I'm BACK!!!

I'm sooooo back on track now... from almost 2 years of hibernating... *big grin* Hopefully (but i would definitely do!) I could give you more home cooking recipes and to share my food trips.

So guys... could you just wait a little more... I really want my first food post to be very special and that will be soon... ^^

What's for dinner?

After weeks of not working in the kitchen, I'm so glad that I was able to prepare dinner for my nephews & nieces. By the way this is the first time that I have tried cooking sarciado... I guess I over cooked the egg! *lol*

Fish Sarciado

(Sarciadong Tilapia)

the ingredients

1 large tilapia (or any fish with white meat)

3 pieces medium tomatoes, chopped

1 medium onion, chopped

6 cloves garlic, minced

1 medium carrot, julienned (optional)

2 medium eggs, slightly beaten

seasoning granules or salt and pepper

1/2 cup water

cooking oil

here's how

Rub fish with the seasoning granules/salt.

Fry under medium heat. Drain excess oil, set aside.

On a large pan, saute garlic & onion.

Add the tomatoes and carrots, cook over low heat for about a minute.

Pour the egg, stir continously.

Add the water and some seasoning.

Add the fried tilapia, cover the pan and simmer for a minute.

Flip fish on the other side and cook for another minute.

Serve hot!

From My Kitchen...

This is my very first entry for Mommy Dharlz meme... (sorry mommy for the delay *smile*)

I'm now serving Adobong Binakbakan!

I have already posted the recipe of this dish a year ago. I just want my favorite ulam to be my first entry... hope you'll like it! *wink*

A Kare-Kare Dinner with Kate

Last Wednesday, my roomamate Kate & I had dinner at Landmark's Food Center. We tried Barrio Fiesta's Kare-Kare.

Kare-kare is a Philippine stew. It is made from peanut sauce with a variety ofvegetables, stewed oxtail, beef, and occasionally offal or tripe. Meat variants may include goat meat or (rarely) chicken. It is often eaten with bagoong (shrimp paste), sometimes spiced with chili, and sprinkled with calamansi lime juice. Traditionally, any Filipino fiesta (particularly in the Tagalog region) is not complete without kare-kare. In some Filipino-American versions of the dish, oxtail is exclusively used as the meat. wikipedia.org

Kare-Kare

Lechon Kawali

Barrio Fiesta's Kare-Kare Combo

(kare-kare, lechon kawali and plain rice)

Php85.00 or approx. $2

Want to try cooking Kare-kare? Try this kare-kare recipe from Manong Ken's collection...

sweet come back...

Hello everyone! I've been quite busy with my new job that I wasn't able to do updates here... and I'm so sorry... But now I'm back and hoping that will give you updates atleast one a week *fingers crossed*

Now let me welcome myself back with something sweet... *big grin*

Kuting's Graham Ref Cake

the ingredients

1 200 g pack Grahams Honey

1 300g can Nestle cream (chilled)

3/4 cup condensed milk

1 small can crushed pineapple

(sliced mangoes, peaches and fruit cocktail will do)

marshmallows (optional)

Crushed Grahams (optional)

the preparation

Mix condensed milk and nestle cream on a bowl.

Then on a reactagular dish, pour some cream mixture until the bottom is covered.

Lay Graham Crackers on top of the cream.

Pour another layer of cream and sprinkle some crushed pineapple.

Repeat the process to make 2 or 3 layers.

Then on the last layer, top with more crushed pineapple, marshmallows and crushed graham.

Chill and serve!

It's my nephew G-Boy's request that I make Ref Cake for his birthday, that's why I thought of putting some mashmallows! *big grin*

Cakes Galore!

An afternoon at Red Ribbon with Nadine & Nestie!

Cakes... I've got my slice of s'mores chocolate cake, Nestie ordered the choco mocha crunch and Nadine with something like stawberry cake... which she didn't like. *big grin* 

Cool drinks! 

