FILIPINO RECIPIES | HEALTHY TIPS AND FITNESS TRICKS

SWEET N SOUR SHRIMP

noreply@blogger.com (jolyza1209) — Mon, 12 Aug 2013 02:44:00 +0000

Shrimps are usually cooked the traditional way like grilling, baking and sometimes it was being cooked with a soup. But this time I'll gonna show you how to prepare it in a different recipe. This is one of my mom's specialty because she did an experiment of this as the others did it again on their own home. This recipe became trending through the whole village when my mom have let them tasted it. So Here we go....

Ingredients:

1 kilo prawns

3 cloves garlic, minced

1 onion, diced

3 to 5 stalks parseley

3 tomatoes, diced

200 grams tomato sauce

4 to 5 tablespoons flour

3 tbsp. oil

1 tablespoon soy sauce

Salt to taste( depends on your taste)

Sugar ( depends on your taste)

Vetsin for seasoning

Powdered black pepper(optional)

Preparations:

Rub the prawns with 1/2 tablspoon level of salt then mix.
Dip each prawn in a flour then fry. When prawns turned red, turn on the other side to cook then set aside when its done.
Saute garlic, onion and tomatoes. Add soy sauce
Add the tomato sauce
Put the black powdered pepper.
Put a little salt and sugar just to reach the perfect blend of a sweet and sour taste.
Put the fried prawns.
Put vetsin or seasoning to taste.
Garnish with parseley.

PORK AND PINEAPPLE DUET ( PININYAHANG BABOY)

noreply@blogger.com (jolyza1209) — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 23:46:00 +0000

This recipe is simply made from best selected quality pork meat and pure pineapple sauted in garlic and onions with pineapple syrup completely blended with a bit of salty taste which yielded a delectable experience of a sweet, sour and salty that makes the recipe more exciting and tasty. This is the recipe that surely your kids will love.

Ingredients :

1 kilo pork belly or pork chop cutlets

1 can (450grams) pineapple tidbits, set aside syrup

4 cloves garlic, crushed

1 medium onion, diced

2 tablespoon oil

Black pepper, powdered

2 leveled tablespoons of white sugar

Salt to taste

2 1/2 cups water

Seasoning to taste

Preparations:

Saute garlic and onions in oil
Add the pork and season with salt and pepper. Let simmer until comes dry
Add 1 cup water and simmer until dry
Add another cup of water until slighty dry
Add the pineapple and the syrup and let simmer until desired consistency
Add sugar and seasoning to taste
Enjoy your meal :)

SINIGANG NA BABOY

noreply@blogger.com (jolyza1209) — Thu, 01 Aug 2013 16:43:00 +0000

This is one of the Filipino native dish that everyone really craves to serve and eat over and over because of its soup' s sour taste made from pure tamarind extract and pork that gives pure porky flavor with long green pepper that adds an unforgettable blend of slight spice leaving every filipinos satisfied with great smiles.
It is not hard to prepare. With all the ingredients needed, you just have to drop every ingredients step by step and let cook.

And to share it with you, please refer to the list below :

Ingredients:

1 kilo pork kasim or pork santan ( or pork ribs )

1 liter of water

3 tomatoes, chopped quarterly

1 tablespoon salt

1 onion, chopped quartely

1 tablespoon bagoong (salted shrimp paste)

300 grams of raw green tamarind, extracted or if there is no raw tamarind, you can use 45 grams ( good for 1 liter) tamarind powder which can be bought from the supermarkets and groceries

3 to 4 pieces of small gabi ( taro )

3 pcs. Of eggplant, chopped into halves each then sliced vertically

4 long green pepper ( quantity depends on your desire)(optional)

1 long raddish, sliced diagonally by 1 inch each

4 pieces of string beans, chopped by 2 inches each (optional)

Talbos ng kangkong or Water spinach shoots

Seasoning to taste

Preparation:

Put pork, salt, onion, tomatoes and 1 liter of water in a pot or casserole and bring to boil.
Add in the bagoong or salted shrimp paste and let it simmer until the meat is half tender
Add the tamarind extract and simmer for 1 minute.
Add gabi ( taro ) and long green peppers to simmer for another minute
Add the string beans and let it cooked.
Add the eggplant and raddish and let it cooked
Check if the pork has reached its desired tenderness as well as the vegetables.
Finally add the kangkong leaves or the water spinach shoots.
Season with vetsin to taste
Best served when hot

Note : you can use pressure cooker if you have to minimize the time for making the pork reach its desired tenderness at a shortest time and to save gas and time. Just know all the precautions of using it carefully because improper use of it may cause fire or burning skin up to 3rd degree. This is just optional if you know how to use it. But cooking the natural way is still the best and the safest.

