Broccoli in Creamy Cheese Sauce

Ingredients:

2 bunch of Broccoli
1 cup of Kraft Cheddar Cheese (250 grams, grated)
2 tbsp. butter
1 can of nestle evaporated milk
Dash of Spanish Paprika
1/8 tsp. of McCormick mustard
1/4 tsp. of ground black pepper
2 tbsp. all-purpose flour
salt to taste

Procedure:

1. Wash the broccoli,then peel and cut stems into 1/4-inch (5 mm) thick slices. Place in steamer over boiling water; cover and steam until tender-crisp, about 6 minutes. (You can also Add or Replace broccoli with 1 head cauliflower, trimmed and cut into florets. Increase steaming time to 9 minutes.) Set aside.

2. Dissolve the 2 tbsp. all-purpose flour in evaporated milk.

3. In a sauce pan, Heat the 2 tbsp. butter. Add the Dissolve all-purpose flour and the remaining milk in the can.

4. Add 1 cup of grated Kraft Cheddar Cheese, Toss in a dash of Spanish paprika, 1/8 tsp of mustard, and 1/4 tsp. of ground black pepper. Add a dash of salt or adjust the amount according to your taste. Stir and mix well until cheese is fully melted and the consistency of the mixture is thick as a sauce should be.

5. Plate the Broccoli and add the cheese sauce on top.

Enjoy!

Tuna Mushroom Pasta in Red Sauce

Ingredients:

500 gr. pasta spaghetti (cook according to package direction)
2  packs of Italian pasta sauce (250 gr. each)
1 whole white onion (finely chopped)
1 whole garlic (finely chopped)
2 tbsp. butter
3 tbsp. vegetable oil
2 tbsp. black olives
1 tbsp. capers
1 can sliced button mushroom (drained of water)
1 can of Tuna in vegetable oil
1 can of Tuna hot and spicy (if you don't want the spicy taste, just use another can of tuna in vegetable oil.)
dash of Spanish paprika
dash of Italian seasoning
grated Parmesan cheese

Procedure:

1. Cook the spaghetti pasta according to package directions. (you will know that it is cooked when you slice a pc. and the inside of it has no more white spot in the middle.) Drain. Set aside.

2. In pre heated sauce pan, put some 2tbsp. butter and 3 tbsp. vegetable oil. Sauté the onions until a little transparent, then toss in the garlic. Sauté until the garlic is a little brown in color. Mix in the mushroom. Add a dash of Spanish paprika, and a dash of Italian seasoning.

3. Pour the contents of the 2 Tuna in cans in the sauce pan, Sauté for 3 minutes. Add the black olives and capers. Finally add the 2 packs of spaghetti Italian style pasta sauce. Simmer for about 3 minutes.

4. Plate your Spaghetti pasta  then, Pour the sauce over to your favorite spaghetti pasta. Sprinkle with some grated Parmesan cheese over the pasta for salty taste.

Enjoy!

Chop Suey

My Chop Suey Recipe

Ingredients:

1/4 kg. Chicken breast (shredded)
1/4 kg. Chicken liver (cut into half)
1/4 kg. Shrimp (peeled and slit at the back)
1/4 kg. Pork (cut into strips)
1 whole Cabbage (triangular sliced)
1/8 kg. Chinese snow peas
1/8 kg. Baguio beans (sliced diagonally thin)
1 pc. big Carrot (sliced into strips/ julliened)
1 head of Cauliflower (cut into flowerets)
1 head of Broccoli (cut into flowerets)
1 pc. green Bell pepper (sliced diagonally)
1 pc. red Bell pepper (grilled, sliced diagonally)
1 pc red Onion (sliced)
1 head of Garlic (crushed)
24 pcs. Quail eggs (boiled and peeled)
1 can Button mushroom (sliced)
1 can Young corn (sliced diagonally)
3 pcs. Tomatoes (sliced,seeded)
Vegetable oil
2 tbsp. Oyster sauce
8 tbsp. Premium soy sauce
2 tbsp. Cornstarch (dissolved in 1/8 cup of water)
1-2 cups of Chicken stock
1 thumb of Ginger (peeled and crushed)
Ground Pepper to taste

Procedure:

1. Clean the chicken breast, peel the ginger then crushed, with the cleaned the pork that is sliced into strips. Put it in a casserole and boil it for 10-15 mins. or until the meat are tender. scrape any dirt foaming above the water. Drain the chicken and meat. set aside about 2 cups of the chicken/pork stock.