Here's what makes me so full... aside from that delicious s'mores, i also got my cheesy lasagna! *yumyum*

... and now I am craving for S'mores! I guess I'll have one slice tomorrow! *smiles*

Dinner at Flavours of China

I always love meeting up friends, especially those whom I haven't seen often. My friend Ice and I have been friends since High School. We rarely see each other after college and got our respective jobs. So when she called me and asked me to visit her new apartment, I immediately said yes! After hangging out at her place all afternoon, we decided to go to SM Lipa and have dinner at Flavours of China.

My friend Ice and her hubby Jay

And my all time favorite on Flavours of China Menu :

Flavours Seafood Fried Rice and Spicy Squid Head

Happy Easter!

My sister, Ate Gina and my nephew G-boy designed these Easter Eggs.

So cute!

Happy Easter Everyone!

God Bless!

Hotdog & Corned Beef Spaghetti

It's Black Saturday and I'm staying at home in front of my laptop almost all day. Oh well not until I got hungry *big grin*.

Saw this pack of pasta in the kitchen and thought of cooking spaghetti. I asked my nephews if they want it also and they happily said yes!

Here's Gohan helping me out in the kitchen. When I was his age, my mother also allows me to do some small stuffs in the kitchen. I guess that's why I have this heart for cooking...

We don't have ground pork on the fridge so I just settled for hotdogs and corned beef.

the ingredients for my spaghetti are as follows :

400 g spaghetti noodles (cooked per package diractions)

500 g sweet style spaghetti sauce

1 large onion, finely chopped

6 cloves garlic, minced

2 cups sliced hotdogs

1 can corned beef

1/2 cup grated cheese

3/4 cup water (or pork broth)

salt & pepper

cooking oil

and here's how...

Saute garlic and onion. Add the hotdogs and corned beef. Stir until cooked. Pour in spaghetti sauce and water. Season with salt and pepper. Bring to boil, lower down to medium heat. Continue cooking for about 10 minutes while stirring occasionally. Add the grated cheese and stir continiously for about half a minute.

Pour the sauce over the cooked spaghetti noodles. Toss. Serve with grated cheese on top.

Enjoy!

Inihaw ng Pusit (Grilled Sqiud)

On our way Agdangan, Quezon where we are going to visit the Luminous Cross of Grace Sanctuary, we were captured by this very beautiful scenery behind this restaurant called Vista Playa. So after our commemoration of the Way of the Cross at the Sanctuary, we decided to have our lunch on the said resto.

the view from...

and this is what I've got for lunch...

Super yummy grilled squid!

Please visit http://www.kutingsden.blogspot.com/ as I share my unforgettable Lenten experience at Luminous Cross of Grace Sanctuary.

If you do guys remember my post about my sisters' recipe collection. This time it's the recipe itself that I am going to share with you...

From my Ate Glenn's Recipe Collection

Chicken A la King

1/3 cup mushrooms (2 oz can)

1/4 cup chopped green pepper

1/4 cup butter1/4 cup flour

1/2 tsp. salt

1/8 tsp. pepper

1 cup chicken broth

1 cup cream (20% butterfat)

1 cup diced cooked chicken

1/4 cup chopped pimiento

Saute mushroom and green pepper in butter. Blend in flour & seasonings. Cook over low heat. Stirring until mixture is smooth, bubbly. REmove from heat. Slowly stir in broth and cream. Bring to boil over low heat, stirring constantly. Boil for 1 minute. Add chicken and pimiento. Continue cooking until meat is heated through. Serve hot.

Makes 4 servings.

Ginisang Gulay (Sauteed Vegetables)

I just noticed that I've been eating out alot lately, and wasn't able to share with you guys some recipes.  Well, here's what I've got for lunch just the other day... 

I love vegetables and I guess this is one simple yet very delicious dish. *wink*

the ingredients

1/2 kl ground pork

1/4 kl baguio beans, cut diagonally into half-inch lenghts

1 large sweet potato, diced

1 large carrot, diced

1 /2  head cabbage, finely chopped

1 large onion, finely chopped

4 cloves garlic, minced

salt and pepper

cooking oil

here's how

Heat oil on a large pan. 

