A very nice tasting fried rice, all of the ingredients blended well to make you want for more :-).

Ingredients for 3-4 servings:
3 cups rice
2 eggs ( scrambled and fried)
1/2 cup diced different color bell peppers
1 cup pineapple tidbits
1 cup diced ham
3 cloves garlic (minced)
1 onion ( minced)
salt to taste

Procedure:
1.Saute the garlic and onion, then add the ham and carrots then simmer for a minute.

2. Add the rice and salt  then combine well then stir for few minutes.

 3. Add the fried egg and pineapple, stir and combine thoroughly then turn off the heat.
 4. Serve it hot. :-)

Young Corn with Ground Beef

This dish is very easy to prepare and budget friendly. I cooked this for friends who arrived at my place unexpectedly, these are the ingredients that I have when I checked my stocks so that I can prepare delicious meal for them, so I just make something from what I have and it turned out delicious and they liked it.  You can try this.

Ingredients:
some young corn ( slice to your desired size)
1 cup ground beef
3 cloves garlic (minced)
1 green bell pepper ( slice  to your desired style)
1 onion
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon tomato sauce
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. Saute he garlic and onion then add the ground beef and simmer until the pinkish color is gone.
2. Add the soy sauce, tomato sauce salt and pepper  then simmer for a minute.
3. Add the young corn and bell pepper then simmer until cooked.
4. Serve it hot with rice :-) .

Simpleng Nilagang Baka

This is the easiest way of cooking beef "nilaga" or Stew. Stewing in Asia is different from other continents. Stewing specially in Philippines use only plain water or rice washing without putting any soup thickening ingredients, like tomato sauce. Simple and easy to prepare but delicious.

 Ingredients:
1/2 kilo beef
1/4 kilo  cabbage or pak choi
1 small size onion
2 medium size potaoes
a pinch of whole black pepper
thumb size ginger
8 glasses rice washing
dash of salt.

Procedure:
1. In a pot put the rice washing, ginger, onion, black pepper and  let it boil.
2. Put the beef and simmer until the meat is tender.
3. Add the potatoes then cover until it's cook.
4. Add the cabbage, and spring onion  simmer for 1 minute.
5. Dash with salt then turn off the heat and serve. :-)

Homemade Pork Tocino

100% no coloring. Even tastes better than the one that you can buy at the market, I am not being biased, try it and see for yourself :-).

Ingredients:
1/2 kilo pork ( just choose the part that you like to use)
1 cup pineapple juice
1/2 cup sprite
2 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoons calamansi or lemon Juice
3 cloves garlic (minced)
1/2 teaspoons worcester sauce (optional)
1 teaspoon soy sauce
salt and pepper to taste


Procedure:
1. Slice the pork and marinate with all the ingredients, overnight or at east 4 hours.

2. In a pan or wok put the meat and the marinating sauce then cook over medium heat, continue to simmer until the sauce dries out.

 

3. When the sauce dries out put an oil that is enough to pan fry the meat.

 4. After frying serve it with rice. :-)

You can adjust all the ingredients according to your taste.

Stir Fried Whole Shrimps

A  quick cooking shrimp recipe that will surely awaken your taste buds because this is so flavorful. Try it !

Ingredients:
1/2 kilo shrimps
3 cloves garlic
1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
salt to taste

Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic once done increase the heat then add the shrimps, salt and pepper, stir fry until done.
2. Serve hot with your favorite dipping sauce.

Stir Fried Chives

Chives is one of the vegetables that I like a lot. Delicious, aromatic and crunchy!

Ingredients:
100 grams chives
100 grams shrimps
3 cloves garlic
1 small onion
salt and pepper to taste

garlic chives

Procedure
1. Saute the garlic and onion then add the shrimps
2. Increase the heat then add the chives salt and pepper to taste then stir fry for 2 minutes or until done.
3. Serve it hot. :-)

Ginisang Talbos ng Sayote with Pork

A delicious vegetable recipe that you will surely love.

Ingredients:
1/2 kilo Talbos ng sayote
1/2 kilo pork
4 cloves garlic
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. Clean the sayote tops by cutting it to your desired length then remove the matured skin, then wash and set aside.

2. Saute the garlic until brownish, then add the pork and simmer for a minute, then add the oyster sauce and simmer for a minute.
3. Increase the heat to high before adding in the sayote tops to avoid it from turning to grey, stir fry the leaves until cooked then add salt and pepper to taste before turning off the heat.
4. Serve it hot.

Special pancit with Pork

My all time favorite noodle recipe.

Ingredients:
1/2 kilo pancit  ( egg noodles)
1/2 kilo pork belly
200 grams Chinese cabbage sliced into strips
100 grams asparagus
1 carrot sliced into strips
1 onion
3 cloves garlic
1/2 cup oyster sauce sauce
salt and pepper to taste
3 cups water ( add if necessary)

Procedure:
1. Brown the pork by putting it in a wok hen allow to be cooked by its own oil, then set aside. By using the same oil saute the garlic and onion then add the pork and simmer for few minutes.
2. Add the oyster sauce, salt and pepper cover for a minute, then mix well.
3. Add the water and bring to a boil then add the carrots, Chinese cabbage, asparagus and pancit, stir well and simmer for few minutes until cooked.
4. Turn off the heat then serve it hot.

Halabos na Hipon

Halabos is the simplest way and fastest way of preparing your shrimps by cooking it with just salt. I like this one, because you can smell and taste the natural flavor of the shrimps.

Ingredients:
Shrimps
salt

Procedure:
1. Wash the shrimps thoroughly then drain the water.
2. In a wok put the shrimps and salt then cook over high heat.
3. Stirring every now and then until done.
4. Serve with your favorite dipping sauce.

Papaya Super Shake

It's the scorching heat of the sun that prompted us to make this super shake, we have papaya in the refrigerator and a leftover ice cream and ice in the freezer, so what for are waiting for? I uttered to my friends, we can have a papaya super shake! Then everybody agreed and here it is. Have some and enjoy it.

Ingredients:
300 grams Papaya
crushed ice as you desired
1/2 cup sugar or to taste
1 cup milk
2 scoops ice cream ( I used nipolitan flavor)

Procedure.
1. Put everything in a blender then blend well until all are pureed and smooth.

2. After blending, pour in a serving glasses then serve.