Thursday, April 16, 2015

Organic Food: Vegetable Adobo Sauté - String Beans

Ingredients:

- 1 bundle of string beans
- 1 large size of onion
- soy sauce
- vegetable oil

a bundle of string beans

Materials:

- frying pan
- knife
- chopping board
- small bowl
- big bowl
- serving plate

Procedure:

1. Cut string beans into about 3 inches long and put them into the bigger bowl.
2. Slice the onion lengthwise with about 3 mm thickness and place them in the smaller bowl.
3. Heat the vegetable oil in the frying pan, pour the sliced onion and the string beans.

string beans


4. Apply soy sauce according to your preference, I prefer just a little to make it have just a bit taste of salt.

string beans

5. Mix and cover, visit it in a short while to mix and check if cooked. If it became tender, mix and then put it into the serving plate.

It can be served with rice for meal.

string beans adobo with rice

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Organic Food: Classic Dish - Camote (Sweet Potato) Tops and Tomatoes

Ingredients:

1 bundle of Camote tops
2 standard size Tomatoes, each cut into quarts
3 crushed cloves of Garlic
1 cup of water
Salt or 2 tablespoons of Fish Sauce (preferably)
1 teaspoon of Vegetable oil

talbos ng kamote at kamatis

tomato slicescrushed garlic

Materials:

Bowl
Frying pan
Ladle

Procedure:

1. Separate the edible parts of the camote tops (shoots and young leaves) and discard the remaining parts.
2. Put oil on the frying pan and heat it.
3. Fry the crushed garlic, stir until it became brown in color.

fried crushed garlic

4. Pour the cup of water, followed by the camote tops and tomatoes.
5. Cover. Camote tops can be easily cooked, so check it after few moments. When cooked, apply salt or fish sauce, mix then stop the heat.

camote tops with tomatoes

6. Serve.

It can be eaten with rice during meal time. Pour some of the broth over the rice, and then enjoy a good country meal.

camote tops

Thursday, January 29, 2015

Organic Food: Vegetable Salad - Ampalaya & Pechay (Chinese Cabbage)

Ingredients:

1 bundle of Pechay
1 standard size Ampalaya
Salt or Fish Sauce or Honey
Seasoning (Optional)

Materials:

Bowl
Spoon for mixing
Knife
Chopping Board

Procedure:

1. Chop the ampalaya into small cubes.
2. Slice the Pechay into thin slices.
3. Mix the two ingredients in the bowl.

chopped chinese cabbage

4. Apply either the salt or fish sauce or honey and mix well.

ampalaya chinese cabbage

5. (Optional) add seasoning and mix.
6. Serve.

It can be eaten plain during meal or add with rice.

Food: Egg - Scrambled Eggs with Ampalaya

Ingredients:

2 Eggs
1 Ampalaya (Standard size)
vegetable Oil
Salt
Seasoning (Optional)

bitter gourd and eggs

Materials:

Bowl (For whipping the eggs)
Fork
Frying flat laddle
Plate
Frying pan

Procedure:

1. Remove the seeds and white parts inside the ampalaya and slice thinly.
2. Put enough oil on the frying pan and heat, then fry the sliced ampalaya.

ampalaya

3. Whip the eggs, mix with it the salt and other seasoning.

scrambled eggs

4. When the ampalaya is fried, add the beaten eggs and continue mixing until the eggs become firm or cooked.
5. Put into the plate and serve, 1 serving.

bitter gourd and scrambled eggs

It can be eaten with rice and coffee for breakfast.

Organic Food: Vegetable Sauté - String Beans with Ampalaya

Ingredients:

1 Bundle of string beans
1 Ampalaya (Standard size)
Vegetable oil
Salt
Seasoning (Optional)

bitter gourd and string beans

Materials:

Serving plate
Frying pan
Frying flat ladle
Chopping board
Knife

Procedure:

1. Clean ampalaya and slice thinly.
2. Cut string beans with about 3 to 4 inches long.

cooked ampalaya and string beans

3. Heat vegetable oil and fry ampalaya.
4. Add the string beans and stir/mix, cover.
5. For sometime, stir the vegetables and then cover it again until the string beans become tender.
6. When cooked, add the salt and other seasoning, stir for some seconds and turn off the heat.
7. Put the vegetables on the plate and serve.

cooked bitter gourd and string beans
















It can be eaten with rice during meal time.

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Organic Food: Vegetable Sauté - Camote (Sweet Potato) Tops

Ingredients:

1 Bundle of Camote Tops
1 Standard-size Tomato (Slice lenghtwise into six peices)
5 Cloves of Garlic (Thinly sliced lenghtwise)
Vegetable Oil
Fish Sauce or Salt

sweet potato tops

garlic

Materials:

- Bowl
- Frying Pan
- Stirring Ladle
- Knife
- Chopping Board

Procedure:

1. Separate the young edible leaves and shoots from the camote stems and wash.

kamote

2. Heat the vegetable oil, put into it the garlic and tomato, stir for 30 seconds.
3. There should be a little gravy from the tomato, pour a little water if there's none.
5. Place the tops on the mixture and cover.
6. When the tops started to get tender, mix thoroughly until finally cooked.
7. Serve.

talbos ng kamote at kamatis

It can be eaten with rice during meal time.

Food: Egg - Scrambled Eggs + Garlic

Ingredients:

2 Eggs
3 Cloves of Garlic (diced)
Vegetable Oil
Pinch of Salt or Magic Sarap

two eggs

chopped garlic

Materials:

- Plate
- Bowl
- Fork
- Frying Pan
- Stirring Ladle
- Knife
- Chopping Board

Procedure:

1. Beat the two eggs with fork in the bowl until the yellow and white parts are completely mixed.

mixed eggs

2. Heat the vegetable oil on the frying pan and crisp the diced garlic.
3. Take out the crispy garlic, pour on the whipped eggs, add salt or magic sarap and mix thoroughly.
4. Place the beaten eggs on the frying pan and wait until it is cooked.
5. Place on the plate. Serve 1 only.

scrambled eggs with garlic

It can be eaten with rice plus coffee during breakfast or alone during snack time.