Chocolate Crinkles

From making chocolate oatmeal cookies, here is 

another cookie recipe that I tried in the Yummy Bake, Give & Sell recipe collection

INGREDIENTS:

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1 1/2 cups sugar

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

3 eggs

1/2 cup dark cocoa powder (I used hersheys)

1 3/4 cup all purpose flour

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1 1/2 cups confectioner's sugar (sifted)

PROCEDURES:

1. In a bowl, combine oil, sugar and vanilla. Mix together. Add eggs, one at a time.

2. Sift together cocoa, flour and baking powder. Add the creamed mixture and blend well.

3. Chill dough for at least 4 hours.

4. Preheat oven to 350 deg F. Line a baking tray with wax paper. Set aside.

5. Scoop the dough then roll in sifted confectioners' sugar.

6. Place on the baking tray at least two inches apart.

7. Bake for at least 12 minutes then cool.

sifted flour, cocoa and baking powder mixture

dough mixture before chilling 

crinkles taken off the oven to cool

chocolate crinkles close up

crinkles stored for future snacking

This was my first try and have baked a few more batches after it. I even brought some at the office to sell but i did came out differently from my first try. There are batches that were too thick and the others a little dry. After this, I just hope that my next batch would came out as I would want them to be after a few adjustments from my previous tries.

This also serves as my entry for FOOD FRIDAY for this week

Have a great weekend everyone!

Chewy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

I was excited when hubby bought me an oven because I have been wanting to try baking for the longest time. My first baking project would be these Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies. I used a recipe on Yummy's Bake, Give, Sell cook book (hmmmm, i like the idea of selling my baked goods as soon as I get the hang of baking)

INGREDIENTS:

1 1/3 cup all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 baking soda
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2/3 cup chocolate chips

PROCEDURES:

1. Preheat oven to 350 deg F ( 180 deg C ) and grease baking tray
2. In a bowl, combine flour, oats and baking powder
3. In a separate bowl, cream butter with the white and brown sugars until light (use a mixer or a wire whisk). Then add egg and vanilla extract.
4. Stir in the flour mixture and Fold in the chocolate chips in the mixture
5. Drop batter by tablespoons on the baking tray leaving enough space between the cookies
6. Bake until the edges are lightly browned for about 15 mins then cool cookies before storing

Mixture approximately makes 30 cookies but mine only made 12 cookies since i made bigger ones

Cookies while baking inside the oven

Cookies removed to cool ...

close up look at my chewy chocolate chip cookies ...

cookies ready for storing 

( only 6 cookies were left upon completing this entry of mine. i have been munching on them from the moment they cooled off, hehe )

Not bad for my first try. Hubby did liked it. I even missed out the salt and the cinnamon in the recipe, good thing they still came out well :-)

Next on line ..... CHOCOLATE CRINKLES 

This also serves as my FOOD FRIDAY entry for the week

Early Morning Snack

Last friday I had this for my early morning snack. My part two-breakfast. I had whole wheat cereal with skim milk before leaving for work and before 9am that day, i got hungry again. Good thing I grabbed a pack of trail mix at our ref before going out the door and had someone to buy me some coke - zero. This made me full until lunch break

I missed having entries for Food Friday. Hope to join as often as I can.

Have a great weekend everyone !

Happy Eating !

Office breakfast Salo-Salo

We have occassional salo-salo at the office for breakfast, lunch or merienda, and we had this spread one friday morning. Danggit, dried squid, spicy vinegar, hotdog and fried rice.

I remember having to come back twice that morning that I was too full to eat lunch that day. 

Sarap e! I love the danggit with the spicy vinegar.

This is my entry for FOOD FRIDAY for this week

Have a great weekend! Happy Eating!

Strawberries with Balsamic Vinegar

STRAWBERRIES WITH BALSAMIC VINEGAR


Peachy suggested to put some balsamic vinegar with the Strawberries we bought last Saturday when we went to a blogger event. After trying this, I had regrets why I only bought one pack of strawberries. Its very simple to make and really delicious.

INGREDIENTS

1 Table spoon balsamic vinegar
1 Table spoon sugar
1 cup strawberries
pepper to taste

WHAT TO DO

mix balsamic vinegar, sugar and strawberries
marinade in room temperature for at least one hour
put pepper according to desired taste
mixture can be used as an ice cream topping or be eaten as it is

I put my balsamic strawberries on romaine lettuce salad and added a sprinkle of Parmesan cheese. Really tasty not to mention very healthy :-)

This is my entry for this week's FOOD FRIDAY

Have a great weekend everyone.
Happy eating !!!

