Lechon Roll from Kim's Kitchen

Again, my sister can be very unique with her cooking style. Surprisingly because she seldom cooks when she's around but when she does, she nails something very out of this world like this version of Lechon Roll. I asked her the recipe and she said "YOUTUBE"! :D ok so there I went and this is what I found. How to make Lechon. Not bad for a starter with big dreams in the kitchen eh?!

mmmmm... the smell of lemon grass :D

Ingredients:

Pork Belly
Lemon Grass
Minced Garlic
Salt
Pepper

Rub lemon grass, minced garlic, salt and pepper on the slab of pork
Get another stem of lemon grass and tie it to a knot
Place it in the middle of the pork belly
Roll the pork tight and secure it with a cooking twine
Place it in oven at 400deg. F or use a turbo broiler instead
Cook for 3 hours or until the skin is crispy and golden brown.. Whoala! there you go..

Recipe procedure taken from MALOU'S MODERN ASIAN COOKING
Photos are from Kim's Kitchen

Make a Clubhouse Sandwich a staple food

My sister has a unique way of spicing things up with her own style of food preparation. This is one of her unique way of making a special sandwich on New Years eve. I say unique cause really, we don't normally do this at home. I grab two slices of bread, smear it with peanut butter and I'm good to go, but on this specific day, my sister made us a special clubhouse sandwich.

It's simple to do and a bit of tomato, fried bacon, lettuce, ham and mayonnaise will do just like what she did here. You can also use wheat bread if that's what you prefer. As for this, we opted for the regular ones. 

Of course there are other versions of this such as what you see on the Food Network and CountryLiving, what's most imprtant is you're able to bring out something to your taste. 

You got served..

When a friend left for a weekend getaway, I asked her to take photos. Photos of everything! The fun, the place, the sun, the heat the fire dancers and all. What I didn't expect is a photo of total contrast, somewhat beaten out of context and I realized, yes having fun is not about putting place in order but being carefree and enjoying what's served... and by that, I meant this.. A FRUITSHAKE IN AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE GLASS :) mmmm I'm tempted.

So what fills your summer? 

Pork Adobo on a lazy Sunday

From mom's cooking, and take note she's a really good cook, we don't normally put potatoes in our pork adobo recipe but recently, I was introduced with it and the outcome? one yummy pork adobo for lunch, combined with.. potato :D. Sarap!

Pork Adobo is almost a staple item of food in every household and mostly during the weekends... Other regions have a different version of this also, I chose to stick to its simplest form :) not bad for a start.

Sauteed Spinach for Brunch

I was watching the TV program Salamat Dok last Sunday when I came across their featured recipe - something cheap, simple but healthy so I thought why not?

Ingredients:

2 bundles Spinach
4 pcs. Tomatoes (medium size)
1 pc Onion (medium size)
1tsp Cooking oil
Salt to taste

How to Cook:

• Remove the Spinach leaves from their stalk and wash thoroughly.
• Cut the onions and tomatoes lengthwise and dribble the tomatoes with salt and seasoning of your choice
• Saute the onion and tomatoes (make sure not t overcook them)
• Add the Spinach and cover for few seconds.
• Serve

Benefits:

Spinach is known to be very low in calories, and since it’s low on calories, diabetic people take advantage of this as they tend to eat healthy but with minimal weight gain. Spinach also help improve your sugar level thus eliminating the occurrence of high blood pressure and cholesterol.

What fills your summer? :D

Ginataang Kalabasa

I always thought, cooking anything with coconut milk is complicated.. There's always this notion that somehow a certain ritual is done on when and how to mix this certain ingredient to your recipe. Turns out it does like any other ingredient out there... Have fun cooking!

Ingredients:

1/4 squash (kalabasa), peeled and cut into cubes (For small size squash, you can opt for half the size) 

1 bundle string beans (sitaw), cut in 2-3 inches long. 

1/ 4 kilo Shrimp (you can choose to devein or not)

1 tbsp. fish sauce (plain salt if you don't feel like using fish sauce)

2 cups coconut milk (unang piga)

2 cups coconut milk (pangalawang piga)

2 cloves garlic 

1 medium size onion, sliced lengthwise 

1 pc. broth cube

Procedure:

• In a saucepan, put the squash, string beans, onion, garlic and coconut milk (pangalawang piga). Simmer it  for 5-10 min or until vegetable is cooked.
• Add the shrimp and coconut milk (unang piga), add fish sauce or salt to taste. Bring to simmer until shrimp is cooked.
• Serve..

Let's talk about it over Chicken

Every now and then, and whenever things are better, why not treat yourself with the best form possible - Yes! Dine out :D
Sometimes, a simple meal accompanied by your bestie takes the stress away, and what's good about it is that you don't have to spend much just so you can get the best out of it.

Dining at Savory, I was really surprised at how cheap their price for 2 is. It was more than what we bargained for.

For a change, we skipped the sodas and went for some Four Seasons

Lunch it is!

Let's go mainstream and head on to something everybody loves to eat - regardless of the time of the day. Growing up in a place where rice is a staple food, you can't help but cook something that perfectly goes with it..

Fried Galunggong (Mackerel Scad)

Fresh, crispy tomatoes

Pork Steak in the House

Sunday is definitely the kind of day to experiment on food recipes and just about all the normal household menus can offer. Whether it's a dessert or a complete meal, it definitely mean, you have all the time to really put in your heart to what you do and its every single detail. So, today is Sunday - and Sundays deserve some good cooks! :D

Happy Eating Everyone!

Ingredients:

1/2  kl.     Pork Chop

1 c          Soy Sauce

2 tsp      Sugar

10 pcs.  Calamansi (medium size)

1 Clove  Garlic

1 Pc       White Onion

A dash of black pepper powder

Cooking Oil 

How to Prepare:

• Marinate the porkchop in soy sauce, sugar, garlic and calamansi juice.
• Sprinkle the marinate with a dash of black pepper powder and set aside for 30 mins or more.
• In a clean pan, heat some cooking oil and fry each pork until they're brown and tender. (make sure you have medium fire so you will not burn the outer part of the meat before it gets cooked).
• (Do not throw away the liquid left on the marinated pork).
• After frying and using the same cooking oil where you fried the pork, saute some garlic and onion including the fried pork. Mix well until fried pork is fully coated by garlic and onion.
• Mix in the left over liquid from the marinated pork and simmer for 7-10 mins.
• Cut the white onion crosswise to create onion rings and use it as a garnish on the prk steak.

Paksiw sa Kalamansi

Mom and Dad, if you're wondering what's the quickest recipe that you can cook for dinner after a long and tiring day at work, this may be your saving grace :D - in just few minutes, you're ready to have dinner before watching your favorite shows on TV.

Ingredients:

½ Kilo Galunggong (Mackerel Scad)

3 Pcs Tomatoes

2 Pcs Onion (medium size)

5 Pcs Kalamansi (Calamondin) (Medium size)

1 Cup Water

1 Tbsp Salt

Seasoning

Procedure:

After cleaning the fish, coat it with salt and carefully arrange them in a pan.

Cut each tomato and onion lengthwise and into four pieces and lay them on top of the fish. Slice some kalamansi and mix the juice with 1 cup of water. After mixing, pour it to the fish and let it simmer for 7-10 minutes or until fish is cooked.