Italian Chicken
November 26, 2008
This is SOOOO easy to make! Buy some chicken breasts from the store, buy the ones in the butcher part, not in the freezer section. Buy a $1 bottle of Italian salad dressing. Marinate the chicken breasts in the Italian dressing overnight. The next day, pull it out and grill, that’s it! Drizzle with the dressing and pair with some grilled asparagus.
Bagel Pizzas
November 24, 2008
Take a whole wheat bagel (or an English muffin, if you prefer) and spread on a generous helping of no sugar added, organic marinara sauce. Top with SLICES (not shredded) mozerella cheese. Top with thin tomatoes sliced in quarters, as well as pepperonni, also sliced in quarters. Top with fresh basil or fresh spinich. Drizzle with olive oil and lightly sprinkle with garlic and oregano.
Heat in the toaster oven at 350 degrees for five minutes and its ready to eat. Well, let it cool down first.
Pour some root beer to pair it off.
Easy Party Dip
October 18, 2008
My favorite homemade dip of all time is this one that is so incredibly easy to make and uses ingredients commonly found in your kitchen.
Ingrediants needed:
Lowfat Sour Cream
Sea Salt
Ground Pepper
Paprika
Garlic Powder
If you buy a tub of sour cream, you can use the same container to create your dip in. However, you’ll want to take out a couple of tablespoons first, then add in at the end, to make space for the spices. The amount of each spice you want to put depends on your preference. I personally like to add a TON of paprika to the dip. You might want to start with a teaspoon or less of each ingredient, taste it with a tortilla chip and add more if you so desire. The only spice I would put very very little of would be the garlic powder. All you need is a sprinkle overall.
Some other tips:
Add in shredded cheddar cheese for an extra zap of taste.
Some people add 1/2 can of drained tuna to the dip as well to make it tuna dip.
You can serve this with a variety of foods, from blue-corn tortilla chips, to Lays, to cut veggies, or even top on top of your enchiladas.
Perfect Fried Egg
August 6, 2008
Fried Egg
1 fresh large egg*
3/4 tablespoon of butter
Salt and pepper
* Use the freshest and best eggs you can find.
Place a small non-stick frying pan over the lowest possible heat on your stove (if using gas, you should barely see the blue flame.)
Add the butter and let slowly melt, making sure it doesn’t foam and is not sizzling.
When all the butter has melted, crack the egg into a small bowl, dish, or saucer (taking care not to break the yolk and to remove any shell fragments).
Gently slide the egg off the dish into the frying pan and cover with a lid.
Continue cooking approximately 5 minutes until the egg white solidifies from transparency into snow-white cream; the yolk will thicken slightly as it heats. How quickly the egg cooks is dependent on how low you have the heat.
Do not flip the eggs but leave the egg sunny side up and natural.
When your egg is done, slide cooked egg onto a serving plate; sprinkle with fresh cracked pepper, salt, and serve.
Sinampalukang Manok (Chicken in Tamarind Soup)
July 28, 2008
Tried cooking this for dinner tonight….
INGREDIENTS:
2 tbsp cooking oil
2 cloves garlic
1 small onion
tamarind/tamarind soup mix
Chicken pieces
Tamarind Leaves
Sili Leaves
Patis (Fish sauce)
DIRECTIONS:
* Saute garlic in cooking oil until golden brown, add the onion.
* Add the chicken, stir fry and season with fish sauce.
* When the chicken is almost brown add water and bring to a boil.
* Simmer for almost 20 minutes.
* Add the tamarind soup base.Stir.
* Add the Sili leaves and Tamarind leaves.Bring to a boil then turn off the heat.
* Serve with rice.
Trying to make Ginger Tea
July 27, 2008
I tried to make Ginger Tea yesterday.It was fine.
My ingredients are:
Fresh Ginger Root
Panucha
Water
Pinakbet (Philippine Vegetable Stew)
July 25, 2008
INGREDIENTS:
* ? kilo pork with fat (cut into very small pieces)
* 3 tablespoons oil
* 1 1/2 cup water
* 2 medium size Ampalaya (cut into 8 pieces each)
* 2 medium size eggplants (cut into 8 pieces each)
* 6 pieces okra (halved)
* 6 pieces tomatoes (quartered)
* 1 small garlic head (minced)
* 2 small onions (diced)
* 1 small ginger (sliced)
* 4 tablespoons bagoong alamang (fermented shrimp paste)
* Pinch of pepper
DIRECTIONS:
1. Cook pork until lightly crispy, set aside.
2.Saute garlic, onion and ginger in the porkfat and mix in pork.
3.Add tomatoes and bagoong alamang, and cook for 5 minute.
4.Add water and bring to boil.Stir in the vegetables.
5.Simmer for 10 minutes or until tender.
6.Add salt to taste.Serve with steamed rice.
Chicken Barbeque
July 24, 2008
This is what we had for lunch today..
CHICKEN BARBEQUE
Chicken pieces (I bought legs & wings)
(Marinade:)
Soy sauce
Sugar
Minced garlic
Calamansi Juice
Directions:
Marinate chicken in soy sauce,sugar,minced garlic & calamansi juice.Let stand for at least half day.Grill on live charcoal until cooked.Baste with marinade while grilling.
Beef Sinigang
July 17, 2008
They say that Sinigang is the Filipino comfort food for the soul.It is knwon for its sour taste & the variety of ingredients you can put in it.It is also likened to Thailand’s Tom Yum.This is a childhood favorite and a rainy day staple.My favorite is Beef or Pork Sinigang.
Ingredients:
Beef
Tomato
Tamarind/Tamarind soup Mix
Okra
Radish
Taro
Fish Sauce
Swamp cabbage (Kangkong)
Garlic
oil
onion
Procedure:
Saute garlic in oil,add onion.Cook until they become transaparent.Toss in the tomatoes.Pour beef stock or water.Add patis & tamarind soup mix.Stir.Add beef.Simmer until tender.Add taro,radish and okra.Simmer for a few minutes Then add Swamp cabbage.Serve hot.
More Coffee recipe
July 15, 2008
Here’s a great one..
VIETNAMESE ICED COFFEE (serves 4)
4 cups water
1/2 cup dark roast ground coffee beans
1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
16 ice cubes
*Brew coffee with water using your preferres method of brewing.
*Spoon 2 tbsp od sweetened condensed milk into each of 4 coffee cups.
*Pour 1 cup of fresh hot coffee into each cup and stir to dissolve milk
*Serve guests cups of coffee and give each one a tall glass with 4 ice cubes and a long handled spoon.
*Guests pour hot coffee over ice cubes and stir briskly with the spoon to chill the coffee
ICED CAFE AU LAIT
2 1/4 cups coffee,cold
2 cups milk
2 cups crushed ice
*Blend all ingredients until frothy.Serve over ice.
ICED HONEY COFFEE
2 tbsp intant coffee
1/4 cup boiling water
1/4 cup honey
3/4 cup cold water
1 quart milk
1 cup ice cubes
*Dissolve the instant coffee in hot water.Stir in honey and mix well.
*Add cold water and pour over ice in glasses.
*Top with milk.