HOW TO MAKE HOMEMADE PEANUT BUTTER

noreply@blogger.com (jolyza1209) — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 23:36:00 +0000

Making peanut butter at home was just so easy. I got the ingredients out of my curiosity when I happened to surf over the net on how to make such spread. I must admit that it was my first favorite sandwich spread when I was still at my kindergarten grade. I began to like its creamy and yet so tasty and sweet flavor when my mom prepared it for me for a snack. I remembered that I even used to eat it alone without having it spread over breads. Out of the recipe I got from the net, I have noticed that the ingredients which I have learned from the net doesn't made me satisfied so I decided to formulate my own ingredient of a homemade peanut butter and PERFECTLY! it gave me an excellent result. I have even made this as a starting point of a small business at home.

Ingredients :

1 kilo peanut
1 ( 227 g. ) Anchor butter, unsalted
1/2 kilo washed sugar
300 ml. Corn oil or palm cooking oil

Preparation :

Roast peanut on a pan with a little oil until cooked and sprinkle a pinch of salt.
Place the peanut in a food processor. Add the remaining ingredients gradually on the second grind of nuts including the remaining oil.
Grind the peanut mixture over and over until fairly smooth or desired smoothness.
Place the spread on a sterilized container. Let cool.
Place the container cover after cooling.
Now its ready to serve.

TURON

noreply@blogger.com (jolyza1209) — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 00:49:00 +0000

This has been one of the family favorite Filipino snack due to its yummy and sticky sweet taste that lingers in your mouth while it lasts. One's tasted! You'll surely love it!

Ingredients:

12 pieces saba bananas, peeled and sliced vertically
12 pieces large lumpia wrapper( cut the 4 pieces into halves)
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup langka ( jackfruit ), cut into strips (optional but tastes better when it is added in the ingredients)
3 cups cooking oil

Preparation:

Place a wrapper over the plate and put another half wrapper in the middle of it ( to prevent the wrapper from being torn when we tightly press to fold)
Put 3 slices of bananas on a consecutive layers inside the wrapper
Sprinkle strips of langka ( jackfruit )
Sprinkle a little sugar so that its melted caramelized sweetness will perfectly blend with bananas and jackfruit
Roll over the wrapper and close at the end. You can wipe it with egg white to help close the wrapper but you can also leave it just as it is.
Fry the folded recipe on a heated pan with oil under low to medium heat.
Sprinkle with a little sugar to create a sweet caramelized taste and sticky appearance. Be sure not to turn the heat on high because it will make the sugar taste bitter and look burned.
Remember to turn the recipe side by side every once in a while to avoid being burned.
Place on a plate when done.

Makes 8 servings

PASTA CARBONARA SPECIAL

noreply@blogger.com (jolyza1209) — Fri, 26 Jul 2013 19:58:00 +0000

I was inspired by this yummy and yet creamylicious Pasta recipe I have learned from my younger sister who really loves to cook pasta carbonara often and this is actually one of her specialties that I really love to eat and I strongly suggest that you must try this! So here we go......

Ingredients :

1 kilo fetuccini pasta
1/2 kilo bacon
1/2 kilo sweet or honey glazed ham
4 cans of 470 ml Evaporated full cream milk
4 pouches of nestle all pourpose cream
1 tablespoon melted butter
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 onion, chopped or minced
1 1/2 pack of Cream of mushroom soup, powdered
1 cup water

Preparations :

Bring water to boil and put 1 tablespoon butter. Add pasta and set to cook until perfect.

