Simple Rice Salad

Easy to prepare yet yummy and satisfying. I ate this during my lunch, I just partnered it with pork crackling :D Excellent! Better and healthier than fried rice. Try it.

Ingredients for 2 servings:
1 1/2 cup cooked rice
1/4 piece avocado medium size ( diced)
1/2 piece apple Medium size ( diced)
1/2 cup Pineapple tidbits
1 medium size tomato
1 tablespoon diced yellow bell pepper
1 tablespoons diced red bell pepper
1 tablespoon lemon juice
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. Combine all the ingredients and mix well.

2. Chill or serve right away  with spring onion. :-).

Champorado with Gata

One of my childhood food that I still crave every now and then. Yummy!

Ingredients:
1/2 cup glutinous rice
1/2 cup ordinary rice
8 cups water
2 cups pure coconut milk
1/2 cup chocolate powder
sugar (according to your taste)


Procedure:
1. Mix the rice and wash it then put in a pot together with the water and bring to a boil. When it is boiling, stir occasionally so that it will not stick at the bottom of the pot. Add the chocolate powder then simmer over low heat until the rice is very tender.
2. When it's done add the coconut milk and stir until evenly mixed, then add sugar and simmer for few minutes and turn off the heat.

3. Serve it hot and enjoy!

Ginataang Sigarilyas

I picked some winged beans or sigarilyas from my sister's garden today, it's so fresh that's why I was tempted to picked it but of course I asked her permission. I cooked it and gave her some and she said it's yummy.
Carabansos in Visayan dialect.

Ingredients for 4 servings:
1/2 kilo winged beans ( sliced and cleaned)
1 small onion
1 teaspoon ginger strips
1 1/2 cup thin coconut milk
3/4 cup pure coconut milk
1 tablespoon shrimp paste (bagoong alamang)
salt if needed

Procedure:
1. In a pan put the thin coconut milk, onion, ginger and shrimp paste then bring to a boil over medium heat.
2. When boiling add the winged beans (sigarilyas) then stir and simmer until half cooked. Add salt  if needed, then add the pure coconut milk and simmer until done.

3. Serve it hot with rice and enjoy.

Kilawin na Tainga ng baboy Kapampangan Style

Hot and Spicy pork's ear dish which is very popular in some regions of the Philippines. Preparing this varies from place to place, I had posted the Dabawenyo version of this dish but some few months ago I talked to my friend from Pampanga and he shared to me how they prepared this dish and I became interested in trying it and here is how to do it the Kapampangan way.

Ingredients:
2 pork ears (cooked)
1 onion
3 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons vinegar
2 tablespoons lime or calamansi juice
spring onion
some chili

cooked pork's ears
Procedure:
1. Grill the cooked pork's ears then slice it into dice.

2.Mix all the ingredients in a large mixing bowl.
3.Serve with a smile :-).

Fresh Mango Drink

Mango is one of my favorite fruits because aside from its yummy taste, you can use it in many recipe from simple drinks to special cakes. This refreshing drink from mango is a good thirst quencher anytime.

Ingredients for 3 servings:
1 mango
2 cups cold water
1 cup fresh or evaporated milk
3 tablespoons sugar or honey


Procedure:
1. Slice the mango and scrape the flesh.
2. Combine all the ingredients and mix well.
3. Refrigerate or add some ice then serve.

Refreshing Avocado and Milk

Cool yourself with this refreshing drink made from a delicious fruit, avocado. Loaded with ice and blended with the creamy taste of milk, nothing beats this. Enjoy!

Ingredients for 4 servings:
1 ripe avocado
2 cups evaporated milk
3 cups crushed ice or more
sugar to taste

Procedure:
1. Scrape the avocado meat and put in a jar then add the milk and sugar, mix well until sugar is fully dissolved.

2. Add the ice and allow few minutes for it to be melted, you can add more ice if you want.
3. Serve and enjoy.

How To make Salted Eggs

Salted eggs are very easy to make, but you need to be patient for the best result, keeping the eggs longer in a brine solution gives that perfect texture and taste of the salted eggs. I used chicken eggs for this because there is no available duck eggs in my place, still the duck eggs are the best for this.

Ingredients:
6 chicken eggs
3 cups water
1 cup salt

Procedure:
1. Put the salt and water in a pot then bring to a boil, let boil until the salt is fully dissolved, turn off the heat and allow the brine to cool.
2. When the brine is already cool, transfer it in a container where you are going to keep the eggs for the process. Make sure the eggs will not float by putting a heavy object on top of it then cover.

3. Keep it in a dark  place for 30 days. After 30 days remove from the brine then cook it until it is hard boiled ( around 10 minutes). Refrigerate and use it anytime you want it.

Note: You can add food color if you want to make some for sale.