EASY KETO DIET RECIPE FOR BEGINNERS (CHICKEN SOPAS KETO VERSION)

CHICKEN AND VEGETABLE SOPAS 

 Delicious and Easy To Prepare Keto Diet Recipe

Ingredients:

1 Nestle All Purpose Cream Php 68

Cabbage Php 78

Carrots Php 27

Sayote Php 22

Garlic

Onion 

Butter

Salt and Pepper

6-8 cups of water

Total cost: Php 210

Serving: Goog for 10pax 

Cost per service: Php 21

This has got to be one of my favorite keto meals. If you're doing Intermittent Fasting and Low Carb Diet, this is the perfect meal for you. Very filling and very healthy. It tastes soo good! And it's so easy to prepare. 

Enjoy!

 

Easy Bibimbap With Canned Tuna Recipe (Wok With Len)

 

I recently started to vlog (again), this time with a niche - food and recipe vlog. Here's my 5th upload: Homemade Bibimbap Recipe made with Delmar canned tuna and leftover ulam (ginisang toge and carrots).

Bibimbap is a Korean staple dish that consists rice topped with vegetables, chili paste, and beef or other meat and fried egg. For this recipe, instead of beef or pork, I used Delmar Tuna. Instead of white rice, I used brown rice because it's healthier.

RECIPE FOR BIBIMBAP SAUCE

2 tsp Gochujang

2 tsp Ssamjang (this is optional)

1 tsp Sesame Oil

1 tsp Soy Sauce

1 tsp Honey

Sesame Seeds

Just mix everything together! Adjust measurement according to your taste.

Bought the gochujang at G-Mark, a Korean supermarket in Clark Pampanga, for only 50php. Mura! Sa Puregold they have one being sold at 168php.

For the vegetables, I added bokchoy, cucumber and some toge and carrots. Bibimbap is a versatile dish in which you can practically add any available vegetable you can think of: Bitsuelas, Pechay, Cabbage, Mushroom, Zucchini, Bell Peppers, String Beans etc.

Love this dish! It's easy to prepare, yummy and packed with healthy veggies!

Hope you and your loved ones will enjoy this recipe. Ciao!

Stir Fried Tutong With Bagoong

Stir Fried Tutong Rice with Bagoong. Again, so sorry for the low quality picture.

Ohmaaay!!! I LOLed at the title. Baka lang hindi nyo pa alam haha, tutong is the burnt rice sticking to the bottom of the pot. It's best eaten with kape!!!

There's about 5 cups of left over rice from our lunch today, a huge portion was tutong (maybe about 2 cups) haha, sayang naman kung di kakainin eh ang mahal ng bigas! Php 48 per kilo! What do I do with the tutong? So just like what I normally do, I made another pacham from whatever's left in the fridge...the end product is sinangag (fried rice)

INGREDIENTS:
5 slices of Maling (any luncheon meat), cubed
1 tsp of bagoong
Garlic and onion, chopped
Vegetable oil

For the sauce, mix all these together is a separate bowl:
1 tbsp of soy sauce
2 tbsp water
1 tsp of sugar
Maggi Savor (if you don;t like MSG, you may want to avoid this)

PREPARATION:
Heat oil in the pan then saute generous amount of garlic, onion, add a tsp of bagoong then the luncheon meat Add the rice, including the tutong portion, make sure to break up large clumps of rice
Pour the sauce mixture
Stir fry until the color is even

You don't need any ulam for this. Tastes good already. And believe me, the bagooong will make a huge difference! It adds a lot of flavor. The tutong adds a lot of texture also, ang crunchy! HAHA

I would have added veggies like bean sprouts, green peas and carrots with a bit of chilli pepper kaso wala eh.

Enjoy!

