HOW TO MAKE DARK CHIP COOKIES (RECIPE)

HOW TO MAKE DARK CHIP COOKIES (RECIPE) -this delicious cookies will catch your kids' attention. the smell and taste is great. It is easy to make too. This cookie recipe I am going to share with you requires 13 ingredients though but it is worth it. Your kids will surely love this. It is also good as dessert and one of the best thing to combine with hot milk or coffee in the morning. Here is the recipe:

HOW TO MAKE DARK CHIP COOKIES (RECIPE)

INGREDIENTS
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter (melted)
1 whole egg
2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/4 cup oat flakes
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 pinch of salt
2 oz. grated milk chocolate
1 cup light chocolate chips (semisweet chocochips)
2/3 cup walnuts (chopped)

STEP BY STEP BAKING PROCEDURE
1. Get your oven ready by preheating it to 190 degrees C.
2. In a blender, pour oat flakes and blend to a very fine powder.
3. In a mixing bowl, combine together sugar, egg, vanilla extract and butter. Mix thoroughly until perfectly incorporated.
4. In another bowl, combine together baking powder, baking soda, flour, oats and salt.
5. Fold in the flour mixture to the egg mixture. Stir until well incorporated.
6. Add the grated chocolate, chocolate chips and walnuts.
7. Using ice cream scoop, scoop the mixture and gently drop onto cookie sheets.
8. Put in the preheated oven and bake for not longer than 8 minutes. Enjoy!

HOW TO MAKE DARK CHIP COOKIES (RECIPE)

HOW TO BAKE A CAKE WITHOUT OVEN

HOW TO BAKE A CAKE WITHOUT OVEN -I think everyone loves cake because of its sweet and creamy taste. This time, I am going to share with you my very easy cake recipe. If you do not have an oven in your home, don't worry because I made this recipe for those who do not have oven. This quick and easy cake is great because it only require 4 ingredients and those ingredients are not hard to find because they are the common ingredients we use in our daily cooking. What we are going to use in baking this cake is rice cooker although this cooking tool does not have baking feature, we can still use it for other cooking purposes like cooking noodles and baking cakes. In this recipe I am about to share with you includes 5 ingredients but like I said earlier, it only requires 4 so the other one is only optional. You can improve this recipe by adding whip cream as icing and also you can use cherry syrup to add more taste. Chocolate is also welcome to my recipe so you can garnish it chocolate flakes together with your whip cream icing at the top. Here is how to do it:

HOW TO BAKE A CAKE WITHOUT OVEN

INGREDIENTS
2 eggs
1/4 cup cold water
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder


STEP BY STEP PROCEDURE AND BAKING DIRECTIONS FOR CAKE
1. In a blender, combine eggs, water and sugar. You can add 1 teaspoon of vanilla but that is optional.
2. Blend for 2 minutes. If you do not have a blender, you can hand-whisk it until the consistency becomes gooey like a thin sauce. Transfer in a wide mixing bowl.
3. In another wide bowl, combine flour and baking powder. Mix thoroughly then sift twice to make sure the mixture is perfectly incorporated.
4. Gently fold in the flour to the egg mixture and gently stir until well incorporated.
5. Grease the rice cooker pot with oil from the bottom up to about half way of the pot.
6. Gently pour in the batter to the pot and cook. When the rice cooker turns from hot to warm, check on the cake, continue cooking if it's not yet cooked. When the cake smells sweet and the side of the cake turned brown, then your cake is ready.
7. Remove from the pot and let it cool down.
8. Decorate with whipped cream, marshmallows or candies. Enjoy!

HOW TO BAKE A CAKE WITHOUT OVEN

HOW TO MAKE CREMA DE FRUTA (RECIPE)

HOW TO MAKE CREMA DE FRUTA (RECIPE) -this delicious dessert is very similar to what we call graham cake. The process is the same  only adding fruits and gelatin to crema de fruta. There are some graham cracker cakes that use fruits as one of its layer but others do not like the idea of combining fruits and milk. But that did not keep the people from making crema de fruta because this creamy dessert is very delicious. Making this food is very easy and simple. You co not even need tons of ingredients because all you need is the basic ingredients used in making graham cake. But of course graham crackers, heavy cream, condensed milk, gelatin and fruits are equally important in making this dessert. In the recipe I am about to share with you, you can replace the cocktails with fruits you want, either pineapple, mango or mixed berries but make sure the fruits will compliment the taste of cream and gelatin. Here is my recipe:

