Simple Roasted Chicken

This is a very easy to follow recipe of roasting a whole chicken

Ingredients:
1 whole chicken
1/4 cup butter
2 tablespoons lemon or calamansi Juice
1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
salt to taste

Procedure:
1. Evenly massage the butter unto the chicken, then sprinkle the lemon juice, salt and ground pepper.
2. Preheat the oven at 180 degrees C. Then put the chicken and  roast for 45 minutes, after 45 minutes, flip the chicken  so that we can roast the other side for another 45 minutes or until done.
3. Serve and enjoy.

Pork and Shrimp Lumpia

I like Siomai with pork and shrimps, so I thought of making lumpia with the same ingredients and it is really delicious! Try this recipe and see it for yourself.

Ingredients:
1/4 kilo shrimps ( cleaned and de-shelled then chopped)
1/4 kilo ground pork
1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
1 carrot ( minced)
1 onion (minced)
4 cloves garlic (minced)
1/2 bell pepper (minced)
1 egg beaten
1/2 cup flour
salt to taste
30-40 Lumpia wrapper

Procedure:
1. Mix all the ingredients except for the wrapper.
2.Spoon a portion and wrap with the lumpia wrapper
3. Deep fry until cooked.
4. Serve hot with your favorite dipping sauce.

Crab with Nestle Cream

Have you tried this before? Crab with Nestle cream? If not, I recommend this, a delicious creamy crab dish. Really yummy.

Ingredients:
1 kilo crabs
thumb size ginger
1 onion
1 cup Nestle cream
1 cup water
salt and pepper to taste
spring onion


Procedure:
1. In a pot put the crab,ginger, onion, salt and pepper then allow to simmer until crab changed color.
2. Add the water and bring to a boil then simmer until fully cooked.

3. Add the spring onion and Nestle Cream then simmer for a minute and turn off the heat.
4. Serve it hot.

Ginisang Alugbati with Sardines

A simple vegetable dish that is affordable and delicious. According to what I've read "regular consumption of basella (Malabar spinach) in the diet helps prevent osteoporosis (weakness of bones), iron-deficiency anemia. Besides, it is believed to protect the body from cardiovascular diseases and cancers of colon". Learn the Nutritional information of this nutritious vegetable.

http://www.nutrition-and-you.com/basella.html

 Ingredients:
1/2 kilo Malabar spinach (Alugbati)
1 can sardines
4 cloves garlic
salt and pepper to taste

Malabar Spinach

Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic then add the sardines and simmer for a minute.
2.. Increase the heat then add the alugbati, salt and pepper then stir until cooked.
3. Serve it hot.

Tofu and Fish Congee

Another delicious dish cooked by my friend, Wildvine. A delicious porridge that will surely satisfy your hunger.

Ingredients for 3-4 servings:
1 cup cooked rice (separated)
1 pack extra firm tofu ( cubed and fried)
200 grams Salmon or any fish ( cubed and fried)
Garlic
Ginger
Onion
4 cups water
spring onion
Salt and pepper to taste
coriander ( optional)

Wildvine-the contributor

Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic until brownish then add the ginger and continue to saute until the aroma comes out then add the onion and continue to saute for a minute.
2. Add the rice and stir very well to allow the flavor of the spices to be absorbed.
3. Add the water, salt and pepper then simmer until sticky, once the texture is sticky adjust the heat to low and simmer until done then turn off the heat.
4.  Serve the congee with fish, tofu, green onion and coriander on top and enjoy!

It is yummier if you will add chicken broth.

Chicken Buffalo Wings

This is one of the chicken dishes that I like a lot, it will really boost your appetite. Have a food adventure with this chicken dish. Enjoy!

