Heidi’s STUFF

Fried fish is very simple and easy.  All you need to do is just rub some salt on it before frying.  And serve it hot with steamed rice.  Voila!  A simple yet satisfying meal to serve for lunch or dinner.  Salted Eggs (usually called itlog na pula instead of itlog na maalat) go well with chopped tomatoes.  That’s the easiest salad there is.  And that’s what my hubby and I had for lunch today.  Easy yet filling and very tasty!  Oh, and I also prepared a dipping sauce for the fish which is composed of diced onion, soy sauce, vinegar, a dash of sugar and pepper.

This was our lunch today… Charlie cooked the Chicken (under my tutelage) while I took care of the veggies (we had fun cooking together! hope we could do it again soon)

For the Fried Chicken

you will need:

• 1/2 kilo chicken wings 
• 1 cup water
• 1 tablespoon of salt
• 1/2 tablespoon pepper
• 1 head of garlic
• 1 sachet of chicken breading
• 3 tablespoons of canola oil

Just boil the chicken with the all the ingredients except the breading.  Once half cooked, drain the broth and coat the chicken with the breading and then fry until golden brown.

For the Veggies

you will need:

• 1 sayote, peeled and sliced
• 100 grams string beans, cut into 2-inch portions
• 1 medium onion, peeled and chopped
• 1 medium tomato, chopped
• 4 cloves garlic
• 1/2 cup water
• 125 grams ground pork
• 1 chicken cube

Saute garlic, onion and tomato with the ground pork.  Once the pork looses it’s pinkish color, add the water and the chicken cube and bring to a boil.  Add the sayote and string beans and simmer of a couple of minutes.

Serve these dishes with steamed rice and iced tea and you will surely enjoy a simple yet filling lunch!

This is what we had for lunch today.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 Kilo Beef cubes (with soup bones)
• 1 large potato, peeled and quartered
• half a head of cabbage
• 100 grams baguio beans
• salt to taste
• about a liter of water

 Procedure:

Boil beef with a little salt.  Once the beef is tender, add the quartered potatoes.  After the potato gets soft, add the beans and cabbage, simmer for about two minutes.  Serve hot.

Pretty easy, huh?  well my husband loved it… like I said before, it’s the simple food that he likes best.

This is what we had for dinner… I didn’t go to the market or the grocery store last weekend so I had to make do with ingredients that were available at home to make dinner for me and hubby. (Mental Note: Go to the grocery tomorrow after church, to buy fresh supplies!!!)

I don’t know what this dish is called since, like I said, I had to make do with what was left in our refrigerator and pantry. Maybe there is a already a dish like this called something else but for now, I’m calling it Chicken Casserole. Oh, and although I am stating the amount I used when I cooked, I guess everyone is free to alter everything according to their taste…

INGREDIENTS:
1/2 Kilo Chicken Wings
2 Bell Peppers, cut into strips
1 small pack tomato sauce
1 large onion
1 clove garlic
2 small potatoes, quartered
1 tablespoon fish sauce (patis)
1 tablespoon canola oil
1 cup water
salt and pepper, to taste

PROCEDURE:
In a pan, saute garlic and onions in canola oil then add the chicken wings, salt, pepper and fish sauce then stir fry until the wings are half cooked. Add the bell peppers and 1 cup of water and let it simmer for about 5 minutes. Add the potatoes and let it simmer again until the potatoes get half cooked.

Then add the tomato sauce and simmer to completely cooke the potatoes and to reduce the sauce into a thick consistency.

There, it’s simple so you can make it in about 15 to 20 minutes. Very ideal for working housewives like me! Plus it can serve 2 to 4 people depending on how many helpings they get, hehehe! But since there was only me and hubby, there was enough leftover for hubby to bring to work tomorrow for his lunch.