Spirit Of Christmas

Few weeks ago, just before Christmas, I posted about "Give A Gift To Kids" Teacher Weng organized in their neighborhood, which had been the victim of 3 consecutive typhoons named "Mina, Lando ang Nonoy" which caused flood in this neighborhood in Aplaya Sunrise. These kids in the pictures lost their belongings and things for schools.

A big thanks to all people who have shared their blessings and made all those kids happy on Christmas. Thank you so much guys! And salute to our dear Teacher Weng... Job Well done!!!

Oven Roasted Fork

Have you ever tried "Oven Roasted Pork"? Humm it's so yummy especially if you deep it in a mixture of soy sauce, vinegar, ginger, onions, and cucumber. Hummm sarap talaga... Try it...

Ingredients:

· 1 (3 to 5 lbs.) fresh pork ham roast (or boneless shoulder picnic roast, a hog's head, or any parts of pork of your choice)
· salt

Cooking Procedures:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Prepare a roasting pan. Clean pork ham (or any pork parts of your choice) thoroughly. Dry with paper towels. Rub generously with salt all over. Transfer to a roasting pan and bake for about 3-1/2 hours (40 minutes per pound). Brush skins with fat drippings from the pan every 10 minutes during the last hour, making the skin crisp.

2. Increase oven heat to 450°F. Roast pork for about 20 to 30 minutes more or until golden brown. The skin should be crispy. Internal temperature reading is 170°F. Then remove from the oven. Cover with foil and let stand for 5 minutes. Cut into serving pieces and place into a serving platter.

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Embutido

I saw this recipe on the magazine and would like to try making some for new year. Hopefully I'll do it right and hopefully hubby would like it heheheh.

Ingredients:

· 1 lb. ground pork
· 1/2 cup finely chopped carrots
· 1 cup (6 slices) finely chopped (sweet or cooked) ham
· 3 tbsp. minced green bell pepper
· 3 tbsp. minced red bell pepper
· 1/3 cup sweet pickle relish
· 1/4 cup raisins
· 3 whole eggs
· 1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese
· dash of liquid seasoning
· salt & pepper, to taste
· 1 tbsp. cornstarch
· slices of hard-cooked eggs
· slices (wedges) of Vienna sausage
· aluminum foil, 10" x 12" sizes

Directions:

1.Prepare a steamer and set aside. Alternatively, prepare a baking pan and a wire rack and preheat oven to 350°F. In a bowl, combine all the ingredients and mix until well blended. Divide the mixture into 2 to 4 portions (depending on how many you want to make).

2.Spread and flatten the mixture onto the center of each foil, divide the slices of hard cook eggs and Vienna sausages. Place each slices at the center of each mixture. Hold the foil onto your hand and roll until the ends of the mixture covers the eggs and sausages. Alternatively, by holding each ends of the foil, roll the mixture back and forth until it covers the slices of eggs and sausages in the center.

3.Finally, roll the aluminum foil into a tightly packed log about 1" to 2" in diameter, sealing on both ends. Repeat with the remaining pork mixture. Then place the embutido in a steamer and steam for an hour. Alternatively, place embutido in a wire rack on a baking pan, half filled with hot water. Cover with aluminum foil (Be sure the steam will not escape). Steam-bake in the center of the oven for an hour.

4.Remove from the oven. Let it cool and slice into rings. Serve with your favorite catsup or sauces.

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Dogs is not just a simple pet, dog is a man’s best friend. With a proper training, a dog can save a person’s life. They guard our house and if you have a walk somewhere and someone is attacking you, your dog will surely help. So if you have dogs in your house, get them dog supplies that they needed everyday. Take good care of them so they will take good care of you as well.

Boiled Banana

This is one of the food we had on Christmas day, a boiled banana. I know it might sound weird for others but gosh it was yummy for us especially pag saw saw sa ginamos na gidala ni Anne. Wow ahak nalang so yummy talaga. Do you think anyone in pinas would ever love to have a boiled banana on their table during Christmas? I don't think so... it was just us here because we don't usually have the this kind of food... yeah during craving time to our Filipino food, no matter what day it is, as long as we have the chance to cook and eat Filipino food kain talaga to the max..

