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I find the Chicken Corden Bleu an attractive party fare. It’s easy to prepare. Usually I prepare the rolling of the chicken breast the night before and then do the dredging procedure on the day of the party. In that way, I am less hassled during party preparation. Enjoy!

Ingredients

1/2 kilo chicken breast
salt and pepper to taste
4 slices cheddar cheese
4 slices sweet ham
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1/2 cup bread crumbs
1/4 cup butter

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Posted: April 29th, 2009 under Recipes, chicken.
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I first learned to cook after college. Remember I baked first before I actually cooked. One of the first recipes that I cooked was Beef Stroganoff. Despite being a newbie in cooking, the dish came out really well. Beef stroganoff is actually a Russian dish with sautéed pieces of beef served in a sauce with sour cream. It tastes best with pasta noodles or even just plain bread. It became popular in other countries and of course the Philippines. For those first-time cooks, try this out.

Ingredients

1/2 kilo beef Tenderloin, cut into 3 x 1.2 inch slices
1/2 cup flour
2 tablespoons butter
2 teaspoons chopped garlic
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup mushrooms, sliced
1/2 cup mushroom juice from the mushrooms
1 cup sour cream ( substitute with 1 cup evaporated milk and 1 tablespoon calamansi juice or vinegar. Let stand until curdled)
1 teaspoon tomato paste
1/2 teaspoon hot sauce
1/4 teaspoon refined salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 cup grated cheddar cheese or gruyere cheese (optional)

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Posted: April 27th, 2009 under Beef, Recipes.
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Chili Con Carne is one of the comfort foods that I remember in my childhood days. I remember placing chili con carne over rice enjoying the right amount of spicy flavors. It’s an all-time favorite food with my children. My kids are different. They also eat it with rice but add grated cheddar cheese on the top of the chili con carne. I know there are variations of Chili con Carne.

Chili con carne (often known simply as chili) is a spicy stew-like dish. The essential ingredients are chili peppers and meat. Variations, either geographic or by personal preference, often include tomatoes, onions, garlic, cumin, beans, and other ingredients. The name “chili con carne” is a slight corruption of the Spanish chile con carne, which means peppers with meat.

There are indeed many variations and I prefer to have more of the beef than beans. I also like to add tomato paste which some believe shouldn’t be in the recipe. Here is my recipe.

Ingredients

1/2 kilo lean ground beef
400 grams red kidney bean
2 Tablespoons olive oil
6 cloves garlic
1 onions, chopped

1/2 cup Tomato paste
1-2 cups water
2 teaspoons Chili Powder
1/2 teaspoon Paprika
4 pieces siling labuyo
Salt to taste
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
7 leaves of Cilantro (optional)

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Posted: April 20th, 2009 under Beef, Recipes.
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I am not too fond of deep fried foods so whenever I cook this, I use Olive oil which is the healthier oil. I love dipping it though with vinegar and garlic sauce. I will show you two ways to prepare Lumpia Ubod, the fried and fresh lumpia version.

Ubod Mixture
2 kilos ubod (coconut heart) cut in shoestring manner, boiled and drained
2 cloves of garlic, crushed
1 onion, chopped
1/2 kilo shrimps, shelled and sliced in small portions
2 Tablespoons patis (thin sauce)
1/2 kilo boiled pork cut into think strips
salt and pepper to taste
3 pieces Green beans, sliced (optional for accent)
1 piece carrots, sliced(optional for accent)
Lettuce for the fresh lumpia version

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Posted: April 16th, 2009 under Recipes, Vegetables.
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My late brother, Ruben shared this kropeck recipe with my sister Lorna when he was still studying at the Fisheries department at UP Diliman. This is the real thing. Lorna unearthed this gem of a recipe for anyone to try out. Here it is

120 grams ground, cooked fish meat (use any inexpensive fish)
500 grams all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp. MSG (optional)
1 tsp. sugar
2 drops of food coloring (FDA-certified, especially the red color)
1 egg, well-beaten
4 cups water
1-1/2 tsp. salt
3 tbsps. lime water (dayap)

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Posted: April 12th, 2009 under Recipes, Seafood.
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The lapu-lapu is always a special dish. Childhood memories of our family dinner involves a feast of lapu-lapu topped with sweet and sour sauce known escabeche. Escabeche has a slight ginger taste to it unlike the Chinese version of sweet and sour sauce. I am not sure if this is a Cebuano version of the sweet and sour sauce because I have not tasted it here in Manila.

