Buttered Crab

A quick and easy to prepare crab dish. The buttery taste and the flavor of the Sprite made this dish so tempting plus the aroma of the garlic that will surely boosts your appetite.

Ingredients:
4 crabs
1/2 cup Sprite
2 tablespoons butter
3 cloves garlic
Salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. Heat the butter then saute the garlic.
2. Add the crab and Sprite then simmer.
3. Add the salt and pepper then continue simmering until done.
4. Serve hot with rice.

Caramelized Sausage

I love sweet sausage, so every time I bought sausage from the market I cooked it like this and for us it is yummy.

Ingredients:
1 kilo sausage ( longganisa)
3/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 cup water
1/4 cup oil

Procedure:
1. In a pan put the sausage, sugar and water then simmer until the water evaporates.
2. Once the water dried out, put the oil then stir until the sausage are cooked and coat with caramelized sugar.
3. Serve hot, this is also a good appetizer during parties by slicing it and serve with a toothpick like in the picture below.

Green Beans with Sausage

I have a leftover sausage from yesterdays breakfast, that's why I cooked this so that I can used my leftover sausage before it will be rancid. Since the green beans are on sale at the supermarket nearby, I decided to used it. Here is the simple recipe that I cooked today.

Ingredients:
1/2 kilo green beans/Baguio beans ( cleaned and cut)
2 leftover sausage -longganisa-( sliced)
4 cloves garlic
2 tablespoons olive oil or any cooking oil

Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic then add the sausage.
2. Increase the heat then add the green beans, sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste then  stir fry until done.
3.  Serve it hot.

 Don't waste food!! It's part of God's blessings. Learn to recycle the leftover.

Butter Calamansi Shrimps

There are various ways of cooking shrimps with different condiments to flavor it. For this I simply used the popular citrus fruit in the Philippines, the calamansi.This is very quick and easy to cook, try it.

Ingredients for 4 servings:
1/2 kilo shrimps ( cleaned and shells removed)
2 tablespoons calamansi
2 tablespoons butter
3 cloves garlic
1 medium tomato
bell pepper
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1.Heat the butter then saute the garlic, add the tomato and continue sauteing until soften then add the shrimps and simmer for a minute.
2. Add the calamansi juice, bell pepper, salt and pepper to taste, then simmer until cooked.
3. Serve hot with rice.

Calamares

Calamares is one of the best squid dishes that I liked because it is so tasty, if it is cooked this way.

Ingredients:
1/2 kilo squid
1/2 cup bread crumbs
1 beaten egg
salt and pepper

Procedure:
1.Clean the squid by removing the skin and innards then wash well and slice into rings. Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste.

2. Dip in beaten egg and roll over the bread crumbs then deep fry until golden brown over medium heat.

3. Serve it hot with your favorite dipping sauce.

Macaroni and Crystallized Fruit salad

I made this for the kids at the church and they loved it so much.

Ingredients for 5 servings:
2 cups macaroni ( cooked according to its packaging procedure)
1 cup raisins
2 cups Nestle cream
1 1/2 cup crystallized fruit
1 cup condensed milk

Procedure:
1. Combine all the ingredients then mix thoroughly.
2. Refrigerate before serving.

Spaghetti with Meatballs Filipino Style

I cooked this for a special event yesterday. They said it was so yummy :-).

Ingredients for 6 Servings:
1/2 kilo spaghetti ( cooked according to its packaging procedure)
1/4 kilo ground beef  mix with 2 tablespoons flour( form into balls)
1/4 kilo ground beef for the sauce
2 packs tomato sauce ( 250g)

2 tablespoons tomato paste
1/4 cup evaporated milk
1 tablespoon white sugar
1/2 cup grated cheese (optional)
3 tablespoons soy sauce
5 cloves garlic
1 small size onion

Procedure:
1. Saute garlic and onion then add the ground beef and stir until the pinkish color is gone.

2. Add the tomato paste, sugar, tomato sauce, salt and pepper to taste then let it simmer for few minutes.
3. Drop the meatballs and let simmer until the meatballs are cooked.
4.  Add the milk and  cheese then simmer until done.
5.Put the spaghetti in a platter then top it with the sauce,  then serve.