HOW TO MAKE CREMA DE FRUTA (RECIPE)

INGREDIENTS
250g fruit cocktail
250ml heavy cream
250ml condensed milk
250-300g graham crackers of your choice
1 pack gelatin powder
cocktail juice

STEP BY STEP PROCEDURE AND DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING CREMA DE FRUTA
1. In a mixing bowl, combine together cream and condensed milk. Mix thoroughly or whip until doubled in volume.
2. In the graham cake tray, arrange the first layer of crackers until the whole area is covered.
3. Pour cream mixture until all the crackers are covered generously.
4. Arrange another layer of crackers and pour cream mixture once again.
5. Arrange fruit cocktails as one layer.
6. Repeat the steps until you run out of the ingredients but make sure that fruit cocktail is the top layer.
7. In a skillet, combine together cocktail juice and gelatin powder. stir and bring to a boil. Simmer for 15 minutes over low heat.
8. Let the mixture cool then pour gently over the cocktail layer.
9. Chill in the fridge before serving. Enjoy!

HOW TO MAKE CREMA DE FRUTA (RECIPE)

HOW TO MAKE PINEAPPLE GRAHAM CAKE (RECIPE)

HOW TO MAKE PINEAPPLE GRAHAM CAKE (RECIPE) -this sweet dessert is made of graham crackers with textures similar to cake. Graham cracker is actually crunchy but since this cake contains milk, the crunchy state of the crackers become soft like the real cake that is why it is named that way. This dessert is very easy to make because the ingredients are very common and easy to find in the market. Also it does not require any cooking. in this recipe I am going to share with you, I used fresh pineapple but if you feel like using other than pineapple, I would suggest to use ripe mango, apple or cherry. You can even use canned fruit cocktails as filling. In the Philippines, I have seen many versions of graham cake. I wish I could share those recipes with you but I regret to say that I do not have much free time to do so. You can experiment on this one though. Just do not go far from the amount of the ingredients I used. Here is the recipe:

HOW TO MAKE PINEAPPLE GRAHAM CAKE (RECIPE)

INGREDIENTS
2 200gram packs graham crackers
250ml evaporated milk
2 250ml all-purpose cream
2 250ml condensed milk
500grams pineapple (sliced into thin strips)

STEP BY STEP PROCEDURE AND DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING GRAHAM CAKE
1. In a bowl, combine together condensed milk and all-purpose cream. Stir thoroughly until well incorporated.
2. In another bowl, pour the evaporated milk.
3. Dip cracker in the evaporated milk and gently arrange it in the plastic container until the area for first layer is covered (dip every cracker in the evaporated milk to moisten the crackers.)
4. Scoop mixture of condensed milk and cream and pour generously over the crackers.
5. For the next layer, gently arrange pineapple strips until the whole area is covered.
6. Repeat the process for all the remaining ingredients.
7. When done, cover the container and chill before serving.

HOW TO MAKE PINEAPPLE GRAHAM CAKE (RECIPE)

HOW TO MAKE PINEAPPLE CHOCOLATE CHIP (RECIPE)

HOW TO MAKE PINEAPPLE CHOCOLATE CHIP (RECIPE) -it is December, month of the most favorite holidays on earth and it means tons of foods are prepared during this month, from simple spaghetti to fancy fruit delights. I would like to share with you this very delicious but not so expensive sweet dish I always make when New Year comes. Chocolate chip is not hard to make and this one cheaper than the traditional chocolate chip because what we are going to use is the Otap. Otap is very common in the Philippines but if you do not have it in your nearest bakeshop then I would suggest to replace it with any crunchy thick bread. Here is the recipe:

HOW TO MAKE PINEAPPLE CHOCOLATE CHIP (RECIPE)

INGREDIENTS
24 pieces otap
300 grams pineapple, cut into strips (thinly sliced)
3 tablespoon sweet condensed milk
4 tablespoon chocolate chips
500ml heavy cream

STEP BY STEP PROCEDURE AND DIRECTIONS
1. In a dish container, arrange the otap cookies.
2. Whip the cream until it has doubled in size. Fold in condensed milk into the cream.
3. spread cream generously on every layer of otap.
4. Place a strip or two of pineapple, another layer of cream, another layer of otap and garnish with cream on top.
5. Repeat the process for the rest of the ingredients.
6. cover the container and refrigerate before serving.