Here is how I prepare it:

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Posted: April 10th, 2009 under Recipes, Seafood.
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I tried out this simple eggplant omelet recipe from Kristine Keefer, public relations coordinator for the French Laundry in Yountville, California.

Kristine Keefer, public relations coordinator for the French Laundry in Yountville, left her native Philippines after college to attend the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y. This omelet can be enjoyed with the accompanying recipes for mango salad and garlic fried rice for a complete meal for breakfast, lunch or dinner. I am pretty sure overseas Filipinos will love these recipes.

Ingredients
2 Japanese eggplant (the narrower the better, as they will cook faster)
Vegetable oil or extra virgin olive oil, as needed
1 medium onion, cut in small dice
10 ounces ground pork
1 large plum tomato, cut in small dice
1 tablespoon fish sauce (Keefer prefers the Thai brand Tiparos)
4 medium eggs
Salt and pepper, to taste

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Posted: April 8th, 2009 under Pork, Recipes, Vegetables.
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Mommy used the book, “Recipes of the Philippines,” compiled and edited by Enriqueta David-Perez as her guide for making her Bibingka recipes. Bibingka reminds me of those early bakeshop days in the early 1970’s when my sister and I had to help grind the rice into “galapong” and dump them into clean plastic pails, knowing (by smell) the difference between fresh and rancid galapong. Mommy also taught us how to pre-mix the “secret” part of the recipe (the combination of dry ingredients) which was stored in plastic bags at the locked stockroom in the “dirty kitchen.”

Mommy was also one of the first advocates of ALMEDAH Food Machineries Corporation since the famous inventor himself, Benjamin Almeda Sr., taught Mommy how to use his bibingka machines. I used to accompany Mommy whenever she visited Mr. Almeda in Manila.

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Posted: April 6th, 2009 under Baking Recipes, Bibingka.
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I don’t know if you drink that Milo Chocolate drink as a kid. Milo is added to hot or cold milk to give it a malted chocolate flavour and extra texture. I love also eating the Milo on a teaspoon. One day, I experimented with the Milo Brownies recipe just so I can get my dose of that Milo flavor again. It does not have the chocolate goodness apparent in most fudge brownies but it has its own unique flavor.

Ingredients

1/2 cup all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1/2 cup melted margarine or btter
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/3 cup Milo
1/2 cup Chooped nuts

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Posted: April 4th, 2009 under Baking Recipes, Cakes.
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To my valuable readers and subscribers of Pinoy Food Blog (now reaching over 3,300 subscribers), I am honored to talk about you on Qtube. This blog is not just a recipes blog. How many of you have emailed me asking for that recipe that brought memories of home. You asked a lumpia shangai recipe to show off to your American boyfriend so he could appreciate Filipino food. To that father who just got reunited with his kids, you wanted to cook humba for them. To that special person who made money out of my lasgana recipe, I am proud that you found ways to augment your income.

Pinoyfoodblog.com is not just a haven for recipes. Cooking may just mean as the act of preparing food in a raw phase and use heat in order for humans to digest it easily. It is more than that. Many people now are cooking for pleasure. They consider this act as a hobby. At the end of a tiring day, you find relaxation in cooking. You feel relieved when cooking because it serves as your form of expression and stress release. You love to cook for others like family and friends. It is about feeling good about yourself that you can cook even simple dishes, that you can make a living from selling dishes. Cooking raises your self-esteem. It is about living a dream too. Simple dreams like easy cooking, owning a small business or feeding your loved ones with pride.

I trained my cook who worked with me for over 10 years to cook special dishes for my family. Today, she owns a restaurant business, a hole in the wall type and makes around 80,000 pesos a month. Not bad huh? She has built two homes in her hometown.

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Posted: April 1st, 2009 under Site News.
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Before Mommy and Daddy opened up the bakeshop sometime in 1965, one of Mommy’s early baking teachers was Mrs. Noval, who lived in Banawa. As a kid, I do recall going with Mommy to this home. Memories of Refrigerator Cake that Mommy made might have been influenced by Mrs. Noval. One of my favorite recipes that mom used to bake was Torta. Let me share one version here.

2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
3 tsps. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
8 egg yolks
1-1/4 cups sugar
3/4 cups milk
1/2 cup pork lard (use Crisco shortening)
1/4 cup melted better
1/2 tsp. anise seeds
1 egg, slightly beaten
cottage cheese, cut in strips
sugar

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Posted: April 1st, 2009 under Baking Recipes, Cakes.
Comments: 6