Showing posts with label delicious food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label delicious food. Show all posts

Thursday, May 28, 2009

POTATO CREAMY SOUP

1 big potato, peeled, finely diced
1 cup evaporated milk
3 tablespoons cream of mushroom powder
2 tablespoons butter
1 onion, finely chopped
1/2 tablespoon cornstarch
3 spring onions, cut into 1 1/2
salt to taste
water


  • Boil potato and onions in a saucepan with enough water to cover them until tender.
  • Mash potato in saucepan.
  • Dilute cream of mushroom and cornstarch in 1/2 cup water and add to mashed potato.
  • Add milk and butter. Add enough water to desired thinness.
  • Season with salt. Boil for 2 minutes.
  • Add spring onions. Remove immediately from fire.

(Recipe is from Cooking Smart by B.M. Varona and D.A. Varona)

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

MACARONI SOUP

Ingredients:

2 cups shell macaroni, boiled
1 cup vegemeat, cut into thin strips
1/2 cup spring onions, cut into 2"
1/2 cup evaporated milk
1 egg, beaten
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1/2 clove garlic, minced
3-4 cups water
Salt to taste


  • Saute garlic until golden brown. Set aside.
  • Boil water then add vegemeat and egg. Boil for 3 minutes.
  • Add the macaroni, spring onions, and evaporated milk.
  • Season with salt.
  • Remove from fire then add the sauteed garlic and its oil.
  • Serve.

(Source: Cooking Smart by B.M. Varona and D.A. Varona)

Thursday, January 8, 2009

CORRECT WAY OF EATING FRUITS

(Got this one from a friend...and I think it's worth noting!)
We all think eating fruits means just buying fruits, cutting it, and just popping it into our mouths. It's not as easy as you think. It's important to know how, and when to eat.

What is the correct way of eating fruits?
* IT MEANS NOT EATING FRUITS AFTER YOUR MEALS!
* FRUITS SHOULD BE EATEN ON AN EMPTY STOMACH.

If you eat fruit like that, it will play a major role to detoxify your system, supplying you with a great deal of energy for weight loss, and other life activities.

FRUIT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FOOD.
Let's say you eat two slices of bread and then a slice of fruit. The slice of fruit is ready to go straight through the stomach into the intestines, but it is prevented from doing so.

In the meantime the whole meal rots, and ferments, and turns to acid. The minute the fruit comes into contact with the food in the stomach, and digestive juices, the entire mass of food begins to spoil.

So please eat your fruits on an empty stomach or before your meals! You have heard people complaining - every time I eat water-melon I burp, when I eat durian my stomach bloats up, when I eat bananas, I feel like running to the toilet etc - actually all this will not arise if you eat the fruit on an empty stomach.

The fruit mixes with the putrefying other food, and produces gas, and hence you will bloat!

Graying hair, balding, nervous outburst, and dark circles under the eyes all these will not happen if you take fruits on an empty stomach.

There is no such thing as some fruits like orange, and lemon are acidic, because all fruits become alkaline in our body, according to Dr. Herbert Shelton who did a research on this matter.

If you have mastered the correct way of eating fruits, you have the Secret of beauty, longevity, health, energy, happiness, and normal weight.

When you need to drink fruit juice - drink only fresh fruit juice, NOT From the cans. Don't even drink juice that has been heated up. Don't eat cooked fruits, because you don't get the nutrients at all. You only get to taste.

Cooking destroys all the vitamins.

But eating a whole fruit is better than drinking the juice. If you should drink the juice, drink it mouthful by mouthful slowly, because you must let it mix with your saliva before swallowing it.

You can go on a 3-day fruit fast to cleanse your body.

Just eat fruits, and drink fruit juice throughout the 3 days and you will be surprised when your friends tell you how radiant you look!

KIWI: Tiny but mighty. This is a good source of potassium, magnesium, Vitamin E & fiber. Its Vitamin C content is twice that of an orange.

APPLE: An apple a day keeps the doctor away?
Although an apple has a low Vitamin C content, it has antioxidants & flavonoids which enhances the activity of Vitamin C thereby helping to lower the risks of colon cancer, heart attack & stroke.

STRAWBERRY: Protective Fruit.
Strawberries have the highest total antioxidant power among major fruits & protect the body from cancer-causing, blood vessels-clogging free radicals.

ORANGE : Sweetest medicine.
Taking 2 -4 oranges a day may help keep colds away, lower cholesterol, prevent & dissolve kidney stones as well as lessens the risk of colon cancer.

WATERMELON: Coolest
Thirst Quencher Composed of 92% water, it is also packed with a giant > dose of glutathione, which helps boost our immune system. They are also a key source of lycopene - the cancer fighting oxidant. Other nutrients found in watermelon are Vitamin C & Potassium..

GUAVA & PAPAYA: Top awards for Vitamin C.
They are the clear winners for their high Vitamin C content. Guava is also rich in fiber, which helps prevent constipation. Papaya is rich in carotene; this is good for your eyes.

Drinking Cold water after meal = Cancer!
Can you believe this??

For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you. It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion.. Once this 'sludge' reacts with the acid, it will break down, and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine. Very soon, this will turn into fats, and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup, HOT TEA or warm water after a meal.

