Bamboo Shoots & Shrimps with coconut milk ^_^

Bamboo shoots or commonly known "labong" is best cooked with coconut milk, it is usually bought per cups in markets, but nowadays it is also available in cans though it is much better to use fresh bamboo shoots. This native Filipino dish is just easy to prepare, just follow steps below.. ^_^

Ingredients:
shrimps
coconut milk
2 cloves garlic crushed
1 thumb-sized ginger, crushed
1 cup bamboo shoots
Onions, sliced
Spanish pepper ( siling haba)
salt and pepper to taste

Cooking Instructions:
Saute garlic, ginger and onion then add the bamboo shoots, cook until tender.
Add the shrimp and coconut milk. Bring to a boil.
Shrimp is cooked when it turns pink.
Season to taste and add spanish pepper. Let it simmer for a minute.

Pancit Bihon w/ Canton ^_^

This is an all time favorite Filipino noodle dish that can be served anytime, can be any occasion or even on an ordinary day. Some eat it alone but some top it on rice ^_^ Though you can cook either pancit bihon (rice noodles) alone or just pancit canton (yellow chinese noodles), I prefer cooking it mixed.. if you want to try it..below are the ingredients and cooking instructions ^_^

Ingredients:
pancit bihon (rice noodles)
pancit canton (yellow Chinese noodles)
1 medium onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 tablespoons oil
Chicken (cooked)
Shrimp and chicken liver (optional)
Salt and pepper to taste
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 large carrot, cut into matchsticks
1 small cabbage, shredded
Chicharo
celery/ kintsay
water

calamansi


Cooking Instructions:

• Soak the bihon in warm water for about 5 minutes until soft. Drain.
• In a large wok or frying pan, saute the onion and garlic in oil. Add the chicken and chicken liver, add salt and pepper to taste, then stir fry everything.
• Add the shrimps (optional) and cook for 1 minute. Add the soy sauce and all the vegetables - carrots, cabbage, celery/kintsay - and cook for another 2 minutes.
• Add the water and bring to a boil for another 2 minutes. Remove all the ingredients from the wok, leaving behind only the liquid. Set the cooked meat-vegetable mixture aside.
• Add the bihon and canton noodles to the liquid. Mix well and cover for 5 minutes.
• Pour meat-vegetable mixture to the wok and mix with the noodles. 
• Serve with calamansi.

Creamy Spaghetti with cream of mushroom ^_^

Spaghetti is an all time favorite dish of almost everyone especially kids. I've cooked it several times in almost

all ocassions and I love adding spices on it whenever I cook it. This time, I added cream of mushroom and all purpose cream to make it creamy.. below are the ingredients, if you want to try the way I did.. enjoy! ^_^

Ingredients:
1 kilo, Spaghetti pasta
Spaghetti sauce
Tomato paste
All purpose cream
Cream of mushroom
Cheese
Ground beef
Hotdog
Carrots
Red bell pepper
Onion
Garlic
Oil/ butter
Soy sauce
Salt and pepper

Cooking Instructions:
For the sauce, heat oil in a deep pan saute garlic, onion, bell pepper. Add ground beef, hotdogs and soy sauce, let it simmer for 3 minutes. Add carrots, salt and pepper to taste. Then pour spaghetti sauce, tomato paste, cream of mushroom. Let it boil and add all purpose cream. Let it simmer for another 3 minutes.

For the pasta, boil water in a big casserole adding salt and oil. Then pour pasta until you achieved it's desired softness.

Pour cooked spaghetti sauce into the pasta, serve with grated cheese on top.. ^_^

Chicken Lollipop ^_^

Chicken Lollipop one of the easiest dish to prepare, especially if you don't have much time.. Here's how to prepare it.. ^_^

Ingredients:
1 kilo, Chicken wings
flour/ corn starch
2 eggs
water
white pepper
salt
oil

Cooking instructions:
Cut the wings into two, chop the end bone.Pull the flesh up with the skin and mold into a lollipop.
Mix all the remaining ingredients in a bowl until you made a thick batter.
Heat oil in a deep pan, dip the lollipop into the thick batter and fry on a medium heat until it turned into a light brown color. Serve hot with your favorite sauce.

Beef Adobo with Lemon and Rosemary ^_^

This is the first time that I've cooked Adobo with Beef Sirloin.. and I was excited to do it with some additional spices. Though it takes time to make the meat as tender as I liked to, it was worth it.. the taste is good.. and I'm looking forward to do it again and will try another set of additional spices on it. But for now, below are the ingredients and procedure if anyone would like to try my experiment.. enjoy!  ^_^

Ingredients:

1 kilo Beef Sirloin

1 whole lemon (juiced)

1/3 tsp. rosemary 

Bay leaf

Peppercorns

Garlic

1 tsp. brown sugar

Vinegar

Soy sauce

Salt and pepper to taste

Cooking Procedure:

In a bowl mix vinegar, soy sauce and sugar then pour into the Beef in a cooking pan. Add garlic, bayleaf, peppercorns and lemon juice cover and let it boil and simmer in medium heat for 45 minutes or until tender, add water as necessary. Add rosemary, season with salt and pepper to taste and continue to simmer until almost dry.