Mommy I Want Sinigang!

My daughter loves to eat viand with soup. She's a picky eater then and wouldn't want to eat such food. So I was surprised that her food preferences has changed again this time. She's OK with slurping the soup then eat her rice, she's more satisfied with that.

It was last two days ago when she requested for a pork sinigang.

Ingredients:

3/4 kilo pork, cut into cubes
1 medium onion
bunch of string beans or winged beans if you want
bunch of pechay leaves or kangkong leaves its up to you
bunch of okra and you may add eggplant and fresh tomatoes too
taro root
salt and pepper to taste
tamarind soup base
water

Directions:

Boil the pork with water until tender. Season with a bit of salt and pepper
Add in the onions, tomatoes and taro roots. Let it boil for minutes.
Then add in the rest of the vegetables until half done.
Add in the tamarind soup base last to avoid getting the veggies hard.

Serve and enjoy!

Yummy :)

I went to town but not in the market. So when cooking time for lunch came, mom asked me what to cook. I asked her back what's in the fridge/ref, then she told me there are veggies left and adobo leftover from yesterday. I told her to cook out of what's available.

So she cooked this....

Its like a chopsuey only it was made of beans, cauliflower, broccoli and the leftover pork.

Thanks mom for the delicious meal :)

I'm Craving for this....

Mom cooked this for Christmas eve and I was lucky to have it tasted when we came home from spending Christmas with my ILs.

Looking at the photos make me drool and crave. :)

Ingredients:


4 lbs leftover Lechon or Lechon kawali
3 cups Lechon sauce (follow the link for our homemade authentic Lechon sauce recipe)
2 cups beef stock
6 cloves garlic, crushed
2 large onions, chopped
1 teaspoon whole peppercorn
8 pieces dried bay leaves
1/2 cup soy sauce
3/4 cups vinegar
3/4 cups sugar
salt to taste

Directions:

Heat a cooking pot and pour-in the beef stock. Bring to a boil.
Put-in the garlic and onions then cook until the texture becomes soft.
Add the whole peppercorns, dried bay leaves, and soy sauce.
Put-in the leftover Lechon and simmer for 30 to 35 minutes.
Add the vinegar and bring to a boil. Simmer for 10 minutes.
Add the sugar and Lechon sauce then simmer for another 5 minutes.
Dash-in some salt to taste then stir.
Turn off the heat and transfer to a serving plate.
Serve hot with rice. Share and enjoy!

Beef Broccoli in Cream of Mushroom Soup

I copy this recipe from my Kumare's hubby when I stayed in their abode few weeks ago. I am not sure if beef broccoli in mushroom soup is really what you call it. So if by chance you know this recipe, just do correct me. ;) I am still on my way of learning so much around the kitchen. So again bear with me, hehe!


Ingredients:

broccoli
fresh mushroom
beef (slice it very thin for easy cooking)
1 can cream of mushroom soup
butter
garlic
onion
pepper

Directions:

Heat the pan, add the butter and saute garlic and onion until brown.
Add the beef  and when its tender put the broccoli and mushroom (note: you can blanch the veggies for easy cooking too).
Then put the cream of mushroom soup, sprinkle some pepper and let it simmer for few minutes or until the veggies are OK.


So there my copied recipe. :)

Verdict: I should have added more broccoli, its more yummier. But its almost perfect! You might want to try it also. :)

Ginataang Bilo-Bilo

We had this Ginataang Bilo-bilo last time.

Ingredients:

Glutinous rice flour
Coconut milk
Boiled and cooked sago
Saba bananas
Cassava
Coconut
Sugar
Water

Directions:

In mixing bowl add the glutinous rice flour and half a cup of water. Mash using hand until well blended and dough like. Make a small round shape rice balls and set aside.
Boil coconut milk and cup of water in big pot. Add the cassava,coconut and bananas. Stir occasionally while simmering on medium heat until tender.
When it's tender add the rice balls and sugar to sweeten. Stir and simmer for few minutes or until rice balls are cooked.
Lastly, add the cooked sago. Stir occasionally and simmer for few more minutes.
Serve.

My Hotdog Recipe

I have neglected this blog I know. Its just that I  have no food photos taken for the entire time I have been away.

I missed joining memes and I'm beginning to revive my so called *desire* to be a good cook.

Anyway, a while ago when supper is near approaching and as it happens all the time, I've been thinking what to cook for my little lady. Especially when I still have not replenish the fridge for new food stocks. There comes the problem, cooking a food out of what's only in the fridge.

