Bulalo recipe

Bulalo or others called as beef soup. Bulalo is one of the most popular dish of Filipinos. This dish is very popular in rainy season, because of its hot soup that feels warm.There are many popular restaurant in the Philippines that cook this kid of dish, located at ilocos region in vigan,pangasinan and other provinces on the ilocos region, and on Calabarzon specially on tagaytagay, Batangas.

This dish is not only cooked in the restaurant but also on at homes. This is easy to cooked you don’t have to be an expert but bulalo is beef so you also need some effort and time to cook this dish because of its meat. Others use pressure cooker, but for me i used the ordinary pan. Try this recipe

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Sweet purple jam (halaya)

Ubeng halaya is a dessert popular to Filipino served on mostly every party, especially during fiesta and Christmas. It is the all time favorite desserts of the Filipino even abroad. You should keep on stirring form start to end to have a thick and nice halaya but this part is not easy to do. However this dessert really taste good, you can try it!

Ingredients:

o    1 kilo ube, boiled and grated

o    2 cups coconut milk

o    2 cups evaporated milk

o    1 ¼ cups sugar

o    butter for greasing

Procedure:

1.    In a bottomed pan, combine grated ube, coconut milk, evaporated milk and sugar.

2.    Cook over medium fire until very thick. Stir constantly to prevent sticking.

3.    Mold in greased pans. Cool.

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Chicken and Pork adobo

Chicken adobo is one of the famous adobo versions that catch the taste of every family world wide. Pork adobo is another good adobo recipe. Every family has their own way of cooking this recipe. There are four basic ingredients of both recipes: vinegar, soy sauce, pepper, and dried bay leaves.

Try this adobo recipe

Ingredients

§  1 1/2 lbs pork chopped or 1 1/2 lbs chicken, cut into serving pieces

§  1 1/2 lbs chicken, cut into serving pieces

§  4 pieces dried bay leaves

§  2 teaspoons whole pepper

§  1 garlic crushed

§  6 tablespoons vinegar

§  3/4 to 1 cup soy sauce

§  2 cups water

§  Salt to taste

§  3 tablespoons cooking oil

Cooking Procedure

1.   Boil the chicken or pork together with the garlic until slightly tender

2.   Add whole peppercorn, bay leaves and soy sauce.

3.   Pour-in vinegar and let boil. Simmer until most of the liquid evaporates.

4.   Add salt to taste.

5.   Serve. Share and enjoy!

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Pizza recipe

Pizza Ingredients:

For Pizza Sauce
8 red tomatoes
salt, pepper
thyme and rosemary
2 tablespoon of olive oil
1 clove of garlic

Pizza Procedures:

1. In boiling water drop the tomatoes and after 2 second wash the tomatoes in running water so you can take off the skin and take off the seeds.

2. In an electric mixer, start by tossing in the thyme and rosemary, and then add the garlic.

3. Put all the tomatoes, the olive oil, salt and pepper and mix well.

Pizza Toppings

Chicken flakes meat
1 small shallots
1 teaspoon of curry powder
salt
2 tablespoon of olive oil
1 cup of pineapple chunks
1 onion sliced
1 red pepper
1 cup of cheese

Pizza Procedures:

1.      Sauté first the chicken flakes in olive oil with shallots for about 3 minutes add the curry powder.

2.       Deglaze the chicken with 1 tablespoon of lemon juice then add a bit of salt then turn of the fire.

3.      Spread over the pizza tomato sauce prepared over the pizza dough.

4.      Arrange the chicken flakes alternately with onion, red pepper and cheese. Sprinkle it with olive oil and bake for 20 minutes at 200° Celsius.

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Avocado

Avocado  is one of my favorite fruit; actually I’m a fruit lover. I love this fruit because of its taste and it is the most nutritious of all fruit for what I know.

Its benefits are:

Oral Cancer Defense

Some of the compounds in avocado are able to seek out cancerous cells and destroy without any side effects it is according to a research.

Breast Cancer Protection

Avocado has olive oil, olive oil shown to prevent breast cancer in numerous studies.

Eye Health

Avocados have more of the carotenoid lutein and Lutein protects against macular degeneration and cataracts, two disabling age-related eye diseases.

Lower Cholesterol

Avocados are high in beta-sitosterol, this compound shown to lower cholesterol levels. In one study, 45 volunteers experienced an average drop in cholesterol of 17% after eating avocados for only one week.

For the heart

One cup of avocado has 23% of the recommended daily value of folate. Studies show that people who eat diets rich in folate have a much lower incidence of heart disease than those who don't. The vitamin E, monounsaturated fats, and glutathione in avocado are also great for your heart. (it is from the research)

Stroke Prevention

the high levels of folate in avocado are also protective against strokes. People who eat rich in folate have a much lower risk of stroke than those who don't.

Source Glutathione

Avocados are an excellent source of glutathione, an important antioxidant that researchers say is important in preventing aging, cancer, and heart disease.

Vitamin E Powerhouse

Avocados are the best fruit source of vitamin E, an vital vitamin that guards against many diseases and supports overall health.

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