Am I Feeling Hungry ????

It's been a while since i touch my first blog... I started this blog without even understand what blogging means.  What I just wanted to share is how i love to cook.  Some says my cooking is just too ordinary.  Since I am Asian my taste is not every one's taste...but ..hey...i think every one eats Asian food right?

I do not think I am here to justify by me being Asian... Let me start all over again....let me share the recipes that I learned and the food that I missed.... Let me take a deep breath and start the blog rolling.....

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Quiet Time!!!!But Iam Back for more recepi!!!!!

It's been a while...miss you all guys....Busy month for me.....

My son Chef Arvie and I had a lunch date last week ... After a 30 minute discussion where to go....we decided to go for a Mexican Restaurant since it's been a while since we had Mex food.... Now, we need to decide what resto should we go... A lot of restaurants claim that they have the authentic Mexican cooking but still when you open their menu just a little of true blue mexican dishes are listed. Again, after a few minute of discussion I drove straight to new Mex resto....

For a start they provided us with a bunch full of chips and salsa...while working on your taste buds deciding what to order for your main course. While enjoying every chip dipped into the salsa...It gave me an idea I can also serve this at home to my hungry friends.Something I know that they will enjoy while watching our favorite TV show or just chatting....Simple but enjoying...try it....

Crunchy and crispy these are excellent companions for your favorite salsa

Prep Time: 1 minute

Cook Time: 5 minutes

Total Time: 6 minutes

Ingredients:

• 12 corn tortillas cut into 6-8 wedges
• oil for frying
• salt to taste

Preparation:

Pan frying-
Heat oil over medium-high heat for about a minute. Drop a crumb of tortilla into the oil, if it sinks, it's not hot enough. If it bubbles and comes to the top, it's perfect.
Slide pieces into oil using a slotted spoon or spatula just a few at a time. Let pieces fry until golden brown and crispy, less than one minute. Drain on paper towels and sprinkle with salt. Serve immediately or store in a tightly covered container.

How to make your own SALSA... 

Ingredients:

• 2 cups seeded, chopped tomatoes (6-7 medium tomatoes)
• the leaves from one bunch of fresh cilantro, chopped
• 6 cloves fresh chopped garlic
• 1/2 an onion chopped
• 1 jalapeno, finely chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• about 1 tablespoon lime juice

Preparation:

Mix all ingredients until well incorporated. Refrigerate overnight for maximum flavor.

Happy Easter Everyone

A time to celebrate and shout to everyone in the world how Jesus Christ love us so much...and what He went through to save us from our sinfulness...

Easter Sunday is a another day for mothers like me to start working on their dishes again....As for me and my son we had steak with mashed potatoes ..simple but enjoyed the time with my son on this special day.

Chorizo Recipe

Ingredients

* 1- 3 smoked butt. ground very coursely
* 4 Tbs. salt
* 3 Tbs.dry oregano
* 6 mashed garlic cloves
* 3 tsp. crushed cumin seed
* 2 tsp. fresh ground pepper
* 2 tsp. sugar
* 6 Tbs. ground red chiles
* 8 Tbs. cider or wine vinegar
* 5 Tbs. water


Directions

1. Place ground butt in a large mixing bowl and add all the ingredients and mix very well.
2. divide up into 3 to 4 ounce servings and wrap in seran wrap, then place in a ziplock bag. will last for a week in the refrigerator or for 2 months in the freezer.
3. take 1 package and fry, breaking up into small pieces, for 3-4 minutes over medium-high heat.
4. beat 4 eggs well and add to sausage and scramble to you desired taste. This will serve two
5. can also be fried as a burger.used with cooked rice to stuff peppers.

Lechon from Cebu

Yummy lechon...

Busy Busy Week!

It's a busy week for me...if i have so little time to be in my kitchen and invent some dishes..i always end up making a quick cold sandwich...

Weekend is here again....

