Foot and Fire

1kg fish, scaled Salt and pepper Chili Carrot, sliced round Spring onions 1 slice of olive Canola oil Garlic, minced Onion, minced Ginger, sliced round 250g tomato sauce Pineapple juice Stuff fish with chili and ginger. Arrange fish in a steamer, sprinkling salt and pepper on top. Steam fish in a steamer for 20 to 30 minutes. Remove fish from steamer. Blanch the carrots for 1 minute in the boiling water in the steamer. Transfer fish to a serving dish. Arrange the carrots as scales, spring onions as head,  and chili as tail. Add the olive slice as eye. add the pineapple tidbits on the side. In a pan, saute garlic, onion, and ginger and let cook. Add tomato sauce and pineapple juice. Let simmer for 5 minutes.  Pour in the arranged platter of fish. See video here. 

Back when I and my four siblings were growing up, my father used to make us Chicken Mami. We love how we mix our own pancit, vegetables and chicken bits and add broth to the mixture. We used to queue as we gather our bowl of ingredients.  So, I made Chicken Mami to feed my visiting nephews. They enjoy the queuing and the idea that they get to mix their own bowl of soup. The Vegetables  1 kg Fresh Pancit or egg noodles, medium or small size 200 g Chinese Pechay, cut into strips 200 g cabbage, cut into strips 1 big carrots, julienned 100 g Baguio beans, cut slantly for quarter of an inch thick The Chicken 1 kg chicken breast Water Condiments Sauce: 1/3 cup Soy Sauce 1/3 cup Worcestershire Sauce 1/4 cup Patis or Fish Sauce Ground Pepper Toppings No-pork Chicharon, crushed into pieces Spring Onions, chopped Chili Toasted Garlic Preparation:  The Vegetables  1 kg Fresh Pancit or egg noodles, medium or small size 200 g Chinese Pechay, cut into strip...

I spotted big bellpeppers in a farmer's market in Bacolod so I was able to make this tasty and colorful stirfry. I always dream of a garden filled with bellpeppers but it was really a challenge for me to have a big type as I do not have soil knowledge and no seeds. I have grown bellpeppers but they were so cute. The seeds of these bellpeppers seem to be not mature yet, I am not sure. But it went to my bio trash can to be mixed with the soil for the garden. From my readings, bellpeppers are rich in anto-oxidants and Vitamin C. This stirfry has crunch and sweetness of the bellpeppers. I still have 500g for stuffed bellpeppers tomorrow.  2T olive oil 250g ground beef Celery, chopped salt and pepper 500g  Sweet Bellpepper, cubed 1T sesame oil 1T Worcestershire sauce Heat pan. Saute beef in olive oil. Add celery and stir fry for a minute. Add salt and pepper and cover for another minute. Add Sweet Bellpeppers and let cook for two minutes or until tender. Put off the fir...