Showing posts with label kitchen journey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kitchen journey. Show all posts
July 29, 2010
You may not like it but it is more than I like, as in I love eating vegetables! Am not a vegetarian since I also eat meat. It is just that I was brought up eating vegetables, it is his/her (blind item to protect the person) taste, or whatever which trigger his/her something when eating such. Just like mixed vegetables with coconut milk "ginataang-gulay" cuisine. Some told as vegetables are just only for cows, carabao or any other animal eating grass. As I heard someone said it (actually close relative but was not brought-up eating vegetables), it hurt at first but then I heads up! Yes, I just said unto myself "I don't care!". Ha ha ha! Well, folks are different that is why we are unique in our own way. Though it is taught in the school that eating this would make us healthy but still some folks won't like it. Hem. Whatever! Kiver (expression)! Ha ha ha.
Usual foods together with this cuisine is salty foods as in fried, dried and salted fishes, or any kind of meat. With what I ate last week was with dried fish. I broiled it so no oil as coconut milk has oil with it, naturally from coconut. Sometimes folks I also like eating it with fried dried fish. Then paired with juice drink or any soft drinks like sprite, seven-up, coke or alike.
It's eating time!
It's eating time!
July 28, 2010
Okay, this pictures was more than two weeks already in my inbox. Well, it is for whenever I crave of it. Ha ha ha! Oops yep, kidding aside but seriously. Sweet potato tops are not common in our favorite (with DH, actually it's DH favorite then later on it became my fave then too). So in short, it is hard for me to get this just as usual. Not until I found out there is in our farmer's market which opens every morning up to one o'lock "post meridian" (until 1:00 p.m.). That was just only weeks ago I found it. And so the "veges-whore" of me then bought and make it a salad. Images below are my sweet potato salad (left) and its, sweet potato vinaigrette.
What I did was that I (1) get the leaves of the sweet potato after it were washed. Then (2) boil a water, once it boiled I put the fresh raw sweet potato leaves. I then (3) put it on its vinaigrette. Yum-mm! And done. Oops how to make its vinaigrette? I just put the spices, namely: tomato, scallions, onion, bell pepper (in lieu of ginger, I was out of ginger so I put fresh bell pepper instead of it). Then have a dash of salt and vinegar. That's it! As easy as 1-2-3! Yum-mm!
July 25, 2010
Just leaving something before I am heading off to church for a Sunday five o'clock afternoon mass for today. As I can remember, Sunday eleven morning mass is my favorite time hearing the words of God through the bible. Though I was not used to go an 11 a.m. mass as while I was still back in country home but surprisingly I easily adopted it here. And now, for two times in a row, I like more attending this afternoon (going night time) mass. Why? It was because there is a pretty young girl's voice band. Nope, I am not in church just for that but it brings more great ambiance. Yep, not because of the four-seasons banana cake below which is my favorite. ;-) It just feels like a sort of. :)
I bought that yummy foodies above so I do not know how to make it but surely it is yum-o! Signing-off now. I leave that sweet deliciously cook foodies above. I have to prepare myself for such an important and great Sunday celebration -- bonding with God and great folks. Ciao for that banana cakes! ;-) Happy Sunday (or Monday to other parts of the globe) all! :-) ~hugs&kisses~
I just want to share some piece of watermelon to those sunny hot days you got there right now. This was my comfort one week ago. Yes, the whole week before this week was such a hot, really hot! As in you could feel the scorching even after you took a bath from cold water. Air conditioning must be doing its best but poor pocket of paying back the prize but what can you do if that is the only way to give coolness to your bod? Ooh well, this seedless big watermelon was consumed by myself alone in just the span of two days for only a couple of sessions. Ha! You might laugh but thanks God for it (as well). ;-)
And now I got another watermelon because I can feel the humidity again though it is not that as like last week. Just for sureness, I have a reservation or just for taste buds purposes. :) I did not look at the weather forecast on my end for next week and this weekend but so far this week has been good as talking to weather, the highest temperature is approximately 86 degrees Fahrenheit. Oops sorry for the cupboard, I massacred it. Hahaha. You know, when it comes to kitchen journey no one can get on the way (it's all the way) hahaha.
