Fruity Drink

The scorching heat of the sun really made me crave for a refreshing drink now, but it not a soft drink, that's why I made this nutritious refreshing drink. Perfect cooler, it tasted lighter than a lemonade but the flavor is awesome! Love ko ito!

Ingredients:
1 apple ( Sliced)
1 kiwi (sliced)
1/4 cup lemon or calamnsi juice
1/2 cup honey or sugar
1/2 part of mango ( sliced)
5 cups water or more

Procedure :
1. Put the water, lemon juice and honey in a jar then mix well.
2. Add all the ingredients and mix well then refrigerate for few hours before serving.
Enjoy your drink!

Palitaw with Muscovado

I used muscovado sugar because it is healthier than the refined or white sugar, here is the nutritional value per 100 grams.

Mineral content of muscovado sugar (per 100 g):
Total mineral salts 740 mg max.
Phosphorus (P) 3.9 mg max.
Calcium (Ca) 85 mg max.
Magnesium (Mg) 23 mg max.
Potassium (K) 100 mg max.
Iron (Fe) 1.3 mg max.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscovado

 Ingredients:
3 cups glutinous rice powder
1 1/2 cup water
3/4 cup grated coconut
1/2 cup muscovado( or you can add according to your taste)
1/4 cup toasted sesame seeds

Procedure:
1. Mix the water and glutinous rice slowly,  until you form a dough.
2. Spoon a portion from the dough and form it into an oval shape.

3. In a pot boil a water, once boiling, drop some of the raw palitaw.
4. Put by batches the oval formed glutinous rice in the boiling water and wait until it floats, then remove from the water and drain.

5. Mix the muscovado, toasted sesame seeds and grated coconut then roll over the palitaw and serve it.

Meatless Spaghetti

No meat spaghetti yet yummy.

Ingredients for 8 servings:
1/2 kilo spaghetti (cook according to its packaging instruction)
2 cups tomato sauce
1/2 cup Nestle Cream
4 cloves garlic
1 onion
3/4 cup corn
1/2 cup green peas
1 bell pepper ( mince)
1 tablespoon sugar or to taste
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic and onion then add the tomato sauce and simmer for a minute.
2. Add the corn, green peas and bell pepper then simmer for another minute.
3. Add the rest of th ingredients then simmer until done.
4. Pour over the spaghetti or mix well then serve it hot.

You can add diced carrots, mushrooms or any vegetables that you want.

Sunday Dinner ( November 10, 2013)

 

The dinner that I prepared for some friends tonight.

Rice and fried chicken

Cheesy Spaghetti

Vegetable salad

Pininyahang Manok

Pork and beans

Homemade Sweet and Sour Fish

A perfect flavor combination, sweet and sour is always a tempting dish for me. I cooked this for my American friends ( Mary and Danilo), they both loved it:-).

Ingredients:
1 kilo any fish that you like ( I used salmon for this recipe) Fried
1 cup pineapple chunks
2 tomatoes
1/2 cup pineapple juice
1 small size bell pepper
1 small size carrots
1/2 cup vinegar
2 tablespoons sugar or according to your taste
2 tablespoons ginger ( strips)
3 cloves garlic
1 small size onion
3/4 cup water
1 teaspoon cornstarch dissolved in 1/4 cup water

Procedure:
1. Saute ginger and garlic then add the onion and tomatoes continue sauteing until tender..
2. Put vinegar, pineapple juice and sugar,  mix thoroughly, then add the water and let it boil.
3. Put the carrots, tomato chunks and bell pepper then simmer for a minute then add the fish and simmer for 3 minutes.
4. Increase the heat then add the cornstarch mixture and simmer for a minute then turn off the heat.
5. Serve it hot with rice :)

Giniling A La Caldereta

You can make a lot of dishes using ground meat, so deviate from the usual meatballs and try this recipe with a twist. This is really yummy and the cream helped in neutralizing the flavor, making you to crave for more.

Ingredients:
1/2 kilo ground pork or beef
2 potatoes (diced)
1 carrot ( diced)
1/2 cup pineapple (diced)
1 onion
3 cloves garlic
3 hotdog ( diced)
bell pepper ( diced)
1 cup tomato sauce
1/2 cup Nestle cream
Salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic and onion then add the ground meat, allow to simmer until the pinkish color is gone.
2. Add the tomato sauce then allow to simmer for 2 minutes.
3. Add the carrots and potatoes then stir and simmer until half cooked.
4. Add the bell pepper,pineapple, hotdog and Nestle cream then simmer until done, add salt and pepper to taste then turn off the heat.
5. Garnish then serve.

