Ham Salad

I made this salad during hubby's b-day dinner and everyone loves it.

INGREDIENTS
8 cups mixed salad greens
1/2 cup shredded carrot
2 cups cubed ham

DRESSING
1 cup mayonnaise
3/4 cup plain yogurt

Combine salad greens, carrot in a salad bowl; toss lightly to mix. Spoon dressing over Ham and salad.

Asparagus Ham Rolls

This is also one of the menu that I prepared for hubby's b-day dinner. My family and friends enjoyed it very much. I did this recipe before using Smoked Chicken.
Recipes can be found here!!! Enjoy Cooking...

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Yesterday was hubby's b-day so I invited some close friends and family. I cooked some favorite foods but I will only share one menu tonight. The other menu will be shared next time. However there is one dessert menu below this post. It's a Strawberry Cheesecake. I know most people love Strawberry Cheesecake. Do you? Anyway one of the menu that I would like to share is Lasagna Roll-Ups. Lasagna is my favorite pasta.
I hope you will try this one day. I will guarantee you that it is yummy and delicious!

Here's the Menu:
Ingredients
12 lasagna noodles
2 cups ricotta cheese
1 egg
1/4 cup chopped parsley
2 cups shredded Mozzarela or cheddar cheese, divided
8 ounces Italian sausage, casings removed
You can also use ground beef
1 package ground beef
1 jar marinara sauce, divided
Preheat oven to 375 F. Cook noodles according to package directions. Drain noodles and rinse with cold water. Mix ricotta, parsley, egg and 1 cup Mozzarela in a bowl. Set aside.
Cook sausage or ground beef in a skillet over medium heat until browned and crumbly. Drain fat.
Spread 1/2 cup sauce in a baking dish. Spread 3 tbsps. ricotta mixture on each noodle: top with some sausage/ground beef. Roll up each noodle and arrange seam sides down in baking dish.
Top roll-ups with remaining sauce and Mozzarela. Bake loosely covered, for 15 minutes. Remove cover; bake for 10 minutes longer or until brown and bubbly.

Mixing the ricotta cheese mixture!!!


I used 1 packaged of Ground beef.


These are the Pasta noodles. You can use any kind of brand!!


This is how I spread the ricotta mixture and beef!!


Roll-Ups are ready for the oven!


Here's the finished Lasagna ready to serve!
Enjoy and Happy Cooking

Cuchinta - Steamed Cakes

Filipinos are mahilig sa Merienda and I'm one of them. I believed Merienda and Siesta have adopted these customs from the Spanish. Most Filipinos are still practicing these customs but not so much with Siesta I guess because everyone now are very busy and no time to nap in the afternoon. The Merienda is a light meal taken at mid-morning and mid-afternoon. I do it at midnight as well since I"m working night shift.
For Merienda you can served anything from noodles, fruits, coffeee, tea, , soft drinks, cookies, Halo-halo, champorado. Cuchinta, Bibingka, Maruya and many many more.
Cuchinta is very popular for pinoy especially during gatherings.

RECIPE:
2 cups water
1 cup white sugar
2 cup brown sugar
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon lye water (ligia)
4 tbsps. annatto water
Grated fresh coconut
In a bowl, mix together the water, sugars, flour and lye water. Add 4 tbsps. annatto water.
Fill oiled muffin pans or cuchinta molds 3/4 full with the batter. Place in a steamer. Cover and steam for 15-20 minutes.
Remove the pan from steamer and allow to cool before removing the cakes, by running the tip of a knife between the cakes and the sides of the pan. Sprinkle with the grated coconut. The picture above, I don't have coconut.

Tips:
Soak 2 tbsps. of annatto seeds in 1/4 cup hot water for 20 minutes that gives you a more reddish cuchinta.
Enjoy and Have a Happy Cooking!!!

Weekend Snapshot 1(Beans Soup)

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13 kinds of beans

Added chicken, broccoli, onions, salt and pepper!!!

It was very cold this weekend and it has been snowing all day on Saturday with 10-15 inches snow out in the driveway. Hubby had been shoveling all day that day as well. Well, I decided to make beans soup! There are 13 kinds of beans in my soup and it taste good!

Long Eggplant

Eggplant is very popular in the Philippines and through out Asia at least this kind of eggplant. The other kind is mostly popular in Italy and other country in the world.

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Mashed Potatoes with Cheese

Mashed potatoes is always present when we have company. It's easy to make and it taste really good. Everyone loves mashed potatoes especially western people. Anyway here's the ingredients.
INGREDIENTS:

* 4-8 large baking potatoes, about 2 pounds, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces
* 1 cup heated milk
* 2 tablespoons butter, room temperature
* 1/2 cup sour cream
* 4 ounces shredded sharp Cheddar cheese
* 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
* 1/4 teaspoon salt
* 1/4 teaspoon paprika

Cook potatoes and mashed them in a bowl. Add milk, sour cream, salt, pepper, and paprika. Transfer mashed potatoes into a baking dish and sprinkle with cheddar cheese. Cook for 15 minutes.

Rice Cake/Puto

Ingredients:
1 cup brodie flour
1cup milk
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. food color, optional

Procedure:
Combine ingredients and milk until well blended. Fill greased medium or small muffin cups or any other puto cooker/steamer at least 3/4 full. Steam for about 10 to 15 minutes, until an inserted wooden pick comes out clean. Let stand for about 5 minutes before removing from pan.