June 24, 2010
Happy Friday everyone! Happy foodies trip too! ;-) Here I mentioned Friday though it is not yet Friday in Pacific Time, that is because some parts of the world is already Friday and it is because food trip Friday meme already started. Aw. :) To those who like to see the delicious foods presented or also blogger's trip for foodies, you may like to hop-in to our food trip meme to see each other's presentations/food trips, somehow this will give you an idea what to prepare on your table or the next thing to happen. :)
My food trip is vegetable gourd sauteed with pork (you may like to click images to enlarge it should you like to do so). It was long time already I had been meaning to cook again this vegetable viand but time and space won't permit me. Ooh well, perhaps this weekend I could find time to search for this vegetable. Sometimes, I could only see this many miles from our home but since the craving on me wants it, will find it. Whoops! I hope so. Do you like to eat gourd veges? How do you like it? How do you like to cook it?
Above by the way is the raw picture of gourd. That is all folks! Happy food trip!
June 22, 2010
I was not able to post my food trip the other week because of the Lakers game and some other stuff after it. I had my reserved post but was not able (again) to put some more words into it. Yep, I was that kind of busy, actually with my headache at the same time I was so weak that even just to type words, I was not able to do it. Hemmm.. blame it to the weather? Hemmm.. alright, just a few reminder -- if for any reason, you cannot have your air conditioning or fan on, be sure to drink to drink a lot of cold water. To me, I turn on and off the A/C because it seemed it was also very cold as well as the fan. Then really, cold water helped. Anyway, let us have for now my special spaghetti with that big home made meat balls or "bola-bola".
You can have some some folks should you like to. *wink* Yes, I called it special because I put a bit of condensed milk and I know it is unusual for an spaghetti to have a milk though some also put salt to taste it like milk. Together with the ingredients aside from homemade big meat balls (which my DH really like to have it big) and milk, I put also cheese, spaghetti sauce and meat sauce (some put ketchup but I haven't done it yet, I want to try to next time for a change :) and another dash of ground beef from some the set of meat balls, spices (onion, garlic), olive oil and a hot dog in a big can. What I did was that I thinly cube-sliced onion and cloves garlic as well as sliced diagonally the hot-dogs in a can then sauteed. Then I sauteed it with small amount of ground beef. After it has been okay (brown), I put the sauce and let it boiled. As it was already boiled, I put the cooked spaghetti and mixed altogether with the cooked meat balls. I then let it boiled again and done!
It is time to eat! Oops let it cool off a bit. ;-) By the way, I cooked the spaghetti in a water with salt and cooking oil (I use olive oil). Never forget to stir it frequently especially once it is already boiled so spaghetti noodles won't stick altogether. I don't cover it so I can chase the noodles and stir it frequently. :-) About my homemade meat balls, I will share it next time. We may have same process or different in other ways but that's what makes it unique and sharing, right? You may also like to share yours, how you did it. Come on don't be shy.. kidding aside.. *wink* Have a great Wednesday!June 13, 2010
It has been long time already that I was not able to eat a sauteed shrimps paste just like dried fish though I have it on our refrigerator. Then it came that I was craving to the highest level already. Ha! ;-) At the same time, I had a lot of beefsteak tomato which about going to loss its natural flavor. Yep the big tomatoes are going to get rotten. No choice but to find ways to spent it. :) I had a chance for my cravings. You know I do not want to spoiled my appetite because if I do, I can eat a lot of carbohydrates especially foods like this but ooh well..
That shrimps paste ruin my diet.. hahaha.. I could not resist it! The shrimps paste, I cook it with an olive oil mix with the spices: a lot of tomatoes, garlic and onion fresh from inside the bottle came from refrigerator (it's great it if you warm it first so there'll be no big oil sounds on your skillet or else it will harm your face if not having an extra careful while cooking). And the result is sauteed shrimps paste. ;-) And then it's time to chow with a cold juice drink by the side. ;-)
Happy weekend folks and have a great food trip!