Saute garlic and onion.

When the onion is already transparent, add the ground pork.

Sprinkle with a pinch of salt and cook until brown.

Add all the vegetables except the cabbage.

Season with salt and pepper. Mix well.

Cook for about 3 minutes.

Stir in the cabbage and cook for another 2 minutes.

Serve hot!

You can also use this as a lumpia filling!

Bonding Over Pizza

Just this afternoon, my Ate Gina asked if I could go with her to the mall. I immediately said yes, since I don't have anything important to do.

After checking out almost all the racks at the depatment store and bought some stuffs, my sister and I headed to Greenwich to have some pizza.  She ordered Greenwich Special Thin Crust Pizza for us. 

I do always look forward on moments like this. Doing things that we both love, shopping and eating! *smiles*

Snackwich

My sister-in-law brought this home especially for me! So sweet! *big grin* Well, that's one of the things I love being the bunso (youngest). *wink*

This is the first time that I have tasted this sandwich from Mister Donut.  Snackwich as it is called, is the counterpart of Dunkin Donuts' Bunwich. 

Just like the typical sandwiches, this one has ham slices, a slice of tomatoe and cucumber, cheese and mayonaise. 

Wordless Wednesday

Minindal

Minindal as I remember, is how my late grandmother call our merienda. Just this afternoon this is what I had for my minindal...



I love the coco jam from Pan de Manila... it's not too sweet and not too oily, just right... *yummy*
...and not to forget my cup of coffee! A perfect minindal! *big smile*

what's for dinner?

This is the first time that I've tried cooking this dish... and my nephews and nieces love it! *big smile*

Tuna 'n Spag

the ingredients:

1 pack (450 grams) spaghetti noodles, cooked according to package directions
4 cans (180 grams) century tuna flakes in vegetable oil,separate the oil from the flakes
2 medium red bell pepper, diced
1 large onion, chopped
6 cloves garlic, minced
grated cheese
cooking oil
salt



here's how

Saute garlic and onion.
Add the diced red bell pepper, sprinkle some salt*.
Stir, cook for about a minute.
Add the tuna flakes. Mix until all the ingredients are well incorporated.
Pour the vegetable oil (from the tuna), simmer for 5 minutes.
Toss with the cooked spaghetti noodles.
Serve with grated cheese on top.



Happy eating!

Halo-Halo

A sweet way to end the love month and to welcome summer is to eat halo-halo (mix-mix? *big grin*)

Halo is the Filipino term for mix and this popular dessert/snack is a mixture of different sweets such as tapioca/sago pearls, gulaman (jellies), purple yam (ube), sweetened kamote (sweet potato), sweetened plantain banana and shredded melon. Well those are what's in the halo-halo that I've got this afternoon. *wink*

Top with shaved ice swirled with evaporated milk... *yummy*

My cousins enjoying Ate Mayeth's Halo-Halo, she usually sells barbeque's but during summer she also have Halo-Halo.

And for a halo-halo all year round... Chowking serves special halo-halo with various boiled sweet beans, sugar palm fruit (kaong), leche flan and rice crisp aside from the usual ingredients. You can also have it topped with ice cream.

Enjoy the summer guys!

chocolate shake!

Had this one last Valentine's Day... and now I'm craving for one!

Chocolate Shake @ Jenina's Place

a sweet music video...

Just this morning I was able to watch this video on MYX (a music channel) and good thing it is already uploaded on youtube.com *big grin*. I've seen the making of this music video and I am really looking forward to see the final video... and I am not disappointed! The MV is simple yet I find it very sweet. Watching Sarah Geronimo's eyes glowing while singing makes me also feel the song... I hope you guys love it as much as I do!

Sarah Geronimo widget by 6L & Daxii

Originally sung by Janie Fricke but I first heard this song from the Filipino group called "The Company", and i have come to love it since then.