Beef Stir Fry

This is my version of beef stir fry. I do shunned from too much oil good thing this recipe is not that oily for stir fry. I prepare garlic and onion minced, then small carrots, water chestnuts and pineapple chunk. When everything is cook I put flour mix in water continue stirring cover and let it simmer for a little bit. Then you are done with hot rice my dinner is good!

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Home cooking

I am starting to harvest some of my vegetables. Yesterday I picked some of it and thought of cooking it home cooking style so here it is.

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Mango Tea

It feels a different this year. Usually by the end of August we started to get cold but not this year the month of July has some days that are cold but mostly we have a pretty warm day and that is when I decided to make this kind of juice or tea. I noticed that in summer hubby tend to drink more pop than water or coffee so this juice/tea does make him not drink too much of pop.

Easy thing to do here:

      

                               This are the ingredients. Mango juice, one orange and four tea bags

              I open the mango juice and slice the oranges mix them together in this pyrex glass.

                          Then I prepare water let it boil in a tea pot. put the tea bags. Let it cool.

           Take the tea bags put the tea inside a water pitcher then the mango juice and the slices orange.

                                                              Let it cool it taste so good!!

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Collard Greens

I always crave for green leafy vegetables. Back in the Philippines where I grow up we always have vegetables on the table every meal. When I got here in the US I have a hard time figuring out how to cook there green leafy vegetables here. I have eaten a lot of lettuces but would like to try cooking the other green leafy vegetables. So this year I decided to plant one green vegetable and it is called collard greens. I checked out google and look for recipes and found one that is easy and so yummy.

I cut the collard greens leaving the hard part in the middle.

                                           I then boil it for 8 minutes. Then I drain it.
   

 In a wol I saute onion first until it will be translucent then I added the minched garlic. While stirring you can mix the collard greens at this time. But if you have a left over fish meat, shrimp, ham or pork slice it and mix it with the collard greens. Put a little vinegar on it I used rice vinegar then season with salt and pepper. Eat it hot.

                         My simple collard green dish. I am very glad I found this recipe and this vegetable.
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Barbeque Time

Here in the US when summer hits the calendar people are so eager to cook outside their house and do some barbeque. Everytime the weather is good and no rain in the early evening hubby and I will go outside and cook. The other day I went to an Oriental store and saw pre made pork barbeque. I thought why not grab two packs and enjoy the barbeque later. That day it rained so I took my George Foreman grill and grill the barbeque inside the house. Nothing could stop me from eating pork barbeque hehehe.

                                 Imagine this with hot rice and vinegar for dipping, yummy!      

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Zucchini and Cod fish

After a long day of cleaning the house I was exhausted but leaving here in America is different from the country I came from Philippines. In the Philippines you can hire an "angel" to help you with the household chores and here in America you do not have that luxury. So after cleaning and my back aching I drove to the local greenhouse and buy more herbs then to the grocery store. I saw zucchini and thought of cooking it. So here goes our diiner yesterday.

                                                                      Hubby's plate

                         My plate it is pretty obvious I am Asian I have to have rice lol!!!

This is pretty easy dish. I fry the cod fish. The zucchini's I saute it with garlic and onions. Then I put the sliced zucchini and when it was tender I put the diced tomatoes. Done!!

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Salmon with sriracha mayo

My husband's son in law gave us fillet salmon from his fishing trip last week. Hubby and I are not fun of salmon (but love the salmon belly) so I look at online what I can come up with it. I found one recipe that is workable to me the ingredients is not hard to find and most of the ingredients I already have in my pantry. So I decided to cook it.

