"Hearty Waffle Sandwich"

Here is the recipe.

WS #44 - Chef Tony's Popcorn Company

It's been days the husband has been bugging me to watch Wanted. Supposedly, last Saturday, we were going to and meet Bunso and Tin, my friends at SM-Mall of Asia. Unfortunately, we can't! Simply because the Maynilad did not announced earlier that they going to cut the supply of water that day. We were out of water not even a single drop! How were we going to take a bath! Haaayy... Anyways, we just stayed home. I watched some DVD movies while munching the yummy popcorn that was a pasalubong for me yesterday from the husband.

My Happy Fried Rice

This fried rice recipe doesn't fail me to bring a smile to my child's face. Even the husband loves it! I hope you enjoy it too, as well!

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup of cooking oil
• 2 pcs eggs
• 2 pcs jumbo hot dog, cut lengthwise & sliced diagonally
• 2 heaping cups of cooked rice, mash to separate grains
• a good pinch of fine salt
  
• 1/2 tsp iodized coarse salt
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder, add more if you want
• a teaspoon of liquid seasoning

Procedure:

In a wok, over medium-high fire, heat moderately. Put 1/3 of oil. Break the eggs over the pan. Add a good pinch of fine salt. Stir the eggs. Cook until half-done only. Put on top of the mashed rice.

Put the rest of the cooking oil in the pan. Fry for 20 seconds the hotdogs. Dump all the rest of the ingredients in the pan. Mix until well-blended. Cover. Stirring often. Cook until rice is fluffy.

Serve hot.

"Breaded Pork Chops"

Such a simple and easy recipe. It also brings back fond memories of my childhood years, that is, watching my Daddy cooked in the kitchen while I happily watch him and eat the food he had cooked. Actually, he's not my biological father, he's an uncle of mine, married to my Aunt Pilar a.k.a "Nanay Pi". Everybody in our family calls him "Papa Eu", even the tenants in our compound. I am the only one who calls him "Daddy" for I am his favorite (",)


Ingredients:

• 8 small & thin pcs (725 grams) of pork chops
• salt and pepper
• 4 cloves garlic
• 3 pcs kalamansi
• 1-2 tbsps white vinegar
• liquid seasoning
• flour or cornstarch, or combination of, about a cup
• 1-2 cups cooking oil
  

Procedure:

Wash with running water the pork chops. Pat dry. Lay on a tray, sprinkle both generously with salt and pepper. Punch the pork chops lightly using your fist. Let it stand for a few minutes.

Meanwhile, peel the garlic. Pound finely using a mortar and pestle. Transfer to a chopping board, finely mince. Put back to the mortar. Squeeze in the kalamansi, strain the seeds. Put the vinegar. Mix and mash.

Pour over the pork chops the garlic mixture. Sprinkle lightly with liquid seasoning. Turn the pork chops a couple of times to blend the marinade well. Set aside.

At this point, you can now cook some rice, for this is serve perfectly with it.

In a deep pan or kawali, place over medium-high fire. Heat until smoking hot. Pour the oil. Heat moderately. Meanwhile, in a clean plastic bag or paper bag, put half of the flour. Add the marinated pork chops. Place the rest of the flour. Put some air into the bag. Seal. Shake.

Back to the pan, deep fry the floured pork chops until golden brown. Drain in paper towels.

Serve with lots of steaming rice and tomato ketchup.... yummy! (",)

Ricoa's Flat Tops

Flat Tops on my mouse pad.

"Sugary Crunchy Bites"

Ingredients:

• one day old lumpia wrapper or excess wrapper (spring roll wrapper)
• cooking oil
• white sugar

Procedure:

Tear lumpia wrapper into different sizes, it's up to you how big or small you want it to be. Deep fry in very hot oil until golden brown. Sprinkle generously with sugar.

another food picture w/my kiddo....