We get excited when weekend is approaching. Why, for us working parents it is the day where we can stay late at night..maybe watch your favorite movie or go out have dinner with your friends...thinking that you don't have to get up early the next day... Or just the thought that you'll be spending a day with your kids...have a lovely breakfast or cook a marvelous lunch then go to the mall later in the afternoon...Preparing the day is sometimes stressful as it seems....cook your child"s favorite food or preparing something different. When I get stressed just thinking of menu's for the weekend I always ask for help from Mr. google...you can find a lot of different recipes on the web...here are some links that can help you out

1.Frugal Mom's Guide To Once A Month Cooking.
Once A Month Cooking Is A Hot Search Topic That Reduces The Cost, Time, And Effort In Meal Preparation. This Is Not Just Another Cookbook! This Unique Oamc Guide Provides Step-by-step Instruction, Forms, And Over 70 Delicious Recipes. Click Here!

2.Worlds Finest 5-Star Restaurant Secret Recipes.
Discover The Secret Recipes From The Worlds Finest Restaurants And Cook 5-Star Dinners At Home For A Fraction Of The Cost! Make Your Friends And Family Go All Wild And Gaga Over Your Food. Click Here!


3.Copycat Recipes Cookbook - DivineRecipes.
Over 750 Secret Copycat Recipes From Your Favorite Restaurants. Click Here!

Remembering 1973 musical movie "Lost Horizon"

I was still 5 or 6 then when the whole family went to the movies and watch Lost Horizon,a musical film. The songs is amazing and spiritually uplifting.Looking back i didn't even understand the story line but what I know for sure is im on cloud 9 listening to the songs and music. Dad bought a LP (LP is a bigger black version of today's CD) brought it home and we endlessly listen to it...But come to think of it the music was just part of the syndrome it is the time spent with Dad that make me feel on Cloud 9..I terribly missing you Dad.....






For more Lost Horizon music video go to www.youtube.com...

Pork Adobo (Humba) Bisaya Style

Yesterday I tried cooking Pork Adobo (Spanish for sauce) Bisaya(Visayan) Style. I just couldn't get the right taste and texture. So,I ended up opening google and looked for the right recipe.

Pork Adobo Popularly knows as Humba is a Visayan dish, Humba is basically cooked same way with adobo, it is a bit salty and sometimes sweetened with sugar. And a little oily and dry compared to other style of adobo.

Now im sharing you the perfect recipe.....

Ingredients:
Cooking time: 45 minutes

1 k. pork liempo (belly), cut into big cubes
1/2 head garlic, crushed
1/2 cup vinegar
1/4 cup soy sauce
2 tbsp. brown sugar
3 pcs. bay leaf
1 tsp. peppercorns, crushed
salt

Cooking Direction:

In a thick sauce pan put all ingredients add enough water to cover meat and bring to a boil. Set heat to medium low and simmer for 1 1/2 to 2 hours or until pork belly are tender. Remove all scum that rises, add more water if necessary. When pork skin turns to gelatine like texture. Correct saltiness and sweetness according to taste, set heat to low and continue to simmer until all the liquid has evaporated and pork start to render fat. Now cook the pork on its own fat until brown on low heat stirring occasionally to avoid burning the bottom.

Filipino Pasta Anyone?

Usually when you attend a Filipino party there will always be pasta on the dinner table....this maybe a macaroni salad,baked macaroni,spaghetti in red sweet sauce or any which way you cook your pasta. I assure you there will always be pasta... Why..it feeds thousands..less expensive but fill everyone's stomach ...again ...why...pasta is carb and it bloats once it is jumbling around your stomach...wallahhhh...everyone is filled...secret of a full happy party....

But for me I cook lasagna...it is still pasta, the same ingredients but it looks different...When we are invited to a party we usually think of what kind of food waiting for us..right? We even prepare ourselves hungry 1 hour before the said feast...But once we arrive and still see the same old chow we loose our appetite and decide to jump right into dessert.

Lasagna is a good solution...something new in the eyes...still fresh from the oven..enticing to the eyes...Im sharing you a short and easy steps to cook lasagna...

The history of cooking 2......

Im here clicking on my keyboard wondering how i would share my cooking sojourn should i start where I ended the last time....oh no... My son was still 7 then...you'll get bored ... and start thinking of clicking your mouse away from my page...i wouldn't allow you  to get jaded.