Ingredients:
Salmon fillet
soy sauce
water
 toasted sesame oil
ginger paste ( I don't have fresh ginger but I have ginger paste which has the same freshness of a fresh ginger)
minced garlic
white sugar
 rice wine
mayonnaise
sriracha hot sauce

Procedure:
1. Whisk together the soy sauce, water, sesame oil, minced garlic, white sugar, ginger.
2. Place the salmon fillet inside ziploc bag. Pour the marinade sauce on top of the fillet. Remove air as much as possible seal it and refrigerate for at least an hour.
3. In a wok or pan heat the oil in  medium/high heat. When it is hot, add the salmon fillet. Do not burn the fish. When it is flaky it is cooked.
4. In a small bowl, mix together the sriracha sauce and the mayonnaise. If you want it to be chilly go for more sriracha sauce.
5. When the fish is done put it on top of vegetable or rice and put the sriracha mayo on top of the fish. Done!

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Fried Tilapia with Crab Paste

The one dish that is easy to make is frying. The other day I was craving for fried tilapia and luckily I stock tilapia in the freezer. So I grab one big tilapia thawed it and when it is thawed I cut it in half clean it and seasoned with just salt and black pepper. After frying I cut one tomato and then for the very first time I put crab paste on top of the tomato. Crab paste is not as smelly as the shrimp paste. 

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Sugare Cane Juice

The first time I drink this juice is when hubby and I went to a Vietnamese Restaurant. I saw how it is prepared and find it very cool. The second time I had it is when I was in Singapore last month. It is pretty common there to get a fresh sugar cane juice. Does it taste good it depends on your taste. Hubby says it is an acquired taste and I agree by it.

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Pickled Vegetable

The other day I was craving for something sweet and sour thing. So I wonder if I can do some pickling of my own. Here is what I've got a pickled vegetable consists of carrots, cucumber and daikon (long white radish). I do not like too much recipe and too long to make so I looked at the internet and found this recipe which I modified it according to my taste.

 

In this recipe I use:
2 carrots, julienned
1 daikon (white radish), julienned
2 cucumber, julienned
1 cup unseasoned rice vinegar
2 tsps kosher or sea salt ( I don't remember if I put salt in my pickle but that is in original recipe. You can put it or not it is all up to you. But I tried not to put salt still it taste good)
1 cup sugar
1 cup water

Pat dry the vegetables especially the daikon and the cucumber so they don't dilute the pickling liquid with excess water. Combine the vinegar, salt, sugar and water together until the sugar dissolves. Place the vegetables in a jar. (it is hard to fit them all in a jar I have the small mouth mason jar so get the wide mouth mason jar so you could fit them all tight). Sealed the jar and store.
Since I only have one cup of vinegar and one cup of water it was not enough for two jars. So I put the liquid half and half each jar and for several hours I turn the jar upside down so the pickling liquid will be distributed to the vegetables. It did not take an hour for hubby to try it. His verdict it is awesome he says he could sit down and eat a jar of it with  no problem. That is how yummy it is!
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Sardines & French Green Beans

The title says it all. I saute onion, garlic in olive oil. Then I put the sardines let it simmer for just five seconds then put the french green beans. Seasoned according to your taste and voila a dish was born. Easy to make especially if you are hungry. Serve it with rice.

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Skillet Goulash

I've been preparing my vegetable and flower garden this past few days and preparing dinner sometimes hard to do ^_^. The other day while I was in the garden I thought of making goulash. I look for an easy recipe and here I got one.

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Ingredients:
2 cups of macaroni pasta
1 lb lean ground beef
1 cup chopped celery
1 medium onion (chopped)
1 can diced tomatoes, undrained
1 small can tomato sauce
1 tsp sweet basil (grown in the garden)
salt and pepper seasoned to taste

Procedure:
1. Cook the pasta as directed.
2. In a nonstick skillet, cook beef, celery and onions over medium high heat, stirring frequently, until beef is thoroughly cooked; drain.
3. Stir in cooked pasta and  remaining ingredients. Reduce heat to low; simmer uncovered 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Seasoned to taste then it is done!

Minatamis na saging with langka

We call it here in my hometown minatamis na saging with langka. This is really a good merienda or snack for everyone. This is one dessert I crave and when I arrived here in the Philippines last weekend my SIL 

cook this for me.

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