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Menudo

Ingredients:

1 kg pork tenderloins, cubed
3 medium potatoes, cubed
2 medium carrots, cubed
1/2 cup raisins
1 medium red bell pepper, diced
1 medium green bell pepper, diced
500 ml tomato sauce
100 g liver spread (originally, we use fresh pork liver but since it's very difficult to find a good liver, I substitute)
1 medium onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, chopped
50 g grated romano cheese (Parmesan is also good)
Marinade
2 bay leaves
1 cup Sprite (Yes, Sprite.)
4 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 lemon, zest of, only
ground black pepper

Directions:

1. Combine all marinade ingredients. Divide the marinade in halves. Save half. Add pork cubes on the other half with the bay leaf and marinate for at least 30 minutes.
2. Remove pork from the marinade, drip dry.
3. Sauté garlic and onion, add pork and the unused half of the marinade and bay leaf, simmer uncovered, reduce the liquid to half. Then add fresh pork liver if you prefer the fresh ingredient, cover and cook. Add tomato sauce, liver paste (if this is what you're using), carrots, potatoes and raisins, simmer stirring occasionally. Add peppers and adjust the seasoning. Then lastly add the grated cheese, let it melt, stir and distribute evenly. Serve hot.

Nintendo Wii Contest

Who doesn't want to have a Nintendo? Hum I am sure everyone of us want to have one. But I know it's quite expensive that's why some can't buy Nintendo.

But there's a way for you to have it. How? Join th Myndnet Wii Contest. Bring new members and win a new Nintendo Wii. Go to their web sites at Myndnet.com for more details.

Myndnet is an information marketplace where members are paid to respond to requests from businesses and recruiters.

Christmas Desserts

Christmas won't be complete without Christmas desserts like cookies that's been shaped into Christmas tree, snowman, reindeer, and some other Christmas ornaments. And of course some chocolate fudge, coconut balls, and many more. Some people also put different chocolates on their table as well as other Christmas candies.

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Kilawin Na Tuna

I am so happy when hubby and I went to asian market and saw fresh tuna. My gosh it's been a while since the last time I ate my favorite fish ever. I can't forget the time I was with my grandma's house who always prepares tuna or even stock tuna in the freezer and cook Inun-on, Tinola, escabetche, grilled, kinilaw and of course my favorite pritong tuna...wooo yummy!!! At last I was able to eat my favorite pritong tuna once again and I sill have some in fridge and freezer!!!

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Guisadong Munggo

Sarap ng munggo ano? Mas lalong masarap pag lagyan mo din ng tuyo hehhehe.

Ingredients:

· 1 cup munggo (mung beans)
· 3 cups water
· 1 tbsp. vegetable oil
· 1/2 lb. pork, sliced
· 2 cloves garlic, minced
· 1 onion, chopped
· 2 tomatoes, chopped
· 2 pcs. Chinese sausage, cubed (optional)
· 2 cups water or broth
· 1 tbsp. patis (fish sauce)
· salt to taste
· 1 cup ampalaya leaves or substitute spinach or watercress

Directions:

1. Boil mung beans in water until soft and easily mashed. Set aside.

2. In a pan, heat oil. Cook pork until it turns slightly brown.

3. Add garlic, onions and tomatoes. Sauté for a few seconds until tomatoes wilted.

4. Stir in Chinese sausage (if using) and continue cooking for another 1-2 minutes.

5. Pour in water or broth and add boiled mung beans.

6. Season with patis and salt to taste. Bring to boil and let it simmer until thick.

7. Add ampalaya leaves or substitute. Cover and remove from heat. Serve hot.

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Earthfrisk.org will be celebrating it's launch on Monday. This search engine has the best results from Google, MSN and Yahoo, less spam, and a new ranking system with toolbars for IE and Firefox. They have a better Search engine with the new color value that can create a far better S.E. and a better ranking system than Google's pagerank.

Misua Soup with Egg

Soups is really the best food for me during cold weather...


Ingredients:

· 1 tbsp. oil
· 1 clove garlic, minced
· 1 onion, thinly sliced
· 3 cups chicken stock or water
· patis (fish sauce), salt and pepper, to taste
· 1 oz. misua (fine threadlike egg noodles)
· 4 eggs
· green onions, for garnish

Directions::

1. In a medium saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. Sauté garlic and onion. And then add chicken stock or water and bring to a boil.

2. Stir in misua noodles and then lower the heat to simmer. Season with patis, salt and pepper. After seasonings break the eggs into the simmering stock.