A little resourcefulness and creativity, that's what it takes to come up something you can call your own recipe. teehee!

Like the hotdogs I saw in the fridge and it was there like ages already. For a change, I sauteed it in butter with onions and added a little amount of ketchup then sprinkled a bit of Magic Sarap.

Taaadaaaahhh!

I guess putting some green leaves (condiments??) here and there makes it even more delish and attractive.

Dinengdeng

Adobong Puso ng Saging

Kangkong in Oyster Sauce

Nutella Roll

I saw this easy to prepare snack somewhere and I decided to try it also. The original recipe was Peanut Butter Roll but I replaced peanut butter with Nutella instead.

Remove the outer part of the bread then flattened it with a rolling pin. Spread the Nutella and roll then cut it depending how thick you want and put a toothpick to lock.

My kiddo enjoyed it and went home with her snack box empty.

Pork Binagoongan

Last week was full of cooking for me. 

I'm in the mood, that's it!

I suddenly craved for pork binagoongan and was lucky to have everything [ingredients] available.

A lucky day indeed!

Ingredients:

• 1 kilo pork, cubes
• 2 cups bagoong alamang
• 1 head of garlic, minced
• 1 big onion, minced
• 4 chili peppers, minced
• ½ cup vinegar
• 4 tablespoons brown sugar
• ½ cup water
• tomatoes

Directions:

• In a casserole, boil pork in lower fire with water until evaporates and pork oil starts to come out.
• When pork is lightly crispy, put in on the side and sauté garlic, onion, and chili peppers and tomatoes then mix.
• Add in the bagoong and cook while stirring for 5minutes.
• Pour in the vinegar and stir well.
• Add in the sugar and let simmer for 10 minutes or until cooked.

Graham Cake| Vhen and Sasha Style

Last weekend my tot and I was in the mood to make graham cake. Its been awhile since the last time we have eaten a slice.

This of course is not new to most of you or probably everybody knows this already. Since this is a simple recipe and easy to prepare, I also let my kiddo help me do the preparation.

Here are the ingredients, I added marshmallows to be more attractive.

And here's how I did it.
I guess there's no need for 123 directions :)

Easy-peasy.
We made 6 and we added a piece of apple because the fruit cocktail was not enough.
But over all, its a success! ;)

Adobong Labong

Ingredients:

3 cups labong, sliced and blanched
1 & 1/2  tablespoons soy sauce
1 cup minced gluten or tokwa
1  medium onion, chopped
5 segments garlic, chopped
5  tablespoons oil
4 tablespoons kalamansi juice
2/3  cup gluten stock
Salt and pepper to taste

How to cook Adobong Labong:

• Brown garlic and onion in oil. Add gluten or tokwa. Continue cooking mixture in oil, stirring constantly.
• Add soy sauce and labong. Simmer until labong is cooked.
• Add kalamansi juice. Continue simmering until almost all of the liquid has evaporated.
• Add oil and continue cooking about 6 more minutes. Season to taste. Yield: 4 to 6 servings.

FMK: Chopsuey

Homemade Stir fried Noodles

This was my first attempt to cook stir fried noodles. It took me awhile to cook this really, because I often forgot to buy the ingredients. lol

It is my favorite snack and it is best paired with steamed/fried siomai.

So I bought egg noodles, sprouted mongo [or is there any right term for it?], tofu and chili paste.

And it is easy-peasy to cook. I guess there's no need to elaborate. ;)

There's a tiny glitch though, the noodles were tad overcooked and it lacked sprouted mongo. What a shame! heehee!

Nevertheless, it's still yummy!

I'm not saying it because I cooked it, but its the truth!
Ask the people who have eaten it, lol


Oh well, just think its my first time.

Cheese Sticks

I want to cook a yummy snack for my tot when she's at home and in school. As much as possible, I want to cook her everyday snack at school.

So my first attempt was to cook cheese sticks.

Note: I'm a newbie cook so bear with my mistakes about step by step procedures and also the terms used. but corrections are welcome. :) Thanks!

Ingredients:

wrapper

cheese of your choice

 Procedure:

cut the wrapper into two equal parts

cut the cheese into strips but must be thick enough or according to your preference

wrap the cheese

and it looks like this

and when done wrapping heat the pan, add the oil  and then fry the sticks

It's an easy-peasy  yummy snack.

My tot even helped me. :)

Here it is... I suggest you cut the cheese more thicker so when you take a bite its more cheesier.

I also made a dip for it. Plain mayo and ketchup then mix.