Melt butter on a saucepan and saute garlic and oinions until slightly brown and add the bacon and ham. We don't have to put salted seasoning at this time because one of the ingredients here will contribute its naturally slight saltiness to the recipe.
Let the bacon and ham cooked for a while.
While on the wait, combine the milk and the all purpose cream and mix together until well dissolved before adding to the sauted mixture on the pan.
After the milk and cream mixture has been added, dissolve the creamof mushroom sauce with water and pour it on.
Let it cook for a couple of minutes. Taste to test the saltiness. And if it tastes perfectly enough for you then you're done
Top it with grated cheese ( optional )

SPAGHETTI WITH MUSHROOM SAUCE AND BITS

noreply@blogger.com (jolyza1209) — Fri, 26 Jul 2013 17:48:00 +0000

My mom taught me how to prepare this dish because many people really admire her unique ability to cook and experiment foods as her own recipe. This was the dish that a lot of our neighbors and friend keep on asking us to prepare most of the time because of it`s delicious taste and creamy experience with mushrooms and beef that had sinked in to give the pasta its unforgettable saucy and delightful taste with the people.

ingredients:

1 kilo pasta spaghetti
4 cloves garlic, minced
2 heads onion, diced
250 grams hotdogs, sliced thinly and into halves
1 tablespoon margarine or butter
1 tablespoon oil
1 kilo ground beef
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1pinch black pepper, powdered
150 gms tomato paste ( about 2pcs.)
1 kilo tomato sauce
1 ( 200 grm pack) cream of mushroom sauce
1 can mushroom buttons, thinly sliced into halves
3 tbsp. sugar or dependingon desired sweetness
1 pinch seasoning to taste
200 gms. grated cheese
1 cup water

Procedure:

Saute garlic and onion in oil until slightly brown.
Add in the hotdogs and butter and let it cook in medium heat for a minute
Add in the ground beef and soy sauce and let simmer and cook in a low fire until meat is tender and oil from the beef comes out.
Add the mushroom buttons and season with pepper.
Add water and tomato paste. Simmer for another minute.
Add the tomato sauce and let cooked for 2 minutes.
Mix the powdered cream of mushroom soup into 1 cup water. Dissolve smoothly and pour.
Put the sugar and added seasoning to taste.
Put a desired serving on a plate and top with grated cheese.

HOW SMOKING CAN CAUSE HEART ATTACK AND DAMAGE YOUR SYSTEM

noreply@blogger.com (jolyza1209) — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 17:59:00 +0000

According to my research cigarette smoking can cause about 20% of the entire population of people who smoke causes death. It can nearly harm every organ in the body including heart, blood vessels, lungs, eyes, mouth, reproductive organs, bones, bladder, and digestive organs.

Smoking can damage your heart, the function of blood vessels, the structure of your heart and your blood cells. And such damage can raise the risk of Atherosclerosis. It is a desease in which a waxy substance called plaq builds up in the arteries. Over the time, plaq hardens and narrows your arteries and when this happens, this limits the flow of oxygen-rich blood to your organs and other parts of the body.

Light smoking or occasional smoking can both damage your heart.

Secondhand smoke can also affect the organs, heart and other parts of the body. Secondhand smoke is the one that was breathed out from the smoking person and happens to be breathed in by a person who does not smoke. Smoking has the same effect with these two person who smoke and who does not.

HOW DOES SMOKING INCREASES HEART ATTACK RISK?

The nicotine present in the smoke causes heart desease by:

Decreasing oxygen to the heart
Increasing blood pressure and heart rate
Increasing blood clotting
Damaging to cells that lines coronary arteries and other blood vessels

PAPAYA MILK FROOTHIES

noreply@blogger.com (jolyza1209) — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 11:57:00 +0000

This is one of my favorite drink due to its creamy, frothy and mildly sweet taste. Making this was just simple and easy. You will only need the following:

Ingredients:

2 pieces of small papaya
1 1/2 cup evaporated milk
1 cup white sugar
4cups finely crushed ice (optional )
1 to 1 1/2 liter of water

You will off course need a blender.

Preparation :

Combine all ingredients and place it in a blender and whip.
While in the pitcher, place it inside the freezer or 20 minutes to cool more.
Place it again on top of the blender and whip.
Serve cold.

Enjoy! :)

CHOWKING

noreply@blogger.com (jolyza1209) — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 07:24:00 +0000

Chowking is the biggest and tasting chinese food chain in the Philippines.

Chowking's free delivery hotline in Metro Manila : 702-8888

ANGEL'S BURGER

noreply@blogger.com (jolyza1209) — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 15:23:00 +0000

BEST RESTAURANT CHAIN IN THE PHILIPPINES

noreply@blogger.com (jolyza1209) — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 15:08:00 +0000

We have so many to mention when it comes to the best food chain associated with or in the Philippines because we Filipinos really loves to cook and eat or dine with best restaurant known for catering a delicious food.

Listed and shown below are these best food caterers.

