No Bake Strawberry Cheesecake!

Remember about my recent post where I get to try making beef tacos because I was able to purchase them online? Well, not only did I buy Taco Shells but I was also able to get some Jell-O No Bake Strawberry and Oreo Cheesecake. I've never made cheesecake before and so today, I finally decided to give it a try.

Beef Tacos is Love!

I have been craving for tacos recently and having purchased some Taco Shells online recently, I finally satisfied my desire to munch on its crunchiness!

Here a simple and fast way to make home-made Beef Tacos.

Fried rice 101

Got some leftover rice in the fridge? Here's one easy and tasty way of frying your rice.

What you need:

• Rice
• Bacon strips
• Garlic
• 2-3 Eggs
• Salt, pepper

Kaang Masman Chicken Curry

My co-teachers and I decided to have a bring-your-own-food-and-watch-a-movie kind of day yesterday. We were officially on our day off and we simply decided to relax and share a good meal together. We had a bucket of KFC, some vegetable salad and fruit salad, fried eggplant and egg, fried noodles and chicken curry.

My husband, who's a better cook that I am, decided to make Kaang Masman Chicken Curry. Thanks to some of our friends who went to Thailand, they brought back different curry powder and my husband had an excuse to try one of them.

Here are the ingredients:

Hot pot on a hot day?

Last Tuesday, some of the Chinese teachers in our school decided to invite us for some Chinese hot pot for lunch. 

Hot pot (also known as Chinese Steamboat or Chinese Fondue) is a Chinese way of cooking where they serve you a big pot of soup, or in our case, our own individual pot of soup and some various food materials that are put in the pot such as sliced mutton, beef, leafy vegetables, mushrooms, glass noodles, frozen bean curd and seafood. There are built-in burners on our table and as soon as the soup boils, we put our foods and wait for them to cook for a few seconds. We were also served different kinds of dipping sauce to add flavor to our dishes since we don't need to eat rice with it. I usually prefer the peanut sauce with a little bit of garlic, meat oil and spring onions.

A typical hot pot setting where you have the choice to choose between a spicy or a non-spicy soup

A variety of ingredients to make your own dipping sauce

Hot pot is usually ideal in winter because it keeps us warm while giving us more time to talk and socialize with friends as we wait for our soup to boil. It's also a fun way of sharing a meal together where everyone cooks their own meal right at the table. 

Thinking of making your own Chinese hot pot?

Strawberry Milkshake, anyone?

What's the best drink to make on this hot day? 

Answer:

Yup! Some creamy, smooth and cold strawberry shake would surely beat the heat and make your day. Thinking of making yourself one? Here's an easy way to do it.

Chicken Macaroni Soup

The past few days had been surprisingly cold and wet that we often wonder what season we're in at the moment. The weather for the first few weeks in April were quite perfect that we were able to do a lot of outdoor activities such as picking strawberries, going bowling and visiting nearby cities to shop. Recently, with the weather we're having, it takes quite a lot of effort just to get out of bed. 

On days like this, it's so nice to cuddle with the one you love and watch movies while having a bowl of hot Chicken Macaroni soup. 

So how do you make one, you might ask. It's quite simple. Simply prepare the following ingredients:

Sweet-Sour Fried Fish (Escabeche)

My husband and I went to the open market one day and bought ourselves some fish. We usually just fry them every time we decide to have fish lunch or dinner but on that day, we were having some guests in our apartment since it was Thanksgiving Day. With a few hours ahead of me, I quickly grabbed my one and only cookbook and started searching for an easy and quick way of cooking fish (besides frying it, of course!)

Today's dessert: Mango Float!

I've always loved desserts. A meal is never complete without an ice cream or something sweet for dessert. Way back in high-school, I went to my best friend's birthday party and she served me this mouth-watering and heavenly dessert. It's a combination of mangoes and cream that tasted like ice cream but looks like a cake. It has become my favourite ever since. It's so delicious and so easy to make. It can go in any occasion, whether it be a formal or casual one. Just follow these simple steps and soon you'll be enjoying it's divine taste.

Ground Pork with Vegetables in Tomato Sauce

Here's another attempt to my awesome culinary skills (Tee-hee!). I decided one evening to surprise my husband my making one of his favorite dish: Giniling na baboy with tomato sauce!

Ingredients:

• ground pork

• onion and garlic (diced)

• carrots, potato and string beans (all diced) and mushroom

• boiled eggs (simply because my husband and I loved them)

Steps:

• Saute garlic and onions.

• Put in ground pork and wait till it turns brown. Mix salt, ground pepper and soy sauce.

• When meat is already tender and has turned gray, put in the vegetables. 

• Mix tomato sauce after vegetables are already cooked. Add sugar if you want it to be a little sweet. Let it simmer for a few minutes and mix the eggs.

• Ready to serve.

Inalamangang Gulay (Vegetables with Shrimp Paste)

My husband and I have been living in China for quite a while now that most of the time we crave for some home-cooked Filipino cuisine. We were lucky enough to have some alamang (shrimp paste) from back home. Since I can't cook Pinakbet, this dish was close enough.

So here goes my Inalamangang gulay. I am sure there's a name for this kind of dish but I am not simply sure if it's called Diningding.

Sinigang (Stew) is my favourite dish!

Whether is Sinigang na Baka (Stewed beef), Sinigang na Baboy (Stewed pork) or Sinigang na Bangus (Stewed milkfish), there's no stopping me from devouring it. It's my all-time favorite dish. So tonight, my husband cooked Sinigang na Baboy for me. Yey!

Bryan's 1st Tokwa't Baboy

Tokwa't Baboy Ingredients:

• 1/2 kilo pork (cut into chunk cubes)
• 5 pcs tokwa (bean curd or tofu)
• 2 heads garlic (minced)
• 1 cup vinegar
• 1 cup soy sauce
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp brown sugar
• 3 small onions (diced)

Tokwa't Baboy Cooking Instructions:

                                     

• In a casserole, boil pork in just enough water with salt, lower fire and let simmer until pork is tender
• Take the pork out and set aside

                                     

• Fry tokwa (bean curd) in hot oil until toasted and slice to the same size as the pork
• In a saucepot, mix vinegar, soy sauce, salt, garlic and onions and heat for just a few minutes 

• Mix the mixture over pork and tokwa

• Serve hot

Source: http://www.pinoyrecipe.net/tokwat-baboy-recipe/

Quick Barbecued Chicken

A friend of mine gave my husband and I a whole chicken so we decided to browse mom's cook book and decided to try a new recipe.

Here's an easy way to barbecue your chicken.


Ingredients:

2 chicken halves (in this case we used chicken thighs)

2 slices lemon, 2 tbsp vinegar

1 tsp garlic powder (but unfortunately we ran our of garlic powder so we weren’t able to include it in our marinade)

2 tbsp soy sauce

2 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp pepper

1 tbsp sugar, 1 tbsp sesame oil

Garlic and Onion Pasta

Ingredients:

• Garlic, onion (but we ran out of onions so we just made do with garlic only) and ground pork

• Pasta and tomato sauce
• Salt, pepper, sugar and soy sauce

Steps:

• Saute' garlic until it turns a little brown.

• Put in ground pork. Mix soy sauce, salt and pepper. Leave it for a few minutes until meat turns gray.

• Add 2-3 cups of water and let it simmer.
• Mix the tomato sauce. You can add sugar if you think's too sour. Let it simmer. While doing this, cook the pasta in boiling water. Make sure to add salt and cooking oil before pouring the pasta in the water.

• When pasta is tender enough, drain the water and mix pasta with the sauce.
• Pasta is ready to serve.