Chicken with fruit cocktail

Yeah, you're reading it right! Chicken with fruit cocktail. Actually, I got this recipe from my Mama but she's using pineapple juice and chunks. Yesterday, I was thinking on cooking something yummy and something that my daughter will love. So, I checked my pantry and saw the can of fruit cocktail. I checked the ref, and saw the defrosted chicken drumsticks and I said "I know what to make today".

I was right, my 2 year old daughter loved it so much, because of the balance taste of sweetness, sourness and saltiness of it. It is always a hard time feeding her, but yesterday, she had 2 pieces of chicken legs and lots of rice. I was really amazed.

If you want to make your kids eat a lot, then this is the perfect recipe for you!

Ingredients:

Chicken drumsticks (about 800 grams)

1 meduim size onion, minced

2 cloves garlic, crushed

1 can fruit cocktail

1 tablespoon soy sauce

1 cube chicken bouillon or 1 tablespoon chicken powder

1 tablespoon oil

1 lemongrass

salt and pepper

Procedure:

Get a wok or a pan. Warm the oil and saute the lemongrass, onion and garlic, when the garlic becomes a brown, put the chicken and soysauce. Brown the chicken, then add the juice of the fruit cocktail and chicken bouillon. Simmer for 10 minutes and add the fruits. Simmer again for 5 minutes. Then that's ready! Best served with rice.

I can assure you that kids will love this!

Adobong Pusit (Squid adobo)

Adobo is a very common dish in Philippines. I love it, so as my hubby and daughter. Sometimes, I'll make about a kilo of pork abodo and nothing will be left (in just one meal). That's how we love adobo!

I got some fresh squids at the local market nearby, so I decided to cook it as adobo.

This is the picture of my Adobong pusit (Squid adobo).

It is so easy to make it, and it doesn't take so much time.

Here's the Ingredients you need:

Fresh Squids - about 500 grams

1/4 cup soy sauce

1/2 cup vinegar

3 cloves garlic (crushed)

1 meduim size onion (minced)

2 laurel leaves

black pepper (slightly crushed)

1 tablespoon sugar

1 tablespoon oil

Heat a wok/pan, add the oil, saute the onion, garlic and squids. When the squid changes the texture and color, add the rest of the ingredients and let boil. When boiling, simmer for a few minutes or until the sauce thickens.

Best serve with white rice.

Eet smakelijk!

Chocolates!

Diamonds are ladies best friend, but for me, chocolate is my best friend! (haha!)

Yeah, I just can't resist for a piece chocolate. It is my stress medicine. Any chocolate will do, but my most favorite one are the Raffaello white chocolates. And, yeah! Don't forget the famous Belgian chocolates! They are sooo yum!

I don't think about the calories and sugars, I just want to enjoy a piece of chocolate from time to time.

And you? Wanna have a piece?

Grilled Shrimps marinated in Jen style

My husband and daughter loves this so much, it was just an experiment recipe. And ended up so delicious and yummy.

So here's the recipe:

Shrimps (you can use peeled shrimps and with out head)

Barbecue sticks

for the marinade: Good for a pound of shrimps.

crushed garlic

1 small onion (minced)

1 teaspoon paprika powder

2 tablespoon olive oil

1/4 cup chicken broth

1 tablespoon sugar

mix herbs (celery, parsley, rosemary, thyme) minced

flavouring (pepper, salt and powdered bouillion) (pinch of each)

Mix all the ingrediant in a bowl and marinate the shrimps for at least an hour. Put it in the barbecue sticks and grill it!

I'm sure you will all enjoy this recipe because we did!

PS. Use the picture as my background as well.

Shrimps

I was so happy seeing shrimps with head at one of the supermarket nearby. Usually, the shrimps here are peeled and head are out. So when I saw it, I bought some and cooked it right away at home. My husband loves seafoods a lot, so am I and my daughter Nia is loving it too.

I bought about 500 grams of it and cooked it all for our dinner. I made 2 viands of it; a Shrimp sinigang and Grilled Shrimps with Jen style marinade.

Sinigang na Hipon (Shrimp sour soup)

Here's the recipe for Sinigang na Hipon

about 10 pcs Tiger Prawns with head

Spring onions

a thumbsize ginger

1 big tomato - quartered

1 1/2 liter water

Sinigang mix (or fresh tamarinds)

string beans - cut about 2 inches

kangkong leaves (water spinach) or Pechay (chinese white cabbage)

Eggplant (cut about 1x2 inches)

1 teaspoon salt or Patis (fish sauce)

Put the water into the soup pan, let it boil, when it's boiling, add the ginger, spring onions and tomatoes. Let it boil again then add the shrimps, string beans, eegplant and sinigang mix. When the vegetables are ready (not overcooked) add the Patis/salt.

IMPORTANT: If you are using the fresh tamarinds, you have to boil it first and get the broth. Add some of it (depending on your type of sourness on the soup) I have found a link which is so helpful on getting the tamarind broth. Here is it. Getting tamarind broth.

The Recipe of the Grilled Shrimps with Jen style marinade will be in my next post.