String Beans and Squash in Coco Milk

( Ginataang Sitaw at Kalabasa)

What you'll need?

1 tbsp. Cooking oil
4 cloves of garlic, minced
1 small onion, sliced
1/3 cup sweet bagoong alamang
1/2 cup hibe
3 pcs. siling panigang, sliced diagonally
1 cup coco milk
1/3 kilo string beans, cut into 2''
1/2 kilo squash, cut into cubes

How to cook?

Sautè the garlic, onion and siling panigang. Add in the bagoong and hibe and sautè. Pour in the coco milk. Bring to a boil or until thick. Add in the string beans and then the squash. Simmer until the veggies are cooked and the sauce is almost dried up.

Marinade

You can enjoy barbecue without the hassle of charcoal grilling.

Just pound some garlic and mix with soysauce, ketchup, black peppercorns and sugar. Pour the mixture in a container and use as a marinade for chicken, pork or beef. After a few hours in the fridge, you can simply fry or pan grill the meat. Serve and Enjoy!

Easy to cook Afritada

Ingredients:

2 tbsps. cooking oil
8 cloves of garlic, chopped
1 medium red onion, sliced
1/2 kilo chicken
pepper
fish sauce
seasoning mix
1/2 cup tomato paste
2 medium carrots, cubed
2 medium potatoes, cubed
3 red bell peppers, sliced
1/2 cup water

Procedure:
Heat the pan with cooking oil. Sautè the garlic, onion and bell pepper. Add in the chicken and put some seasoning mix. Stir fry. Put some pepper and fish sauce to taste. Pour in the tomato paste and water. Mix very well. Bring to a boil. Add in the carrots and potatoes and simmer until the veggies are cooked. Ready to serve.

Tapsilog

Popularly known as Tapsilog. A nickname for a meal consist of Tapa (dried beef), Sinangag (fried rice) and Itlog (egg). This would be a delicious starter for your day. Usually served for breakfast but you can also eat this for lunch or dinner.

Pancit Canton

Enjoy this savory treat. Thinner noodles than the regular pancit canton. Light but tasty sauce. Appetizing veggies and seafood toppings. What a mouthful.

Ground Pork in Tomato Sauce

How to Cook?

Ingredients:

2 tbsp. cooking oil

3 cloves garlic

2 medium red onions

1/2 kilo ground pork

2 medium potatoes, diced

1 medium carrot, diced

salt and pepper to taste

pinch of seasoning mix

3/4 cup tomato sauce

1/4 cup water

Procedure:

Sauté garlic and onion. Add the ground pork, potatoes, carrots, and the rest of the ingredients, except the tomato sauce. Bring to a boil. Lower the heat and wait until the meat and veggies are tender. Pour the tomato sauce and simmer until the sauce is slightly thick. Serve.

Best Chicken Adobo!

How to cook Adobo...


FIRST OF ALL, you have to prepare the ingredients...



2 tbsp. Cooking oil

2-inch ginger, cut into strips

6 pcs. Red siling labuyo, chopped

1 medium red onion, chopped

5 cloves garlic, chopped

1/2 kilo chicken, cut

1 pack seasoning mix

black peppercorns, cracked

1/2 cup vinegar

3/4 cup soy sauce



Procedure:

Heat the cooking oil in a pan. When the oil is hot enough, add in the ginger, siling labuyo, garlic and onions,sauté. Put in the chicken and stir fry until half cooked. Add seasoning mix and some pepper. Then, add the soysauce and mix it well with the chicken. After this, add in the vinegar and bring to a boil. Add a little cooking oil. Simmer until the sauce is dry. Serve.

Ano ba ang ibig sabihin ng kalungkutan?

Ano ba ang ibig sabihin ng kalungkutan? Kapag ba nakasimangot ang isang tao? Kapag ba umiiyak? O kapag laging tulala? Ngunit may isa pang tanong... Kapag ba nakangiti ang isang tao, masaya na s'ya?

Ang mundong ito ay puno ng mga tao, 8 bilyong tao ang nabubuhay dito. At hindi natin masabi ang tunay na katauhan ng bawat isa. Hindi masusukat sa itsura o panlabas na anyo ang pagkatao ng bawat isa. At kanya kanya rin ang mga pagsubok na pinagdadaanan ng bawat isa.

(to be continued...)

Paranoia

It's all new to me. The place. The house. The people. The language. The school. Everything. But another thing is gonna be revealed by this place. A thing I never thought that was already inside of me. A very strange thing I would both want to keep and would want avoid. This thing called ''the third eye."

I started to mingle with the people who I barely knew. People who spoke the words I barely understand. I made a few friends. And as time went by, I coped up with them very well.

Then one time, our group went to a trip out of town. On our way home, the tires got deflated. So we stopped in a side of the highway. And now the sky is getting dark. We travelled through that silent road with stressed bodies and minds. Some sang songs while others slept. I've decided to keep quiet and listen to the stories they have told. And on a place where we dropped one of our friends, there was a dark corner. I was fond of looking through the dark hoping to see something strange but at the back of my mind, I know I'd never see some kind of a ghost there. So I was really startled when an image of an old woman showed up at my window. I covered my face. And told my friend what I saw. I never believed in it, I was never convinced and chose to forget about that experience.