That shrimps paste ruin my diet.. hahaha.. I could not resist it! The shrimps paste, I cook it with an olive oil mix with the spices: a lot of tomatoes, garlic and onion fresh from inside the bottle came from refrigerator (it's great it if you warm it first so there'll be no big oil sounds on your skillet or else it will harm your face if not having an extra careful while cooking). And the result is sauteed shrimps paste. ;-) And then it's time to chow with a cold juice drink by the side. ;-)
Happy weekend folks and have a great food trip!
June 03, 2010
Food Trip Friday may be down but that doesn't mean it's fully down. :) Mommy Willa, the moderator of this foodie meme assures to be back in normal or you can post or view an entries in FaceBook. Just comment should you like or any way you have questions or just plain comments.. that would be great.. I love comments! Anyway, an entry of mine is mushroom chicken dinner. A dinner for me, couldn't be only a mushroom chicken but should have rice (be it fried rice or steamed). It could be without noodles but having steamed mixed vegetables (composed of broccoli, green squash/cucumber-like, beans, celery, mushrooms). Yes, I like to have many vegetables. :-)
mushroom chicken dinner
Image above is composed of a dinner "to-go" plate of mushroom chicken rice and steamed mixed vegetables with a drink (invisibly seen) at the side, pink lemonade. So that is it! Cannot have stomach-in anymore.. but full stomach! Hehe.. :)What about you, do you like mushroom chicken (as much as I do) ? How do you like it?
May 30, 2010
Have a great day folks! How's your weather in there? As of this time and yesterday, the weather here in this side city of ours is certainly hot and humid. But I couldn't complain for more. This is what our weather supposedly and I am embracing it. What I just do to combat this humidity aside from air conditioning stuff or fan, is drinking a lot of liquid. Yes, a lot of water usually cold water and stuffs like ice cream, ice drop, juice, fruits or just anything that is cold. Just lately, I had this thought of making some avocado stuff which ended as my own recipe.
Yep, my own recipe which I called it as "Iced avocado with ice cream". I had a rip avocado which was ready to turn into something, either with my simple mix of condensed milk and mashed it all together with cubes of ice on it or with my thought of such what the title can tell. :) An ice cream adds flavor with it. My taste buds craved for an ice cream so I just put it altogether instead of eating one by one with all the sweetness of them. So I just did what my usual process was which is to mash the avocado with a spoon and put some condensed milk (only this time condensed milk is lesser) then put my favorite "rocky road" (flavor of ice cream) at the top. Then done! And here's another one..
And.. time for chow time! ;-)By the way, how you like your avocado to be eaten? Can you share your secret?
May 28, 2010
The journey of my kitchen continues.. As long as I am still here, alive and kicking this is still on. Ha! Alright, if you remember I had shared my sauteed chayote beef, this time chayote mixed with pork. Even how you like such how it is cook, you still longing to change your course sometime. Yeah, I love to eat just only chayote, beef, pork or any other one stuff at a time but as I said, taste bud wanted some other recipe. And so I changed beef to pork and I put some more bell peppers (red, green and orange) because I like it colorful, for me it adds the flavor.. ;-)
Above is an image of my chayote sauteed with pork and mix with spices. Same as what I did to my beef chayote sauteed recipe only it was just mixed with pork. By the way, that was an image without flash. You can enlarge it through clicking, should you like to do so. :) As a veges whore as I am (*wink*), I put a lot of chayote (perhaps three-fourth of its contents) than meat then added pork bouillon. I gave the meat to my DH (he likes meat than veges) though..What about you, do you like vegetables more than meat? How do you like it? If you are a cook on your home, do you constantly change course just to meet your house mates (or your) taste buds? Or does your taste buds demands what to cook?
May 27, 2010
I grew up in a place where sea foods are plenty, different kinds of fish (small and big including shark :), squids, and alike so expect the person to eat foods like that. ;-) Shrimps are just one of those. Though the sea foods whore of me loves it a lot, cooking skill sometimes won't cooperate, that is the immature young me way back. For now, I embrace the love of cooking (trying-hard cook me). There are still a lot and long way to learn the tricks but I am loving every single minute of learning it. Foods. Cooking. Food trip!
