Food Trip @ Ilocandia...

Whenever you visit a new place you should try the local cuisine. So let's see what we have tried during our Ilocandia trip:

The Infamous Bagnet and Vigan Longanisa (try Rafael's at Nuestra Dela Paz, Batac):

Empanada Especial (we tasted the one at Pagudpud Plaza):

I'll try to get the recipe for you guys and hopefully we can do it in our own kitchens!

Easy Tuna Sandwich...

Let’s Make Some Sandwiches - Episode 2

Sandwiches are easy to make. Get 2 loaves of bread then a spread in between; you now have a good yummy sandwich ready to eat.

Here’s a recipe on how to make an Easy Tuna Sandwich:

Ingredients:

2-6 slices Rye or wheat bread

2 – 4 Tbsps.  Mayonnaise

1 Tuna Flakes in Oil (get the regular can and if you want some kick you can get the SPICY Tuna)

1 small bulb onion minced or finely diced (Optional)

Salt and Pepper

Lettuce and Tomato (Optional)

1-2 hard boiled and mashed eggs (Optional)

Directions:

1. Mix evenly the following ingredients: Mayonnaise, Tuna, and Minched Onion.
2. Add salt and pepper to taste.
3. To make it like the commercial sandwich – add the mashed hard boiled eggs into the mixture evenly.
4. Spread Egg-Mayo mixture evenly in your slice bread.
5. Put another slice of bread on top.
6. Add some lettuce and sliced tomatoes to add color and for fibers
7. Slightly press and cut sandwich in diagonal.

The simpler, the better, and the easier you can prepare your meal in a dash.

Enjoy your Easy Tuna Sandwich any time of the day.

Happy mixing and munching!

Goody Egg-Mayo Sandwich

Let’s Make Some Sandwiches - Episode 1

Sandwiches are easy to make. Get 2 loaves of bread then a spread in between; you now have a good yummy sandwich ready to eat.

Here’s an easy recipe on how to make an Egg-Mayo Sandwich:

Ingredients:

2 loaves of bread

For the SPREAD:

2 – 4 Tbsps.  Mayonnaise

2 – 3 Eggs (Hard Boiled and Chopped Finely or Mashed)

1 small bulb onion (Minced or finely diced)

Salt and Pepper

For Plating:

1         Tomato (thinly sliced)

1 – 2 Romaine lettuce leaves

Directions:

1. Mix evenly the following ingredients: Mayonnaise, Egg, and Minced Onion
2. Add Salt and Pepper to taste
3. Spread Egg-Mayo mixture evenly in your slice bread.
4. Put a layer of Romaine Lettuce and slices of tomato on top of the Egg-Mayo mixture.
5. Put another slice of bread on top.
6. Slightly press and cut sandwich in diagonal.

Enjoy your Egg-Mayo sandwich with fresh juice on the side or coffee if you like.

Happy cooking!

Philippine Adobo Recipe

A meal that all Filipinos are known to which people of all ages love combination of salty, sour, and sometimes sweet flavors that makes you salivate, the ADOBO. Most kids wanted its sauce poured over white rice while most adults love the dried version and of course pork thick fat.

TRIVIA:

Do you know that ADOBO is not a Filipino word? In fact adobo came from Spanish word means marinade, sauce, or seasoning. Filipino Adobo though is different from Spanish Adobo as it is cooked indigenously by stewing meat in vinegar and soy sauce.

Some Adobo were cooked with sauce and some with dried sauce.

Some Adobo were cooked with soy sauce or the regular adobo and some were mixed with salt which we call adobong puti. Adobong puti is best for those kids who suffers from G6PD deficiency.

INGREDIENTS:

4-5 lbs. of Chicken parts or Pork belly

½ cup vinegar

½ cup soy sauce

4-6 cloves of garlic (crushed)

1 tsp. black peppers (whole)

2-3 bay leaves

a pinch or 2 of sugar to taste

DIRECTIONS:

1. Combine vinegar, soy sauce, and sugar
2. Place Chicken or Pork in a large pot and put all ingredients include the vinegar and soy sauce mixture
3. Cover and marinate meat for 1-3 hours (Optional)
4. Cook mixture until it boils
5. Lower heat, cover pot, and  let it simmer for 30 minutes and stir occasionally
6. Uncover pot and simmer until sauce is reduced and thickens
7. Check meat if tender then serve Adobe with rice

     Happy Cooking!