FOOD AND TRAVEL 138

We never miss having Grilled Pork Chops every Sunday. It's like a family tradition to enjoy this food with kinilaw na isda (Raw Fish Salad). It brings back memories whenever I see and eat this food. Here's my simple recipe of Grilled Pork Chops Ingredients: 4 to 6 pork chops Marinade: 1/2 cup soy sauce 3 tablespoon calamansi or lemon juice 3 cloves garlic How to prepare: Marinate pork chops for 20 to 30 minutes. Then grill! It's very easy! Best when served with rice and dipping sauce! Garnish with cucumber and lettuce.

Ingredients     1 whole pata (pork leg), cleaned and boiled     6 teaspoons salt     2 teaspoons ground black pepper     2 to 4 cloves of garlic     16 cups of water (depends on the size of the pork leg)     Dried bay leaves     16 cups cooking oil Instructions (boiling) Pour 16 cups of water in a cooking pot then let it boil. Put-in dried bay leaves, garlic and 4 teaspoons of salt. Add the pata (pork leg) in the cooking pot then simmer until the leg is tender. (Make sure to check  from time to time) When tender, Set aside until the temperature goes down. Rub the pata with ground black pepper and salt. Wait for 20 minutes before cooking in oil just to make sure that the seasoning absorbs Instructions (Deep Frying)    Heat a large cooking pot  and add cooking oil. When the oil is hot, deep fry pork leg. Cook in medium heat Be careful and make sure that your cooking pot has a cover to avoid burns Check if it's already golden brown and crispy Serve

Smile and let your day begin with this very simple yet delicious breakfast recipe. Basically you'll just add everything in a pan. Heat. Then serve. You can prepare this in less than 10 minutes! Ingredients: 1 can Holiday Corned Beef 2 Eggs 1 Tablespoon Canola oil 3 cloves garlic (minced) 1 medium red Onion salt How to Prepare: In a round pan, saute onions and minced garlic; Add corned beef when garlic is light brown; Give space to cook the eggs and make it look like a SMILEY Add eggs (sunny side up); Add a pinch of salt to taste; Wait until it's cook; Serve! Best when serve with fried rice and hot choco or coffee!

Here's a quick healthy recipe everyone will surely enjoy. It's always good to eat any food with cheese. You can actually do this with just eggplant and cheese but for those who want to add more, it's fine. Ingredients: 1 Eggplant Quickmelt Cheese Red Bell Pepper Parmesan Cheese How to prepare: Cut the eggplant vertically just enough for you to stuff the cheese; No need to remove the meat; Cut the meat inside to have space for the cheese; Chop the Red bell pepper into bits; You can grate or cut the cheese into small pieces; Then stuff the cheese and the pepper inside the eggplant; The more the cheese, the yummier;  You can now grill; Make sure that it's not too close to the heat because the eggplant will burn easily on the outside; As soon as the cheese melts and the meat is soft; You can now serve   it and add Parmesan cheese.

This Ground Pork Sotanghon soup is usually made with chicken strips and broth but my version is a bit different. I used ground pork because of its availability. I also wanted to try this variation. It's best to use LONGI because the noodle is sticky and firm. This is a quick and easy recipe. I only used what's available in my fridge. You can add as many vegetables as you want. This is also the best when garnished with fried garlic flakes. Ingredients 250 grams Sotanghon (LONGI) 250 grams Ground Pork Potatoes (your desire cut) Spring Onions Green Chilli Pepper Canola oil Annato seeds or achuete 1 Knorr pork cubes 1 thumb ginger Garlic Onions Salt Ground Pepper 3 cups water How to prepare Add oil in a deep pan; saute onions, ginger and garlic then; add ground pork. Pour 3 cups of water, potatoes and pork cube; Let it simmer until potato is tender.  Add green chilli and Sotanghon. Also add the colored water.  Add salt to taste.  Garnish with spring

This recipe is more like of a Chopsuey. I didn't have much vegetables in the refrigerator so I only used what's available. Unless I planned for this recipe, I could have added more but I suddenly craved so let's call this a quick vegetable recipe. What I like about this is that even kids would really enjoy eating this because I included cheese. Yes! I love cheese.  Ingedients: Broccoli Potato Chinese Cabbage Red Bell Pepper Snow Peas Snap beans (Baguio beans) 500 grams pork Squid balls Garlic Onions Cheese Chicken egg or quail eggs 1 teaspoon Soy sauce 1 Knorr pork cubes Canola oil salt (optional) 1 cup water How to prepare: There are two ways to prepare the vegetable. First, In a deep pan add 1 cup water and let it simmer. Add first the potato because it would take a few minutes to become tender. After about 5 minutes, add the remaining vegetables and let it simmer. Do not over cook. Maintain the bright color of the vegetables. Transfer in a s