A serious note about heart attacks

HEART ATTACK PROCEDURE': (THIS IS NOT A JOKE!)

Women should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting. Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line.

You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack.

Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms. 60% of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up.

Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let's be careful and be aware. The more we know, the better chance we could survive...

A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this mail sends it to 10 people, you can be sure that we'll save at least one life.
Read > this ...It could save your life!!

Let's say its 6.15 pm and you're driving home. Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to radiate out into your arm, and up into your jaw. You are only about five miles from the hospital nearest your home. Unfortunately you don't know if you'll be able to make it that far. You have been trained in CPR, but the guy that taught the course did not tell you how to perform it on yourself.

'HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE':

Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, without help, the person whose heart is beating improperly, and who begins to feel faint, has only about 10 seconds left before losing consciousness.

However, these victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly, and very vigorously. A deep breath should be taken before each cough, deep, and prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest.

A breath, and a cough must be repeated about every two seconds without let-up until help arrives, or until the heart is felt to be beating normally again.

Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze the heart, and keep the blood circulating. The squeezing pressure on the heart also helps it regain normal rhythm.

In this way, heart attack victims can get to a hospital. Tell as many other people as possible about this. It could save their lives!!

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

COLESLAW

1 large cabbage head, shredded
1 onion, sliced or ringed
3/4 cup lemon extract
3/4 cup salad oil
1 tablespoon mustard
Dash of salt
Dash of sugar

  • Arrange cabbage and onion in a serving bowl. Set aside
  • On a cooking pan combine sugar, lemon extract, oil, mustard and salt. Cook over medium heat for 2 minutes. Let it cool.
  • Pour cooked mixture over cabbage and onion.
  • Toss.
  • Chill before serving.
(This recipe is from the book Cooking Smart by B.M. Varona & D.A. Varona. For book orders, please email or comment on this blog.)

Monday, December 15, 2008

VEGETARIAN STROGANOFF

3/4 kilo vegemeat, cut into strips, slightly fried
2 potatoes, cut into strips slightly fried
1 small can cream of mushroom soup
4 tablespoons margarine
3 tablespoons flour
1 cup milk
1/2 cup sour cream
Salt to taste
Red pepper

  1. Melt margarine on a heated skillet over low fire.
  2. Add cream of mushroom soup.
  3. Gradually stir in milk and rest of ingredients.
  4. Season with salt.
  5. Simmer for 3 minutes.
  6. Serve hot.
Easy to prepare, huh? This one is good for the holidays!

(This recipe is from the book Cooking Smart by B.M. Varona and D.A. Varona. For book orders, please send me an email.)

Monday, December 1, 2008

HOT & SPICY ONION GLUTEN

3/4 kilo gluten, sliced to desired sizes
2 tablespoons soy sauce
3 teaspoons cornstarch
1 teaspoon Oriental sesame oil
1 teaspoon chili paste
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 onions, sliced lengthwise
1 clove garlic, minced
1 tablespoon water
Salt or seasoning to taste

  • Combine 1 tablespoon soy sauce and 1 teaspoon cornstarch in a bowl.
  • Add gluten and mix well. Let stand for 30 minutes.
  • On a separate bowl, mix in remaining soy sauce, sesame oil, and chili paste.
  • Heat skillet and pour in vegetable oil.
  • Add onion and garlic. Stir until onion is tender.
  • Add gluten and stir-fry for 2 minutes or until lightly brown.
  • Stir in the soy sauce-chili paste mixture.
  • Stir in remaining cornstarch and the water.
  • Season with salt, then cook until sauce thickens, stirring constantly.
  • Serve hot.

GLUTEN CURRY

3/4 kilo gluten, cubed, slightly fried
2 cups potatoes, peeled, cubed, fried
2 tablespoons curry powder
1/2 tablespoon cornstarch
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 clove garlic, minced
1 onion, sliced
2 red or green bell peppers, sliced
2 cups thick coconut milk
1 tablespoon calamansi extract
1/2 cup water
Salt to taste

  • Dilute curry powder and cornstarch in water
  • Saute garlic and onion in vegetable oil
  • Add bell peppers, coconut milk, and curry powder-cornstarch mixture. Simmer for 1 minute.
  • Add gluten, calamansi extract, and potatoes.
  • Season with salt.
  • Serv hot.

(Source: Cooking Smart by Blecenda Miranda-Varona & David Arsulo Varona)

GLUTEN STEAK

3/4 cup gluten, sliced big
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup water
2 tablespoons tomato catsup
1/2 small onion, sliced
1 tablespoon cornstarch
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
Salt to taste
Brown sugar to taste
Vegetable oil
Parsley, onion rings, and bell pepper rings (optional)

  • Soak gluten in soy sauce, water, and catsup for about 15 minutes. Drain and set aside mixture.
  • Fry gluten in vegetable oil and set aside.
  • Saute onion, then add soy sauce-catsup mixture and mix.
  • Add sugar and salt to taste.
  • Add cornstarch and stir until sauce thickens. Simmer for 2 minutes.
  • Pour sauce over gluten
  • Garnish with parsley, onion rings, and bell pepper rings.
  • Serve hot.

(Source: Cooking Smart by Blecenda Miranda-Varona & David Arsulo Varona)