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Leche Flan is very easy to prepare and cook. It has only 3 main ingredients milk, sugar and of course eggs. It's very sweet in taste and it melts in the mouth when you eat it. It resembles to  the Japanese version "egg pudding" but with different ingredients. Recipe: Leche Flan Preparation time:10-25 minutes Cooking time: 30-35 minutes Total output: 1 lanyera of leche  flan Ingredients: 10eggs 1 can condensed milk 1cup white sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 cup fresh milk or evaporated milk Procedure: Separate egg yolks from  the egg whites using your hands or any improvised equipment you can use to separate them. Beat the egg yolks using whisker untill it become smooth. Add the liquid ingredients, add 1 can of condensed milk and 1 cup of fresh milk or evaporated milk. Mix it thoroughly untill the color is smooth and uniform. Also add 1 tsp vanilla essence to add a sweet aroma to our leche flan. Procedure:  Prepare the caramel by adding 3 tbsp of sugar in the aluminum ...

Have you ever tried making your own favorite syrups at home? Here are some of home made syrups  which is worth making. Pretty and simple home made chocolate syrup, caramel syrup and even  home made condensed milk. It's so easy to prepare and with only simple ingredients needed. I hope this recipe blog can help you a lot and if it does please share and leave your feedbacks in the comment box  below. Enjoy adding these syrups to your sweets and goodies. Recipe: Chocolate Syrup Total cooking time: 8 minutes Ingredients: 1 cup sugar 1 cup water 6 tbsp cocoa Procedure: First add 1 cup water in a medium size sauce pan. Set the burner into medium to  high heat. Add 1 cup of sugar, mix thoroughly to dissolve all the sugar. Add 6 tbsp  full of unsweetened cocoa. Mix thoroughly untill it's desired consistency. Total  heating time 6-8 minutes. Recipe: Home made condensed milk Total cooking time: 8-10 minutes Total servings: 3-4 servings Ingredients: 2tbsp powdered ...

Just sharing these sauce recipes with you guys. I hope you like it when you try making  them in your own at home. Here are the procedures on how to make your own Jollibee style gravy, fish ball or kikiam sauce and your favorite siopao sauce. Enjoy these sauce recipes. Recipe: Jollibee Style Gravy Preparation  and cooking time: 10-13 minutes Ingredients: 1 small onion(minced) 1 clove garlic(minced) 360ml beef stock/ broth 150 ml whole milk / any milk 1/4 tsp ground black pepper  3 tbsp flour Pinch of salt Pinch of white ground pepper Procedure: Add 360ml of beef stock or beef broth in a sauce pan. In here I used 1 cube of knorr beef cubes dissolved in 360 ml of water.  Add 1/2 cup whole milk, minced onions and garlic, 1/4 tsp ground black pepper and pinch of ground white pepper. Bring to boil in a medium heat. When it's boiling add  3 tbsp of flour and 1 tsp soysauce. Stir and let it simmer while boiling. Stir continuously to dissolve the flour and impro...

Chicken Barbecue is commonly cook by roasting the chicken in  a grill with a direct fire or heat from burned charcoals. In this recipe the chicken will be cook using just a pan. The output and the taste will be the same as the grilled  version of this chicken barbecue recipe. Recipe: Chicken Barbecue in a Pan Preparation time: 5 minutes Cooking time: 36-40minutes Total servings: 6-8 servings Ingredients: 1/2 tbsp ground black pepper 1/2 tbsp salt 5 tbsp brown sugar 3 tbsp fish sauce 3 tbsp vinegar or lemon juice extract 40ml soysauce 100ml banana ketchup 1/2 medium size onion (minced) 4 pcs garlic (minced) 5 tbsp oil 1/2 kilo chicken (chopped) minced red chilli(optional) First add chicken on a medium size deep pan. Add 40ml of soysauce, 5 tbsp of sugar and 3 tbsp of fish sauce. Next add 1/2 tbsp ground black pepper, 1/2 tbsp of iodized salt, 4 cloves  garlic(minced) and 1/2 medium size onion(minced). Mixed it well, then set burner into low fire. Cook and cover  ...