2. Clean the chicken liver in running water then sliced it into half.

3. For the bell peppers both green and red, grill it first for the much more fragrant aroma to come out. When its skin is a little bit blackened let it cool and then peel it and slice diagonally.

4. For the shrimp, blanched it for about 2 min. drain the liquid you can add it it the soup stock. Set aside.

5. Put some vegetable cooking oil into the heated casserole. Stir the onion first then the garlic when it is slightly browned then mixed in the tomatoes and stir in the Chicken Liver for about 3 minutes. then mixed in the chicken and pork.

6. Stir Fry the Baguio beans, Chinese snow peas, cabbage, button mushroom and young corn. Then after the cabbage had wilted a little toss in the red and green bell pepper along with the cauliflower, carrots and broccoli. Do this for about 2 minutes.

7. Pour a cup or 2 of chicken stock with the shrimp stock and the dissolved mixture of cornstarch into the vegetables. Seasoned with oyster sauce, adjust the measurement of premium soy sauce and pepper according to your taste.

8. Put the quail eggs and the shrimp on top and simmer for about 5 minutes or until the sauce thickens and all the vegetables are nicely cooked. Some people want their vegetables to be well cooked some want it to still be a little bit crunchy. Serve it with a hot white plain rice.

Enjoy!

Turon with Langka

Turon with Langka

Ingredients:

Lumpia Wrapper

Brown sugar

Banana (saba) - slice in half

Langka (Jack Fruit)- shredded into strips

Vegetable oil

Procedure:

1. Wash the banana (saba) then peel it.

2. Cut the banana(saba) in half. Set aside for a while.

3. Separate each piece of the lumpia wrapper. Set aside for a while.

4. tear the langka (jack fruit) into long strips, discarding the seed and the hard part that is not edible. Set aside for a while.

5. Back to the lumpia wrapper get one and roll 2 pcs of banana into the brown sugar put a generous amount depending on how sweet you want your lumpia to be, then arrange it to the lumpia wrapper placing the langaka (jack fruit) in the middle of the bananas (saba). Roll the 1/4 part of the lumpia wrapper to the fillings then roll the left and right side too. Now you can continue rolling it to make a nice and tightly wrap lumpia. Do this to the rest of the batch.

6. Heat the vegetable oil about half of the skillet, then fry the lumpia.

7. To dry the excess oil from the lumpia use the kitchen paper towel.  Serve it hot.

Kare-Kare

Ingredients:

1 kg. Pata
1 pack ox tripe (monterey)
1 bundle of Pechay leaves
1 bundle of string beans  "sitaw" (Slice into 3 inch strips)
4 pcs. medium Aubergine  "talong"(Slice into 3 inch strips)
1 medium size Banana Heart  "puso ng saging" (Cleaned and Sliced)
Anato seeds (for color)
ginger (crushed)
1 big onion (sliced)
5 pcs. of garlic cloves (finely chopped)
2 Cups of Peanut Butter (Pure would taste much better)
1 pack of Mama Sitas Kare-Kare Mix
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tbsp. of vegetable cooking oil
water

Ingredients for Spicy Sautéed Shrimp:

4 tbsp. of vegetable cooking oil
1 big Onion (finely chopped)
2 pcs. Chili (siling labuyo- sliced)
1 cup of Bagoong-Alamang
1/2 cup brown sugar

Procedure:

1. Clean the ox tripe and the pata. Slice it in desired sizes.

2. With the crushed ginger and 1/2 tsp of salt, bring the cleaned ox tripe and pata to a boil until the meat is tender. ( add some more water until the meat and ox tripe is tender enough to eaten.)

3. When the meat and ox tripe is well cooked already, separate it in another container. Also remove the ginger in the soup stock.