HOW TO MAKE PINEAPPLE CHOCOLATE CHIP (RECIPE)

HOW TO MAKE MANGO GRAHAM BALLS (RECIPE)

HOW TO MAKE MANGO GRAHAM BALLS (RECIPE) -Graham cake has become popular in the Philippines and also in many parts of Asia. Though graham cake is not an Asian food, the Asian people has adopted this dish because of its unique and delicious taste. This one is also great alternative for common cake. This time, instead of doing the usual way of making graham cake, we are going to make graham balls instead. The ingredients are the same so if you are about to make the cake one, you do not have to worry about missing some ingredient by shifting to this recipe I am going to share with you. The process is very easy and simple, just make sure to use the right amount of the ingredients in this recipe. Here is how to make Christmas graham balls:

HOW TO MAKE MANGO GRAHAM BALLS (RECIPE)

INGREDIENTS
5 cups graham crackers (coarsely crushed)
250ml  sweet condensed milk
1/2 cup evaporated milk
2 3/4 cups finely shredded coconut
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1 cup ripe mango cubes

STEP BY STEP PROCEDURE FOR MAKING GRAHAM BALLS
1. In a mixing bowl, combine together condensed milk, graham crackers and evaporated milk.
2. Form mixture into cupcake-sized balls.
3. Place mango cube in the center of every ball.
4. In another mixing bowl, combine coconut and powdered sugar. Mix well.
5. Roll the balls on coconut and sugar mixture.
6. Put in the container and chill before serving.

HOW TO MAKE MANGO GRAHAM BALLS (RECIPE)

HOW TO MAKE COCONUT TIRAMISU

HOW TO MAKE COCONUT TIRAMISU -Tiramisu is an Italian dessert made of coffee and ladyfingers dipped and layered with creamy egg and sugar mixture. There are tons of Tiramisu recipes in the world and this dessert has many versions. This dish has also been evolved into many varieties of cakes and pastries. The history of Tiramisu originated in Veneto, italy in the 1960s. The original ingredients is composed of finger biscuits, sugar, coffee, egg yolks, cocoa and mascarpone cheese. This dessert is very similar to graham cake. Tiramisu can be made in round or tile-like shape. If you are going to use biscuit, I would suggest that you make it shape like a tile. I have seen many Tiramisu made with many different creamer ingredients. Most of the cakes and pastries ingredients can be used in making Tiramisu like chocolate, almonds, pineapple, yogurt, raspberry and coconut. In this recipe I am going to share with you, we are going to make Tiramisu inspired with tropical twist. Here is the recipe:

   image source: wikipedia.org

Prep Time: 25 min
Yield: 5 servings

HOW TO MAKE COCONUT TIRAMISU

INGREDIENTS
1/2 tablespoon nescafe classic coffee
2 tablespoon brown sugar
7 oz. coconut milk (divided into two)
8 tablespoon toasted coconut (shredded)
1/2 cup milk
2 oz. instant pudding (vanilla or maple flavor)
4 oz. whipped topping
1 pack soft ladyfingers (separated)

STEP BY STEP PROCEDURE AND DIRECTIONS
1. In a bowl, combine together  coffee, 1/2 cup coconut milk and milk. Whisk thoroughly until the coffee is dissolved.
2. Beat together pudding mix, remaining milk and remaining coconut milk for 2 minutes. Add whipped topping and stir.
3. Dip the ladyfingers in coffee mixture to coat. Arrange in one layer at the bottom of a square pan. Add half of the pudding mixture to cover the first layer and do the process for the remaining mixtures and ladyfingers to do the layers. Garnish with toasted coconut. Cover with lid and Refrigerate.
4. Serve with mango juice.

HOW TO MAKE COCONUT TIRAMISU

HOW TO MAKE MAJA BLANCA (MAJA BLANCA RECIPE)

Maja Blanca is a Philippine dish made from sugar, cornstarch and coconut milk. Frequntly called Coconut cake, this delicious cake is simple to make and the ingredients are so cheap. Unknown to us, this traditional Maja Blanca cake does not have milk and corn. In this recipe, I put some sweet corn kernels and some milk to add creaminess and better taste of the cake.

During every last quarter of the year in the Philippines, this cake makes a good dessert that everyone would not leave the dining table without having it.

