What you need...
2 cps elbow macaroni noodles
1 onion, ( medium) sliced
garlic, diced
ground pork or beef (depends on how much you like)
quick melt cheese (any cheese you prefer, and how much) diced
Parmesan cheese, shredded
Alpurpose cream
100 g tomato sauce (sweet or sour, which you prefer)
salt and pepper
Here's how...
for the macaroni:
1. Bring a large pot of water to a boil.
2. Cook macaroni for 5 minutes.
3. Add salt and a tablespoon of oil.
4. remove from heat and run tap water to cool.
5. Set aside.
for the meat:
1. Saute garlic and onions.
2. Add the meat and let it cook until ready.
3. Add tomato sauce and season with salt and pepper.
4. Let it boil.
5. When ready, set aside.
for the toppings:
1. Heat the alpurpose cream.
2. Add the quick melt cheese and stir until it melts.
3. Set aside.
To assemble:
1. In a large bowl mix the macaroni with the meat sauce.
2. Top with the white sauce.
3. Dredge the top with Parmesan Cheese.
4. Serve.
I roamed around the web to find good Mothers Day breakfast recipes. Here are the best two that I've found:
Banana Pancakes with Chocolate Sauce (from CoffeeAndVanilla.com)
INGREDIENTS
for banana filling
4 ripe but still firm bananas - about 700g (halved lengthwise)
2 tsp vanilla sugar
15g unsalted butter
for chocolate sauce
100g dark chocolate bar
25g unsalted butter
3 tbs milk
for the pancakes
2 cups self rising flour
2½ cups milk
3 eggs
olive oil to brush the frying pan
vanilla ice cream to serve
EQUIPMENT
medium size non-stick frying pan
silicone brush
large whisk
small sauce pan
METHOD
Beat eggs lightly, stir in milk and flour, mix well with a whisk.
Pour about 125ml of pancake mixture on hot, brushed with oil frying pan.
Fry over medium fire on both sides until golden, leave aside. Repeat the same until pancake mixture is finished.
In meantime in a small sauce pan place chocolate bar, milk and butter and heat over low fire until melted, leave aside.
On the same frying pan you were frying pancakes melt the butter, place halved bananas, sprinkle them with vanilla sugar and fry on both sides until they are starting to get brown.
Place half of fried banana in each pancake and roll them. Place on the plates with some vanilla ice cream on a side. Pour over chocolate sauce and serve immediately.
Make 8 pancakes, serve 4-8 people.
And here's another one my oh! favorite!:
Carrot Cake Pancake (from Closet Cooking)
There, you have it :) Enjoy!
Ingredients:
1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ginger
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
1 cup milk (or buttermilk)
1 egg
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 cup carrot (grated)
4 ounces cream cheese (room temperature)
3 tablespoons maple syrup
powdered sugar to taste
Directions:
1. Mix the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger and in a large bowl.
2. Mix the milk, egg, sugar and carrot in another bowl.
3. Mix the wet and dry ingredients making sure to not over mix.
4. Heat a pan and melt a touch of butter in it.
5. Pour 1/4 cup of the mixture into the pan and heat until the surface starts to bubble and the bottom is golden brown, about 2-3 minutes.
6. Flip the pancake and cook the other side until the bottom is golden brown, about 1-2 minutes.
7. Mix the cream cheese and maple syrup and add some powdered sugar to get it as sweet as you like.
8. Spread the cream cheese onto the pancakes.
Here's a good Mother's Day recipe by Martha Stewart of Today Show:
Versatile Vanilla Cake recipe
Ingredients
• 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for pans
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled), plus more for pans
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 large eggs plus 3 large egg yolks
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1 cup low-fat buttermilk
Whipped frosting
• 3 large egg whites
• 3/4 cup sugar
• Pinch of salt
• 1/3 cup water
• 1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
DIRECTIONS
Cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour two 8-by-2-inch cake pans, tapping out excess flour. In a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. With mixer on low, beat in eggs and yolks, one at a time. Beat in vanilla. Alternately beat in flour mixture and buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture; mix just until combined.
Divide batter between pans; smooth tops. Bake until cakes pull away from sides of pans, 32 to 35 minutes. Let cool in pans 10 minutes. Run a knife around edges of pans and invert cakes onto a wire rack. Let cool completely.
Place one cake, bottom side up, on a cake stand. Tuck strips of parchment paper underneath (see page 119). Using an offset-spatula or table knife, spread top with Whipped Frosting. Top with remaining cake; frost top, then sides. (Store unfrosted cakes at room temperature up to 1 day. Once frosted, serve within a few hours.)
