Nigella Bites!

She is one of my favorite food show hosts, Nigella Lawson. There’s something in her presentation that relaxes and soothes me. She makes cooking and baking sexy and sophisticated. She has this magic that makes working in the kitchen so so easy. I just dont know how she does it? ;)

Now let me share a vid where I got the brownie recipe! :)

Thanks Nigella!

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Humba

Humba Recipe (Braised Pork Belly) is one of the easiest dish I know and one of my favorite comfort foods.

TO make it, you'll just need:

1 lb. pork pork belly cut into serving pieces

1 cup water

garlic, crushed

1/3 cup vinegar

1/4 cup packed brown sugar

1/4 cup soy sauce

1 bay leaf

1 tsp. peppercorns

1tsp. oil

salt to taste

1 heaping tablespoon salted black beans

In a medium pot, saute garlic in oil until brown. Add pork and cook until brown. Combine water, soy sauce, vinegar, brown sugar, salt, bay leaf and black beans and add to pork. Cook over low heat until pork is tender. Serve hot.

Easy right?

If you wanted it to be a healthy meal, why not add tofu like what I did. :)

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Cheesecake-A must Try!

Got to thank Rico for leading me to this recipe from Ms. Lori . I must agree this recipe is a true champion cheesecake. It's velvety smooth and melts in your mouth....oh yummy!!!

and a little cheaper as it use condensed milk and calamansi (or lemon) instead of sour cream.

If you want to try this recipe hop on here

Beef Brocolli

This dish is a favorite whenever we dine at a chinese restaurant. So the other week I decided to try cooking beef brocolli. It was my first time to make this.
What you'll need;

400 grams Beef sirloin strips, cut in strips

1/4 cup of soy sauce


1 onion, sliced thinly

crushed garlic




small ginger, cut into strips




2 small or 1 big, head of broccoli


1 tbsp of cornstarch


salt and pepper

1-1/2 tbsp. of oyster sauce

3/4 c. of beef broth (or 1 beef cube dissolved in water)

Then what you'll do;

In a bowl marinate the beef strips in soysauce and pepper set aside.
Mix together the broth with the remaing soy sauce, pinch of salt, pepper and cornstarch. Set aside.
Heat a wok or skillet. When hot, pour in the cooking oil. Over very high heat, fry the beef strips until brown. Set aside.
In a separate wok or skillet, saute onions then garlic. Add the ginger. Add in the broccoli and stir fry for about half a minute. Season with salt,pepper and a some soysauce. After a minute add the broth with cornstarch Mix until the sauce thickens. When serving you could drizzle some oyster sauce for added flavor. :)
Serve at once. Easy right! :)

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That's it Pancit!

This is how I cook my pancit. :)

You'll need;

1/2 kilo pancit bihon

pork slices, fried

chicken liver

chicken breast, boiled and shredded

Broth

Veggies such as;

baguio bean, carrots, chopped cabbage, soaked tengang daga

garlic, onions, soy sauce,

worcestershire sauce or oyster sauce or bell pepper * :)

Here's what I do

Soak the pancit bihon noodles to soften for 10 minutes.

Grease a large pan or wok with oil. Sauté onions and garlic. Add the sliced veggies (in this order carrots, baguio beans, cabbage and tengang daga). If you want a spicy taste add bell pepper. Stir fry then set aside.

In a separate wok, saute onions, add pork, shredded chicken breast, chicken liver. Add the broth. Drizzle some soysauce depending to your taste. Add 2 tbsp of worcestershire sauce or oyster sauce. Simmer.....simmer. (I dont use shrimp, Im allergic to it by the way)

Now...

Mix in the pancit bihon noodles cook for about 5 minutes or until the noodles are soft.

Add salt and more pepper to taste.

Top with the stir-fry veggies

Serve hot with sliced calamansi on the side.

* I suggest that if you'll use bell pepper omit the worcestershire sauce or the osyter sauce. So you can really taste the goodness of it's spicy flavor. And that goes too if you'll use worcestershire or osyter sauce :)