Craving for  burger but you don't like eating meats? No need to worry, because you can still make patties out of vegetables. Banana blossoms is best known as the main ingredient for vegetable patties, but in this recipe we will be using carrots and squash as  the main ingredients for our patties. Why not try this vegetable patty recipe? Easy to prepare, budget friendly, and most of all it's totally  meatless. Best snack or meal for vegetarians. Ingredients consist of squash which are known to be riched in magnesium, vitamin B6, C, potassium, phosporous and vitamin A and carrots which is rich in potassium, biotin, vitamin K1, an antioxidant and with  beta carotene which are good for the eyesight. See below the ingredients you need and the instructions on how to make this vegetable patties. Ingredients  1 medium size onion(minced) 2 pieces garlic (minced) 1/4 small size squash(minced) 1 small size carrots(minced) 1/2 tbsp ground black pepper 1/2 tbsp salt 1/2 cup...

Chicken mechado is the perfect meal for children who loves the taste of ketchup in their food. This meal is also like chicken Tinola and chicken adobo that is served by Filipinos during lunch or dinner. This is usually cook with a twist like adding extra hotdogs and bell peppers to make that unique taste. This recipe is adopted during the Spanish era the reason why it was named as chicken "mechado". Mechado from the Spanish word "mecha"  which means wick or a beef stew in tomato sauce with pork strips.  Though it was named after that  Spanish word, the recipe is originally invented by Filipinos in the past. Below are the ingredients you need and the instructions on how to cook plain or basic chicken mechado  because we will not add hotdogs and bell peppers to it. Ingredients : 2tbsp vegetable oil 4 pieces chicken  1 medium size onion  2 pieces garlic  1 medium size carrots(cubes)  1 large size potatoes (cubes)  120ml papa banana ketchup ...

Chicken Tinola is also one of the most favorite Filipino meal of all time. People love this meal because of it's chicken broth that is gingery in taste. This meal can be cook using different vegetables as ingredients. Vegetables that can be use for this recipe are malungay, pechay,papaya, sayote and chilli leaves. It is best to combine malunggay leaves and papaya, malunggay and sayote, sayote and  chilli leaves, papaya and  chilli leaves or even pechay alone. The taste depends on what vegetables you add to it, but what important is the original Tinola taste of the broth. See below the ingredients you will need and the instructions on how to make this chicken tinola. Ingredients: 1/2 medium size onion 2 pcs garlic 3 grams ginger 4 pieces chicken 840ml water 1knorr chicken cubes 2 tbsp fish sauce chilli leaves salt to taste Preparation time: 5 mins Cooking time: 30-35 minutes Total serving: 4 servings Cooking instructions: Saute garlic, ginger then onion. Add chicken and cook ...

Recipe: Paksiw na Tilapia with Fried Tilapia Total cooking time: 20 minutes Total serving: 2-4 servings Tilapia is the famous fish use for Filipino meals. It's is best for "paksiw"  and bangus is best for "sinigang". Many people are confused with how they are cooked. The difference in how to cook paksiw and sinigang is that paksiw is cook in a slower process, it is  cook in low to medium fire without much water added to it, while sinigang is cook with more water and without oil added to it. And traditionally it is cook using clay pots with banana leaves and using bagoong as the fish sauce. Ingredients: Paksiw: 2 tbsp oil 3 tbsp fish sauce 3 tbsp vinegar 1/2 medium-size onion 2 cloves garlic 3grams ginger 2 pcs medium tomatoes 2 pieces of small size fish 6 pcs green peppers  Kangkong stalks 1/4 tsp ground black pepper 1/8 tsp salt  1/2 tbsp  sampaloc mix with gabi Procedure: Add 2 tbsp oil into a deep pan.  Add 3 tbsp vinegar,  add 3 tbsp fi...

