Monday, December 29, 2014

Organic Food: Vegetable Salad - Tomato, Onion and Cucumber

 In the Philippines, Holidays Season and other gatherings/occasions are being ladened with many foods high in cholesterol. Salads like this one should be prepared for those who are taking care of their health and/or to at least serve as control food for too much intake of high-risk foods.

cucumber, tomato and onion salad
organic food - vegetable salad - cucumber, onion and tomato


















Ingredients:

- tomato, onion and cucumber
- either salt, soy sauce, fish sauce or honey
- other appropriate seasoning (optional)

Materials:

- bowl to contain chopped vegetables
- stirring spoon
- knife
- chopping board

Procedure:

1. The quantity of tomato and cucumber should be equal, and the amount of onion should be 25% of the combined amount of tomato and cucumber.
2. Chop the cucumber into small pieces and put into the bowl, do the same with the tomato and then followed by the onion.
3. Mix them well.
4. Put the salt or soy sauce or fish sauce or honey unto the mixture.
5. Put optional ingredients.
6. mix them again thoroughly.

It can be eaten with rice during mealtime, but it can also be eaten in plainly.


organic food - vegetable salad

organic food

Food: Soup - Instant Mami Noodles Soup + Leeks

Ingredients:

- 1 pack of instant mami noodles (a lot of this is available in the Philippines, choose the one with less artifical and toxic additives)
- 1 cup of leeks

noodles soup plus leeks

Materials:

- cooking container
- water (amount depends on the instruction written on the noodles' pack)
- stirring ladle
- knife
- cup for the leeks
- bowl for the soup
- chopping board

Procedure:

1. Boil the water in the ccoking container.
2. When the water boils, put the noodles into the container
3. The noodles will be softened in an instant, add the leeks.
4. Read and follow the instructions on how many minutes to boil the noodles and when to add seasoning.
5. When cooked, pour it on the cup/s for serving

noodles soup with leeks


















It can be added to the dishes during meal time or eaten alone during snack time.



Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Organic Food: Vegetable Sauté - Bell Pepper

Bell Pepper in many articles is being hailed because of its many health benefits including the ability to remove face wrinkles. You may Google to find these articles for yourselves..

Ingredients:

- bell peppers
- vegetable oil
- salt (amount according to your preference)
- other seasoning (if available)

red, green and yellow bell peppers













Materials:

- bowl to contain sliced bell pepper
- small bowl
- frying pan
- stirring flat ladle
- knife
- chopping board

Procedure:

1. Cut a bell pepper in halves and clean the seeds and the core.
2. Cut the halves in thin slices and put into the bowl container.

chopped bell peppers

3. Do 1 & 2 for the other Bell Peppers.
4. Pour vegetable oil into the frying pan and heat it.
5. Put the sliced Bell Pepper into the frying pan and stir.

chopped bell peppers

cooked bell pepper















6. When the Bell Pepper is cooked, sprinkle the salt (and other seasoning) and stir well for 10 minutes.

This sauté can be eaten with rice during mealtime.

bell pepper saute with rice

Organic Food: Vegetable Sauté - Cabbage Shoots (Saringit)

Cabbage after reaping may grow shoots that are very edible as well. It can be foraged for an ingredient of a dish or a main part of a food preparation.

Ingredients:

- cabbage shoots
- diced garlic
- vegetable oil
- salt (amount according to your preference)
- other seasoning (if available)

young cabbage shoots or saringit or saringet















Materials:

- bowl to contain the young cabbage leaves
- frying pan
- stirring flat ladle
- knife
- chopping board
- small bowl

Procedure:

1. Remove young leaves from stem and put them on a bowl.
2. Heat the oil on the frying pan.

frying pan with oil















3. Pour the diced garlic, stir it until they become brown.

garlic being fried















4. Put the leaves and stir.
5. When the leaves are cooked, sprinkle the salt (and the other seasoning)
6. Stir for 15 seconds and put aside for serving.

cooked/sauteed cabbage shoots or saringet















It can be eaten with rice during mealtime.

bowl of cooked rice














Friday, September 5, 2014

Organic Food: Vegetable Salad - Tomato, Ampalaya (Bitter gourd) and Egg Salad

This may be eaten with one cup of rice. It may also increase dopamine level thus it may be advisable that when eating it as dinner, a snack of serotonin-rich foods must be done before attempting to go to sleep.

Materials and Ingredients:

For one serving, use

(Note: The amount of the major ingredients should be equal.)

- 1 medium size bitter gourd (ampalaya)
- 2 big size tomatoes
- 2 medium size eggs
- 1 bowl
- 1/2 teaspoon of salt
- spoon
- knife
- chopping board



ampalaya, tomato and egg salad




























Procedure: 

1. Cut the ampalaya into 8 pieces lengthwise, dice all and put in to the bowl.
2. Do the same with. the tomatoes and then the eggs.
3. Sprinkle the salt over the bowl of ingredients.
4. Mix ingredients with the spoon.
5. Consume it with rice.

