Kare Kare :)

Kare kare is one of Filipino traditional stew cooked with a thick peanut sauce. You can use different meat on this dish such as ox tail, beef, pork leg or even chicken. Aside from it's thick peanut sauce, the taste of this dish depends on the shrimp paste (bagoong) which can be cooked separately or simply mixed on the dish.

Ingredients:
Pork leg / beef and ox tail (depends on your choice)
Peanut butter
Ground peanut
Garlic
Onion
Pork / beef broth cubes
Pechay
String beans
Eggplant
Banana flower
Shrimp Paste
Water
Salt
Pepper

Cooking Procedure:
1) In a pot, simmer the meat until it is tender.
2) Once the meat is tender, discard the excess water. Saute the garlic and onion, add the meat, ground peanut, peanut butter, water and broth cube. Simmer for 10 minutes.
3) Add the eggplant, banana flower, string beans and pechay. Let it cook for 3-5 minutes.
4) Add salt and pepper to taste.
5) Serve with shrimp paste. Enjoy! :)

Mango Float ^_^

I love Mango Float for dessert :) I like the combined taste of Mango, cream and milk. This dessert is easy to prepare. You can do it for about 30 minutes but you have to store it in freezer to let it cool which makes it more tasty :) Try it.. below are the ingredients you'll need.

Ingredients:
Ripe Mango ( you can also add your favorite fruits)
Cream
Condensed Milk
Graham biscuits ( you can use your favorite bread/biscuit)

Preparation:

• In a bowl mix well the cream and condensed milk. Set aside.
• Sliced the mango according to your desired size. Or you can just scrape it using a spoon.
• In a separate food container, layered the graham first then pour in the cream and milk mixture and on top of it pour in the slices of mango. Just repeat the process until your desired thickness of your mango float.
• When done, place it in a freezer for about an hour or two.
• Enjoy it after your meal :)

Beef Caldereta :)

Beef Caldereta is a popular dish especially during occassions. Although it takes time in preparing this dish, i love cooking it but usually i prefer to make it during weekend due to time it needs to make the meat tender. And it is advisable to use pressure cooker in tenderising the meat of beef. See below for the ingredients and cooking procedure. Enjoy cooking! ;)

Ingredients:
Beef
carrots
potato
pickles
bell pepper
tomato sauce
tomato paste (optional)
garlic
onion
bay leaves
black pepper
salt
butter / cooking oil
water


Cooking Procedure:

• In a pan melt the butter then saute the garlic and and onion.
• Pour in the meat and let it simmer for about 5 minutes.
• Pour in  black pepper, salt and water. Let the meat boil until tender (approximately 1hr or more).
• Add the tomato sauce, bay leaves, pickles, carrots and potato. Let it simmer for another 20 minutes or until the potato and carrots are of desired tenderness.
• It is best served and eaten while hot! :)

Shrimp with Crab Paste ^_^

This dish is one of my favorite cuisines aside from it's very easy to cook, the taste is so good! I can even finished eating a half kilo of shrimp in just one sitting.. lol :) But for those who are high blood, i suggest not to eat it.. maybe occasionally or just a piece or two ;) Me? i can eat it even everyday.. :)) If you want to try this you can follow the steps below. You may choose to make it sweet or spicy. Enjoy cooking! ;)

Ingredients:
Shrimp / Prawn (cleansed)
crab paste
butter
garlic
brown sugar
celery (optional)
red pepper (optional)


Cooking procedures:
1) In a pot, melt butter then saute the garlic.
2) Once the garlic turns brown, pour in the crab paste mix well. Add the shrimp, let it cooked or until the shrimp turns orange in color.
3) Add a little bit of sugar. Add in the red pepper and celery, this is optional you may add it if you want. It is best served hot! :)

Prawns with Malunggay leaves ^_^

Prawns with malunggay is a healthy dish plus it's very easy to prepare. Malunggay is loaded with vitamins and minerals that can be an effective remedy against many kinds of ailments. Now a days it is also available in almost all supermarkets in a powder form. But I still prefer using the fresh leaves of it.. if you want to try this cuisine, below are the ingredients and cooking directions.


Ingredients:

Prawns
Fresh malunggay leavesCoconut milk
Squash
Ginger
Garlic
Onion
Water
Salt


Cooking Instruction:

1) In a pan, saute garlic, onion and ginger. Mix well then pour in water and squash. Let it simmer for 15 minutes.

2) Add the prawns. malunggay and coconut milk. Let it simmer for another 15 minutes or until the prawns turns orange in color.

3) Add salt to taste. Serve hot with rice! :)

Pork Adobo with Egg ^_^

Pork Adobo is braised pork in soy sauce and vinegar. I love this dish, there are a lot of ways in cooking it and i like mixing and adding new ingredients into it. This time i chose to add hard boiled eggs. You can use any meat and you can adjust the taste according to your preference.