Garlic Chives with shrimps

I like this vegetable not only because it is yummy but is also very nutritious, according to what I've read this is good for our digestion and it also has an anti cancer properties and many more nutrients that our body needs.

Ingredients:
100 grams garlic chives
200 grams shrimps
4 cloves garlic
1/2 piece small bell pepper
salt and pepper to taste

Garlic Chives

  Procedure:
1.  Saute the onion then add the shrimps and bell pepper.
2. Increase the heat then add the chives and Stir fry until done
3. Add salt and pepper to taste then tun off the heat.
4. Serve it hot.


Below is the nutritional Information for chives

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

Ginataang Puso ng Saging

Isa sa masasarap na luto para sa puso ng saging ay gataan ito, bumili ako ng isang niyog at pinakayod ko kaya masarap na masarap ito dahil natural ang gata. Paborito ko ito mula pa noong bata pa ako dahil madalas naming ulam ito sa bukid.Ganito niluluto ng Nana ko.

 Ingredients:
1 puso ng saging ( banana blossom)
1/4 kilo shrimps ( cleaned ans de-shelled)
1 cup thick coconut milk (kakang gata)
2 cups thin coconut milk ( ikalawang piga)
1 onion
salt to taste
thumb size ginger
sili

banana blossom

Procedure:
1. Alisin ang matigas na balat ng puso hanggang sa puti na lang at malambot ang matira.
2. Hiwain ito ayon sa iyong gustong lapad o nipis, pagkatapos ay lagyan ng asin haluing maigi at pigaan hanggang lumabas ang katas, upang hindi pumait.
3. Sa kaldero ay ilagay ang ikalawang gata,sili,luya, hipon, at sibuyas, hintayin hanggang sa kumulo habang hinahalo madalas para di maging buo-buo ang gata, kapag kumulo na ilagay ang puso ng saging at lutuin ito hanggang sa lumambot.
4. Kapag malambot na ilagay ang kakang gata, timplahan at pakuluin ng isang minuto saka patayin ang apoy.
5. Hanguin, lagyan ng dahon ng sibuyas at ihain.

Sarciadong ulo ng Isda ( leftover)

Today I recycled the leftover from the refrigerator, fried scrambled egg from yesterday's breakfast and fried fish head from last night's dinner. Since the fish head is big enough for 3 persons I decided to make sarciado so that we can have sauce for our rice and not too dry to eat.
I sauted the garlic and onion then add some tomatoes and 2 cups of water then I put the fish and simmer until it is tender and absorbed the spices, then I added salt and pepper to taste, then chop some spring onion and put it together with the egg, I simmered it for a minute then its done!
Ready to be served!

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

Mely's Kitchen Beef Stew

The planned dish was caldereta during a special occasion in the church but unexpected number of guests arrived, so I quickly thought of a technique to make the dish plenty for everybody, I said forget caldereta and I opened the fridge and saw hotdogs and quail's eggs, and I came up with this. Yummy and rich sauce stew only from Mely's kitchen, try it.

 Ingredients for 6-7 servings:
1/2 kilo beef 
4 cloves garlic
1 onion
3  tomatoes
2 potatoes
1 carrot
12 pieces hard boiled quail's egg
6 pieces hotdog ( sliced into halves)
3/4 cup tomato sauce
3 cups water
3/4 cup Nestle Cream/all purpose cream
salt and pepper to taste
spring onion for garnishing


 Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic, tomatoes and onion then add the beef and continue to saute until the pinkish color is gone.
2.Add the tomato sauce and simmer for 5 minutes over low heat, then add the water, increase the heat to high and bring to a boil, once boiling reduce the heat to medium and simmer until the beef is tender stirring occasionally.
3. Add the potatoes and carrots then simmer until cooked, then add the hotdog and simmer for 2 minutes.
4. Add the Nestle cream, salt and pepper to taste then simmer for a minute and turn off the heat.
5. Put the eggs and spring onion then serve it hot.