Saturday, June 14, 2014

Food: Sauce - Vinegar Pepper Sauce (QHMix Recipe)

Ingredients and Materials:

- 70 ml cup of green and red Siling Labuyo (Wild Chili Pepper/Philippine Pepper)
- 200 ml Vinegar/Cider
- 1 Garlic head (preferably the Philippine native garlic)
- 1 red Onion (standard size)
- 2 Calamansi or 2 thin slices of lemon

- Clean bottle glass container with cap (320 ml or more)
- Knife
- Chopping board

empty bottle container
 hot chili peppers, siling labuyonative garlic

one onionsliced calamansi




Procedure:

1. Break the garlic head into cloves, peel, crush and then put them inside the glass container.
2. Slice and cut the onion into pieces just like the size of the peppers and put them into the container.
3. Slice the calamansi fruits into two (or the slices of lemon), add them to the mixture.
3. Put all the peppers into the container also.
4. Pour the vinegar over the ingredients, seal with cap and shake a little.
5. Store your hot and nice pepper sauce for a while before consuming it.


Thursday, April 17, 2014

Organic Food: Vegetable Salad - Cucumber, Carrot, Tomato and Leeks

A simple vegetarian diet food that may be taken in between meals of other healthy foods.

Materials and Ingredients:

For one serving, use

(Note: The amount of the major ingredients should be equal.)

- leeks, 4 normal-sized green leaves
- 1 cucumber
- 1 carrot
- 1 tomato
- 1 bowl
- honey or salt or fish sauce
- spoon
- knife
- chopping board

one carrotone cucumber
one red tomatochopped leeks


Procedure:

1. Use the knife and chopping board to make diced (small chops) leeks, cucumber, carrot and tomato.
2. Put all the diced ingredients on the bowl.
3. You may either use honey or salt or fish sauce to give taste to the food.
4. Mix thoroughly with the spoon.
5. Consume it with or without other accompanying food.

carrot, tomato, cucumber and leeks salad










Organic Food: Vegetable Salad - Tomato, Onion and Ampalaya (Bitter Gourd) Salad

Many people are now aware about their health. They have already consumed a lot of processed foods, junk foods or foods with high cholesterol and/or saturated fats content. As a result, they feel sickly and weak. This food preparation and the other organic foods presented in this blog may restore one's good health and vigor.

Materials and Ingredients:

For one serving, use

- 1 ampalaya/better gourd
- 2 standard size tomatoes
- 1 standard size onion
- salt or fish sauce or honey
- 1 bowl
- spoon
- knife
- chopping board

one bitter melon or bitter gourd

two red tomatoesone onionpure bee honey


Procedure:

1. Use the knife to chop the ampalaya into small chops and put on the bowl.
2. Do the same with the tomatoes, and then with the onion.
3. You may either use salt or fish sauce or honey to give taste to your vegan food.
4. Mix thoroughly.
5. You may eat it with other healthy food..especially a protein food.

ampalaya, tomato and onion vegetable salad

Saturday, April 12, 2014

Organic Food: Vegetable Salad - Tomato Onion Salad

In a hot tropical country like the Philippines, one of the vegetables that is mostly consumed especially during summer is tomato due to its thirst quenching property. But eating it alone and raw may not seem to be palatable thus it should be mixed with other foods like the onion. This time, we'll make a simple tomato and onion salad that is absolutely tropical countryside style.

Materials and Ingredients:

2 standard size Tomatoes
1 standard size Onion
Fish sauce or Salt
1 Bowl
Spoon
Knife
Chopping Board

bagoong or fish sauce

Procedure:
1. Chop the tomatoes 1cm length and 1 cm width and put it on the bowl.
2. Chop the onion 1 cm length and1 cm width, put the chops on the bowl.
3. Add fish sauce or salt to taste, amount would be on your preference.
4. Mix them well.
5. 1 serving. Serve as viand with rice. It is superior to consume it on lunch time and during hot and reposeful summer day.

onion-tomato mix salad

cooked rice on a plate

Organic Food: Vegetable Salad - Tomato, Onion and Egg Salad

Many Filipinos are also fond of salads as viand with rice; one of these is the egg, tomato and onion salad which is usually self-prepared.

Materials and Ingredients:

For one serving, use:

- 1 standard size boiled egg
- 2 standard size tomatoes
- 1 standard size onion
- salt
- 1 bowl
- spoon
- knife
- chopping board

two red tomatoesone red onion

cooked egg halves

Procedure:

1. Using the knife and chopping board, cut the tomatoes in 1cm X 1cm measurement and put it on the bowl.
2. The same with the onion, cut it in 1cm X 1cm measurement and put it on the bowl.
3. Cut the egg in 1cm cubes and put it on the bowl.
4. Sprinkle salt over the food to taste with amount according to preference.
5. Mix thoroughly and serve with rice.

one cup of rice
tomato, onion and egg salad


Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Organic Food: Salad - Red Egg Tomato Salad

The red egg is one of the favorite delicacies of Filipinos. It can be eaten with rice alone or can be mixed with other foods, the most popular among the Filipinos is the red egg with tomato.

Materials and Ingredients:

For one serving, use

- 1 red egg
- 2 standard size tomatoes
- 1 bowl
- spoon
- knife
- chopping board

one red eggtwo red tomatoes

Procedure:

1. Cut each tomato into four parts and cut the said parts with about 1 centimeter width to make chunks and put them into the bowl.
2. Peel the red egg and cut into pieces the same with the tomato chunks and put them into the bowl.
3. Use the spoon to mix the ingredients together.
4. Serve as a viand.

red egg - tomato salad