Ingredients:

1 kg pork ( liempo or your choice of pork part)
Hard-boiled eggs
12 cup soy sauce
12 cup vinegar
2 cups water
1 whole minced garlic
1 onion
Whole pepper corns
Bay Leaves
Cooking oil
Salt and sugar


Cooking Procedure:

1. Marinate pork in soy sauce, vinegar, bay leaves, 6 cloves minced garlic, and ½ of the sliced onion for at least 30 minutes. 

2. In a large saucepan over medium heat, sauté remaining garlic in oil until light brown. Add remaining onion and sauté until translucent.

3. Add pork and pepper corns Let it simmer for about 45 minutes or until pork is tender. Add water if necessary.

4. Add salt and sugar to adjust the taste according to your preference. Add boiled eggs (optional). Simmer for 5 more minutes. Remove from heat. Serve hot with rice.

Tinolang Manok " Chicken Ginger Stew"

Tinolang manok one of my favorite Filipino dish. I like the combination of ginger and the chili pepper leaves which adds greatly on the soothing taste of the dish. I love to eat it during rainy days and whenever I am not feeling well.. :) Some add green papaya on it, but I just like sayote instead of papaya because of it's sweet taste. If you want to try this, see below for the ingredients and cooking instruction.

Ingredients:

• Chicken (cut into serving pcs.)
• Chilli pepper leaves
• Sayote or green papaya ( cut into wedges)
• Garlic
• Onion
• Ginger
• Tomato
• Fish sauce
• Salt

Cooking Instruction:

• Saute the garlic, onion, tomato and ginger. 
• Put in the chicken and cook until the color turns light brown.
• Add sayote and fish sauce. Pour in water and let it boil for about 25 minutes.
• Add chilli pepper leaves and salt to taste.
• Let it simmer for another 3 minutes.
• Serve hot! :)

Ginisang Ampalaya "Sauteed Bitter Melon"

Ampalaya has a very high nutrient content. Personally I don't like the bitter taste of this veggie, until someone recommend it to me which according to them it is good for people who are low blood. So I tried to cook it last Wednesday. Below are the ingredients and cooking instruction.

Ingredients:

• Ampalaya (sliced thinly)

• Egg 

• Ground beef 

• Garlic

• Onion

• Tomato

• Water

• Salt and pepper

Cooking Instruction:

• In a pan saute garlic, onion and tomato. Add ground beef cook until the meat turns brown.

• Add ampalaya and water. Let it simmer for 5 minutes.

• Add egg, salt and pepper.

• Let it cooked for another 5 minutes.

• Don't overcook the vegetable.

Paksiw na Pata (Braised Pork Leg) ^_^

Braised Pork leg, cooked in vinegar and soy sauce. An easy dish to prepare but will take some time to cook the Pork leg. You can choose on how to prepare it, some like it sweet and some like it sour. Personally, I like it sweet and sour and the meat as tender as it almost separates from it's bone..yummy!  :) See below ingredients and cooking instructions..hope you'll try this! ^_^

Ingredients:

•  Pork leg, cut crosswise
• Garlic, crushed
• Vinegar
• Soy sauce
• Dried banana blossoms
• Dried bay leaves
• Sugar
• Salt and Pepper Corn
• Water

Cooking Instructions:

• In a cooking pot put in Pork leg, water, soy sauce, bay leaves, garlic and whole pepper corns. 
• Let it boil for about an hour. Until the pork leg is tender.
• Add the vinegar and simmer for another 10 minutes.
• Add the banana blossoms, brown sugar and salt then let it simmer for 15 minutes.
• Serve hot and enjoy it with friends! :)

Adobong Pusit ^_^

Adobong Pusit, a tasty squid dish cooked in soy sauce and vinegar. I don't have really the intention of cooking this dish today. But while I am cooking other dish, my friend arrived with a squid she bought from the market near our place :) So I cooked it the way I know.. if you want try it see below ingredients and cooking instructions. Enjoy! ^_^

Ingredients:

• Squid, cleaned
• Onion
• Garlic
• Soy sauce
• Vinegar
• Cooking oil
• Sugar 
• Salt and pepper
• Dried bay leaves

Cooking Instructions:

• In a cooking pot, pour in water, vinegar, soy sauce, bay leaves and squid.
• Simmer for 5 minutes. Set aside.
• In a separate pan heat cooking oil, saute garlic and onion.
• Pour in the squid cooked earlier. Let it simmer for another 5 minutes.
• Add sugar, salt and pepper to taste.
• Let it simmer for another 3 minutes.
• Serve hot and enjoy! ^_^