Egg Sandwich Gourmet Style

Egg Sandwich Gourmet Style

INGREDIENTS:

Wheat bread, sugar free
Cucumber, peeled and sliced
Tomatoes, sliced
Lettuce
Butter

For the sauce/salad:
3 tbsp of Mayonnaise
1/2 tsp of Mustard
6 eggs, hard boiled, chopped
salt, pepper and paprika


PREPARATION:

• To perfect your hard boiled eggs, follow these instructions:

1. Bring the water to boil
2. Turn off the heat and let the eggs sit there for 10 to 12 minutes
3. Put the eggs under running water to cool them

• Mix mayonnaise, mustard, salt, pepper and paprika in a separate bowl
• Add the chopped eggs, mix well 
• Chill for at least 15 to 30mins
• Spread butter on one side of your bread then add a spoonful of your egg salad mix
• Top with cucumber, tomatoes and lettuce

Serve with a bag of corn chips! Heavennn!!!

Spicy Cream Tuna

Here's another pacham ulam that will surely make your mouth water! Haha so sorry naman but I love my own cooking! Seriously, this one honestly tastes really yummy! Proudly inspired by Chicken Pastel and Bicol Express. It's also very affordable. This whole dish costs about 80Php only and it's good for 4 - 6 servings already.

Ingredients:

1 can of Century Tuna Solid in vegetable oil
1 big potato, cubed
3 pcs of siling haba, sliced crosswise

Generous amount of garlic and onion
Evaporated milk (half a cup)
Nestle Cream (no exact measure)
Salt

Preparation:

Heat oil in a pan then saute the onion, garlic and potatoes (use oil from the canned tuna)
Add tuna and sliced siling haba
Add small amount of water
Add salt to taste
When potatoes are already cooked, add evaporated milk and simmer for another 3 minutes
Lastly, add the Nestle cream (do not overcook)

Serve on top of rice and enjoy!

Chicken in Soy Sauce With Sweet Potatoes

Made another PACHAM today. It tastes like ESCABECHE, ADOBO and AFRITADA haha. It looks uninviting (forgive the low quality picture) but in all fairness, I think it tasted good-- sweet, sour and salty.

I like to use CAMOTE (sweet potatoes) as a substitute for potatoes, they're less expensive and compliments nicely with soysauce based dishes. 

Chicken in Soy Sauce With Sweet Potatoes 

Ingredients:
1 Kilo of chicken breast, sliced
3 large sweet potatoes, cubed
1 Red bell pepper, sliced
1 Onion, sliced
1 can of small RENO Liver Spread

For the sauce:
Combine 1/2 cup of water, soy sauce, vinegar, corn syrup and pepper in a separate bowl

Preparation:
Fry the sweet potatoes until golden brown, set aside
Saute the onion, chicken breast and RENO liver spread altogether
Pour in the sauce
Add the sliced bell pepper
Wait until it boils then add the fried sweet potatoes

Serve hot and enjoy!

My Favorite Chicken Adobo Recipe

Adobo can be cooked in so many different ways..here i'll show you how i cook my very oen adobo. Very easy to do and very yummy, it's also very pocket friendly! INGREDIENTS: 1/2 kilo of chicken 4 medium sized sweet potato (kamote), cubed and fried 1 onion, diced 1/2 cup of water 6 tbsp soy sauce 3 tbsp vinegar 2 tsp sugar 1-2 pcs laurel leaf Ground pepper PREPARATION: Fry the sweet potato until golden brown, set aside Mix water, soy sauce, vinegar, pepper and sugar in a separate bowl Saute chicken in onion Add in the sauce mixture Cook until sauce is slightly reduced Add in the fried sweet potato Serve hot and enjoy!

Chicken and Pineapple Curry

INGREDIENTS

1/2 kilo of chicken (tinola cut)
1 big can of Carnation evap milk
2 medium sized potatoes, cubed
2 carrots, cubed
1 bell pepper, sliced
1 cup of fresh pineapple, sliced
1 onion, sliced
Garlic 

2-3 tbsp of curry powder
1/2 tsp of chili powder
1/2 tsp of paprika powder
Salt and pepper

PREPARATION

Saute chicken in garlic and onion
Mix curry powder, chili powder and paprika in a separate bowl with a little water
Pour the mixture in the chicken, cook to until the chicken absorbs the flavor
Add carnation evap
Add in the potatoes, carrots and bell pepper
Cook until potatoes are tender
Add in the sliced pineapple
Season with salt and pepper
Serve hot and enjoy!

