Sunday, August 17, 2014

Egg Omelette




An omelette is a quick and easy recipe for breakfast or any meal of the day. Eggs are beaten and cooked with your favorite meats and vegetables. Omelette can be cooked plain, filled, steamed or baked. For a fluffy texture, whole eggs are beaten with a small amount of milk, water, or cream.

Ingredients:


  • unsalted butter or cooking oil
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 tbsp milk
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • Omelette fillings (optional)
    • shredded cheese
    • diced ham, sausage, bacon or turkey
    • chopped onions, bell pepper, mushroom, olives, parsley
Direction:
  1. Whisk the egg and milk vigorously with a fork until the whites and yolks are completely blended. Season with salt and pepper.
  2. Heat a nonstick pan over medium-high heat. Add cooking oil or butter to coat the the pan. 
    Sautee all the fillings of your choice. Add just a dash of salt and pepper. Remove from pan and set aside.
  3. Turn heat over medium low fire, and pour the egg mixture in the pan. As the egg starts to set, shake the pan gently so that the runny, unset portion of the omelette can to the edge of the pan.
  4. When the omelette is just about to set completely, sprinkle the cheese and and put in the sauteed vegetables over half of the omelette. 
  5. With your spatula, lift one edge of the egg and fold it  over the filling, so that the edges line up. Cook for another minute, but don't overcook.
  6. Slide onto a plate. Garnish with chopped fresh herbs if desired. Serve immediately.

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

How To Make Homemade Wine From Welch's Grape Juice




Orange and grape juice are my kids favorite juice. In my house, we Florida orange juice, Tropicana, Tree Top apple juice while Welch's is the only grape juice we trusted. I buy two bottles of Welch's every week. But months ago, I stopped buying Welch's. We tried other brands and finally we found another brand.

Thursday, August 7, 2014

Easy Biscuit Apple Dumplings


Biscuit and apple, what a great combination for a delicious dessert or snack! So today, I made one of my favorite dessert, Apple Dumplings. You don't have to be a good cook to make this recipe. I love how easy it is to do and how a boring biscuit turned into a mouthwatering dessert.

Saturday, July 26, 2014

Beef Pares Recipe



Beef  Pares is one of the favorite dish at the  side-street eateries in the Philippines.It is a  juicy tender stewed beef in sweet brown sauce. I used to cook it the Filipino way but the spices gives my husband a heart burn so I made it a little bit according to his taste and sensitive stomach. There are many ways to cook this dish just like the famous Adobo. Beef pares is serve paired with garlic fried rice and hot soup. Here is my version of Beef Pares recipe.

Monday, July 21, 2014

Best Meatloaf Recipe


Meat Loaf is one of our family's comfort food. It is so easy to prepare and can be eaten with any side dish or as a meatloaf sandwich with the leftovers. My husband loves it with lots of onion but my kids are not so fun of big chunky onion or any herbs, so I make sure to finely chopped all the ingredients and not to put too much. Meatloaf can be make in different ways so don't settle  for only what is written in the recipe. You can add ingredients of your choice too.  Here is one of my quick and easy meatloaf recipe. I made this one, not so complicated by using few ingredients only.