Food Friday - Fried Oreos & Chocolate Covered Cornflakes

I love desserts and I just discovered these two very simple to make sweets that would only take minutes to make.

CHOCOLATE COVERED CORN FLAKES

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cup cornflakes

semi-sweet chocolate chips

wax paper

cookie sheet

What to do:

melt chocolate chips in a double broiler or microwave oven

i used a microwave oven and it took approximately 30 - 50 seconds to melt the chocolates

mix the cornflakes in the melted chocolate

scoop in mixture in a cookie sheet with wax paper

refrigerate till it hardens

FRIED OREOS

Ingredients:

Oreo cookies

Pancake mix

Powdered sugar (optional)

Canola Oil for frying

What to do:

Freeze oreo cookies for at least 3 hours

Prepare pancake mixture according to package direction

Dip frozen oreo cookies to pancake mixture

Fry in hot oil

Place fried oreo cookies in a table napkin to remove excess oil

Sprinkle powdered sugar if desired

This is my entry for FOOD FRIDAY for this week

Have a great weekend everyone

Happy eating :-)

Media Noche Eats

FOOD FRIDAY

This is our Media Noche spread yesterday.



I prepared the pepperoni and cheese rolls and the sotanghon soup. Hubby requested the sotanghon, for long life na din.

Round Fruits with fresh fruit salad on the side, Tikoy Rolls and Hopia for Good luck.

Pork Barbeque and Crispy Pata courtesy of my brother.
The Crispy Pata is bought in Jamicos Restaurant in Malabon and my brother is a frequent customer because of their famous Judy Ann Crispy Pata.

Happy New Year Everbody. Wishing us all happiness, success, peace, prosperity, good luck, good health and love this new year. God bless always.

Chips and Dips

This is my entry for FOOD FRIDAY this week
I had these prepared yesterday for our movie marathon for Noche Buena
Cheese, Chili con Carne and Salsa dip for Chips
With ice cold root beer and green tea, a perfect snack that would keep you awake and alert to open and give gifts this Christmas

Merry Christmas Everyone. Happy eating :-)

Leslie's Special Turon

LESLIE'S SPECIAL TURON

We had this for dessert when we ate at Leslie's in Tagaytay (Php 175.00).

I was expecting finger food turon and what we had were 3 extra large version of the ordinary turong saging. It has lots of langka. I presumed that the bananas were pre boiled before it was rolled with the lumpia wrapper and fried. Topped with condensed milk, langka, sesame seeds and cherry halves, they are really a must try if you happen to pass by Tagaytay.

This is may entry for FOOD FRIDAY for this week

Happy eating and Have a great weekend ahead

TACO BELL'S NACOS BELL GRANDE

This is my entry for FOOD FRIDAY for this week.

We had a quick bite at Taco Bell's last week while on a mall trip at Trinoma.

I had the "Nachos Bell Grande" (Php 119) and hubby ordered a Beef burrito (Php 89.00). We both had bottomless iced tea ( Php 59.oo ea) and had it filled up again to carry it with us as we continue malling.

The Nachos are worth every penny. It tastes really good.

Have a great weekend everybody. Happy eating :-)

Chicken Adobo Flakes

I often make this for Mark since he loves to eat adobo flakes for breakfast and I find the store bought ones a little expensive considering its quite easy to prepare

Ingredients:

One whole chicken breast (bone in)

One half bottle of adobo marinade ( i often use silver swan - Php 15 per small bottle)

3 pcs laurel leaves

a few peppercorns

one cup water

Procedure:

Mix marinade, laurel leaves, pepper corns and water.

Boil in chicken with mixture in low heat for at least one hour or until chicken is very tender and meat is separating from the bones.

Drain chicken from the sauce. Reserve sauce for later use.

When chicken is cool enough to handle, remove meat from the bone and flake meat into desired thickness.

Put chicken flakes back to reserved sauce and continue cooking until sauce evaporates completely.

Place mixture in a container and freeze overnight.

Fry flakes in cooking oil until desired crispness is achieved.

Serve with salted egg and tomatoes on the side if desired.

This is my entry for FOOD FRIDAY for this week

Happy Eating !!!

Home Made Chicken Embotido

Made this last week just to give it a try and it turned out to be good.

I'll be making more next time.

Got the recipe from kitchenomics.com and just added some ingredients.

