Chicken Ampalaya

Because of my GDM I'm forced to diet. And ampalaya is one of the best food that is good for diabetes.

Here's another dish hopefully will satisfy my tastebuds and normal blood sugar.

- saute garlic, onion, ginger in chicken fats
- saute the chicken
- add some patis and pepper for taste
- simmer
- add ampalaya

tyaran!

Ampalaya con corned beef

Saute garlic, onion, tomato
Add ampalaya (submerged in water with salt to remove bitterness)
Add water, pepper and patis
Simmer
Add corned beef
Add egg

Chicken Misua Soup

even though its hot I suddenly craved for Misua soup. Usually we used pork giniling but since its not available I used chicken thigh instead.

for broth: Boil chicken thigh with salt and pepper
set aside broth and shred the chicken

saute garlic and onion
Add the shredded chicken thigh
add patis
then add broth
let it boil then add the misua
wait until misua is soft and cooked

paksiw na Gindara

Garlic, Onion, Ginger, pepper, vinegar and sugar -- add everything to the gindara fish and let it simmer.

also add some okra or lady finger for a much healthier lunch

Pinakbet

i have Ilocano roots but guess I never learn how to cook their specialty --- Pakbet or Pinakbet.

Since I need to eat healthy, we bought vegetables. So we picked from the grocery mixed vegetables for pinakbet.

what i did is just saute garlic, onion, then add pork meat. Then let it simmer and once its tender add the tomato. then I put the squash when its soft I then add the remaining vegetables. (ampalaya, sitaw, eggplant, etc... ) note that once you add ampalaya do not stir the food or it will have bitter taste. then add the alamang for taste. i also added pork meat cubes for more meatier taste. hehe.

caramelized pork adobo

i tried to do this:
http://www.pepper.ph/sunday-classics-ultra-rich-caramelized-pork-adobo//a>/

but the result is just a simple adobo.

- marinate pork cubes with soy sauce, vinegar, garlic, bayleaf and pepper for 30 mins
- saute the pork with garlic
- add brown sugar
- add the marinate sauce and add water
- simmer
- boil eggs and add in the dish

Nilagang Baka

Nilagang baka is always time-consuming. How i wish we have a slow cooker to lessen the cooking time and save up on shellane.

1. Boil the beef in water with ginger and onion. I boil it for almost 2hrs until soft and chewy.
2. Add pepper and salt to taste.
3. Then add potatoes until soft
4. Add pechay.

I was surprised with the pechay's price. It costs P25 for 3 stalks of pechay. I know vegetables increased prices due to rains last week. But P25 is just too much. But for the sake of my Nilagang baka, i still bought one.

as always, John said its good. hehe.