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Vegetable Soup

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Ingredients

* 1 cup diced onion
* 6 chicken bouillon cube, seasoning mix or 3-4 teaspoons broth, seasoning mix
* 6 garlic clove, minced
* 6 cups thinly sliced zucchini
* 2 cups thinly sliced carrot
* 1 (28 ounce) can diced tomato
* 3 teaspoons chopped fresh parsley
* 1 teaspoon basil leaves
* 1 teaspoon Italian spices
* salt & pepper (to taste)

Directions:

  • In a large nonstick saucepan, combine onion, broth mix and garlic; cook stirring occasionally, until onion is translucent.
  • Add remaining ingredients and stir to combine; cover and cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, for about 10 minutes.
  • Add 4 cups water and bring to a boil. reduce heat to medium, cover, and cook until vegetables are soft, about 20 minutes.
  • Using slotted spoon, remove about 2 cups of vegetables from saucepan and set aside.
  • In blender, in a few batches, puree remaining soup, return pureed mixture to saucepan, add reserved vegetables and heat.


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Jun 8, 2008

Dinuguan or Pork Blood Stew Recipe

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Ingredients:
1/2 kilo pork (diced)
1/8 kilo pork liver (diced)
1 small head of garlic (minced)
1 small onion (minced)
2 pieces laurel leaves
3 tablespoons oil
1/2 cup vinegar
3 tablespoons fish sauce (patis)
2-cups stock
1-cup frozen pig blood
4 long green peppers
2 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper

Procedure:

  • In a pot, simmer pork for 30 minutes and remove scum that rises to the surface. Keep stock.
  • In a casserole, heat oil and saute garlic and onion for a minute.
  • Add in pork, pork liver, laurel leaves, patis, salt & pepper and saute for another 5 minutes.
  • Add in vinegar and bring up to a boil without stirring.
  • Lower heat and allow simmering uncovered until most of the liquid has evaporated.
  • Add in stock and allow simmering for 5 minutes.
  • Add in blood, sugar and long green peppers.
  • Cook for 10 minutes more or until consistency thickens, stirring occasionally to avoid curdling.
  • Serve hot with puto.


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Jun 7, 2008

Kare Kare Recipe

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Ingredients:

  • 1/2 kilo beef (round or sirloin cut) cut into cubes (for a more traditional kare kare, use cleaned beef tripe instead of beef)

  • 1/2 kilo oxtail, cut 2 inch long

  • 3 cups of peanut butter

  • 1/4 cup grounded toasted rice

  • 1/2 cup cooked bagoong alamang (anchovies)

  • 2 pieces onions, diced

  • 2 heads of garlic, minced

  • 4 tablespoons atsuete oil

  • 4 pieces eggplant, sliced 1 inch thick

  • 1 bundle Pechay (Bok choy) cut into 2 pieces

  • 1 bundle of sitaw (string beans) cut to 2″ long

  • 1 banana bud, cut similar to eggplant slices, blanch in boiling water

  • 1/2 cup oil

  • 8 cups of water

  • Salt to taste

Preparations:

  • In a stock pot, boil beef and oxtails in water for an hour or until cooked. Strain and keep the stock.

  • In a big pan or wok, heat oil and atsuete oil.

  • Sauté garlic, onions until golden brown, then add the stock, toasted rice, beef, oxtail and peanut butter. Bring to a boil and simmer for 15 minutes. Salt to taste.

  • Add the eggplant, string beans, pechay and banana bud. Cook the vegetables for a few minutes – Do not overcook the vegetables.

  • Serve with bagoong on the side and hot plain rice.





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May 30, 2008

My Favorite Recipes

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Let me share my favorite Yummy And Easy To Prepare recipes.

Homemade Pepperoni Pizza

Ingredients:

2 pcs. thin crust

1 Del Monte Italian pizza sauce

1/2 Quickmelt cheese

300g pepperoni slices

Preparation:

  • Spread sauce evenly over crust
  • Top with pepperoni and cheese
  • Cook in oven toaster for 5 to 10 minutes or until hot and crust is golden brown
  • Garnish with thinly sliced onions, green pepper, leftover ham or bacon, if desired.

Prep Time:

5 mins

Cook Time:

10 mins

Mango and Melon (cantaloupe) fruit shake

Ingredients:

Melon

Mango

Sugar (to taste)

Ice

Preparation:

  • Place the cut melon and mango in the blender, add sugar, pour in about half a cup of cold water and top with lots of ice.
  • Pulse the blender a couple of times to start the processing.
  • Turn up the speed to high until the ice is crushed. The fruit shake is ready to serve.

Blueberry Creamy Chilled Cheesecake

Ingredients:

1 c Graham Cracker Crumbs


1 Nestle Cream

1 Condensed Milk

1 Knoxx Gelatin (or any unflavored gelatin)

Sugar

Magnolia Gold Butter

Blueberry (or any fruits you like)

Cream Cheese (Magnolia or Philadelphia)

Preparation:

  • Combine Crumbs, sugar, and butter; press onto bottom of a pan.
  • Soften gelatin in water; stir over low heat until dissolved.
  • Combine cream cheese, Nestle Cream, and sugar, mixing at medium speed on a blender.
  • Gradually add gelatin mixture and Condensed Milk, mixing until well blended.
  • Chill until slightly thickened; fold in whipped cream.
  • Pour over crust; chill until firm.
  • Top with blueberries before serving

May 24, 2008

Broccoli Rice Casserole Recipe

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INGREDIENTS

* 1/2 cup chopped onion
* 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, divided
* 2 cups cooked MINUTE White Rice
* 1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of mushroom soup
* 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped broccoli, cooked, well drained
* 1 cup CHEEZ WHIZ Cheese Dip
* 1/2 cup fresh bread cubes

DIRECTIONS

1. Cook and stir onion in 1 Tbsp. of the butter in large skillet on medium heat until tender.
2. Add rice, soup, broccoli and CHEEZ WHIZ; mix lightly. Spoon into 1-1/2-quart casserole. Toss together remaining 1 Tbsp. butter, melted, and bread cubes; sprinkle over casserole.
3. Bake at 350 degrees F for 30 to 35 minutes or until thoroughly heated.

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May 23, 2008