Fresh ripe tomato with Sardines recipe

Quick and Easy to prepare during breakfast

Ingredients:

Ripe tomato- 5pcs

Canned sardines- 1can

Garlic-1pc

Onions-1pc

Cooking oil- 2tablespoon

Soy sauce- 3tablespoon

Salt

Black pepper

Cooking preparations and directions:

1. Wash ripe tomato and slice then put in a plate.

2. Peel garlic and onion, mince garlic and chop onion.

3. Open 1 can of sardines with a can opener or a pointed knife.

4. Heat pan and add cooking oil, then put minced garlic and chopped onion. 

5. When garlic and onions turns golden brown, add sliced ripe tomatoes and mix well.

6. Add soy sauce to add fragrance and taste of tomatoes.

7.  Apply medium heat, when tomatoes is cooked add the sardines and then mix.

8. Add salt and black pepper to have spicy and fresh tastes.

9. Serve immediately the food with your family.

 Tips:

It is good to buy hot and spicy sardines because it adds delicious tastes when you eat.

It is also advisable to add lots of ripe tomatoes because it contains vitamins for the skin.

This recipe is super easy and quick to prepare and this is so good during breakfast time.

This recipe is good when you cook rice with pandan. 

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Bihon noodles and sardines with lemon grass soup recipe

Ingredients:

Bihon- 1/8 kilo

Sardines- 1 can

Lemon grass- 2 pcs

Garlic

Onions

Cooking oil-2 tablespoon

Water

Salt and pepper

Cooking preparations:

1. Soak bihon noodles with warm water to soften just before cooking.

2.  Open 1 can of sardines.

3. Peel garlic then mince and peel onions and chop.

4. Wash lemon grass then mince the root area and after that knot tight.

Cooking instructions:

1. In a casserole put 2 tablespoon of cooking oil to sauté minced garlic and onions.

2. When spices turns brown, add sardines and then mix until the fish will separate little by little.

3. Add 3 cups of water and lemon grass and then let it to boil. Do not cover the casserole.

4. While it is boiling, add drained bihon noodles and continue mixing.

5. It is optional to add another 1 cup of water to remain the level of soup with the bihon noodles.

6. Turn heat over low volume, while adding salt and pepper to taste.

7. Serve immediately with hot rice with pandan leaf.

 Tips:

Don’t forget to soak bihon in warm water because bihon noodles zip almost the water in casserole. 

Lemon grass is one of the secret ingredients in cooking soup recipe to maintain good appetite. 

Garlic and onions are basic ingredients in all recipes.

If you buy sardines, choose the spicy tastes because in soup making spicy adds hotness and freshness.

Much better avoid using too much cooking oil when you make this recipe, to keep eating healthy soup.

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Malunggay and Spinach soup recipe with Dabong or young bamboo shoot

Ingredients:

Dabong- ¼ kilo

Malunggay leaves-1 cup of tea

Lemon grass- 2pcs.

Gabi-1pc

Spinach leaves- ¼ kilo

Eggplant- 1pc.

Garlic

Onions

Salt and ajinomoto

Cooking preparations:

1. To prepare dabong; wash with hot water to soften the dabong. 

2. To prepare malunggay; wash malunggay after that take off the leaves of malunggay from the stem.

3. Wash alugbate or spinach and then take off the leaves and young stem.

4. Peel gabi and then wash after that, chop thinly in square form.

5. Wash eggplant and chop in square.

6. Wash Lemon grass and mince the root area and then knot.

Cooking Instructions:

1. In a casserole; put 2 cups of water and then add chopped gabi vegetables let it boil until becomes tender.

2. Next add dabong vegetables and add 1 cup of water to cook the dabong

3. Add lemon grass to give flavour. And by the way, make sure the level of water is with the vegetables.

4. While soup is boiling, add spinach leaves then mix and after 15 seconds, add malunggay leaves, minced garlic and onions then mix the soup slowly.

5. Add salt and ajinomoto to taste. Then serve immediately.

Tips: 

This soup recipe is really easy to make, though the instructions is quite long but if you already know the basic preparations in cooking, so it is simple for you to do.