Andoks
Angel's burger
Aristocrat
Bacolod chicken inasal
Baliwag Lechon Manok
Barrio Fiesta
Binalot
Burger Machine
Brother's burger
Burgoo
Cabalen
Cafe Mediterranean
Chic-boy
Chowking
Congo Grille
Cravings
Dad's
Dencio's
Don Henrico's
Figaro coffee company
The French Baker
Gerry' s Grill

ANDOKS

noreply@blogger.com (jolyza1209) — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 15:02:00 +0000

EXCESSIVE FAT IS CANCEROUS!!!!!

noreply@blogger.com (jolyza1209) — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 03:30:00 +0000

In accordance with the investigation done by the experts, smoking is the top reason why most people who smoke or a chain smoker can easily acquire cancer. Surprisingly, the second reason was simply because of excessive fats in the body or being stout.

Studies which was being published on the British journal of Cancer shows that people can easily get cancer through smoking, excessive drinking of liquour/wine and eating too much that can make a person look and feel overweight.

Anything that is too much is bad for us. We should have enough discipline to protect our body from getting health serious conditions that might even lead into early death.

FACTS ABOUT EGGPLANT

noreply@blogger.com (jolyza1209) — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 04:06:00 +0000

Eggplant - a widely cultivated herb (Solanum Melongena) related to potato, belongs to the nightshade family.The fruit can be cooked by either fried or stew. The large egg-shaped edible fruit grows up to 1 ft. (30 cm.) in length which color varies to purplish-black, creamy white, yellow or brown. The fruit grows in variety of shape(can either be oval or pear-shaped). The plant may grow up to 6 or 7 ft long which bears large hairy leaves with lavender flowers and yellow centers. The plant grows and develop vigorously in well-drained soil in tropical and warm temperature regions.

EATING A HANDFUL OF NUTS CAN REMOVE BELLY FATS

noreply@blogger.com (jolyza1209) — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 07:48:00 +0000

I have read one of the leading Tagalog newspaper here in the Philippines this morning and I happened to had a glance at one of the article concerning details about scientifically proven positive effects of nuts in our body.
I believe that a lot of people are now having problems about having large fats especially on the belly part and others that deals with their current health situation like people having high blood pressures, high blood sugar and patients that has a metabolic syndrome ( MetS) that possesses the appearance of excess abdominal fats.

This information that I`ve got might be useful to help them with their problems and may help reduce the risk of having heart attacks, diabetes and depressions.

It is being said that eating a handful of nuts can give high level of serotonin ( a kind of substance that can help reduce your appetite and increase the feeling of being happy and healthy heart).About 90 percent of the whole nut is being said that has a serotonin content that can affect the central nervous system which regulates our mood and appetite.According to the research done by the University of Barcelona, eating a handful of unpeeled walnut, almond and hazelnut are now positively proven. Nuts contains healthy fats and antioxidants that flushes away excess fats and prevent the occurrence of type 2 diabetes and heart attack.To make the final study done, they will conduct an experiment on some patients to undergo nut-enriched diet within 2 weeks to compare with patients under the regular nut-free diet.

Some professional experts claimed that nuts can be prescribed as medicine for several conditions like depression, anxiety disorder, scialphobia treat due to its enough serotonin content in the body.

All of the information I`ve gathered above are just some of the details I`ve read from the article this morning. And I just simply want to share it with you. For better prescriptions about medications on serious health problems I would still insist that you better see your doctor.God bless!!! :)

MAJA MAIS

noreply@blogger.com (jolyza1209) — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 01:55:00 +0000

Maja mais is marked as one of the famous philippine native kakanins that Filipinos would always love to eat due to its mildy sweet and creamy taste that anybody wont forget. It is made of a pure coconut milk mixed wittth the finest corn kernels that contributes to its creamy and delicious unforgettable experience.

ingredients:

10 cups of pure coconut milk
470 ml evaporated filled milk
450 ml condensed milk
470 gms kernel corn
200 gms cornstarch
1 cup grated cheese

Procedure:

Combine 8 cups of pure coconut milk with evaporated and conensed milk and kernel corn. Mix well, place on a pan and cook over low heat.

Dissolve cornstarch with the remaining 2 cups of pure coconut milk. Pour to the mixture slowly and stir gradually to avoid lumps. Cook while continuously stirring until thick.

Place on a mold and top with grated cheese. Let cool and place in a fridge. It is best served when it`s quite cold. Coolness makes the finished product more tensile.