Paksiw na Isda

Fish dish? Here's one delicious feast! :)

Ingredients: • 2 pieces large tilapia cut in 3 parts • 1 medium-size onion (diced) • 10 cloves garlic (crushed) • 1 small ginger (quartered) • 1 medium-size green pepper (sliced) • ½ cup vinegar • 1 cup water • Salt & pepper to taste Procedure: In a casserole or cooking pot, put the crushed garlic, diced onions, and ginger slices at the bottom. Distribute them evenly. Next, arrange the slices of fish on the next layer. Be sure that you cleaned the fish very good before putting them into the cooking pot. After the slices of fish are arranged, add 1 cup of water and ½ cup of vinegar into the pot. You can use the natural vinegar from coconut or distilled one from sugar cane. It depends on your preference. Take the sliced green bell pepper and put them on top of the fish. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Cover the pot and simmer in medium heat for about 15 minutes or until the fish is thoroughly cooked.

Ginataang Tilapia

Another delicious dish - enjoyed over the weekend. So simple yet so tasty!

Ingredients: 2 lbs tilapia, cleaned (about 1 kilo or 2 to 3 pcs) 3 cups coconut cream 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 bulb onion, finely sliced 1 knob ginger, cut into strips 1-2 banana pepper 1 tbsp. fish sauce (patis) 1 tbsp shrimp paste (bagoong) ¼ cup cooking oil 1 cup fresh spinach (or mustard leaves) Procedure: Sauté garlic, ginger, and onions in hot oil, add the shrimp paste and fish sauce, pour in the coconut cream and stir until natural oil from the coconut cream comes out, add the banana pepper and simmer for 3 to 5 minutes, lower the heat and add the tilapia and simmer for 7 to 10 minutes, add the spinach and simmer for about a minute. Serve Hot. Enjoy!

Adobong Pusit

Hello there! I can't keep up with daily posting... anyway, some recipes are repeated as I cook everyday. :) I'll just post as much as I can whenever I can :) For now, here's one recipe I really enjoyed cooking and EATING! hahaha!

Ingredients: 3/4 kilo Small sized Pusit (Squid) 1 1/2 tsp. salt 1 small bay leaf 1/4 tsp. pepper 3-4 cloves garlic, minced 1/3 cup vinegar 1 tsp. sugar 1/4 cup water 3 tbsp. cooking oil 1 small onion, thinly sliced 2 pcs. Cayenne Chili sliced (optional) Instructions: Pull out head, tentacles, innards and transparent ribs from the body of the squid. Cut off tentacles just above the eyes and discard innards and transparent ribs. Wash and drain bodies and tentacles. Combine salt, pepper, garlic, vinegar, water, sugar and bay leaf. Marinate squids in this mixture for 1 hour. Drain. Save marinade Saute onions in hot oil. Add drained squids, saute until the juices evaporates (about 10-12 minutes). Strain marinade, add to sauted squids. Let simmer for about 15 minutes. Serve Hot with Rice. Pull out head, tentacles, innards and transparent ribs from the body of the squid. Cut off tentacles just above the eyes and discard innards and transparent ribs. Wash and drain bodies and tentacles. Combine salt, pepper, garlic, vinegar, water, sugar and bay leaf. Marinate squids in this mixture for 1 hour. Drain. Save marinade Saute onions in hot oil. Add drained squids, saute until the juices evaporates (about 10-12 minutes). Strain marinade, add to sauted squids. Let simmer for about 15 minutes. Serve Hot with Rice.

Ginisang Sayote

Hi! I'm back. :) Was unable to post for the past few days.... so here's one of what I had these past few days...

Ingredients: 1 bunch of sayote (chayote) leaves (check out your Supermarket for these) 2 small sayote (fruit) a pinch of salt 1/4 ground pork (pre-seasoned with a pinch of salt and pepper, mixed) 1/3 Maggi Magic Sarap pepper chopped onions cooking oil 1/3 cup water

Procedure: Gather the leaves and shoots (?) of the sayote leaves (the talbos). Chop the sayote fruit in slivers. Wash well and drain. In a hot wok, put some cooking oil and sautee chopped onions. When onions are a little brown, add the ground pork and cook. After 2-3 minutes, add the sayote fruit and Maggi Magic Sarap. When sayote fruit is already cooked, add the sayote leaves and water and keep stirring until the leaves are cooked (about 2-3 minutes). Adjust seasoning according to taste with salt and pepper.

Sinigang na Baboy

Hmmm, yummy! One of my favorites! I asked mom to teach me how to do this last Saturday. :)

Kitkat, here's your (and your hubby and kids') favorite dish! Is this the way you do it? ;)

Ingredients:

* 1 Kilo Pork (cut into chunk cubes)
* 12 pcs Tamarind (Sampaloc)
* 1 big Onion (diced)
* 6 big tomatoes (quartered)
* 2 pcs Radish (sliced)
* 1 bundle Sitaw Stringbeans (cut into 2" long)
* 1 bundle Kangkong (cut into 2" long)
* Salt and Patis to taste
* 6 cups water

Procedure:

1. Boil Tamarind to soften. Pound and strain all juices and set aside.
2. In a casserole, bring pork to a boil, lower fire and simmer until pork is tender.
3. Add onions, tomatoes and Tamarind juice.
4. Add in all the vegetables.
5. Season with salt and Patis to taste.
6. Serve hot.

