This blog is all about my favorite food creations in my kitchen and travel experiences abroad and here at home.
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Monday, October 8, 2012
Fiber Filled Salad
Ingredients:
10 cherry tomato
1/4 c. black beans
1 gala/jona gold apple
1/2 cup grapes
1/4 c. sweet pea
Vinaigrette:
chopped cilantro
1/4 of fresh lemon juice
1 tbspseason vinegar
1 tbsp olive oil
pinch of ground pepper
1. Cut all apple into bite pieces, half tomato, and grapes. Combine veggies and fruits in a salad bowl.
2. Squeezed 1/4 of whole lemon and combine the rest of the vinaigrette ingredients.
3. Pour over to the salad and top with chopped cilantro.
4. Slightly mix all ingredients.
Friday, October 5, 2012
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Patriotic Pie
Ingredients:
3 c. birds eye frozen coconut (thawed)
1 box vanilla pudding mix
8 oz. cream cheese
1/2 c. confectioner's sugar
1 c. whipped cream
7 strawberries
2 c. blueberries
1 tbsp honey for glaze
Procedure:
1. Combine coconut and pudding mix in a bowl.
2. Pour mixture to a pie pan and press evenly.
3. Soften cream cheese in a mixer, combine sugar, and whipped cream. Mix well.
4. Pour mixture to the pie crust and spread evenly.
5. Top with cut into half strawberries and blueberries in the middle. Glaze with honey. Chill before serving.
Friday, July 27, 2012
Sheperd's Pie
You need:
1 lb ground beef
small onion
1 carrot (cubed)
1 cup peas
1 cup beef broth
2 tbsp flour
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp worcestershire sauce
6 potatoes
1 cup cream
1 egg
pepper
salt
cheese
parsley
You will:
1. Peel and cut potato, fill pot with water and salt, boil until soft.
2.While boiling potato, brown beef in a pan and drain excess oil from meat.
3. Drop in onions and carrot until soft.
4. In a sauce pan, combine olive oil and flour and mix well, add in beef broth and worcestershire sauce mix until mixture form a thick gravy.
5. Combine gravy to meat and stir well.
6. Drop in peas and mix well.
7. Drain water from potato, combine egg and cream.
8. Mush potato until soft. In a dish, pour meat mixture and top with mash potato.
9. Cover with cheese. Set oven to low broil until cheese melts and browned. 10. Chopped parsley and sprinkle on top. Enjoy!
Tomato and Mozzarella Salad
You need:
2 ripe tomato
1 mozzarella cheese ball
olive oil
balsamic vinegar
salt
pepper
fresh sweet basil
You will:
2. In a bowl, combine olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and pepper.
3. Chop basil and sprinkle over tomato and mozzarella.
4. Pour olive oil and vinegar mixture over tomato and mozzarella.. Here you go a fresh and good way to eat tomato. Enjoy!
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Mamon
Mamon
yellow cake mix
egg yolk
3 eggs
1 cup milk
1/2 cup butter
1. Combine all ingredients and beat in a cake mixer. Using ice cream scoop to fill up a mini pan lined with cup cake liner and bake for 18 minutes in a 350 degree oven.
This is perfect with slices of strawberries and whipped cream.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Chocolate Surprise Cup Cakes
duncan hines chocolate cake mix
hershey choc
cream cheese
whipped cream
strawberries
1. Bake cake according to cake instruction. I replaced butter to apple sauce and it turned out as good as with butter. Each cup cakes had hershey chocolate inside - that's the surprise.
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Biscuit Cinnamon Cake
You need :
1 cup brown sugar
5 tbsp cinnamon
3 small tube biscuits
juice of 1 lemon
1 cup confectioner's sugar
1/4 cup heavy cream
1. Combine brown sugar and cinnamon.
2. Unwrap and separate biscuits and roll coat with cinnamon mixture.
3. Line them up in a spring form pan. Sprinkle cinnamon mixture over top of lined biscuits and bake 300 degrees for 1 hour.
4. Squeeze lemon and combine with sugar and heavy cream. Let it simmer for 10 minutes and pour over cake. Continue baking for another 5 minutes.
Good when it's warm with coffee. Enjoy!
Freshly Cut Mix Fruits with Honey
mango
kiwi
strawberries
blueberries
honey
Peel and cut mix fruits and drizzle with light honey.
Mangoes should be sweet when they are matured enough when picked. Buying mango in the market sometimes frustrating if you don't have any idea on how to pick one. Mango should be sweet if they are soft and golden yellow in color.
These are Philippine mangoes.
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