3. Cook until eggs are set for about 2-3 minutes. Remove from heat. Serve hot and garnish with green onions

Exotic Fruit from Asia and Your Skin Health

Have you ever heard about this tropical fruit named Gac? Do you know that this fruit is the main ingredient of R.G. Skin Revitalizer, a dietary supplement that support skin health. As we all know, it’s much better to use natural product to protect your skin against damaging free radicals and to protect it from the inside out.

R.G. Skin Revitalizer is pure fruit oil extracted from Gac fruit. It works from the inside out and helps provide nutrient that support for strong cellular rejuvenation.

To make your skin healthy everyday, use daily skin nourishment that’s rich in antioxidants as it support your body against damaging free radicals. Buy and take R.G. Skin Revitalizer that you can get from StPaulBrands.com.

This R.G. Skin Revitalizer is made from Gac fruit that grows in sub-tropical Asia especially in Vietnam. It is a bright-red fruit that grows as large as a cantaloupe and abundantly on vine.

The benefit of taking R.G. Skin Revitalizer is the nutrient that you will get such as “beta-carotene”, lycopene and other potent antioxidants found in gac fruit that will help support strong cellular rejuvenation throughout the body

Yes Gac has a lot of Beta-carotene, a natural carotenoid antioxidant. Beta-carotene will helps you boost the immune system and assists the skin’s cellular rejuvenation process. Carotenoids as plant pigments function as protection of the plant against excess sunlight. As a result, their nutritional value is especially important to healthy skin.

Merry Christmas

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Merry Merry Christmas to all my friends, visitors and readers especially to all my fellow bloggers and my kababayan! May you all enjoy the spirit of Christmas with your friends and family.

As of me, my husband and I would be going to my Mama Nelda's house. Everyone in husband's side will be there. I am excited to experience my first nueche buena with them. I would also love to observe their tradition which I am sure would be super different from ours in the Philippines.

Philadelphia Weddings

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She told me about some details that she really wants to happen on her wedding and that they are planning to do a Philadelphia Weddings. As she said, she found a web site Philadelphia.1Weddingsource.com and so happy about their wedding articles, the tools, and the vast selection of wedding vendors.

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Beef Steak

Ingredients:

3/4 kilo tender pork or beef steaks, sliced

1 tablespoon kalamansi or lemon juice

5 tablespoons soy sauce

3 cloves of garlic

1 small piece ginger, crushed

1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

1/2 cup onions, sliced in rings

4 tablespoons cooking oil

Procedures:

1. Marinate the pork or beef steak in kalamansi (lemon) juice, garlic, ginger, soy sauce and pepper for 30 minutes.
2. In a frying, add cooking oil. Add the marinated pork or beef steak and cook slow until done. Increase heat for a minute or two to brown steaks.
3. Add the sliced onions and continue to cook for another minute.

Something I Can't Go Without

There’s something that I would never forget when I leave the house and go somewhere. I always makes sure that I have a wipes on my bag. The one that I use is something that will keep your sensitive skin areas clean and healthy.
I also make sure that the one I bought is free of chemicals, perfumes and alcohol to make sure I am not going to have any irritation and rashes.

Tinolang Manok

Ingredients :

· 1 lb. chicken, cut into serving pieces
or any choice cuts of your liking like thighs, drumsticks or wings)
· 1 thumb-sized fresh ginger root, cut into strips
· 2 cloves garlic, crushed
· 1 onion, chopped
· 2 tbsp. patis (fish sauce)
· salt, to taste
· 4 to 5 cups water (or rice water – 2nd washing)
· 2 to 3 sayote (chayote squash), quartered (or green, unripe papaya or potatoes)
· 1 cup sili (chili) leaves or malunggay or substitute 1/2 lb. spinach · vegetable oil
Directions:

1. In a medium saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. Sauté ginger and garlic until fragrant. Add onions, stir-fry until softened and translucent. Add chicken cuts. Cook for 3 to 5 minutes until chicken colors slightly. Season with patis and salt.

2. Pour in water (or rice water, if using). Bring to a boil. Lower the heat and let it simmer until chicken is half-done. Add in chayote (or papaya or potatoes, if using). Continue simmering until chicken and vegetable are tender. Correct seasonings and then add sili leaves or malunggay or substitute. Stir to combine until well blended. Remove from heat.

