Tuna Primavera

Fiesta!

Lots of food!

My contribution to our fiesta celebration is this recipe.

I hope it will turn out okay! @-@

Here goes:

400 g spaghetti, cooked per package direction

8 cloves garlic, crushed

1 1/2 tbsp margarine

2 small carrot, diced

2 pouch (250g) Italian style spaghetti sauce

1 1/2 cup evaporated milk

grated cheese

2 cans (180g) tuna flakes in brine, drained

1 cup cooked green peas

1. Saute garlic in margarine. Add carrot. Cook for 2 minutes. Add Spaghetti sauce and remaining ingredients. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Simmer for 10 minutes.

2. Pour over or mix with cooked spaghetti.

Enjoy!!

Maja Blanca

Well, I wasn't contented with the tiramisu, especially that I haven't tasted it yet, so I decided to grab a box of Cream cornstarch and look at the recipes at the back.

I saw this recipe and I got started with my experiment number two for my mother's birthday desserts! :P

Here goes:

1 cup cream cornstarch

1 1/2 cup cream corn

1 cup sugar

2 1/2 cups thin coconut milk

1/2 cup evap

In a saucepan, combine the cream corn with cornstarch, sugar, coconut milk, and evap. Cook over medium heat until thickened, stirring constantly. Pour into containers and cool until set.

Enjoy!

Chocolate Graham's Tiramisu

Today is my mother's birthday and tomorrow will be our city's fiesta. My mother asked me what dessert I'll make and I told her I'll make tiramisu.

She asked if it's delicious. I answered 'maybe'. Well, this is my kitchen experiment so how will I know if it's delicious, right?

I need to make it first. :P

So, here goes:

18 pcs MY San Grahams chocolate

1/2 cup confectioner's sugar

2 tbsp sugar

225 g Magnolia Cream Cheese

1/2 cup coffee mixture (1 tsp coffee + 2 tsp sugar + 1/2 cup water)

1 box all purpose cream

2 tbsp cocoa powder

1. Mix - In a bowl, mix cheese and confectioner's sugar until light and fluffy. In a separate bowl, whip all purpose cream until double in volume. Put whipped cream in cheese mixture. Blend well.

2. Dip - In a bowl, combine coffee mixture and sugar. Dip graham in the mixture.

3. Layer - In a serving dish, lay 6 pcs of soaked crackers. Spread 1/3 of cream mixture evenly. Make 2 more layers using the soaked crackers and remaining cream. Garnish top layer with cocoa powder. Chill before serving.

Makes 8 servings.

Enjoy!!

Tuna-Noodle Bake

For this weekend, I decided to test if our oven toaster is still working. I chose a recipe that needs to be baked.

As you can see in the picture, the one at the bottom is kind of burnt. That is the bad effect of using an oven toaster. The more you toast, the hotter it gets. The succeeding food to be toasted must be given a short toasting time or it will end up like that.

So, here goes:

300 g Macaroni, cooked per package directions

6 cloves, garlic, crushed

1 185g tuna chunks in vegetable oil

1 250 g Italian Style Spaghetti Sauce

grated cheese

White Sauce:

2 tbsp flour

1/4 cup evaporated milk

1/4 cup water

1 tbsp butter

1. Saute garlic in tuna oil until brown. Add onion and cook for minute. Add Spaghetti Sauce, 1/2 cup water, 1/2 tsp iodized salt, and 1/4 tsp pepper. Simmer for 5 minutes. Add tuna chunks. Stir once. Set aside.

2. White Sauce: Mix all ingredients until smooth. Season with 1/3 tsp iodized salt and 1/4 tsp pepper. Cook over low heat for 5-10 minutes or until thick.

3. Blend spaghetti-tuna sauce with cooked macaroni. Arrange in pan. Pour white sauce all over and sprinkle with grated cheese. It desired, bake until cheese melts.

Makes 6 servings.

Enjoy!

Pineapple Meatroll

My mother asked me to make the Easy Embutido on her birthday. But I am not yet convinced with the taste of that embutido. So I decided to look for another recipe which might be more delicious than the first one, and I have thought of making this.

Ingredients:

1 (234g) Del Monte Fresh Cut Pineapple Tidbits, well-drained

1 pc egg

1/4 kilo ground pork

1 piece beef broth cube, crumbled

2 pieces sliced bread, diced, submerged on

1/4 cup evaporated milk

1 piece red bell pepper, chopped

1 piece medium onion, chopped

Procedure:

1. Combine all the ingredients. Season with 1/4 tsp iodized salt and 1/8 tsp pepper. Mix thoroughly.

2. Divide the meat mixture into three. Wrap individually with a thin foil. Steam for 1 hour.

Enjoy!

Easy Embutido Surprise

Early this morning I went to NORECO to pay the bills. I wasn't really planning to cook something today because I thought of checking those loads of paper on my desk. I decided to stop by Negros Lechon Manok to buy Pancit Canton for lunch but found out that it was close.

My feet took me to the public market thinking that there'll be a lot of fishes for sale. Faith was against me again. I didn't find any fish that suites the recipe in mind, which is what I've already featured here, Homemade Spanish Sardines.

Again I urge my feet to go to Fortune Mart and do some grocery shopping instead. There, I thought of checking the recipes I stored in my cellphone and found this recipe.

For today, November 2, 2011, I decided to put my hand on this recipe. This is the first time I'll make an embutido and was crossing my finger the entire time I was making this.

Here goes:

1/4 kg ground pork

3 hotdog, sliced into half

1/3 cup breadcrumbs

1/4 cup Cook and Dip Catsup Blend Spicy Chili

1/2 tsp liquid seasoning

1/4 cup Lady's Choice Tuna Spread

1/2 tsp salt

3 hard-boiled eggs

1/4 cup carrot, finely chopped

1 35 g Eden Cheese, grated

1/4 tsp pepper

Combine ground pork, carrot, cheese and breadcrumbs. Add tuna spread, ketchup, liquid seasoning, salt and pepper. Mix well. Divide the meat mixture into three. Place meat mixture on a foil and shape into a roll. Arrange egg in the center and hotdogs on both ends of the egg. Cover with meat mixture. Wrap securely in foil. Steam for 30-40 minutes. Chill before slicing.

Makes three rolls.

Enjoy!!