Baked Potato

Ingredients:

whole potatoes

salt and pepper to taste

olive oil

Garnishing:

sour cream

butter

dried parsley

Procedures:

1. Pre-heat the oven in 400F.

2. Wash the potatoes, make sure there is no soil or dirt. After washing dry using paper towel or cloth towel.

3. In a baking pan, put the potatoes, sprinkle with olive oil, salt and pepper. 

4. When the oven is ready, put the baking pan and the potatoes inside and cook for 30 to 45 mins. or until cooked.

5. Server with sour cream, butter with sprinkler of parsley and bread on the side. 

Turkey Burger

Ingredients:

1 lbs. ground turkey 

1 egg

thumb size ginger, minced

3 gloves garlic, minced

pepper and salt to taste

1/4 cup bell pepper, chopped finely

1/4 cup onion, chopped finely

1/4 cup carrots, chopped finely

1/2 cup nappa cabbage (Chinese cabbage), finely chopped

1 tbsp. oil

Procedure:

1. Combine all the ingredients in a large bowl. Use your hand to mixed accordingly.

2. Heat the pan in a low-medium heat. Add the oil.

3. Form the patty in a burger shape using your hand.

4. Cook the patty, both side until golden brown, approximately 10 - 15 mins. 

5. Serve with sliced cheese, tomato and lettuce.

Tofu Adobo

Adobo is one of the popular dishes in the Philippines. It is distinguished by its flavor and aroma that really makes the Philippine cuisine to be proud of.

Adobo is great with meat; chicken and pork are the most common. But today, I’m going to make my own version, a vegetarian dish with tofu.

Tofu is made of soy. It contains low amount of calories, large amount of iron and little fat, and may also be high in calcium and/or magnesium. Thinking about all the nutrients we can get from tofu and mostly, the highlighted “low amount calories”, I can say… Tofu is not a joke.

Especially, I would like to dedicate this dish to my vegetarian friends, with whom I want to share my favorite dishes from back home. Hope you try this one!

Ingredients:

1 pack (4 pcs) tofu, cut into cubes
Generous amount of vegetable oil for deep fry
3-4 cloves of garlic, minced
1/3 cup white vinegar
1/3 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup water
Sugar, Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions:

1.       Deep fry the tofu, set aside.

2.       In a pot or a pan, combine the rest of the ingredients except sugar and bring to boil.

3.       Add the fried tofu into the pot and let it simmer for a few minutes. You want the tofu to absorb the adobo mixture.

4.       Add sugar and let it simmer for another 2-3 minutes. You will notice that the sauce  thickens as you add sugar.

5.       Adjust the flavor by adding salt, pepper and sugar.

6.  Put on of cooked rice and garnished with chopped onion.