3. Let stand for a few minutes to cook the green vegetables. Transfer to a serving dish and serve hot.

Plasma TV Lifts

There’s a cool and pretty plasma tv lift that I found online. It is not just a simple one or a usual TV lift. Because this plasma TV lift has a touch of a button, a built in plug n' play, infrared control raises your television from behind closed doors with quiet, elegant ease. Cool huh? Here’s something cooler, with a touch of a button, sleek plasma TV appears and disappears from the foot of the bed into our plug n' plays console. Hum wonder if someone will give one this Christmas. It would be really great.

Lechon Kawali

Ingredients :

Pork
· 1-1/2 lb. pork liempo (pork belly), cut into serving pieces
· 4 cloves garlic, crushed
· 1/4 tsp. pepper or 1 tsp. peppercorns
· 2 tbsp. salt
· water, for boiling
· oil, for frying

Sauce
· 1 tbsp. soy sauce
· 2-1/2 tbsp. vinegar
· 1 clove garlic, minced
· chili peppers (optional)

(Measurement Guides)

Cooking Procedures :

1. Put pork pieces in a big pot. Cover with water. Add garlic, pepper or peppercorns and salt.

2. Bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer for an hour or until meat is tender. Drain.

3. Deep-fry liempo pieces in batches until golden brown and blisters appear on skin.

4. Drain on paper towels.

5. Mix together all ingredients for the sauce.

6. Serve with chopped lechon kawali.

Help and Protect Your Family

It is so sad that there are thousands of people who are addicted to alcohols and drugs which results to killing each other or killing some other people. It’s more awful if the victims are kids. So if you have a family who are drug addict or addicted to alcohol, help them and encourage them to undergo addiction treatment. Help them open their mind and to overcome their addictions and teach them to move on and think of a better future.

Humba

Ingredients :

· 1 lb. pork (i usually used pork belly or pork hocks), cut into serving pieces
· 1 cup water
· 3 cloves garlic, crushed
· 1/3 cup vinegar
· 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
· 1/4 cup soy sauce
· 1 bay leaf
· 1/4 tsp. pepper or 1 tsp. peppercorns
· 1 tsp. oil
· salt to taste
· 3 potatoes, peeled and quartered (optional)
· hard-boiled eggs (optional)

(Measurement Guides)

Cooking Procedures :

1. Combine all ingredients in a big pot and bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer for about an hour or until pork belly or hocks is tender. You may wish to adjust the taste according to your style and liking.

2. If you want to add some potatoes and hard-boiled eggs in this dish, potatoes usually cook about 15 minutes. It’s up to you whether you like it very soft or just tender to bite. You may add it halfway of the cooking time or later.

3. As for the eggs let it sits for a few minutes before its done to let the sauces covered into it.

4. Remove bay leaf and peppercorns (if used) just before serving. Serve hot.

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Pork Steak

Ingredients:

3/4 kilo pork sliced

1 tablespoon kalamansi or lemon juice

5 tablespoons soy sauce

3 cloves of garlic

1 small piece ginger, crushed

1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

1/2 cup onions, sliced in rings

4 tablespoons cooking oil

Procedures:

1. Marinate the pork or beef steak in kalamansi (lemon) juice, garlic, ginger, soy sauce and pepper for 30 minutes.
2. In a frying, add cooking oil. Add the marinated pork or beef steak and cook slow until done. Increase heat for a minute or two to brown steaks.
3. Add the sliced onions and continue to cook for another minute.

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Let's help 120 Kids Victims of Typhoon and Flood

Calling to all my fellow kind hearted Filipina and friends in blogging! Let's give something or (anything that's from your heart) to make some kids happy this coming Christmas.

Teacher Weng, an elementary school teacher, single, who's very dedicated to her work and helping other kids organized a party or A Gift giving for those 120 kids in Aplaya Sunrise who are a victim of typhoon "Mina, Lando ang Nonoy" where some children lost their belongings and things for schools.

I can assure you that Teacher Weng is very trustworthy and that what ever amount of money you will donate will surely goes to the kids. As a matter of fact, she also donated her 13 month pay as well as her sister Nelda's 13 month pay.

Aplaya Sunrise is a neighborhood close to Manila Bay or Laguna Bay... These neighborhoods were flooded due to those typhoons I mentioned above.

Any gift for them is very much appreciated... Teacher Weng will send us whoever donates...a card and picture... so just give me your address if you want to donate...