Let me skip the many years and lets jump into when I was really astonished  by my son's welcoming himself to the professional world of culinary....

 

Winning the Gold!

There he is at  18 and he is surely a champ.   Competing in New Zealand with other chefs and bagging the gold.  How proud Iam....well of course... i wouldn't pretend but somehow i got scared just a bit...questions just lurking around my thoughts.  would he still be requesting for his fav meal or still ask me to cook for him since we all know he is better cook than i am.... sigh....well of course he still will...I'm his mom and just the thought of him waiting for his hungry stomach to be filled by a prepared meal on the table is better than him cooking for himself...mothers am i right? hahahaha...

Lets start by me, sharing the difference of our cook books...These below are my cook books...1 is a magazine and the other  is a 300 page book and 150 pages of these are all pictures...and it is entitled  "Cooking a common sense guide"....commonsense lady commonsense...hehehe...

 

 

 

 

My party time cook book...mostly of my friends held their party in my small abode...I need this..have i used this? hmmmm...it has given me a lot of ideas

This is my  commonsense guide cook book....I really need sense to have a mouthwatering meal for the visitors...

And this is my sons cook book a 700 hard bound book where all renowned chef worldwide have contributed their recipes....The frist time he showed this to me and ask me to cook something from this book...Have i understand it...nope....have i understand the jargons..nope....have i understand and pictured how the cooking goes...nope....oh my....i was lost.....but the nicest thing is he end up cooking for us....ohhhh if you were only here and see  how my guests just mesmerize his creation....

Why Filipino's go ga-ga over rice!

Good Day to you all!

I left off yesterday with why Filipino love to eat rice...let me start with a short definition.

Rice: A cereal grass (Oryza sativa) that is cultivated extensively in warm climates for its edible grain.

The starchy grain of this plant, used as a staple food throughout the world especially in Asian countries.

If you ask us Filipino's why we go ga-ga over rice...our reply....we just shrug our shoulders and smile.  meaning it is just so....next question please....hahaha..unexplainable addiction. We eat rice for our breakfast,lunch and dinner. and of course our midnight snacks sometimes we enjoy cold steam white rice with scrambled egg and sardines or tuyo (dried fish)...hmmm....getting hungry? Filipino's can't survive the day with out having rice with their meal we go ga-ga....

But seriously ....Rice are carbohydrates and since Philippines is  a tropical country we need a lot of carbs more energy more sweat...

The Martha Blog : Blog Archive : What do you know about rice?

The Martha Blog : Blog Archive : What do you know about rice?

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The history of cooking....

Why im starting this blog???? Hmmm..bored?alone?futile?needing attention?lonely?..HUH... dont get me wrong im not a psycho middle aged woman who is trying to get everyone's attention and pretend that you love me!!!!

I just want to share how is it to have a Chef son.... I love to cook...how i take the pleasure to cook for everyone and see how my family and friends enjoying every bite of my home cooked food. I say home cook because mainly i just cook for my ever loyal audience my family and friends.. Lets put it this way. I live in a busy city life world and everyone seems just doesn't have the time to romance their kitchen . Mostly they end up eating take-away from a Filipino or Chinese restaurant or pretend that they are enjoying a ready to cook food. But me... mmmm....I would rather cook my meal.

This is maybe why my Son decided to be a professional Chef. Oh How i love to think that way ..pretending that i have a good influence on him. But I know that he has his own reasons....I was just hoping.....(Son if your reading this please just agree....mom is pleading...please) hahaha...

I vividly remember at 7 years old he knows how to take control of the kitchen. He sometimes cook for us of course with the help of his assistant. The stool... since he still small and couldn't reach the sink and the burner The stool became his best help. He started to experiment with scrambled eggs and perfected it until he decided to move on and jump to another recipe...ooohhh how i love to tell you how so many more of our kitchen adventures. Its getting late and still have to cook breakfast...yes ...we Filipino's cook and eat rice for breakfast...don't get shock will tell you why on my next blog.....