Ingredients:
1 kilo chicken buffalo wings
2 tablespoon lemon or calamansi juice
1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
3 cloves garlic
3/4 cup tomato sauce
1/2  cup ketchup ( any flavor)
1/4 cup chili sauce
1 tablespoons honey or sugar
1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese ( for the original recipe it used blue cheese)
1/4 cup butter
salt

Procedure:
1. Clean the chicken wings, cut and put the lemon juice, ground pepper and salt, then fry  and set aside.

2.  Heat the butter then saute the garlic, add the ketchup, tomato sauce and chili sauce then simmer for a minute.
3. Add the rest of the ingredients then simmer until done, add the fried chicken and mix well then turn off the heat.
4. Serve it with a smile :-).

Quinoa with Mixed Vegetables

The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) declared that this year (2013) is the International Year of the Quinoa. I posted this to help them promote Quinoa and introduce this wonderful food which is unfamiliar to many people. This recipe is very delicious, I hope that you will try it.
Below is a chart for some of its nutrients.

http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?dbid=142&tname=foodspice

Ingredients:
1 cup cooked Quinoa
2 cloves garlic
1/2 cup broccoli
1/4 cup carrots trips
1/2 cup cauliflower
1/2 cup shrimps  (cleaned)
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic then add the shrimps and simmer for 30 seconds.
2. Add the broccoli, cauliflower and carrots then simmer until tender.
3. Add the cooked quinoa, salt and pepper to taste then stir, until done.
4. Serve it hot.

Here is the link on how to cook Quinoa
How to cook Quinoa

Pininyahang Sugpo

A dish with a perfect blending of taste. Try it.

Ingredients:
4 pieces prawns
1/2 onion
1/2 cup pineapple juice
1/2 cup pineapple chunks
1/2 cup Nestle cream
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. Saute the onion then add the prawns then saute until it changed color.
2. Add the pineapple chunks, pineapple juice, salt and pepper then simmer until fully cooked.
3. Add the Nestle cream then simmer for a minute and turn off the heat.
4. Serve it hot.

Salmon Steak

Simple yet delicious. I love this with lots of onions, how about you?

Ingredients:
1 serving slice salmon (fried)
1 big onion cut into rings
2 tablespoons lemon or calamansi juice
1/4 cup soy sauce
pinch of ground pepper
oil

Procedure:
1. Heat the oil then saute the onion then add the lemon juice, soy sauce and ground pepper let simmer for a minute.
2. Add the fried fish and simmer for 1 minute on each side.
3. Turn off the heat then serve it with rice.

Stir Fried Sweet and Sour Chicken

A recipe from a very good friend "Wildvine" . She is a very good cook and I want to share this chicken dish from her kitchen :-).

Ingredients:
2 chicken breasts boneless and skinless
1 medium size carrot
1 bell pepper
1 tbsp water
1 can pineapple tidbits
2 tbsp vinegar
2 tbsp soy sauce
1 Onion
2 tbsp corn starch (diluted)
1 tbsp cornstarch (dry)
2 tbsp catsup or 2tbsp sweet chili sauce
2 tbsp oil
Dash of salt
Dash of pepper

wildvine

Procedure:
1. Cut chicken breasts according to your desired size.Make sure you pat dry and then coat with 1 tbsp dry cornstarch, evenly with dash of salt and dash of black pepper.
2. Cut the onion, carrot and bell pepper- like the size of chicken.
3. Drain the pineapple and keep 1/4 C of juice.
4. Heat the pan, pour in 1 tbsp of oil and stir fry the veggies (carrots, bell pepper and onion accdng to tenderness), set aside after half way done.
5. Use the remaining 1 tbsp oil to saute the chicken , if the chicken is no longer pink , put in the pineapple tidbits. Lower the heat when the chicken is almost half way done.
 6. In a bowl mix together all the remaining ingredients and give it a pretty good stir.
7. Put in the veggies together with the chicken and pour in the sauce mixture, keep on stirring to avoid burning.
 8. Let it simmer covered for 6 minutes or depending on the thickness of the sauce.
 9. Serve hot, top it with green onions with steamed rice.
10. Enjoy!