Organic Food: Vegetable Sauté - Ampalaya (Bitter Gourd, Bitter Melon)

Ingredients:

- ampalaya (bitter gourd, bitter melon)
- vegetable oil
- salt (amount according to your preference)
- other seasoning (if available)

Materials:

- bowl or plate
- frying pan
- stirring flat ladle
- knife
- chopping board

Procedure:

1. scrape out the seeds and the white soft parts inside the ampalaya.
2. cut (crosswise) the ampalaya into thin slices, about 1/2 centimeter.
4. Pour vegetable oil into the frying pan and heat it.
5. Put the sliced ampalaya into the frying pan and stir.
6. when the ampalaya is cooked (brownish), pour salt (and other seasoning).
7. stir well for few some seconds.
6. put on the bowl or plate for serving.

This saute can be eaten with rice during mealtime.

Organic Food: Vegetable Sauté - Green Beans with Onion and Garlic

Ingredients:

- green beans
- 1 large onion
- 4 cloves of garlic
- vegetable oil
- salt (amount according to your preference)
- other seasoning (if available)

Materials:

- bowl
- small bowl or plate
- frying pan
- stirring flat ladle
- knife
- chopping board

Procedure:

1. cut the green beans into 1-inch slices and put into the bowl.
2. cut the onion into thin slices.
3. dice garlic bulbs.
4. Pour vegetable oil into the frying pan and heat it.
5. Put the sliced and diced onion and garlic respectively into the frying pan and stir.
6. put the green beans into the frying pan, mix well and cover.
7. stir from time to time until cooked.
6. when cooked, put it on the plate for serving.

This sauté can be eaten with rice during mealtime.

Organic Food: Vegetable Salad - Tomato, Onion and Pechay (Chinese Cabbage)

Ingredients:

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

Materials:

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

Procedure:

1. The ratio of quantity used for the main ingredients should be like this - 1:3/4:1/4 for pechay, tomato and onion respectively.
2. Chop the pechay 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, other foods or eaten plainly for vegetarian diet.

Food: Snack - Instant Pancit Canton plus Leeks

Ingredients:

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

 Materials:

- cooking container
- water (amount depends on the instruction written on pancit canton's label)
- stirring ladle
- knife
- cup for the leeks
- plate ot bowl for the pancit canton
- chopping board

Procedure:

1. Cook the instant pancit canton as intructed on the label.
2. Drain the water from the cooking container.
3. After adding and mixing the pancit canton and seasoning, add the leeks and mix thoroughly.
4. Put the pancit canton on the plate/bowl for serving.

It can be eaten alone during meal or snack time.

Drink: Liquor - Gin plus Yakult (Ginyak)

This is not to promote liquor drinking and neither to encourage it. This is only posted particularly for those who drink liquor while reminding them to drink moderately.

Ingredients:

- 1 2x2 bottle of Ginebra San Miguel
- 1 80 ml Yakult

Procedure:

1. Lessen the content of the gin bottle with amount the same as the Yakult.
2. Pour Yakult into the 2x2 bottle of gin.
3. Mix and that's it- a ginyak.
4. For the 4x4 GSM bottle, you may add three 80 ml Yakult for lighter version of ginyak.

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.

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.

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

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

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