Filipino spaghetti style is known to be sweeter and cheesier. Unlike italian spaghetti which is a bit sour in taste because mostly the main ingredient for the sauce are tomatoes. Filipinos especially the kids, like that sweet version of spaghetti like the one you see from Jollibee which happens to be the most famous fast food in the country. If you've not tried eating at Jollibee before, I'll tell you it's just around the corner. You can see Jollibee around the streets here in the Philippines. Filipino Sweet Style Spaghetti- Plain spaghetti(no ground pork, beef,chicken, mashrooms,hotdogs). This is how to cook plain spaghetti. For the low income families who received spaghetti pack as their relief goods these quarantine days.This is how to cook it simply.Enjoy! Ingredients: For the sauce: 2tbsp oil 1 small size onion(minced) 6 pieces  garlic (minced) 1 can of corned beef or corned chicken 1/2 tbsp ground black pepper Salt to taste  500 grams sphagetti sauce For past...

     Chicken Adobo is the most famous Filipino meal known by other people around the world. It's one of the traditional foods Filipino people serve during get together parties, and the most favorite food of every Filipino especially if they want to eat more rice. It is also a typical meal that Filipino people cook for their lunch and dinner. This is also good as "baon" or the most known food to be kept in a lunch  box to bring during Christmas parties or and even when you go hiking because adobo can last for how many days and still taste the  same.This kind of meal can be cook salty by adding more soysauce and salt, it is usually hot and salty in taste. If you like to add a little sweetness to it,  you can add pineapples chunks or bits which makes this meal liked by more kids. Ingredients: 6 pcs of boiled chickens 2 medium size potatoes 1 pack of pineapple tidbits 1/3 tbsp ground black pepper 50 ml soysauce 360ml water Pinch of salt Preparation time: 10minu...

  Chicken arroz caldo also called "kaning lugaw" in Tagalog or "rice porridge" in English.  It is a budget friendly meal where it is one of the basic meals served during the feeding programs for the poor and homeless people. It is also serve in evacuation centers at times of calamities and a perfect meal to serve for sick people. This is also serve when the  weather is cold especially during Ber months, this is good for people living in places with winter season. This recipe is also slightly the same as gotto but the difference is it's added with more rice and chicken and also it's not yellow in color. All  people can cook it because it's very  easy. When cooking rice  porridge glutinous  rice  is always best to use as the main ingredient  but in this recipe  we will use cooked cold rice or "kaning lamig" in tagalog, this is to minimize leftovers and avoid wasting our foods. Ingredients: 2 cloves of garlic 1 medium size onion 3 grams gin...

   Escabeche is  an  adopted meal  from the Spanish culture because  Philippines was influenced by the Spaniards for 333 years long before the Philippines became independent from the Spanish colony. Escabeche is  a meal that is common in Spain and Portugal,  it   is a meal where fish is marinaded using vinegar and spices and is being fried. Escabeche in the Philippines is a type of meal that you can cook simply by combining fish with tomatoes and extra sauce with carrots or even bell peppers.  It's budget friendly and  also good for people who don't have much appetite to eat. Perfect  light meal for lunch or even for dinner. It is best to combine with rice.See below the ingredients you need and the cooking instructions on how to make this plain escabeche recipe. Ingredients: 4 pieces galunggong fish 50 ml soysauce(for marinade process) 1/2tbsp salt(for marinade process) Cornstarch as breading 2 pieces kalamansi to be ex...

Enjoy the fresh flavor of fruits in a jar during the summer by making your own cucumber salad or pickels at home. Ingredients: 1 green or red apple 1 medium-size cucumber 1 tsp whole grains black pepper 3 tbsp sugar 1/2 tbsp salt(optional) 50 ml apple cider 2 tbsp raisins Jar (500ml capacity) Procedure: 1. Cut thinly sliced cucumber or medium size cubes. 2. Cut the apple in a rectangular medium size. For the brine mixture: 3. In a bowl, add 2.5 cups (300ml) water. 4. Add pepper, sugar, and the raisins. 5. Add 50 ml white vinegar or apple cider or white wine. Note: You can make your own desired ratio for vinegar, sugar, and salt depending on your taste preference. 6. Heat the brine mixture on low fire until all particles dissolved. 7. Put apples and cucumbers in the jar. 8. Fill the jar into the brine mixture make sure the fruits are well submerged in the brine. 9. Refrigerate after being cooled at room temperature. Some facts about cucumber: Cucumber is not...

