Cookies N' Cream Polvoron

 It is yummier munching the polvoron with bigger bits of cookies and cream. 

Ingredients for 24 pieces polvoron:
2 cups flour ( sifted)
2 cups powdered milk
1/2 cup sugar
4 pieces cookies and cream biscuit ( crushed) 
3/4 cup margarine or butter ( melted)

Procedure:
1. In a pan put the flour and cook over low heat for 5 minutes or until the aroma of the flour comes out, then add the milk and sugar, then continue to stir until done then turn off the heat.
2. Pour in the melted butter and mix well.
3. Let cool and mix in the crushed cookies then by using a molder, start molding the mixture and refrigerate for 30 minutes before packing in a water cellophane or just keep it in an airtight jar to munch anytime.

Sarciadong Manok

My grandma is a good cook for this using the fresh tomatoes from our garden, so good and delicious.
Today I tried remembering her recipe but I added tomato sauce. It is delicious and creamier.

Ingredients:
1/2 kilo Chicken legs or any chicken part yo want to use
1 onion
2 tomatoes
1 beaten egg
1/2 cup tomato sauce
4 cloves garlic
1 cup water
salt and pepper to taste

 Procedure:
1. Sprinkle the chicken with salt and pepper then deep fry it until brownish. Set aside
2. Saute the garlic, onion and tomatoes until soften, then add the chicken and simmer for a minute over medium heat then add the tomato sauce and stir.

3. Add the water, salt and pepper then simmer for l5 minutes or until cooked stirring ocassionally, then add the beaten egg and give a good stir and simmer until done.
4. Serve it hot with rice.

Salad na Puso ng Saging

 This is the salad that has a special place in my heart because I grew up with this at our farm, we always have it every weekend together with fried fish or meat. Yummy.

Ingredients:
1 banana blossom ( puso ng saging)
1/2 cup vinegar
1 cup pure coconut milk
1/2 piece onion
thumb size ginger ( cut into strips)
1 red bell pepper ( strips)
salt and pepper to taste
1 teaspoon sugar or to taste

Procedure:
1.Clean the banana blossom and remove the hard part, then slice in to wedges and boil until tender, once tender remove from water then slice into your desired size and squeeze.

2. Bring the coconut milk to boil then put all the ingredients and simmer until well incorporated then turn off the heat.
3. Serve with love :-).

Bacon wrapped Asparagus with Mushroom Gravy

 The gravy adds a life to the usual bacon wrapped asparagus, making it extra delicious and satisfying.

Ingredients for 2 servings:
6 stalks of asparagus
12 strips of bacon
Mushroom gravy ( click on how to learn to make mushroom gravy)


Procedure:
1. Wrap each asparagus with the bacon ( use 2 strips of bacon for each asparagus)
2. Deep fry until golden brown then top it with mushroom gravy and serve, oh so delicious!

Scrambled Egg Sandwich

Tonight is a survival night for me, do you know why? Because it's  raining, therefore the stores were closed now, and I do not have a lighter or anything I could use to on the stove, after almost 20 minutes of searching something to light the stove I gave up, then I turned on the oven to 200C, beat an egg, grease the baking pan, poured in the beaten egg, sprinkled it with salt and pepper, then put in the oven after 2 minutes it's cooked, I sliced a burger bun and heat it in the oven too after a minute or two I removed it and assembled my sandwich with some  cream cottage cheese, lettuce and apple slices, presto! I survived! I enjoyed my sandwich, yummy!

Fresh Fruits with Yoghurt

This one is perfect to welcome your day at breakfast table. Low in calories but high with nutrients to sustain your activities. Go for it.

Ingredients for 4 serfvings:
1 cup green grapes
1 cup purple grapes
2 bananas ( slice according to your desired size)
1 cup yoghurt ( any flavor of your choice)
1 apple or plum ( sliced as shown in the picture)


Procedure:
1. Wash all the fruits properly.
2. Arrange the fruits in the serving platter then pour in the yogurt and serve.

Stuffed Bitter Melon Soup

Have you tried this bitter melon soup before? This is a must try soup dish, healthy and yummy.

Ingredients:
1 piece bitter melon ( cut into big rings as you can see in the picture below)
2 rolls sotanghon
4 cups water
100 grams ground beef or pork
1/2 onion
1 small tomato
3 cloves garlic
salt and pepper to taste


Procedure:
1. Soak the transparent noodles ( sotanghon) in a water until soften.

2. When the sotanghon is soft enough, cut it  into an inch long then mix it with the ground meat, onion, salt and pepper then stuff the mixture into the bitter melon rings. If there is a leftover from the mixture of meat and sotanghon, set it aside.

3. Saute the garlic and tomato then add the water and bring to a boil, once boiling add the stuffed bitter melon and the leftover mixture then simmer until done, add salt and pepper if necessary.
4. Serve it hot and add some chili to give it a kick. Yummy!

Bistek without Soy Sauce

I have lots of friends who do not use soy sauce for health reasons, and cooking a dish that calls for soy sauce to intensify the color of the meat so that it will not pale looking is a problem. I hope this problem will be ended today by following the technique that I used here by browning the onion which I learned from my friend Miss Sheru.

Ingredients:
1/2 kilo beef tenderloin ( sliced thinly)
3 tablespoons of calamansi or lemon juice
2 medium size onion ( 1 sliced into rings, 1 minced)
1/4 cup water
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. Marinate the beef with the juice, salt and pepper for few hours, then remove, and reserve the marinade.
2. Fry the beef and set aside.

 

3. Saute the  minced onion until brownish then add the marinade to intensify its color and will make the sauce darker. Then add the water and simmer for 2 minutes.

4. Add the ring onion and fried beef then simmer until done. Serve hot with rice.

Chocolate chips Refrigerator Cake

Simple and easy as it can be, this no bake cake will surely be  as special as baked ones when you serve this during special occasions. Very yummy yet easy to make. Try it.

Ingrdients for 6 servings:
1 pack chocolate chips cookies
2 cups whipped cream ( Click here to learn how to make whipped cream )

Ingredients

Procedure:
1. Put a whipped cream on each piece of cookies and connect together until all the cookies are consumed.  Now we have a log of cookies.

2. Cover the cookie log with  the whipped cream until smooth and nice. You can decorate it if you want.

3. Refrigerate for few hours or overnight, then slice slantly and serve with a smile :-) .

Ginataang Tangkay ng Gabi

I cooked this out of curiosity, I was walking at the market and saw bundles of taro stalks, then I asked the vendor if it can be cooked for food, or is he selling it for some ornamental reasons, he said he knew it can be cooked for food but most of his costumers used it for flower arrangement. I said I will buy one and I will try to cook it for my blog, he said what?  :-) . Well, I cooked it and it's yummy.

Ingredients for 6-8 servings:

3/4 kilo tangkay ng gabi

1/4 kilo shrimps

3 cups water

2 cups pure coconut milk

some chili

1 onion

thumb size ginger ( crushed)

salt and pepper to taste

Tangkay ng gabi

Procedure:

1.Wash the taro stalks properly then clean it by removing the outer skin and cut it into an inch length.

2.In a pot put the ginger, onion, chili, shrimps, water, salt and pepper then bring to a boil. Once boiling increase the heat to high then put the taro stalks ( tangkay ng gabi) and boil until tender. 

3. When it is tender, put the coconut milk then simmer for 2 minutes and turn off the heat.

4. Serve it hot.