Frosting: In a heatproof bowl set over (not in) a saucepan of simmering water, combine 3 large egg whites, 3/4 cup sugar, a pinch salt and 1/3 cup water. Cook over medium, stirring constantly, until sugar has dissolved (or mixture registers 150 on an instant-read thermometer), 2 to 3 minutes.
Transfer to a large bowl. Using an electric mixer, beat on medium-high until glossy, stiff peaks form (do not overbeat), about 3 minutes; reduce speed to low, add 1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract, and beat just until combined. Use immediately.
TIPS
Chocolate variation: In step 1, reduce flour to 2 cups and add ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder. Top frosted cake with shaved dark chocolate.
Lemon variation: In step 1, add 1 tablespoon lemon zest to flour mixture. In step 2, omit vanilla extract and beat in 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice with buttermilk.
While cakes are baking, bring ½ cup sugar and ½ cup water to a boil in a saucepan. Add 1 thinly sliced and seeded lemon and simmer 25 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer lemon slices to waxed-paper-lined plate. Stir ¼ cup fresh lemon juice into syrup.
Using a toothpick, poke holes in warm cakes on rack. Brush with lemon syrup. For frosting, substitute 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice for vanilla extract. Frost cooled cakes and top with candied lemon slices.
Last night we had changed this blog to Kitchen and Dining blog. It will be about recipes, vegetables and fruits, spices, kitchen utensils, food world wide that we do like a lot plus food places not only formal dining places but carendirias alike that we had visited c:
In connection to that we cooked another of our favorite dish last night. Since I hadn't post lately, this will be a recipe of Sinampalukang baboy (Pork in Tamarind Soup). Enjoy :9
photo from: Cowboy Grill.ph
What you need...
1/2 Kl Pork (depends on how many you want)preferably chopped (pata) pigs legs
4 pcs Tamarind (Sampaloc)
1 big Onion (sliced)
6 big tomatoes (quartered),optional
2 pcs Radish (sliced)
1 bundle Sitaw Stringbeans (cut into 2" long)
1 bundle Kangkong (cut into 2" long)
6 pcs green long pepper
Here's how...
1. Boil Tamarind to soften.
1/2 Kl Pork (depends on how many you want)preferably chopped (pata) pigs legs
4 pcs Tamarind (Sampaloc)
1 big Onion (sliced)
6 big tomatoes (quartered),optional
2 pcs Radish (sliced)
1 bundle Sitaw Stringbeans (cut into 2" long)
1 bundle Kangkong (cut into 2" long)
6 pcs green long pepper
Salt and Patis (fish sauce) to taste
pepper
6 cups water
Here's how...
1. Boil Tamarind to soften.
2. Pound and strain all juices and set aside.
3. In a casserole, bring pork to a boil, lower fire and simmer until pork is tender.
4. Add onions, tomatoes and tamarind juice.
5. Add in all the vegetables.
6. After boiling add the green peppers and season with salt, pepper and patis to taste.
7. Serve hot.
3. In a casserole, bring pork to a boil, lower fire and simmer until pork is tender.
4. Add onions, tomatoes and tamarind juice.
5. Add in all the vegetables.
6. After boiling add the green peppers and season with salt, pepper and patis to taste.
7. Serve hot.
While dropping EC's at my other blog I stumbled upon this site named Diet Recipes Blog which has an interesting recipe with carrots. This veggetable is one of our favorite and is very nutritious. So I grabbed this recipe and I'm so excited to try this. Go ahead and try it yourself c:
you will need...
1 1/2 lbs baby carrots
3 tablespoons maple syrup
3 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon dark brown sugar
1/3 cup water
salt and pepper, to taste
here is how....
1. Place all the ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a boil.2. Reduce the heat to medium, cover and simmer for about 5-8 minutes (until the carrots are crisp-tender).
3. Uncover and cook for about 5 more minutes (until the juices are reduced).
4. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Makes 4 servings. Serve with grilled pork , chicken or beef.
- 188 calories
I know in the Philippines maple syrup is not always available and so I asked for a substitute for it. Here’s an easy substitute for maple syrup.
you will need...
1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon maple extract (or vanilla extract)
1 teaspoon butter
1 cup boiling water
here is how....
Place the granulated sugar in a heavy skillet. Heat until the sugar melts and turns brown (keep the heat very low so the sugar doesn’t burn). Meanwhile, place the brown sugar into a heavy saucepan. Pour water over the brown sugar and bring to a boil (without stirring). Add the caramelized white sugar to the melted brown sugar in the saucepan. Simmer, stirring often, until the syrup has thickened. Remove from the heat, and whisk in the butter and maple/vanilla extract.
This makes about 1 cup.
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My husband found this kid in Youtube. We were amazed at how good he is at the guitar despite his age. Wow! he's one amazing kid !
I am posting this here so that you will see him :)
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