Sinugba is a Visayan term for grilled or roast. This recipe can also be called Chicken Inasal. Here's another chicken recipe you can do at home. Ingredients: 6 pcs. medium size chicken wings 2 tablespoons lemon or calamansi juice 3 tablespoons soy sauce 1 tablespoon minced garlic 1/2 teaspoon salt ground pepper Lemon grass (pressed) 1 thumb-size ginger (minced) Annato seeds (to add color) 1/4 cup vegetable oil (for basting) Marinade  In a bowl, combine lemon juice, soy sauce, garlic, lemon grass, ginger, pepper and salt Add the chicken wings, make sure that all 6 chicken wings are soaked in the marinade Leave it for 30 minutes Basting In a pan, pour vegetable oil in a very low heat; Add annato seeds or achuete to add color Sauce 2 tablespoons Soy sauce 1 tablespoon lemon (or vinegar) Annato seed oil Chopped onions (optional) Red Chilli (optional) When all are set, you can now start grilling. Note I lik

This appetizer is mostly prepared and liked by the Visayans. Visayas is one of the three principal geographical divisions of the Philippine Island.  Lukot a secretion of  the sea creature called Dunsol or Sea Hare is used as the main ingredients of the salad. A really good appetizer rich in nutrients. Mostly found in the seaside area and fish market. This is very cheap around 10 to 15 pesos.The locals don't sell this per kilo. They usually contain a handful of it on banana leaves. Here is a recipe called Kinilaw na Lukot in Visayan. Ingredients:   Lukot (Sea Hare Secretion) 2 pcs. Tomatoes 1 large Red Onion 3 pcs. Red/Green Chilli 1 small Ginger (minced) 1/2 teaspoon tablespoon Salt Coconut Vinegar  1 medium Cucumber 1 medium lemon or calamansi  Easy to prepare Wash the Sea Hare secretion in a flowing water. There's no need to cook. Just combine all the ingredients. Saltiness and spiciness depends on your preference. Lemon or calamsi alway

Sweet  Potato, a root crop is common in the Philippines. You can usually find this grown in the countryside. In the city, sweet potatoes and sweet potato leaves are available in the supermarket but you can surely find these in the local market. Sweet potatoes are sold by kilos and the leaves are usually by bunch. Here's a salad recipe out of potato leaves. Sweet Potato leaves Salad   Ingredients: Sweet Potato Leaves (Camote tops) 2 pcs. Tomatoes 1 large Red Onion 3 pcs. Red/Green Chilli 1 small Ginger 1/2 teaspoon tablespoon Salt 1 tablespoon Apple cider vinegar (I prefer) Anchovy (optional) 1 medium lemon or calamansi Water How to prepare In a deep pan boil water. Once the water is boiled, add the sweet potato leaves don't include the stem.  Take the leaves right away after 30 seconds. Soaking it for a long time will  make the leaves overcooked. Let it cool and dry Slice the tomatoes, onions, Red/Green Chilli, Ginger. Add anchov

I've been craving for a taste that I can't find at any place. Whenever I crave for a food, I already created the taste in my mind. That's how it goes for me. What I made was a whole fried chicken cooked with a special sauce. I hope that everyone can try this recipe. It's really good! Here are the ingredients: 1 Whole Chicken Potatoes (Cut into chunks) Onions Garlic Ground Pepper Hunt's Pork and Beans Del Monte Pineapple tidbits 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar 2 tablespoon oyster sauce 1 teaspoon salt Canola Oil (I prefer) Chicken broth 2 cups water Achuete for coloring (add this to the chicken broth to extract color;) Please take away the seeds when color is extracted. How to prepare: Rub a salt all over the chicken. Boil the whole chicken in a very low fire with 2 cups of water for about 25 minutes. The chicken will not soak in a cup of water, it's fine. The lower the fire is the better. After 25 minutes, take

I want to go places. I want to eat delicious food. I am in my late 30's. Yes. This is what my blog is all about. FOOD I want to share a simple and easy recipe for dessert.   Creamy Mango Jelly  Ingredients:      Ripe mangoes      1 cup Nestle all-purpose cream      1 cups condensed milk      2 evaporated milk      2 cups water      24 grams Jelly powder (any brand, I used      Mr Gulaman) If you want to make it creamier, you can add 2 cups of all-purpose cream and decrease the amount of water to 1 cup. It's very easy to do: Mix all the liquid ingredients in a deep pan. Dissolve the Jelly powder into the liquid ingredients. Cook on a low flame and make sure to stir the whole time. When it's thick and you think it's ready, prepare for molding. TRAVEL  I recently went to Bacolod City in Negros Occidental to attend a church conference. It was my first time to go and  I can say that on the road to Bacolod was breathtakin