4. In a container mix the anato seeds with a cup of the soup stock, and mix it with the rest of the soup stock along with the peanut butter and Mama Sitas Kare-Kare Mix. Stir the mixture till it become a little Thick and Smooth. Then set it aside for a while.

5. In another Casserole, Sauté the onion until transparent in color in the vegetable cooking oil. Add the garlic then after 30 sec. add the banana heart, string beans and aubergines. Then put the cooked vegetables and meat with the ox tripe in the soup stock that we have prepared a little while ago. Let it boil for another 10 min. or until all the vegetables, now along with the pechay leaves are cooked.

For the Spicy Sautéed Shrimp: 

In a skillet sauté the onion in a 4 tbsp. vegetable cooking oil. Add the 1 cup of bagoong-alamang when the onion is a little bit transparent in color. Lastly add the siling-labuyo and 1/2 cup of brown sugar. Stir the mixture until the cooking oil separates from the bagoong- alamang and produces a nicely brown glazed in color.


Now with the Kare - Kare and Spicy Sautéed Shrimp ready we are now ready to serve and eat along with a steamy white rice. (^_____^)

What an awesome God!

Me and Remus

It was 25^th of January 2012, I was so busy doing my work. That night I felt so heavy and I was running a slight fever. I thought it is due only to exhaustion.

So I ended up sleeping early. The next morning the fever is getting worse and my throat is swelling up. It was tonsillitis. It is so hard to ingest food! (TT_TT)

In almost 5 days that was my condition. Even as I am taking medications it feels like it isn’t working… Friday came, it was evening and my sister needs to go to work already and my husband is still at work in the office. I was left alone in the house. I was still running a fever by that time; I’m so scared that time. Thinking what if something bad happens to me. And some other negative thoughts run through my mind. I called my husband Remus what time he will be arriving but he still needs to finish some work. I understand him but I still worried. I remembered what my mama says every time that I am sick. “You need to pray to Jesus cause He is the great Healer and comforter” and so I did pray. Yeah after I prayed I become at ease and I felt his comfort.  But I feel that I am still sick.

The next day Saturday evening it feels like I’m craving for Japanese food. But it is already too late for a delivery, or for restaurants to be still open. I felt like I am able to swallow some food already. So I decided that I would go to Market Market the next day, it is located at Mabini Avenue corner McKinley Parkway, Bonifacio Global City Taguig. There I found the food that I wanted and ate. But still my throat is swelling and still hard to swallow.

My husband and I are supposed to go to VCF Pioneer. But since we are already near VCF The Fort and Pioneer is already far from where we are. We decided to have our Sunday Church Service there. Whoa! It was a huge place.

We don’t know where is the service being held so we waited a bit. A lady beside me, show me where I should go. I was surprise cause I am not asking her. She is kind. J  So we got upstairs and went to the assembly hall and waited for the service to start.

Before the praise and worship behind my mind something is telling me to go seek a pastor and ask for a prayer for healing. My husband told me to go after the service. But then, the pastor on the stage I don’t even know what his name is started praying. Then he pauses for a while and suddenly he is asking for other pastors and VG leaders to go to the front and pray for those people that are coming to the front. Maybe he felt or discerned that many souls are asking for healing for themselves, their loved ones or someone that they know who is suffering from any sickness and that moment I know the Holy Spirit is guiding me. I normally wouldn’t go in front or seek others for a prayer. Especially when I don’t even know whom that person is.  But I have a conviction that I had to do it, and so I did.

In front I saw another lady maybe around 30-40. She is smiling at me so I started smiling back and tells her that I need healing for my tonsillitis. That time I had difficulty saying any words cause of my swelling throat. Then we started praying. I believe that God really is in there I can personally feel it. Because that very moment I felt that a very hot energy is flowing from the tips of my head down to my throat then to my whole body. “Whoa! It was really an awesome feeling. “ It is so amazing cause it feels that a big lumps in my throat is just taken out! And I felt so relieved! I tested if I can now speak normally, and I did! I was crying out of overflowing joyfulness. I said thank you to the lady who prayed for me and then went back to my seat. I was so happy I couldn’t contain it so I told my husband what I felt on how God is so awesome!

