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)

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.

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

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.

It can be eaten with rice during mealtime.

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

       

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.

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

 

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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



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.

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

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.