Here is Maja Blanca Recipe:

Recipe: Maja Blanca

Ingredients

• 1 cup cornstarch
• 5 cups coconut milk
• 1 cup fresh milk
• 18 ounces condensed milk
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 7 tbsp roasted grated coconut
• 18 ounces whole sweet corn kernel

Cooking Procedure

1. In a cooking pot, pour the coconut milk and bring to a boil.
2. Pour in the sweet corn kernels, condensed milk, and sugar then stir until the ingredients are dissolved and scattered.
3. Simmer for 9 minutes.
4. Mix the cornstarch and fresh milk and whisk until the cornstarch is dissolved.
5. .Add the cornstarch and the fresh milk into the pot, stir while pouring in.
6. Stir while cooking until become thick enough to solidify when cooling down.
7. Pour the mixture in a moulding tray and evenly flatten the surface of the mixture with flat scrapping utensil or a spatula.
8. Let rest to cool down and then refrigirate for 2 hours
9. Scatter some Latik or Pinipig over if you have.
10. Serve with tea or coffee.

HOW TO MAKE PICHI-PICHI (CASSAVA CAKE)

 

This Pichi-Pichi recipe is very easy to make. There are many variations of this cake too. Pichi-Pichi is made of cassava and this cake became popular in the Philippines because cassava is one of the major crops grown in the Philippines and that is why also it became a traditional food in this country. You can use either Pandan syrup or Maple syrup as flavoring or some other syrup that you would find good for Pichi-Pichi flavoring. Pichi-Pichi does not need to be as sweet as the candies. You may use as much sugar as you want as long as it suits your taste but be careful on the amount of flavoring because too much pandan or maple flavors would ruin the taste. Here is how to make Pichi-Pichi:

 

INGREDIENTS

* 4 cups of cassava (grated)

* 3 cups of brown sugar

* 1 tbsp of Pandan syrup (or 3 pandan leaves)

* 4 cups of water (boil this water with Pandan leaves if the leaves are being used)

* 2 cups of coconut (grated)

COOKING PROCEDURE

1. Combine the cassava, sugar, water and the pandan syrup together..

2. Stir thoroughly and pour into the baking moulds.

3. In a steaming pot boil some water and steam the mixture for 1 hour or until the Pichi-Pichi is cooked.

4. Cool it down and cut into desired sizes.

5. Scatter some grated coconut over the Pichi-Pichi cakes.

HOW TO MAKE BANANA BREAD

HOW TO MAKE BANANA BREAD

Here is how to make Banana Bread that I am sure you are going to love. This Banana Bread is good for the kids to get them rid of junk foods. Banana Bread is better because of its nutritional values. My mother used to make me this bread for my snack when i was going to school. This Banana Bread recipe is actually my mom's and i just want to share it with you. This is an easy version but you can make it more delicious by adding some flavoring to suit your kids' tastes. You can make your own Banana Bread by adding ingredients like marshmallows or raisins. My favorite ingredient for it when i was a kid was chocolate so i think it would be cool for your kids too. Here is the recipe:

INGREDIENTS

2 cups ripe banana

1 cup white sugar

2 eggs

3 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 cup heavy cream

1/2 cup cheese (shredded)

1 tsp vanilla (1 tbsp maple syrup for replacement)

1 tsp salt

1 tsp baking soda

oil (to grease the pan)

BAKING INSTRUCTIONS

1. Set oven to 350°F.

2. Chop the ripe bananas.

3. Grease the bottom of the pan.

4. Combine all the ingredients in a blender except baking soda. (Make sure that the banana is mashed or chopped before putting into the blender).

5. Stir in baking soda.

6. Pour into the pan and bake for 1 hour or until the mixture is baked.

7. Let it cool before slicing.

HOW TO MAKE CHOCO MAPLE COOKIES (OATMEAL COOKIES)

HOW TO MAKE CHOCO MAPLE COOKIES

There are many ways how to make cookies in the United States as well as in Canada. Some are made up of fruits, some are butter. But most of the cookies are baked. In this recipe I am going to share with you how to make cookies without baking it. This cookie we are gonna make, the main ingredient is oatmeal. I did not know it could be possible until our oven got jammed. My mom cooked cookies without baking it and I was amazed. Here is her recipe how to make cookies without baking it:

Recipe: Choco Maple Cookies

INGREDIENTS:

4 cups oatmeal (cooked)

2cups brown sugar                                                  

½ cup all-purpose flour

½ cup milk

½ cup heavy cream

¼ cup melted chocolate

½ cup coco jam

2 teaspoon maple syrup

PROCEDURE:

1. Mix together all the ingredients, mix well.
2. Cook in a saucepan over medium heat until very thick.
3. Place wax paper in a griddle.
4. Scoop cookie-size of mixture onto the wax paper, let them cool down.
5. And refrigerate until hardened.

