Southern Turnip Greens

Last week, I first made my southern turnip greens.  It tasted good but I prefer my way of cooking turnip greens as I want my greens not to be overcooked.

This recipe calls for the turnip greens to be simmered for an hour or so.  It really tasted so good as you can taste the flavorings of the ham hocks.

Ingredients:
turnip greens, chopped
smoked ham hocks
water
black pepper
salt

Directions:

• Boil ham hocks in water.  When it is tender and water is almost half gone, add turnips.
• Bring to boil and simmer for an hour or so
• Season with salt and pepper
• Serve

Ham and Broccoli

I made this dish last week.  For some reasons, I was so hungry and craving for some Filipino goodness but I didn't have rice in my rice bin.  It was already 3 days since I last had rice and I had a strong craving for rice and some sardines.

I rummaged my fridge and found a frozen ham.  I thawed it and stir fry some broccoli florets with it.  Amazingly this was really good.

Ingredients:
sliced left over ham
broccoli
red onion
black pepper
cajun seasoning
balsamic vinegar

Directions:

• Saute ham and add onions.
• Add  broccoli and season with black pepper, cajun seasoning and balsamic vinegar.
• Cook for 1 minute
• Serve

Note: I prefer my veggie half cooked.

Steam and Serve

I can be lazy at times. Thanks to the frozen veggies that are available in any grocery stores.

When I don't feel like cooking, I just grab one of those steam and serve veggies. All I need to do is put this on the microwave.  Pictsweet Steam'ables is one of my favorites.

This Asian vegetables with Oriental Seasoning is just enough to make me full.  I eat the whole bag as my lunch today.  It was good for 3 1/2 serving but the Carb content is just 5g per serving.  I was still good with my 45g of carb allowed per meal as the whole pack only contains 18g of carbs.

Stir Fry Veggies

I have been eating more veggies lately. Eating veggies makes me full. With veggies, I can skip rice which is what I am trying hard to do. This is my quick fix veggie medley.

Ingredients:

Asparagus

Carrots

Mushroom

Bell Pepper

Broccoli

Garlic

Onion

Pepper

Salt

Olive Oil

Stir-fry Sauce

Directions:

• Saute garlic and onion
• Add hard part of asparagus and carrots. Season with salt, pepper and stir fry sauce. Cook for 1 minute.
• Add broccoli, bell pepper, mushrooms and top of asparagus. Cook for another minute
• Serve.

Stir Fry Swamp Cabbage

This is a food that I seldom make simply because the swamp cabbage here is very expensive. Imagine how much it cost me to buy one bunch of it? Over $5! But since I like it, I do splurge sometimes and I savor it.

Ingredients:
Swamp cabbage
garlic
onion
soy sauce
black pepper

Directions:

• Saute garlic and onion
• Add the swamp cabbage
• Season with soy sauce and pepper
• Cook until the vegetable is wilted
• Serve right away

Stir Fry Bean Sprouts

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This is the first time that I cooked this. I remember not liking bean sprouts before but I tried cooking them because I know I will like them now because I can now eat different vegetables that I don't like before.

I wasn't disappointed as I enjoyed this dish. This was actually my food for two meals.

Ingredients:
Garlic
Onion
Pepper
Salt
Sliced chicken breast
Bean Sprouts

Directions:

• Saute garlic and onion
• Add chicken and season with salt and pepper. Cook until chicken turns white.
• Add bean sprouts. Cook for just 1 minute
• Serve

Note: Be sure to wash your bean sprouts ahead of time so that it will have time for the water to drain thoroughly.

Stir Fry Beans

I had a hard time finding a fresh green beans in the grocery store. Most of the time, it is no longer fresh and it shows that they are already wilted.

Last week, my MIL found fresh ones in Walmart Pell City. She was excited to buy it for me. Little did she knew that I was looking for it because I wanted to cook it for her and Dan. So when she gave it to me, I cooked it for her to take home.

We love our stir fry beans without meat on it. Just plain stir fry beans. Crunchy and delicious!

Golden Zucchini

I always thought of zucchini being green. I was so surprised to see these golden zucchini at the fresh market. I didn't buy them because I still have a lot of green zucchini in my fridge. I will for sure buy them next time.

Swamp Cabbage Salad

This is the swamp cabbage that I got from the Asian store. I made a salad of it and it was delicious.

Ingredients:
Cut swamp cabbage
tomatoes, diced
onion, diced
ginger, diced
black pepper
salt
vinegar

Directions:

• Blanch the swamp cabbage
• Mix onion, ginger, and tomato
• Add vinegar and season with salt and pepper
• Add cabbage
• Mix and serve
  

Bokchoy and Tuna

Ingredients:
1 can albacore tuna
onion
garlic
bokchoy
salt and pepper

Directions:

• Sautee garlic and onion
• Add the stalk of bokchoy
• Season with a little salt and lot of pepper. Cook for 1 minute.
• Add tuna. Cook for another minute
• Add bokchoy leaves. Cook until leaves are wilted
• Serve
  

Bittermelon with Chicken

I have been trying to eat bittermelon everyday. I don't want to get myself bored with bittermelon so I came up with different recipe to cook it. This is the first time that I cooked this way.

