Buko Juice

A refreshing drink that you will surely enjoy.

Ingredients for 4 servings
2 Coconut fruits
1 cup evaporated milk
sugar to taste
Ice Cubes

Procedure:
1.Remove the water from the coconut fruit and put in a pitcher. Cut the coconuts into halves and scrape the flesh and put also in a pitcher.
2. Add the milk and sugar then mix well until the sugar is dissolved
3. Add lots of ice cubes and allow to melt to increase the liquid content.
4. Serve and enjoy :-).

Asparagus with Pork and Shrimps

A delicious vegetable dish that you will definitely like. Try it.

Ingredients:
1/4 kilo pork
1/4 kilo shrimps
1/2 kilo asparagus ( cleaned and cut)
3 cloves garlic
1 onion
salt to taste


Procedure:
1.Saute the garlic and onion then add the pork and saute until brownish then put the water and simmer until pork is tender then add the shrimps and simmer for a minute.
2. Increase the heat for stir frying, add the asparagus then stir fry until cooked, add some salt to taste.
3.Turn off the heat and serve hot.

Tutti Frutti Salad

A delicious salad that I've created for my friends who visited me last week. They loved it and asked for the recipe.

Ingredients
1 cup corn kernel
1 cup pineapple tidbits
1 big apple (sliced into tidbits)
1/2 cup raisins
2 cups Nestle Cream
1 cup condensed milk
1 can fruit cocktail ( 15 0z.) drained
3 different colored gelatine ( cooked according to its packaging procedure) 12 grams each pack

Procedure:
1. Cut the gelatine into cubes. (if you do not want to use gelatine you could replace it with nata de coco or kaong)

2. Combine all the ingredients then mix well.
3. Refrigerate before serving.

Tuna Kinilaw

Kinilaw is a raw fish dish which is popular in the regions of Visayas and Mindanao of Philippines. People at the beaches love to eat this with boiled bananas or sweet potatoes. Make sure that the fish is really fresh for a perfect result.

Ingredients:
1/4 kilo tuna
1/2 teaspoon minced ginger
1 teaspoon minced onion
1 tablespoon calamansi or lemon juice
spring onion
salt to taste
1/2 cup vinegar ( to wash the fish)
Chilis( chopped)

Procedure:
1. Prepare the fish by washing it properly with a vinegar then slice into cubes.
2. Add  the rest of the ingredients and combine well until fully mixed.
3. Serve with a smile :-).

You can add cucumber, radish, vinegar,  etc for this recipe.

Beef Tapa

If you know tapsilog I am sure that you know what is tapa. Tapa is a cured meat and one of the most popular breakfast item among Filipinos. Here is my simple version of tapa.

Ingredients:
1/2 kilo beef sirloin or tenderloin ( sliced thinly)
4 cloves garlic (minced)
1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
1/2 cup pineapple juice
1/4 cup Sprite
1 teaspoon calamansi or lemon juice
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1.Combine all the ingredients until mixed thoroughly.
2. Hang for few hours to dry it or simply refrigerate it for a day to undergo a curing process.
3. Fry it and serve with rice or make a tapsilog :-).

re-cooked December 9, 2013

Sweet Corn with butter

This is one of my favorite snacks in the afternoon mmmmmm sweet and buttery and makes me full. This is easy to cook,  and here is how to do it.

Ingredients:
Water
sweet corn
butter


Procedure:
1. In a pot put the water and corn and bring to boil.

2. Simmer until the corn is tender, approximately 20-30 minutes.
3. When the corn is cooked remove from water and put some butter.
4. Serve it hot on a cob or remove it from a cob and serve it on a serving dish.

Dinengdeng

Dinengdeng is a popular vegetable dish from Ilocos Region of Philippines.

 Ingredients:
1 fried round scad ( pritong galunggong)
3 cups water
1/4 kilo squash
1/4 kilo squash leaves
8 pieces squash flowers
8 okra pods
1 big eggplant or 2 small
1/2 onion (sliced)
1 small tomato (sliced)
1 teaspoon crushed ginger
2 tablespoons fish paste ( bagoong isda)

Procedure:
1.In a pot put the water, fish paste, ginger, onion, tomato, fried fish and squash then let it simmer for 2 minutes.

 2. Add the eggplant, okra and squash leaves  then simmer for 3 minutes.

3. Add the squash flowers then simmer until done.
4. Serve it hot.

Ampalaya with Pork

I knew some friends who do not like bitter melon due to its bitter taste, but for me it's the bitter taste that I liked in it. Yummy!.

Ingredients or 5 servings
300 grams ampalaya
300 grams pork
1 egg
5 cloves garlic
 salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic until brownish then add the pork and continue to saute until cooked.
2. Add the ampalaya and simmer for a minute
3. Add the beaten egg then stir, then dash with salt and pepper to taste, stir for a minute then turn off the heat.
4. Serve it hot.

Leche Flan

Leche Flan is one of the desserts that I like a lot, because it is yummy and easy to prepare.I learned to cook this when I was in college.

Ingredients for 5-6 servings:
1 cup condensed milk
1 1/4 cup evaporated or fresh milk
6 egg yolks
2 tablespoon sugar ( for caramel)  the amount of sugar depends upon the shape and size of your mold.

Procedure:
1. Combine the milks and yolks then mix well until fully combined. Set aside.
2. Melt the sugar in a molder then let it cool, pour in the milks and yolks mixture.
3. Steam for 60 minutes or until done. Then let cool.
4. Refrigerate before serving.

Steaming depends on how thick your flan is. So adjust your steaming time. If i make a leche flan that is not to thick it took me only 15-20 minutes.

Buko Salad

My all time favorite salad. Coconut is abundant at our farm that's why this salad is very common in our family and became our all time favorite, every special occasion we prepared this salad.

 Ingredients for 6 servings.
2 cups coconut strips
1 cup pineapple tidbits (drained)
1 cup condensed milk
1 1/2 cup Nestle cream
1 can fruit cocktail (15 oz.) (drained)
1 cup red nata de coco (drained)

Procedure:
1. Combine all the ingredients then mix well.
2. Refrigerate for few hours.
3. Serve with a smile :-).