Afterwards we started singing again. So happy I could sing to my hearts content cause there’s a voice coming out again from my mouth! The pastor told a story about the faith of the centurion. It is in Matthew 8: 5-13.  I love the verse 13. (Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! Let it be done just as you believed it would.” And his servant was healed at that moment.) That is exactly what happened to me. I was healed at that very moment! J  After that I thought I had already experienced a great deal but after the series Thrive. Read Romans 8: 1-11. I was so happy attending that church.

Truly God is always in control. It is not an accident that we are in that place at the right time. Jesus is always there to guide us. Showing how He loves us. Wanting to be with each and every one of us. We just need to believe Him and follow Him. How awesome He really is! Right? J

For the podcast here is the link: http://victory.org.ph/resources?series=thrive

Adobong Pusit "Without the Ink"

Here is how I cook the Adobong Pusit, I hope you like it as much as I do. :D

Ingredients:

1/2 Squid "Pusit"
Ginger size of a thumb
1 red onion "rings"
5 cloves of garlic "finely chopped"
1 tsp. pepper
1 siling haba "cut diagonally into 2"
4 pcs. tomatoes "sliced"
4 tbsp. soy sauce
2 tbsp. vinegar
3 tbsp. vegetable oil or palm oil

Procedure:

1. First clean the squid. you have to place it in running water so you could easily clean it. pulling the head from the body first. then scoop out any black ink and the innards of the squid. also take out the plastic backbone of the squid. wash it properly till it's clean. For the head and its tentacles just take out the hard part of it in the center, between it's eyes and wash it clean. set it aside.

2. Slice the onion into rings, crushed the garlic, then chop it finely. Then crushed the ginger and cut the siling haba in half diagonally. Slice the tomatoes discarding the seeds.

3. Heat the casserole, then pour 3 tbsp. of vegetable oil. saute the onions,garlic and ginger. when they are starting to brown for a bit toss the tomatoes and continue sauteing.

4. After the tomatoes are softened mix the squid and saute for about a minute. Then pour some soy sauce and vinegar. mix it all together with the siling haba. Simmer for 15-20 minutes or if you like it to have more sauce stop cooking when the squid is cooked.But if you like it dry cook it until the oil is separating from the sauce.

5. Serve it hot with steamy white rice.

Yield for 4 people.

Ginataang Tilapia

Hello everyone! This fish dish that i cooked is called Ginataang Tilapia. Hope you try it too in the comfort of your own home.

Here is my recipe:

Ingredients:
1 whole red onion "slice"
4 cloves of garlic "Crushed"
1 bell pepper " cut into long strips"
1 tsp. ground black pepper
1 kg. Tilapia
1 bundle of String beans "sitaw" "cut into 2 inches long"
2 cups of coconut milk "Kakang gata"
2 pcs. Siling haba "optional"
Ginger "thumb size"
2 tbsp. Fish Sauce "patis"
rock salt
vegetable oil or palm oil
3 pcs. Banana "Saba" "cut diagonally"

Procedure:
1. Clean the fish Tilapia, remove its scales, innards, fins, gills. Wash it properly.
Hold the fish in its body then shake downward so that its saliva and the slimy thing will go down to its mouth. After it is cleaned, cut a to slit into the fish body side by side then season with rock salt. Then fry it in a non-stick pan with vegetable oil or palm oil. After all tilapia is cooked, set it aside.
2.In a non-stick pan put a little bit of vegetable oil or palm oil enough to fry the bananas "Saba". set it aside when done.
3. In a casserole heat a little bit of oil enough to sauté the onions, garlic and ginger.
4. Pour the 2 cups of coconut milk "kakang gata" in the casserole. Add in the ground black pepper into it. if you would like you dish to be a little bit spicy add in the Siling haba. let it simmer till the liquid is reduce in half.
5. Add the string beans "sitaw" continue simmering it for about 2 minutes.
6. Now we can add the fried tilapia and banana into the casserole. Simmer it for about 3 -5 minutes and we are done.
7. Serve hot with steamy white rice.

yield for 4 people