INGREDIENTS:

1/4 ground chicken meat

3 pieces cheese dog, cut into small pieces

1 small can green peas, drained

1 small carrots, cut into small pieces

2 small pack raisins

1 piece egg

2 slices pan americano, cut into cubes and soaked in evaporated milk

salt and pepper to taste

PROCEDURE:

COMBINE all ingredients.

WRAP every 3/4 cup of mixture with aluminum foil.

ROLL.

STEAM for one hour.

COOL and CHILL overnight.

UNWRAP and SLICE .

FRY before serving if desired.

This is my entry for this week's FOOD FRIDAY

Have a great weekend everyone.

Happy eating !!!

Spicy Shrimp and Tuna Spaghetti

This is my entry for this weeks' FOOD FRIDAY

SPICY SHRIMP AND TUNA SPAGHETTI

Very easy, very quick, very tasty recipe.

Ingredients:

Cooked spaghetti (cooked according to package directions)

Garlic

Olive oil

Dried Basil

Spicy Tuna (canned)

Peeled Cooked Shrimps (cooked in some chili and butter)

Salt and Pepper to taste

Directions:

Saute garlic in Olive oil

Add in canned spicy tuna

Saute for about 3 minutes

Add in cooked spaghetti noodles

Mix noodles with tuna then add the peeled cooked shrimps

Add in about 1 tsp dried basil and salt and pepper to taste

Serve hot and with buttered toast or baguette if desired.

Have a great weekend everyone. Happy Eating.

Sinigang na Hipon

Sinigang na hipon is my entry for this weeks' FOOD FRIDAY

My husband loves shrimp and his favorite is sinigang na hipon. He specially loves his sinigang with extra sampaloc.

Have a great weekend everyone. Happy eating.

Chili Shanghai

This is my entry for this weeks' FOOD FRIDAY

*Chili Shanghai*

Me and my mom prepared this the other day as an appetizer.

Ingredients:

Green Chili

Sauteed Ground Pork

Cheese

Butter

Lumpia Wrapper

Procedures:

Remove seeds of Green chili. Leave the stem.

Stuff chili with sauteed ground pork, slices of cheese and butter.

Wrap with Lumpia wrapper.

Fry in hot oil.

Serve with sweet chili sauce or ketchup.

Surprisingly not as hot as expected.

Have a great weekend every one. Happy eating :-D

Food Friday : Shakey's Big Pizza

We celebrated my niece Raine's 1st birthday last weekend at Shakeys Edsa-Caloocan Branch and my Kuya ordered this additional large pizza for his visitors. It servers 25-30 persons with pepperoni, hawaiian, managers choice and meat lovers variants. My personal choice? Pepperoni. But i prefer their thin crust than the thick ones.

This is my entry for

Have a great weekend everyone. Happy Eating :-D

Food Friday : Pancake Sandwich and Hot Chocolate

Breakfast in the office - Jollibee's Pancake Sandwich and Jim's 5 in 1 choco is my entry for FOOD FRIDAY for this week

I almost always go for Jollibee's pancake sandwich whenever I wake up late and wasn't able to eat breakfast at home. Pancakes, scrambled egg and sausage all in one sandwich. I don't like their hot chocolate and i prefer Jims' 5 in 1 choco to go with it.

Have a great weekend everyone. Happy eating :-D

I love Sweets :-D

I love, love sweets. And here's my entry for this weeks'
This is my meal when our company celebrated its 30th anniversary at the Manila Peninsula.

It was last April but still I can't forget the feeling of reaching a different level of happiness having to go back and forth of the dessert buffet. :-D

Happy eating everyone. Have a great weekend.

Food Friday : Pininyahang Manok (Chicken with Pineapple)

This very easy to prepare Pininyahang manok is my entry for

Just marinade the chicken in pineapple syrup for about 2 hrs. Remove liquid after 2 hrs. Saute chicken with garlic and onion until chicken is atleast half cooked. Pour in the pineapple syrup used in marinating the chicken and simmer together with the pineapple chunks until chicken is tender. Add some some salt and pepper to taste and add in some milk shortly before turning off the stove.

Have a great weekend everyone. Happy Eating.

Okoy (Shrimp Patty)

This is my entry for this week for

Okoy (shrimp patty) with spicy vinegar.




Mama and I prepared this last Saturday.
Really easy and very tasty. Its worth preparing your own than buying it in your local palengke.
We made a batter consisting of equal portions of flour and baking powder mixed with water and seasoned with salt and pepper. Mixed in some togue (bean sprouts) and pumpkin strips and top the mixture with shrimp before frying.

Have a great weekend everyone. Happy eating.