Image above taken from my cellphone (without flash {you can enlarge images by clicking it should you like to do so} ) that is why there's no time-stamp unto it (unlike my digital even if it's late, still has it). I cooked it a week ago. That was my first time cooking shrimps with butter though I heard a lot of folks that they cook their shrimps through butter but never ever tried it myself not until AcMomCee/AC/Ace (co-blogger --- I guess you knew her because so far I didn't recognize any name other than her alone in FTF blogosphere, Khayce but not Ace but you know that they are not identical right?) food trip was a buttered shrimp. I looked every detailed of it and every word she wrote.. hahah.. and memorized. Though I don't know if I got all the details she shared but one thing I knew, I didn't forget the important process of it, as well as ingredients (butter with a little oil so it won't go brown, a little vinegar, bell peppers, rose marie leaves, garlic, onion, a little water and I add a little H2O)
I thought I didn't did it good at first because the taste was not good (my most first cooks isn't good) but to my surprise after putting all of the stuffs and balanced the taste, I said to myself "I did it".. lol.. I must be grateful to sis Ace.. thanks marz.. ;-) Image above and the first one are just the same expect the latter, I use a flash or did my magic with the light. So you can choose what you like, either a picture with flash or without... :) So then, happy food trip!
May 25, 2010
I was in the mood of cooking the chicken we had in our refrigerator after of how many days/week that stocked in the freezer. I let out or put the normal low refrigerator temperature so it would be thawed. After that, I began boiling the eggs and gathered the ingredients after. I then put on the vinegar, soy sauce, a dash of iodized salt, a little oil, garlic, onion, a dash of black pepper, bay leaves and a little water. Before that, I skinned-off the pieces of chicken legs. Anyway, one can cook either pre-marinade or not.
I assume you know how to cook chicken adobo, if not, it's just easy. Just put all the ingredients (except the eggs, put it on when just about done) and let it stand for a couple of minutes or hours depending how you like the meat cooked --- if it has to super soft, just in between or just normal. I, too, like either way depending on my taste bud. ;-) But that time I like it super soft and about emptied its sauce. I let it stand for an hour or so. I just lowered the heat after the first boiled or putting up the desired taste.So then, happy cooking and eating.. ;-)
May 19, 2010
Hi folks, how's everything? I hope all are well. By the way, are you fond of anchovies? Anchovies, is a fish that could preserve into dried and salted which eventually serve as a viand or some. It is also good as a pair of an unripe mango or alike. As to my side, I am fond of this little fishes either fresh, salted or dried. Perhaps I grew up of eating like this so my taste bud crave sometimes. I even have stocks in our home in its proper place currently or most of the time.
salted anchovies in a bottle
I have stock of dried ones but not fresh and salted. Days ago, I had like such salted ones like an image above for the second time around but unfortunately I ended up getting the "not good" on my taste. I don't know what happened but it really doesn't taste like what I expected. Perhaps because it's imported? I doubt but on the other hand, perhaps. I don't really know the reason or perhaps I just missed my home land. Ahhh! I don't know... but I conclude my taste bud didn't like it for the second time around. It ended up throwing that bottle/s away. What a waste and I don't like wasting stuff but it need to (that time). Only me will eat it, apparently my DH won't even taste it. So, what would I do then? Yeah, threw it. :( I was sad because I crave for it big time. Ooh well, I could just settle for a salted fish sauce alone than that with its flesh (: , yeah it's better that way. I hope one day I can encounter a same taste of salted anchovies as like what I used to ate back in my home town. I am longing to have some. So then, good luck to me. Ha! :)
What about you, are you fond of such salted anchovies like that above? How was it?
What about you, are you fond of such salted anchovies like that above? How was it?
May 15, 2010
My food trip for today is a red velvet birthday cake which happened to be my cake days ago. Well, it was my special day as what most of you know because I was transparent enough and even had my surprised birthday gifts which I was thankful enough to those deary blogger friends of mine. It was such an awesome feeling. ;-)
red velvet birthday cake
Above is what was it. DH gave me money to bought the cake that I want and some stuffs for my birthday. Actually, she asked me what I wanted as a gift but I just said "just give me money and I will be the one to buy it for myself"... ;-) Anyway, that's another story or another portion of what he gave, yep, the cake.. lol..
