tuna sandwich

i have prepared nice and simple tuna sandwich last night. we had that for dinner and it is also my lunch for today.

tuna sandwich

1 can tuna (solid in oil)
1 medium onion
2 cups mayonnaise (more if desired)
salt and pepper

chop the onion into small cubes. mix tuna, onions and mayo in a bowl. do not over mix to protect the tuna from losing its texture. add salt and pepper to taste.

this spread may be used in sandwiches or in salads.

pics from the swim reunion

we got the pics from the swim reuunion. u can tell that everybody's having fun!

Hunny’s reunion and Apung bito’s birthday

We had a great weekend. Saw lots of good friends and got a good family reunion together with lots of food to enjoy!

We had a swimming reunion at Villa Antonina in Angeles, Pampanga. This is a small resort within the residential areas of Angeles. All classmates of my hunny brought their own food for everybody. Food was great and company is fun! We had inihaw na manok, spaghetti, chocolate cake, almondigas, lumpiang shanghai, hotdogs, fried chicken, pork kaldereta, lechon and unlimited beer!

The next day was apung bito’s birthday. All the family got their food contributions. We had chop suey, lechon manok, incomparable sisig, kalderetang manok, lelot manok, fried tilapia, inihaw na tilapia, inihaw na liempo and unlimited ice cream!

surviving on food from nowhere:lelot

we had a very nice lelot last night. commonly known as congee. this is a simple congee made from what is left in our ref.

Lelot
1 cup glutinous rice
1/4 cup tablespoon chopped garlic
1 medium onion
1/2 cup chopped fresh ginger
1 stalk leek
6 cups soup stock
4 medium eggs
fish sauce
salt and pepper
spring onions, chopped

hard boil the eggs and set aside. toast half of the garlic then set aside.

saute the garlic in oil till brown. add the onions. add the chopped ginger. saute till the aroma of the ginger fills the air. add the leeks. add the glutinous rice. mix quickly as the glutinous rice may stick on to the pan. mix for about 1 minute. add soup stock. simmer till rice is very soft. add water if needed to keep from drying. add fish sauce, salt and pepper to taste.

drop the hard boiled eggs into the congee. serve very hot. top with toasted garlic and chopped spring onions.

shoes for my baby

i got shoes for my baby. i know she likes it. i love her.

taba ng talangka

last weekend, we were in pampanga. we went to a shop and got the taba ng talangka. this is the fat and eggs of a small black river crab squeezed and sauteed in garlic and oil packed in glass jars.

you usually saute the crabs again for a better tasting delicacy.

I warn you that this is a perfect recipe for tremendous amount of allergies!

taba ng talangka
1/4 cup chopped garlic. more if desired.
generous oil
butter for flavor
1 1/2 cup of talangka fat

melt butter in pan with oil. brown all the garlic making sure not to over brown. add all the talangka fat in the garlic. saute for about 8 minutes in medium fire. serve with tons of hot fluffy rice. add a little calamansi upon serving.

if itchiness is felt, take a couple of anti-histamines and enjoy!

surviving on food from nowhere:pansit

we had pansit last night. and it was overflowing. i'm having it for lunch today at my office. my hunny and kno got their share too.

3/4 kilo rice noodles (dried)
small cabbage
small chinese cabbage
1 bell pepper
2 medium carrots
1 medium onion
enough leeks
garlic
soy sauce
fish sauce
salt and pepper
chicken heart, liver, gizzard adobo

saute garlic till golden brown. add chopped onions and chopped leeks. add chopped bell peppers and chopped carrots. saute till half cooked. add the adobo. mix till cooked through. set aside.

on a separate pan, simmer soy sauce for 2 minutes. add about 1 liter water. add the dried noodles. cut them when soft to make it easier to serve. when the noodles are 'al dente' (about 10 minutes), add the vegetable and adobo mix. Add patis, salt and pepper to taste. Add more water if you want a moist pansit.

Mix the pansit well. Serve hot with calamansi and toyo on the side.


Adobo

lots of garlic
1 medium onion
1 cup soy sauce
1 tablespoon vinegar
1 kilo chicken heart, liver, gizzard (cleaned)

brown the garlic. add the chopped onions. add the soy sauce and simmer for 1 minute. add the vinegar. Simmer in a low fire. Never touch or stir the saute until the vinegar is cooked. This is for about 5 minutes. Add the chicken heart, liver and gizzard. Simmer for about 20 minutes or until the chicken parts are tender. Add little water if needed. Best eaten the day after as the chicken parts had absorbed all the flavors.

sta. rita fiesta

we went to the sta. rita town fiesta.

tons of food available.

adobo, tidtad, bulanglang, desserts from my sister, roast pork asado, big fried fish, puto, tamales, pindang, red eggs, tomatoes with wansoy and bibingka.

we stayed in our ancestral home. the house was built 120 years ago and still has the original facade.

Too bad we need to go home a day before the feast day as we have to work on a monday.

notpron!

i was introduced to.... NOTPRON!

this is not a regular point and click game.

it needs some luck and additional live braincells to finish the game.

if you are in it...avoid spills that will ruin your path on solving the puzzles.

a da vinci code mystery on the net!

www.notpron.net

ampalaya, micro eggs

we were a bit tired from the office and thinking of just preparing simple food from whatever's in the ref.

fried ampalaya

1 big ampalaya
1 egg
1 TB cornstarch
1 small pack garlic and onion powder mix
salt and pepper

beat egg. mix cornstarch and the flavor powder mix. add salt and pepper to taste.
cut the ampalay into rings. remove the seeds and the soft cottony membrane inside.
dip the ampalaya on to the batter. fry till golden brown.