I wanted to cook chicken galantina actually but I don't have the rest of the ingredients at home...so I just cooked Chicken curry with chili and paprika powder and added some pineapples! It tasted good! My sister approves.

Pineapple Chicken with Sambal Sauce

Here's another pacham I'd like to share...inspired by the korean dish chicken galbi (stir fried chicken). I used sambal sauce instead of hot pepper paste (gochujang). Just finished cooking it a few mins ago...and it tasted good, I think. :) It's sweet and spicy and yummy!

INGREDIENTS
1/2 kilo of chicken, adobo cut
1 small pack of Del Monte pineapple chunk
Onion, Tomato, Garlic
Ginger, grated
Jalapeno chili, sliced

Sauce:
4 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp vinegar
1 tbsp sesame oil
1 tbsp brown sugar
1 tbsp honey
1 tbsp sambal sauce

PREPARATION:
Marinate chicken in ginger for at least 30mins to eliminate the smell
Saute chicken in garlic, onion and tomato
Add chillis
Mix all the sauce ingredients in a bowl and mix well
Add the mixed sauce
Allow to cook for 5mins
Add half cup of water
Cook until the sauce is reduced
Add pineapple chunks including the syrup

Serve hot and enjoy!!!

Pork Caldereta Recipe

Here's what I prepared for lunch today...Caldereta! One of my fave Filipino dish. Very very easy to do. Picture to follow.

INGREDIENTS
Pork cubes worth 50pesos
1 small can of Reno liver spread
1 small sachet of Del Monte tomato sauce
1 can of garbanzos
3 medium size potato
1 bell pepper
1 siling haba, sliced without seeds 
1 medium onion
4 garlic cloves
1 Knorr chicken broth cubes
Pepper


PREPARATION
Heat oil in pan, add pork fats, fry until brown and crispy
Saute garlic and onion, then add pork cubes
Add 1.5 cup of water
Add chicken broth cube
Add Reno liver spread and tomato sauce
Wait until the sauce is slightly reduced
Add potatoes, garbanzos, bell pepper and siling haba
Season with pepper
Cook until potatoes are tender

Serve while hot! Enjoy!

Sauteed Chicken and Apple Recipe

Looong timeeee no blog! Well well well...I wasn't really busy these past months, I just don't feel like blogging because no one blogs anymore!!!

Anyway, here's another pacham recipe I'd like to share. First time I tried using apple in a dish. I cooked this last NY at home and it tasted ok (just don't match this with rice). Enjoy!

 

Chicken and Apples

Ingredients:

Chicken breast
Apples (sliced)
Apple juice
Lots of White onion (sliced)
Garlic (chopped)
Thyme
Salt and Pepper
Oil / butter

Saute chicken breast in oil/butter, fry until slightly brown
Add garlic and onion (do not overcook)
Add salt and pepper
Add apple juice (unsweetened)
Add the sliced apple
Add thyme

Vegetable Chowder Recipe

 

Vegetable Chowder Recipe

I like this vegetable chowder recipe very much! Perfect during cold weather. I tried cooking it while doing the GM diet  a few weeks back and it really tasted yummy and satisfying. A few of my officemates even asked for the recipe. If you're trying to add more veggies in your diet, try this and you'll love it!

Ingedients:
Butter
2 onions, chopped
1 large bell pepper, chopped
1 cauliflower
1 large carrot, cubed
2 broccolis
2 potatoes
Celery
1 big can Carnation Evap
1/4 cup flour
Salt
Pepper
Chicken cubes
3 cups of water

Preparation:
Blanch cauliflower and broccoli, set aside (2-3mins)
Mix 1 can of carnation and 1/4 cup of flour, set aside
Saute onions and bell pepper in butter (do not overcook)
Add carrots, potatoes (do not overcook)
Add celery
Add 3 cups of water
Add chicken cubes
Add milk/flour mixture
Add blanched cauliflower and broccoli
Add salt and pepper to taste.