Maybe, you're astonished if an above cake was another birthday cake of mine, and maybe too that you will just see it as there's just something added. And the latter is correct. When you see there are ribbons over the white decors, that's by the way its original decoration with that ribbons but I took the ribbons because seemed like it's already crowded so the first picture was the result, don't you think so? ;-) I was chasing for the small cake and has a nice decors but I opted for this big one though its decoration was not that cool enough because its my first time to get a whole big velvet cake.. Ha!
a slice of a red velvet birthday cake
Whatever it was, let's have a slice of such! Would you want one? Oops, I forgot DH consumed the last slice yesterday (the expiration date is May 26)... sorry... better luck next velvet cake, okay? ;-) Have a great yummy Food Trip Friday folks! Smile... :)
April 23, 2010
fresh fruits: cantaloupe, green and red melon
My food trip this Friday is fresh fruits. Buying peeled fresh cut fruits, is not that my type not until sometimes ;-). I usually buy whole fresh fruits and I am the one who will just peel and cut it whenever I and DH like to eat, yeah we buy preserved fruits which are in cans so anytime we feel like to eat --- it is always available since its expiration is longer. I know, nothing is best than fresh fruits and I nod on that, who won't? Well, that is your own perception and opinion. That is your own appetite and you are the master of yourself and I respect that. :-) So then, the fruits that I bought which I bought another one to which am currently eating right now are mostly cantaloupes and melons (green and red). I just bought separately an avocado, banana, ripe mangoes, apples and oranges. I so love to eat fresh fruits! When it's already peeled and cut from the store, you just have to consume it on or before the "best before" date or else its odor and taste are no good no more. I just like it because I need not to exert an effort and time peeling the fruits skin and just munch in every time I feel like it. ;-) Ooh well, during laze days.. hah.. And I would like to include it in my grocery list today that I will going to get it hours from now. I am just busy --- keep on running up of the time, ooh well, lots of going to do but just so little time... :-(
So then, have a great foodie trip this Friday! For more of my food trips, just click the label "fFod Trip Friday" or "kitchen journey" and for more foodies from other participants or if you wish to join, click the logo below, should you like to do so. Have fun... ;-)
So then, have a great foodie trip this Friday! For more of my food trips, just click the label "fFod Trip Friday" or "kitchen journey" and for more foodies from other participants or if you wish to join, click the logo below, should you like to do so. Have fun... ;-)
April 15, 2010
grilled chicken salad and ice cream maltYou may be a little crack of this food long name, the salad by the way is named "Cranberry, Apple Walnut Grilled Chicken Salad" and the drink at its side in an image is called "Banana Chocolate Chip Hand-scooped Ice Cream Malt". Have you been gasping your breathe reading such a foodie name? LOL.. yep, it is quite long but I don't know why Carl's Jr. fast food chain make it that long. Hmmmm.. but on the other hand, it is yummy as can be.. heheheh.. I am not that fond of eating fresh salad, actually I do not eat fresh salad. What it got on my eyes because it has grilled chicken on it. :-) By the way, the salad consists of fresh spinach, grilled chicken, cheese, onion and an area of bacon that looks like a corned beef to me but to my surprise, it is bacon. Eeeee... :( Then the salad comes with raspberry vinaigrette, glazed walnuts in a pack and a dried cranberries. I eat all of the salad's stuffs excluding fresh spinach and the bacon. It just that my taste didn't go with the bacon and unfortunately with the green fresh vegetable. I won't close my taste bud of fresh salads especially that pizza is now one of my favorite food. To tell, I really2x don't like to eat pizza before, even its smell makes me awe. :( But it became now as one of my fave. :) And ola! I so like the drink. It has a thin strips of black chocolate and others to which I enumerated above. :-) That's my food after went from my doctor last week - check up of my reddish pink small round stuff on my right cheek. DH and I got some food through drive-thru and because such food chain don't have heavy meal, I just get such or else I will be forced to eat burger and fries (I don't like its french fries by the way, sorry to say). That's it, this is my food trip of this day for Food Trip Friday!