It's really a nice feeling when being complimented that my cooking is improving :D Thanks Tin2! You're my favorite niece! hehe

Ampalaya (bitter gourd / melon) with Egg

Hello! I missed posting last weekend. I'll just make it up later... sarap pa naman ng luto kong Sinigang na Baboy last Saturday! Will post on that later...For now, the dish of the day - Ampalaya (bitter gourd / melon) with Egg. Yummy! With matching Adobong Isda.

And sorry I was unable to upload recipes over the weekend. Hope I can do that within the week. :D

Tortang Giniling - Omelet

Bonus Dish!

For the left-over giniling yesterday, we made tortang giniling... another yummy breakfast and snack. :D

Great for breakfast early this morning - with matching loaf bread or pandesal. And I still have some for later. :D

Never starve a preggy one (always craving for delicious and nutritious foods! hehe

Brocolli With Shrimp

Hi again! Another delicious dish for me later... :)



So yummy! Is it lunch yet? :D I wish I can share it with you all. But for now, just enjoy the pix! hehehe

To my family and friends, don't worry...your fave recipes are coming soon... ;)

Giniling na Baka (Ground Beef)

Hello, another day...another dish! It's so sad that I can't find a really nice picture of what I have for today. I should remind myself to bring the camera next time and take photo of the real finished product after cooking. hehe Our meal for today features GINILING NA BAKA (Ground Beef) with potatoes and carrots. So yummy, one of my favorites! :) Can't wait for lunch! I hope I'll have ample time over the weekend to get: (1) all the recipes that I like, (2) ones I have tried cooking, and (3) my family and friends' favorites recipes So please do come back....who knows, your favorite dish may be the next one I write about. :D And do send me message if you want to share one or all of your favorite recipes! Or you may send in requests as well! I'll try my best to feature them next time. :D Bye for now... :) Ingredients: 1 lb. ground beef, low-fat 2 tbsps. cooking oil 2 garlic cloves, peeled and mashed 1 small red onion, chopped 2 tbsps. fish sauce 2 large tomatoes, seeded and diced 3 tbsps. tomato paste 1-2 tbsps. soy sauce, depending on taste 1/2 c. water 3 small new potatoes, peeled and diced 1 large carrot, peeled and diced 1 small green bell pepper, seeded and diced 1/2 c. frozen peas 1/4 c. raisins salt and pepper Procedure: Heat oil in a wok over medium high heat. Add garlic and stir fry till almost, but not quite brown. Add onions and cook till translucent. Add ground beef and cook till the pink is gone from the meat. Add fish sauce and stiry fry another minute or two. Add tomatoes, cover and cook about 2 mintues or until tomatoes are tender enough to mash and incorporate into cooking meat. Add the soya sauce, tomato paste and stir well. Add the water, potatoes and carrots. Stir and bring to a boil. Cover and allow to simmer over moderately low heat about 5 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Add the rest of the ingredients and cook covered until peppers are crips-tender, about 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Home Cooking - TINOLANG MANOK

New Challenge: Home Cooking is FUN! I have finally started home cooking! And I think it's really FUN! For someone who didn't have any interest in cooking... (fun of eating, though, *grin*), this is a HUGE challenge. So wish me luck guys! Dish for the day - TINOLANG MANOK (Chicken Ginger Stew with Vegetables)! Yummy! want some? :) Notes: Tinolang Manok is a filipino food that is easy to cook. Ingredients include papaya (or sayote), chili leaves (or malunggay), ginger, onion, garlic, and of course chicken. :) I'll soon set up a place here for recipes I have tried and wanna share. This is meann, signing on ... :) Ingredients: Oil -- 2-3 tablespoons Chicken, bone in, cut into small pieces -- 2 to 3 pounds Onion, thinly sliced -- 1 Garlic, minced -- 1 tablespoon Ginger, minced or julienne -- 2 tablespoons Water -- 3 to 4 cups Fish sauce (patis) -- 2 tablespoons Salt and pepper -- to taste Green papaya, peeled, seeded and cubed -- 2 cups Fresh spinach -- about 2 cups Procedure: Heat the oil in a large pot over medium flame. Add the chicken pieces and sauté until lightly browned on all sides, 5-7 minutes. Add the onions and sauté until translucent, about 3 to 4 minutes. Next add the garlic and ginger and sauté for another 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in the water to cover, fish sauce, salt and pepper bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, add back the browned chicken pieces and simmer for 25 to 30 minutes, stirring occasionally and skimming off any scum that rises to the surface. Add the cubed papaya and simmer for another 5 to 10 minutes, or until cooked through. Remove from heat, adjust seasoning and stir in the spinach. Serve hot.