Cook in low heat. Serve while hot! Enjoy!!!

Chicken Mushroom With Broccoli

Here's another easy and yummy chicken recipe I'd like to share. I cooked this yesterday and it turned out...edible. Lols. Modesty aside, I think it turned out yummy. It's easy to do, healthy and yes, wont hurt your pocket.

 

Ingredients:
1/2 kilo of Chicken strips / fillet
Broccoli worth 40P (I bought in Quiapo market so it's cheaper)
1 small can of mushroom
Ginger, thinly sliced
Soy sauce
3-4 tbsp Cornstarch

Preparation:

- Blanch or steam your broccoli. I steamed my broccoli along with rice, I just used a steam pan placed on top of my rice cooker, this way it'll be cheaper and easier - no need to boil and drain water. Let it steam for 1 min, then pour cold water on them so they'll retain their perfect green color.
- Marinate chicken strips/fillets in soy sauce and ginger
- Add 2-3 tbsp. of cornstarch on your marinate, blend well
- Set aside for at least 30mins
- Heat oil in a pan
- Saute the marinated chicken
- Add 1 cup of water, mix well until sauce thickens
- Add the mushroom
- Lastly, add the broccoli
- Serve on top of hot rice

Total expenses: 170P
Good for 8 - 10 servings

Easy Chopsuey Recipe

I absolutely love this dish! Very healthy and very easy to prepare. Here's my pacham recipe of this delectable Chinese dish, Chopsuey! Hope you'll like it.

Ingredients:
1/4 kilo of chicken breast, cut into bite size pieces
1/4 kilo of chicken liver
Shrimp, peeled
1 big Cauliflower
Chicharo / Sitsaro
Cabbage
1 whole Carrot, julienne cut
1 big red bell pepper
Garlic and Onion
Fish sauce or salt
2 tsp. Sesame oil
Mix 2 tblsp. cornstarch and water in a separate bowl


Prepearation:
Blanch the cauliflower first, set aside
Sautee garlic and onion, add chicken then the liver
Add 1/2 cup of water, salt or fish sauce to taste
Add cornstarch + water mixture
Add carrots, sitsaro, cabbage, cauliflower and bell pepper
Add 2 tsp. of sesame oil

Chopsuey tastes better when half cooked so make sure to not over cook your veggies. Enjoy!

Shrimp Tempura and Onion Rings Recipe

This is my first attempt at making TEMPURA, and sadly, it failed. For this one, I used a tempura batter mix that I bought at Japan Japan last week while buying Mimi a gift for her birthday. It didn't help that the instructions were written in Japanese so I had to guess how much water to put in the mix. From what I know, cooking tempura requires ice cold water, I did that, but the batter didn't stick well after frying.

I know where I went wrong. The batter was not thick enough and I also forgot to dry the shrimps (by damping paper towel on them) before dipping them on the batter. Nevertheless, it's still yummy.

The remaining batter, I used for onion rings. It wasn't that crispy.  

Few days after, I tried eggplant tempura and I made sure the batter was thick enough to hold them together. Guess what!? It's still not perfect :( Moral of the story is, before buying tempura batter mix, make sure you understand the instructions at the back!

Maybe, I should just try homemade batter next time.

How To Cook Tikoy

How do you like your TIKOY done?

For years, I always cook Tikoy in old fashion way - dipped in egg then fried. Yummy but the taste is a bit boring, right? So last Chinese NY, I decided to reinvent the tikoy I received from Jun (Ruthie's bf) and came up with Lumping Tikoy.