Eating banana in the morning is a healthy way to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Since banana is very nutritious because it contains many vitamins and nutrients. And it's so easy to add them to your diet by incorporating them with your foods through baking.  And baking bread with banana is the most common way to do it. Ingredients: 4pcs banana 2 medium size eggs Dry cranberries or raisins Almond nuts ( optional) 6 tbsp melted butter 1cup brown sugar 1 1/2 cup  all purpose flour 1 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder or vanilla extract Tools needed: Parchment paper Aluminum Loaf container Wire rack Tall pan with cover Procedure: 1. Mash four (4 ) pieces of banana. 2. Add two (2) medium size eggs, mix well. 3. Add six(6) tbsp melted butter, mix well. 4. Add one(1) cup brown sugar. 5. Add one and a half(1 1/2) cup of all purpose flour, mix well. 6. Add one (1) tsp of baking soda and a half (1/2) tsp cinnamon powder or a half (1/2) tsp ...

Vanilla Sponge Cake Ingredients 20g vegetable oil 16g milk( fresh milk or ordinary milk) 5g vanilla extract 120 g egg white 80g egg yolk 100g sugar 80g flour Pinch of Salt Butter Tools: Mixer Parchment paper  Medium height round pan Procedures:  For milk mixture: 1. Add twenty (20) grams vegetable oil plus sixteen (16) grams milk. 2. Add five (5) grams vanilla extract For egg mixture: 3. Wish one hundred twenty (120) grams egg white. 4. Add one hundred (100) grams sugar, wisk. 5. Add eighty (80) grams egg yolk, wisk. 6. Add  eighty (80) grams flour and pinch of salt. 7.  Wisk and mix well. 8. Mix the egg mixture and the milk mixture. 9. Grease the pan with butter and add parchment paper into it. 10. Put the mixture in the pan. 11. Cook for atleast  forty five (45) minutes in low fire. 12.Turn upside down and heat it for another 10 mins. 13. Remove parchment paper and slice. 14. Ready to serve

Cookies has always been a favorite snack for kids and people who believes that eating sweets can give them a sense of pleasure. This recipe is made for people who wants to bake cookies at home but personally don't own a conventional oven. Yes, what you've read is right, you can make your own cookies at home without using an oven, or should we call it as "no bake cookies." You can use a pan as an alternative cooking tool to bake your cookies. Follow the step by step process below and start making your own cookies. Ingredients: 3 cups all purpose flour 1 tsp baking soda ½ tbs of salt 1 cup brown sugar ½ cup white sugar 2 eggs 1 cup softened butter 2 cups of  sweet chocolate ( cubes) 2 tsp vanilla essence chocolate chips for toppings Improvised oven: Use a pan with a metal rack inside where you can place the cookie sheet later and don't forget a cover too.  Procedure: 1. Bowl 1: Mix all purpose flour, baking soda and salt . 2. Bowl 2: Mix...

Recipe: Sauted String beans with squash Total cooking time:  15-20 minutes Total servings: 4-5 servings Ingredients: 1pc onions 2 pcs garlic 1/2 sachet magic sarap Pinch of salt 5 spoonful of soy sauce 1 full cup water 1/4 slice of big size squash 10 pcs of string beans Procedure: 1. Use a tall pot, set fire into low fire. 2. Saute onions and garlic till golden brown. 3. Add pork langonisa, saute in 1 minute. 4. Add the string beans, cover the pot and cook for 3 mins. 5.Add the squash, cover and cooks for 3 mins. 6. Add soysauce, cover and cook for 1 min. 7. Add 1 full cup of water, add magic sarap, cover and cook for 5 mins. 8. Salt to taste. Facts about string beans:  It helps maintain a healthy weight, no fat, no cholesterol, and good for the heart. it has fiber or soluble fiber that helps lower LDL or the bad cholesterol and total cholesterol levels. It also lowers the blood pressure .it is low in sodium. it has proteins that are essential for the im...