Showing posts with label Vegetables. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vegetables. Show all posts

Ginisang Ampalaya


Bitter melon or bitter gourd is known for its medicinal uses, but it can be serve as food too. Although it has a bitter taste there are still lots of people who love it, and I am one of them. One way of neutralizing the bitter taste of it is cook it with egg. It is the most common dish for it and easy to do too.

Ingredients:
1/2 kilo bitter melon ( ampalaya) sliced thinly
2 eggs ( beaten)
3 cloves garlic
salt to taste

Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic then increase the heat and add the bitter melon, mix it well then put some salt
2. Stir in the beaten eggs then stir until done.
4. Serve it hot and with a smile :)

Butter Roasted Potatoes


Simple yet satisfying. A perfect side dish.

Ingredients for 5 servings:
10 pieces potatoes ( peeled and cut into halves)
1/2 cup butter
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. Boil the potatoes until tender( around  10-15 minutes) then set aside
2. Melt the butter and when it is already hot, put the potatoes, sprinkle with salt and pepper then increase the heat to high to give it a nice golden brown color and a crispy texture. Once the one side is roasted flip it to roast evenly.



3. Remove from pan when done then serve together with your main dish. I served mine together with my beef stew.

Quick Buttered Veggies


This vegetable dish is a perfect side dish for your meat or seafood dishes, it is very easy to prepare and tastes really good. So I hope that your next meal you will prepare this to your loved ones :-) .

Ingredients:
5 Potatoes (sliced to your desired size)
3 carrots (sliced to your desired size)
1 head broccoli
1/2 cup butter
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. Boil separately the potatoes, carrots and broccoli until tender. ( I did mine for potatoes 12 minutes, for carrots 8 minutes for broccoli 2 minutes) the doneness of the vegetables depend upon your taste.
2. In a pan melt the butter, when it's hot put the vegetables ( if it's a lot you can cook it in 2 batches) increase the heat to attain a nice brown color and toss the veggies every now and then to cook evenly, sprinkle with salt and pepper according to your taste and continue cooking until done.
3. Now you have a delicious  buttered veggies, serve it and enjoy.


Potato and Carrot Salad


This easy to prepare and budget friendly recipe will surely make your loved ones satisfied.A perfect appetizer.  Try it.

Ingredients:
1 kilo potato (diced)
1/4 kilo carrots (diced)
3 hard boiled eggs ( diced)
1/4 cup parsley ( chopped)
1 cup mayonaise
1 cup all purpose cream
salt and pepper to taste


Procedure:
1. Boil the carrots and potatoes until soft (around 8-10 minutes) drain after boiling and set aside until cool.
2. In a large mixing bowl, combine all the ingredients, then chill and serve.


Pechay Guisado


Pechay can be grown easily in the backyard. My friends harvested their pechay today and shared some to me so I cooked it for our lunch, it's very yummy.


Ingredients for 3 servings:
1/2 kilo pechay
2 cloves garlic
3 tablespoons soy sauce
1 piece onion
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic and onion then increase the heat and add the pechay and soy sauce,  give a good stir to mix evenly.
2. Add salt and pepper to taste then stir until done and serve it hot.

Ginisang Kangkong



 Ang kangkong ay masustansya at masarap, madali pang lutuin, kaya sabayan ninyo akong  lutuin ito.

Mga Sangkap
2 tali kangkong ( himayin at hugasang maigi)
2 kutsarang patis or toyo
1 sibuyas (hiniwa)
5 butil ng bawang ( pinitpit at hiniwa)
1 kamatis ( hiniwa)
asin at paminta ayon sa iyong panlasa


Paraan ng pagluto:
1. Gisahin ang bawang  hanggang maging brown at kumuha ng kaunti para ilagay sa ibabaw pagnaluto n aang kangkong. 
2. Idagdag sa pagisa ang sibuyas at kamatis hanggang sa lumambot, lakasan ang apoy saka ilagay ang kangkong, haluing maigi at ilagay ang patis o toyo, timplahan ng asin at paminta, haluin hanggang sa maluto.
3. Ihain kasama ang kanin.