Ingredients:

New Echague Bakery Tikoy (the best tikoy in town)

Kraft Eden Cheese

Preparation:

Cut tikoy into 4 parts then thin slices (about 2-3 inches long, 1/8inch thick)

Cut cheese into thin long strips

Roll tikoy with cheese in lumpia sheets/spring roll

Deep fry

Serve hot

This tastes really really good. Sweet, sticky, crunchy and cheesy! You can also use langka, Nutella chocolate spread, cheezwiz, peanut batter and strawberry jam instead of cheese. The next day, I dipped the remaining tikoy with Pillsbury hotcake batter then fried it...and it tasted equally good!

A bit late but Kung Hei Fat Choi!  :)

Easy Carbonara Recipe

My favorite Carbonara has got to be the one from Jack's Loft. Sinful up to the last bite. Perfect al dente linguine pasta with creamy white sauce and bacon...oh la la! PERFECT! I have been cooking Carbonara for quite a while but still can't manage to achieve the same perfection.

Anyway, heree is my own version of Carbonara:

2 cans of big Alaska Evap Milk
1 250ml All Purpose Cream
1/4 cup grated cheese
1 small can of mushroom (drained)
5 pcs of sweet ham chopped into small pieces (or bacon)
1 tsp. butter

1/2 kilo of pasta linguine (check the packaging for directions)

Sautee ham into butter, add mushroon, then evap milk and cream. Mix all the remaining ingredients together. Wait until it gets condensed and creamy. Top it with more cheese and dried oregano. Serve hot or cold. Enjoy!

Special Omelette Recipe

This recipe has got to be one of my best pachams! It started when there's a single slice of left over SPAM ham in the fridge one day. Too tired to eat it so I cut it into small pieces, added some bell peppers (NOTE: bell peppers are rich sources of some of the best nutrients), eggs and cheese! Yummy!

Ingredients:
Potato balls
1 whole red bell peppers
4 eggs
1 slice of SPAM HAM
cheese


Procedure:
Cut potato ball into half the fry it, set aside
Heat oil in a pan
Saute ham and bell pepper together
Add egg (slightly beaten)
Season with salt or ajiginisa
Top with cheese

You can try adding diff ingredients like mushrooms, corn etc. Last week I decided to use ground pork instead of ham and it tastes good as well. Local meat loaf is also a good alternative but haven't tried it yet. Will try this with century tuna one of these days.

Expenses: around 80.00P
Servings: 4-6

Simple Chicken Ala King Recipe

Here's my first attempt at Chicken ala King.

I absolutely love this dish. I'm soo proud I was able to cook it because I don't really know how it's done. It turned out to be really yummy. Enjoy!

1/2 chicken fillet (cut into small pieces)
1 carrot (diced)
4 potatoes (diced)
1 bell pepper
1 small can of mushroom
1 small can of green peas
1 big onion
3 cloves garlic
1 cup chicken broth
small can of Carnation evap milk
1/4 cup of Nestle cream


CHICKEN BROTH:
Boil chicken in 2 cups of water, dash of salt and pepper and 1 small onion

Preparation:
Sautee garlic and onion
Add bell pepper, mushroom and chicken
Season with salt and pepper
Add 1 cup of chicken broth
Simmer for 3mins
Add potatoes and carrots
Add carnation evap and nestle cream
cook for another 3mins or until the veggies are cook

Serve with rice or pasta! Yummy!


Servings: 10-12
Total Expenses: 226P

Stir Fry Chicken with Potatoes and Oyster Sauce

Here's another pacham I'd like to share to you. Easy to cook, very affordable and very yummy too. Enjoy!



1/2 kilo of chicken fillet (cut into strips)
Soysauce
2 tsp. oyster sauce
Salt and Pepper
Bell pepper
Potato balls (cut into half then fried)
Onions


Preparations:
Marinate chicken fillet in soysauce, pepper and cornstarch for 30mins
Sautee onions and bell pepper
Add the marinated chicken
Add 1/4 cup water, 1tsp of soysauce + 2 tsp. of oyster sauce
Add the fried potato balls
Cook for 5 mins

Total expenses:
Chicken Fillet 99.53P + Potato Balls 20.35P + bell pepper 8P + other ingredients 20P = 147.88

Servings: 8-10