Ingredients:
Chicken breast (sliced)
1 bittermelon
garlic
onion
black pepper
salt to taste

Directions:

1. Saute garlic and onion
2. Add chicken
3. Season with salt and pepper
4. When chicken is fully cooked, add bittermelon
5. Cook for a minute
   
6. Serve
   

Chicken and Broccoli

This is my lunch for today, chicken and broccoli.

Ingredients:
Skinless chicken breast (sliced in bite sizes)
Broccoli
Onion
Garlic
Olive Oil
Salt
Pepper

Directions:

1. Sautee garlic and onion
2. Add chicken and cook until done
3. Add broccoli
   
4. Season with pepper and salt
5. Remove from heat and serve
   

Stir Fry Baby Bokchoy

I love crunchy vegetables. Bokchoy is one of my favorites. Tonight, I decided to make stir fry baby bokchoy.

Ingredients:

Baby Bokchoy

Garlic

Soy Sauce

Black Pepper

Olive Oil

Directions:

• Wash baby bokchoy thoroughly. (I wash mine one by one)
• Crushed garlic (as much as you want - I prefer lots of garlic)
• Saute garlic. Add bokchoy.
• Season with soy sauce and black pepper.
• Cook until green leaves are wilted and the stem part is still crunchy.
• Don't overcook. This is best served when half-cooked.

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Papaya Pickles (Atsara)

I am glad that I perfectly made this papaya pickles! My mom is the best when making this so the last time that we talked I asked her how to make it. To my delight, I made it just the way Mom does hers.

Ingredients:
Grated green papaya
Carrots
Bell pepper
Garlic
Onion
Ginger
Vinegar
Sugar

Directions:

• Sautee garlic, onion and ginger
• Add sugar and vinegar. Bring to boil
• Add Carrots and bell pepper
• Season according to your taste
• Turn off heat. Add papaya.
• Let it cool
• Transfer to a container and refrigerate.

Baby Bokchoy

I had some left over baby bokchoy in my refrigerator. I experimented with it and I came up with this dish. Bokchoy in oyster sauce.

Ingredients:
Baby bokchoy
Garlic
Onion
Tomato
Oyster Sauce
Pepper

Directions:

• Cut and wash up baby bokchoy
• Sautee garlic, onion and tomato
• Add bokchoy
• Season with oyster sauce and pepper
• Cook until done yet still crispy
• Serve
  

Grilled Squash

I always love squash. So, when we saw a sidewalk vendor selling some fresh vegetables, we bought a bucket of squash, some ripe and green tomatoes, cucumber and more. I grilled the squash and it was so sweet.

Ingredients:
Squash (sliced length wise)
pepper
olive oil
garlic salt

Directions:

• Wash and sliced squash
• Season with olive oil, garlic salt, and pepper
• Grill until done
• Serve
  

Veggies and Shrimp in Coconut Milk

Ingredients:
Coconut Milk
Shrimps
String Beans
Okra
Eggplant
Onion
Ginger
Black Pepper
Garlic Salt

Directions:

• Wash and cut string beans, okra and eggplant
• In a casserole put the string beans, eggplant, onion, ginger and coconut milk.
• Season with garlic salt and black pepper
• Bring to boil. When the veggies are getting tender add shrimps and okra.
• Cook until done.
• Serve.
  

Mixed Vegetables in Coconut Milk

First, I wish I had squash to make this complete but I don't have it so I just made whatever vegetables I had in my fridge.

Ingredients:
Coconut Milk
String beans
Eggplant
Okra
Onion
Ginger
Black Pepper
Dried Fish

Directions:

• Mix all vegetables. Put a can of coconut milk.
• Put sliced onion and sliced ginger. Season with black pepper.
• Bring to boil and add dried fish.
• Cook until vegetable is done.
• Serve with rice
  

Sauteed Pork and Okra

I had fresh okras and I made cooked some for myself.

Ingredients:
Pork - sliced thinly
Okra
Onion
garlic
soysauce
black pepper

Directions:

• Sautee garlic and onion
• Add pork and cooked until done
• Season with soysauce and black pepper
• Add okra and cook until okra is half done
• Serve with rice
  

Asian Eggplant

I love "tortang talong" so when we went to the Asian store I bought some Asian eggplant. I don't like making "tortang talong" from the eggplant in local grocery stores because they are to big and too watery.

I poke some holes in the eggplant before I broil it in the oven. After broiling it, I peel it and mashed. I then dipped it to the mixture of egg and flour which was seasoned with garlic salt and pepper. Then I fried it and viola I got me a very delicious "tortang talong"