Stir Fried Ground Beef

WHAT'S FOR LUNCH?

1 lb. ground beef, low-fat
2 tbsps. cooking oil
2 garlic cloves, peeled and mashed
1 small red onion, chopped
2 tbsps. fish sauce
2 large tomatoes, seeded and diced
1-2 tbsps. soy sauce, depending on taste
1/2 c. water
3 small new potatoes, peeled and diced
1 large carrot, peeled and diced
1 small green bell pepper, seeded and diced
1/2 c. frozen peas
1/4 c. raisins
salt and pepper

Directions:

Heat oil in a wok over medium high heat. Add garlic and stir fry till almost, but not quite brown. Add onions and cook till translucent. Add ground beef and cook till the pink is gone from the meat. Add fish sauce and stiry fry another minute or two. Add tomatoes, cover and cook about 2 mintues or until tomatoes are tender enough to mash and incorporate into cooking meat. Add the soy sauce and stir well. Add the water, potatoes and carrots. Stir and bring to a boil. Cover and allow to simmer over moderately low heat about 5 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Add the rest of the ingredients and cook covered until peppers are crips-tender, about 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
My family loved it! I hope you too...

ENJOY! :)

Kare-Kare for dinner :)

 My husband asked for it :)

Ingredients are:

• 1/2 kilo of oxtripe (cut 2 inch long) or a combination of beef, tripe and oxtail
• 3 cups of peanut butter
• 1/4 cup grounded toasted rice
• 1/2 cup cooked bagoong alamang (anchovies)
• 2 pieces onions, diced
• 2 heads of garlic, minced
• 4 tablespoons atsuete oil
• 4 pieces eggplant, sliced 1 inch thick
• 1 bundle Pechay (Bok choy) cut into 2 pieces
• 1 bundle of sitaw (string beans) cut to 2" long
• 1 banana bud, cut similar to eggplant slices, blanch in boiling water
• 1/2 cup oil
• 8 cups of water
• Salt to taste

•  In a stock pot, boil beef, tripe and oxtails in water for an hour or until cooked. Strain and keep the stock.
• In a big pan or wok, heat oil and atsuete oil.
• Sauté garlic, onions until golden brown, then add the stock, toasted rice, beef, oxtail and peanut butter. Bring to a boil and simmer for 15 minutes. Salt to taste.
• Add the eggplant, string beans, pechay and banana bud. Cook the vegetables for a few minutes - Do not overcook the vegetables.
• Serve with bagoong on the side and hot plain rice
  
  
  
   :)

lunch time!

 

Pinakbet or pakbet

 i cooked vegetables for lunch! my husband and daughter liked it...

it's so easy to cook...

Ingredients:

• 2 Amapalya (bitter melons) sliced to bite size pieces
• 2 eggplants
• 5 pieces of okra, cut in two
• 1 head garlic, minced
• shrimp
• 3 tomatoes, sliced
• 1 tablespoon of ginger, crushed and sliced
• 4 tablespoons bagoong isda or bagoong alamang
• string beans (sitaw)
•    squash (kalabasa) 
  
  
  How to cook it?
• In a cooking pan, heat oil and saute garlic, onion, ginger and tomatoes.
• Add the shrimp in the pan .Add 2cups of  water.. Bring to a boil...
• Add in all the vegetables and cook until the vegetables are done, careful not to overcook.
• Salt and msg to taste.
• Serve hot with plain rice
  
  
  :)

What's for Dinner?

Well, for dinner, I cooked porkchop and ginataang alimango... (or whatever it is called)...

for the ginataang alimango, you will need :
onion,garlic, ginger, siling haba, crablet, sitaw and the gata

...just saute all of 'em for 2min..., then add the gata, simmer it for 5 - 10min...

fresh or hard boiled?

Can’t remember if an egg is fresh or hard boiled? Just spin the egg. If it wobbles, it’s raw. If it spins easily, it’s hard boiled.

Wine...

Wine is sold in tinted bottles because wine spoils when exposed to light.

Did You Know That...

Vitamin A is known to prevent “night blindness,” and carrots are loaded with Vitamin A. One carrot provides more than 200% of recommended daily intake of Vitamin A.

Carrots have zero fat content.

Did You Know That....

An onion, apple and potato all have the same taste. The differences in flavor are caused by their smell.