Puto Cheese
Topic: Snacks
A classic filipino dish which is very easy to prepare and delicious too. Even my hubby knows how to prepare it. My 2 year old son Azhfaar loves it so much. I always cooked it whenevr I cannot think of anything to prepare for our snack.

Ingredients:
3 cups all purpose flour
3 cups water
3 eggs
3 tbsp. baking powder
1 1/2 white sugar
1 cup milk powder
3 tbsp. baking powder
1/2 cup melted butter
grated cheese

Directions:
1.In a mixing bowl place all dry ingredients except the cheese and blend well.
2. Add eggs and mix thoroughly. Gradually add water until homogeneous.
3. Add the melted butter and mix well.
4. Place enough amount of batter in a paperlined puto moulder and steam for 10 minutes.
5. Sprinkle grated cheese on top and steam for 1 minute or until done.

My-style Chicken Fillet
Topic: Chicken
I called this recipe as My-style Chicken Fillet because I really don't know what will I call it, whatever the name implies, then that's it! Lol...! Chicken breast is the least favorite part of chicken in our home, we are all chicken wings fans, hence I usually used the breast in soups, pasta, noodles, etc. Sometimes I'll try to cook it many diffrent ways just to forget it when we eat that it was indeed a chicken breast!

Ingredients:
1 medium chicken breast, sliced into fillet
3 tbsp. cooking oil
1 medium onion, sliced into rings
3 cloves garlic, minced and fried
Marinade:
1/3 cup Italian Dressing
2 tbsp. soy sauce
1 tsp. garlic powder
2 tbsp. lime juice
1 tsp. black pepper
1 tsp. white sugar
1 tsp. salt

Directions:
1. Combine all the marinade ingredients and marinate chicken for 30 miuntes to 1 hour. Drain and reserve marinade.
2. Fry chicken in oil until golden brown. Combine chicken with marinade, then cook until all the liquid will absorb to the chicken.
4. Add in the onions. Stir for 1 minute.
5. Turn off the heat and sprinkle with fried garlic.

Tuna Adobo in Coco cream
Topic: Fish
Whenever we go to buy groceries, we always buy Tuna, sometimes I forgot it but my hubby didn't. He always remember it because he really likes tuna a lot. We used it in many ways, like for salads, sandwich, fried rice, side dishes,etc. Here's one of my hubby's favorite tuna recipe:

Ingredients:
1 large can tuna flakes in oil
2 tbsp. vinegar
2 tbsp. soy sauce
1 tsp. garlic powder
2 tablespoons frsh garlic, minced
1 small onions, sliced
10 pcs. peppercorns, cracked
1 piece bayleaf
? cup thick coconut cream
1 tbsp. cooking oil

Directions:
1. Marinate tuna in vinegar, soy sauce, garlic powder, peppercorns and bayleaf. Marinate for 30 minutes. Drain and reserve marinade.
2. Heat oil in a skillet and brown the fresh garlic, then add onions, stir.
3. Add tuna and cook for a minute.
4. Add in the marinade and let cook for 5 minutes uncovered. Do not stir.
5. Pour in the coconut cream and let cook for 2 minutes.

Serve.

Deep Fried Shrimp
Mood:  hungry
Topic: Shrimps
Here's one of my hubby's favorite recipe "Deep Fried Shrimp", he called it Breadcrumbs, since the shrimps were coated with bread crumbs, lol! Whenever we bought medium-size shrimps, he always suggested "Hon breadcrumbs"! The most interesting fact when I cooked this recipe is my hubby counted the shrimps and devided it to us "equally"(?) and he always got more compared to us.

Ingredients:
1 pound uncooked medium shrimp in shells
Vegetable oil
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
2 large eggs, slightly beaten
3/4 cup dry bread crumbs

Directions:

1. Peel shrimp, leaving tails on. Make a shallow cut lengthwise down back of each shrimp; wash out vein.

2. Heat oil (2 to 3 inches) in deep fryer.

3. Mix flour, salt and pepper. Coat shrimp with flour mixture. Dip shrimp into eggs, then coat with bread crumbs.

4. Fry 4 or 5 shrimp at a time in oil about 1 minute, turning once, until golden brown. Drain on paper towels.

Seafoods Sinigang
Topic: Mixed Seafoods
Sinigang is a famous Filipno dish with variety of ingredients. It is typically sour and is often stewed fish, shrimp or meat. It is usually prepared with tamarinds. Other vegetables would include okra, spinach, radish, and string beans, etc. It does not use vinegar, even though it needs to be sour. Another variety is prepared with guava and is less sour than those with tamarind. Raw mango can also be utilized.

My hubby likes sour foods so much and I always warned him for eating such foods because he has an ulcer. That's why whenever I cooked sinigang, I always minimized the sour ingredients.

Ingredients:
250 g shrimp
300 g large fish head (lapu-lapu is the best)
1 big onion diced
1 big tomato quartered
2 pcs. long green pepper
6 pcs tamarind (substitute with ready made sinigang mix if you cannot find tamarind)
4 cups ricewash or water
Vegetables of your choice
salt and fish sauce to taste
Crushed ginger, thumb-sized (optional)

Directions:
1. Boil Tamarind in rice wash or water to soften. Pound and extract all juices and set aside.
2. In a casserole, boil rice wash or water, Tamarind juice (or sinigang mix), onions and tomatoes. Add crushed ginger if you like.
3. Add in the shrimps, fish and green pepper simmer for 5 minutes.
4. Add the vegetables, fish sauce and salt and cook until the vegetables are done. Serve hot.