Sauteed Mixed Vegetables

Healthy and delicious.

Ingredients for 4 servings:
1/4 kilo pork
1/4 kilo green beans
3 medium size carrots
1/2 kilo Brussels Sprouts
1 small onion
2 cloves garlic
2 tablespoon soy sauce
salt and pepper to taste

Brussels sprouts

Procedure:
1.  Saute the garlic and onion then add the pork and continue to saute until pinkish color is gone.
2. Add the brussels sprouts, carrots and green beans then continue to saute until half cooked.
3. Add soy sauce, salt and pepper then continue to cook until done.
4. Serve it hot.

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Monggo with Hipon

An affordable viand for rainy days, delicious and keeps you warm.

Ingredients:
1/4 kilo mung beans (monggo)
1/4 kilo shrimps
1 bunch camote tops (talbos ng camote)
2 cloves garlic (minced)
1 onion (minced)
5 cups water ( add if needed)
salt to taste

mung bean-monggo

Procedure:
1. Put the water and mung bean in a pot then boil the mung bean until tender and set aside.
2. Saute the garlic and onion then add the shrimps and continue to saute until pinkish then add the cooked mung beans and simmer for 5 minutes, add salt to taste.
3. Add the camote tops and simmer for a minute then turn off the heat and serve with fried fish for extra flavor. :-).

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Ginataang Sigarilyas

I picked some winged beans or sigarilyas from my sister's garden today, it's so fresh that's why I was tempted to picked it but of course I asked her permission. I cooked it and gave her some and she said it's yummy. 
Carabansos in Visayan dialect.

Ingredients for 4 servings:
1/2 kilo winged beans ( sliced and cleaned)
1 small onion
1 teaspoon ginger strips
1 1/2 cup thin coconut milk
3/4 cup pure coconut milk
1 tablespoon shrimp paste (bagoong alamang)
salt if needed

winged beans-sigarilyas

Procedure:
1. In a pan put the thin coconut milk, onion, ginger and shrimp paste then bring to a boil over medium heat.
2. When boiling add the winged beans (sigarilyas) then stir and simmer until half cooked. Add salt  if needed, then add the pure coconut milk and simmer until done.

3. Serve it hot with rice and enjoy.

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Easy Vegetable Lumpia

An all time favorite of my college "barkadas" (close friends), sharing a good chat while eating vegetable lumpia during our snack time.We love this because it is affordable and will make you really full and most of all very delicious.

Ingredients:
1 kilo sprouted beans (togue)
1 head medium size cabbage (strips)
1/4 kilo ground beef ( or whatever meat you would like to use)
2 medium size carrots ( strips)
1 big sweet potato (camote) sliced into strips
1 small onion
3 cloves garlic
salt and pepper to taste
30 Spring roll wrapper

Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic and onion, add the ground beef and simmer for few minutes then add the sweet potato and simmer until half cooked.
2. Add the rest of the ingredients, simmer until it is cooked. ( do not overcooked)
3. Drain and let it cool. 
4. Wrap in the spring roll wrapper and deep fry until golden brown.

5. Serve hot with your favorite sauce.

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Lumpiang Hubad

Lumpiang hubad is a vegetable dish for spring roll but it's not wrap with the spring roll wrappers that's why it is called hubad which means naked in English. Although I love spring roll, but at times where wrapper are not available, this one is always welcome in our dining table. Yummy!

Ingredients:
1/2 kilo sprouted beans (togue)
1/4 kilo cabbage (strips)
1/4 kilo green beans ( sliced thinly )
1/4 kilo ground beef ( or whatever meat you would like to use)
2 medium size carrots ( strips)
1 small onion
3 cloves garlic
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic and onion, add the ground beef and simmer for few minutes.
2. Add the rest of the ingredients, then give a good stir, add salt and pepper to taste then simmer until it is cooked. ( do not overcooked)
3. Serve and enjoy.

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Ginisang Sitaw with Giniling

String beans are one of the most common vegetable in the market and available all year round. Today the selling prices are lower compared last week that's why I bought some for our dinner.

Ingredients:
1/2 kilo String Beans ( cut into an inch and a half long)
1/4 kilo ground pork or beef
2 tablespoons soy sauce
3 cloves garlic
salt and pepper to taste


Procedure:
1.Saute the garlic and onion then add the ground meat and continue to saute until the pinkish color is gone.
2. Increase the heat to high ( to avoid discoloration of the beans) add the string beans and soy sauce then  combine well and do not cover, add salt and pepper to taste, stir every now and then until cooked then turn off the heat.
4. Serve it hot.

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Tortang Malunggay

July is a nutrition month in the Philippines and I want to contribute a healthy and affordable recipe to all the parents who keep on soliciting ideas for nutritious dish that they can prepare for their kids, since horse radish (malunggay) is always available or common in our own backyards, I came up with this idea, I hope that you will try this recipe and let me know.

Ingredients for 4 servings:
3 large eggs (lightly beaten)
1 small onion (sliced thinly)
1/2 cup horse radish (malunggay)
salt and pepper to taste


Procedure:
1. Mix all the ingredients until fully combined.

2. Heat an oil then pour the egg mixture and cook until done.
3. Serve with a smile :-) .

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