Dabong is a cebuano term. In English it is a young bamboo shoot. 

To buy dabong or young bamboo shoot vegetable, it is available in all grocery stores and in public market. 

Buy dabong that is ready to cook.

When you make this recipe do not cover casserole to avoid scum. 

This soup recipe is really good with cooked dried fish.

Always serve hot soup.

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How to make vegetables soup recipes with coconut milk

Ingredients:

Coconut milk

Eggplant-2pcs

Squash- ¼ kilo

Green chili pepper- 2pcs

Gabi-1pc

Garlic

Onions

Ginger

Salt and ajinomoto

Cooking oil- 2 tablespoon

Cooking Instructions:

1. To make coconut milk, put 2 cups of water into the grated coconut then squeeze to extract juice. Filter coconut milk to remove the remaining tiny grated coconut. 

2. To prepare vegetables, wash squash, eggplants and gabi then chop with your desire sizes.

3. Peel garlic, onions and ginger then mince.

4. In a pan, put 2 tablespoon of cooking oil to sauté garlic, onions and ginger and when it is golden brown,

5. Add the chopped gabi then mix with the spices and after a minute add 1 cup of water to cook the gabi and when it is cook,

6. Add chopped squash and add another 1 cup of water to cook the squash. And when squash is tender,

7. Add chopped eggplant mix well. Eggplant vegetable is easy to cook. 

8. Add coconut milk let it boil and then add the green chili pepper to have aroma.

9. Put salt and ajinomoto to tastes.

10 Serve immediately while it’s hot.

Tips:

There is an available canned coconut milk in grocery stores. 

Yet, it is advisable to buy fresh grated coconut because it is natural.

To have more aromas with the soup you can add lemon grass to add good appetite.

Coconut milk has its natural sweet tastes, so there is an option in which ajinomoto is not needed.

Make this soup recipe many times because it is good for your health especially to your parent’s health.

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Fresh Pancit or noodles with mushroom food recipes

 Ingredients:

Fresh pancit- 1/4kilo

Mushroom- 50grams

Mix vegetables (carrots, cabbage, green bell pepper, and chayote) - ¼ kilo

Lemon-1 pc.

Garlic- 3pcs.

Onions- ½ pc.

Cooking Oil- 3 tablespoon

Soy sauce- 5 tablespoon

Brown sugar- 1 tablespoon

Black pepper- ½ tablespoon

Water-3 cups

   

Cooking Instructions:

1. Wash fresh pancit with hot water to minimize the salty taste.

2.  Dip mushroom with water to tenderize, after 1 minute chop and return the chopped mushroom into the water.

3.  There are available mixed vegetables at grocery stores and it is chopped. Wash the vegetables.

4. Peel and mince garlic and onions.

5. Heat the pan with cooking oil and then sauté minced garlic and onions.

6. Add chopped mushroom and then mix and after 1 minute,

7. Add mixed vegetables mix again, and then add soy sauce.

8. Add 3 cups of water let it boil until mushroom and vegetables smells fragrant and becomes tender.

9. Add brown sugar to taste sweet, and then add the fresh pancit, mix well.

10. If you think it needs to add more water, then do it but add slowly, to make sure that fresh pancit will tenderize.

11. Turn heat over low volume, then taste the food and continue to mix.

12. Chop lemon then squeeze the juice into the food and the mix well. Set aside the ½ piece of lemon to put on the top.

13. Lastly, add black pepper to taste hotness and smell freshness. Turn off heat then take the food out from pan to avoid over cooked. Transfer and put in a big plate. Put the remaining lemon. You can serve immediately.

Tips:

This recipe is critical when it comes to taste because, fresh pancit contains salt already. 

So be aware to put more salt or any condiments to prevent saltiness of this recipe.

Lemon juice is sour so it is important to limit the sour taste; it is not good for the health because of the acids contains.

Fresh pancit is half cooked, when cooking control the heat to maintain the freshness of the food.

This recipe is quite healthy because there is no meat ingredient, instead of using mushroom as substitution of the meat. 

Mushroom is available in all grocery stores, without mushroom your recipe is not working well. The taste is not good.

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