Images:  (Oatmeal Cookies)

HOW TO COOK FRENCH TOAST

HOW TO COOK FRENCH TOAST

French toast is a dish served as fried egg-coated bread. What I like from this dish is you can cook it anyway you want. But there is one thing you should consider on cooking this dish, you have to coat your bread with egg, that is how to cook French Toast. But many ways came up on how to cook it like adding sugar before frying the bread, scattering sesame seeds after frying. There is one chef I know in Manila that I really like the way how he cooked French Toast. I asked him what was his secret and he told me that it was the sesame seeds. So I came up thinking about how to cook my own version of French toast. This is what I am gonna share with you. How to cook it? Here it is:

INGREDIENTS:

5 loaves of American tasty bread

½ cup of milk

¼ cup olive oil

2 eggs

½ teaspoon groud nutmeg

1 teaspoon sesame seeds

1 tablespoon maple syrup

PROCEDURE:

1. Whisk the egg together with milk, nutmeg, sesame seeds, and maple syrup.
2. Pour olive oil into the skillet and heat over medium-high heat.
3. Soak up each loaf of bread in egg mixture by batch.
4. Put in the skillet and cook each side until golden brown.
5. And serve with hot coffee or tea.

IMAGES FOR FRENCH TOAST

 

HOW TO COOK FISH TACOS

HOW TO COOK FISH TACOS

Tacos or Taco is a Mexican food. It is always served with corn or wheat tortilla slighty folded around its fillings. The common ingredients used as Tacos fillings are pork, beef, chicken, and fish. But there are some tacos fillings that have vegetables or cheese as their main fillings. The right way to eat the Tacos is using your bare hands, of course it means no fork nor spoon to use which has added more fun when eating Tacos. This recipe I am gonna share with you is what we call Fish Tacos. I can’t remember when was the first time I had eaten tacos but what I know is my month wont pass without having tacos at the local mexican restaurant in our town. My favorite is Fish Tacos. I learned how to cook it when I was in college. Here is my simple tutorial on how to cook Tacos Fish. I hope you’ll enjoy making your own Tacos fish.

INGREDIENTS

Tacos:

½ kg tuna (whole)

¼ cup olive oil

8 flour tortillas

¼ cup calamansi extract

1 tablespoon chili powder

2 medium size green bell pepper (chopped)

2 pieces bay leaves

Garnish:

Chili sauce

Yogurt

Cabbage (shredded)

Sweet onion (chopped)

Bay leaves(chopped)

Sweet onions (minced)

Tomato sauce (instant for tacos)

PROCEDURE:

1. Slice the tuna as desired, remove the bones.
2. Mix together the oil, calamansi extract, bell pepper, and bay leaves.
3. Put the tuna into the bowl with mix ingredients and marinade.
4. Grill the fish until cooked. Scrap the fish with fork.
5. Grill the tortillas for about half a minute.
6. Put the fillings into the tortillas and add the garnishes as much as you deisre.
7. And serve.

IMAGES FOR FISH TACOS

HOW TO COOK EASY CREPE

HOW TO COOK EASY CREPE

Crepe is a type of pancake cooked very thinly. It is so easy how to cook crepe. I have shared with you simple pancake recipe but this one is easier. Anybody can make Crepe because of its simplicity. When I first heard of this dish, I thought it would be hard to learn how to cook it not until my mom said I could cook it without her help. I am going to share with you my easy Crepe recipe and you can add ingredients that you think can improve the taste better. This is how to cook Easy Crepe:

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup all-purpose flour

2 eggs (whisked)

½ cup all-purpose cream

A pinch of salt

½ cup water

2 tablespoon margarine (melted)

Maple syrup

1 teaspoon oil

COOKING PROCEDURE:

1. Combine eggs with flour, cream, water, margarine and salt. Stir thoroughly until smooth.
2. In a griddle, spread oil and set over medium-high heat.
3. Scoop ¼ cup batter onto the griddle by batch, carefully shape to circle.
4. Cook the batter in 2 minutes each side.
5. Put in a serving plate and pour maple syrup over it.
6. And serve.

IMAGES FOR EASY CREPE