micro eggs

1 TB butter
1 TB oil
1 small onion, thinly sliced
1 TB leeks, sliced
half cup straw mushrooms
1/4 cup canned tuna chunks
1 medium tomato, cut into chunks.
3 medium eggs
salt and pepper

in a microwave proof bowl, add oil and butter. put the sliced onions and leeks into the bowl. microwave high for 1 minute. add the tomato, mushrooms and tuna into the bowl.

in a separate bowl, lightly beat the eggs. add 1/4 cup water. add more if you like it very moist. mix the lightly beaten eggs into the microwave bowl. mix it a little to distribute evenly the ingredients. add salt and pepper to taste.

pop the bowl back into the microwave. cook for 5 minutes power level at 70 percent. serve with rice or with nice bread.

make sure that the microwave bowl has enough space for the egg to expand. it usually doubles in size after cooking.

back in circulation

i met chippy again!

he's the IT guy when we're in college. now he's working in one of the IT firms in alabang.

it has been about 5 years since our last communication. now we're back in circulation!

nice sleep and chicken sandwich

we slept 12:30 am last night...

but i don't know what happened but i woke up full of energy and not feeling any loss of sleep.

even today, i'm not in any way sleepy.

maybe the vitamins, cold water and the good chicken sandwich my hunny prepared made me alert today!

Simple Chicken Sandwich

boiled chicken breasts
mayonaisse
salt and pepper

shred the chicken breast according to the size you like.
add enough mayo to coat the chicken. add more if desired.
add salt and pepper to taste. for our taste, we added a little more salt since we are using thick slices of bread to sandwich the spread. The salt will help infuse the flavor of the spread together with the flavor of the freshly baked bread.

mothers day

we had a fun mothers day weekend. for the whole day, i'm with my hunny, toots, daduy and mamuy. later on at night, kuya anduy joined us.

1. we went to salcedo market to get some food stuff
2. went to home depot to check some house accents
3. went to Price Smart to get some supermarket goodies.
4. had lunch at Price Smart: pepperoni pizza, cheese pizza, chicken rolls, ceasars salad, unlimited soda!
5. had a very rare family portrait with mamuy.
6. went to market market for a mall visit.
7. got good bread from their local supermarket.
8. watched POSEIDON. Good movie.
9. had dinner buffet with kuya andy's treat.
10. went home late at night tired and sleepy.

This all happened in the middle of a big summer storm.

rain in summertime

weather outside is good. very rainy.

a cool break in between the summery sky!

chops with everything

we had chops with everything last night. actually, this may be named: chops with whatever's left in your cupboard.

half kilo pork chops
2 tablespoons minced garlic
medium onion, chopped
leeks, sliced
3 medium potatoes, chopped
1 large carrot, chopped
calamansi (small native lemon), squeezed
soy sauce
oyster sauce
catsup
bottled barbecue sauce

combine calamansi, soy sauce, oyster sauce, catsup, bottled barbecue sauce, salt and pepper, half the minced garlic, half the chopped onions. taste and adjust to your liking.

marinate the chops for 10 to 30 minutes at room temperature.

fry the potatoes till translucent and a bit brown. set aside.
remove the chops from the marinade. set aside the marinade.
fry the chops from where you fried the potatoes. when the chops changed color to reddish brown, remove and set aside.

from the same pan where you browned the chops, saute garlic, onion and leeks.

add the potatoes and carrots.
add the fried chops.
pour over the remaining marinade.
simmer for 20 minutes. add water if needed.
adjust salt and pepper to taste.

this will taste better if eaten the next day when the meat had absorbed the flavors of the sauce.

rico rocks!

our brotherly friend rico got a new job after several months of searching. he's at Clark Pampanga on a garment firm.

we wish you luck buddy!

nice cabs

i went to qc to deliver a PC. i got a cab who knows manila streets. we arrived from makati to manila in 45 minutes. taxi fare: 175.00

going back to makati, we went through manila's side streets and through private subdivisions. i arrived makati in 30 minutes. taxi fare: 150.00

masas dinner

we had dinner at masas at greenbelt. i'm with my hunny and ate k. this is a well reviewed restaurant catering on filipino foods.

preparation and quality is great. however, if you know how to make them, the price is too steep for filipinos. good thing ate k is here to treat us! yahoo!

we had boneless crispy pata, bicol express, tuna belly and shrimp sinigang sa sugpo.

frankly, food is good but i had better filipino foods before. but the place is great! thanks ate k!

boiled trotters

we had a nice dinner last night.

we had boiled trotters

1 kilo pig's trotters cut into very large chunks. 1 leg is cut into 4 pieces only.
onions
leeks
carrots
potatoes
bokchoi
chinese cabbage
1 beef cube/stock flavor

boil the pig's trotters. once it reached a rolling boil, drain the pot and discard all the stock.

add fresh water again into the pot. boil the pork till tender.

add sliced leeks, onions, carrots and cubed potatoes.

add the beef stock flavor to enhance the stock flavor.

when pork is very tender, add the bokchoi and the chinese cabbage.

simmer for 2 minutes and serve very hot!!!

meds for my baby

i got medicines for my baby. she's not feeling well. i hope everything will be ok.

da vinci code contest

i joined the da vinci code on google. hope to win the trip to italy and have our first honeymoon for the first time!

weekend spree

we had a great time this weekend. we had a family outing last sunday. we went to a pool resort in pampanga. lots of people in the place to beat the summer heat.

we had a great time eating as well. we had fish caldereta, tahong soup, barbecue, hotdogs, spaghetti, chichiryas, tidtad and hot sopas.

to cap the weekend, last night, we had a birthday dinner with my hunny. we went to sentro. this is a filipino restaurant located at the center of greenbelt.

we had boneless crispy pata, sinigang veggies, and osso buco local style.

to end the dinner, the staff of sentro presented a nice coffee cake for my hunny as a birthday gift to her.