April 14, 2010
My kitchen journey is on. :-) Foodies, come on.. :) Pandesal is a common Filipino bread which most of folks in Philippines knows this kind of carbohydrates family. Yeah, you know that bread is a family of carbohydrates, right? :-) Some called this as a "Philippine national bread" but there is no really a formal known as it is, it is just what most folks said. This is great for breakfast paired with a hot chocolate or coffee or in between. This is not common in the place where I am now but I can get it in nearby city to which if I buy, I have to get two big bags.. lol.. ooh well, it's just once in a blue moon you know.. hehehe.. kidding aside but seriously, I put the other bag in a at the top of the freezer so it will go in icy and it is fresh good for how many weeks as long as it is in freeze and the other one I put it at below on normal cold. I just missed this bread a lot (but only second to pan-de-che, for me). :-) Anyway, to those of you who taste this bread, what do you think it's taste? Did you like it? Do you miss it sometimes if not in your locality?
pandesalOne more thing, I got curious of a coconut jam to which it is my first time to see it in a glass jar below. I thought it is "calamay" in a glass. It is in my thought that if manufacturer put it in a coconut bagol. If you know "calamay", do you think so? I haven't eaten it yet. I just put it in refrigerator and it got me puzzled if it really is. Well, I leave that to you folks if it really is. Ooh well, perhaps you said that what's the taste of it. Hemmm.. I will have to taste this as soon as my taste bud would allow me to. Really, I will. Whatever it is, since I know it is not poisonous (lol), I will taste it. Since I already eat a lot of jam like mango jam, strawberry jam, guava, etc --- I will not afraid to taste it. :-) I have to compare if it really is the same as in "calamay sa Bohol". I hope it taste as like it. :-)
coco jam (as in coconut jam)Its price by the way is same as to nutella spread of about the same size. I wonder how it tastes since it is pricey. :-) If you know and taste like an image above, would you like to share how coco jam tastes? How do you like it? Ooh well, am hungry now, I will eat heavy meal first then will eat that for snacks later with lemonade. :) Let's eat..
April 12, 2010
stir-fried okraThis is one food which my grandfather, I called "Papa Pesyong" legacy to my taste. :) He introduced me to this vegetable the time when he has his okra garden. I was in my elementary years that time and I even helped him with my step grandmother in his little plantation and we then brought our foods in his little nipa hut then had our snacks and meal. I remember when it was snacks time, we bought "bibingka" big brown rice cakes in a neighbor who sells very yummy one. With it and with my grandparents, I learned how to eat this vegetables and until now it is one of my fave one. :) I missed my grandparents so much. They are the one who raised me but sad to say they are now in God's hands. Well, I guess they are happy watching me now. I love them so much! Anyway, so much about my reminiscing. :) Am a vegetables lover and am proud of that. :) My DH is a meat-lover and sometimes I do like to eat with a lot of meat too. Let's just then toss to this stir-fried okra I have. I mixed it with beef bouillon and spices like tomato, bell pepper, onion, garlic and an olive oil with soy sauce and a little water. It is great to pair with rice and pink lemonade. Have fun eating.. :)
April 09, 2010
pork bokchoy soupHave a fun food tripping this Friday folks.. Enjoy.. :-D
April 01, 2010
This is so far my first taste of pork blood stew or "dinuguan" here in US of A but definitely not my very first ate. I like this cuisine so much but yeah some folks think this is weird especially the Muslims?... Americans also would be shock of this cuisine but to other folks like me, it taste so good and so delicious! There are two ideas of color this cuisine is as what I have seen in my entire eating of this food. :) Some cook like to do the brown color pork blood stew and some likes to have the idea of black color though there are many ways of how they cook it, according to ingredients and measurements but all uses vinegar and spices. :)
black idea of cooking the pork blood stewThis cuisine is great if paired with white rice cakes or steamed rice. Then a bottle of 12 ounce soft drink afterward. :) That is it folks, have a great food trip Friday! Enjoy eating.. :)
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