My Favorite Quotes on Cooking and Culinary Arts

https://davidbkatague.blogspot.com/2020/03/my-favorite-fifty-quotes-on-cooking-and.html

My New Recipe for Salmon Head Fish Soup

I Placed the soup in a Separate Dish

Here's my Recipe for Salmon Head  Fish Soup with Vegetables


https://davidbkatague.blogspot.com/2020/01/new-recipe-for-salmon-head-fish-soup.html

Longing for Pinoy Dishes after an All-American Thanksgiving Feast

After one week of eating left-over turkey ( casserole and soup) and leftover honey baked ham ( potato and ham souffle),  I had a longing for Pinoy dishes.

https://davidbkatague.blogspot.com/2019/11/no-pinoy-dishes-for-thanksgiving-this.html

My longing for Pinoy dishes was enhanced after viewing the food videos of Kulas in his vlog, Becomingfilipino.com(.http://www.becomingfilipino.com/ ).  Thus with great anticipation ( in spite of the rain )I went to our Pinoy Grocery store today. The following I purchased with gusto. 

Beef and Tripe Kare-Kare ( Panlasang Pinoy Photo)

Pancit Bihon

Ginisang Ampalaya( Bitter Melon)

Filipino Beef Steak

Puto Kutsinta for Dessert

In addition, I also purchased Shrimp Paste ( Bagoong-Barrio Fiesta brand), Hopia Baboy and  Pork Siopao. Total Cost: $80.00

For my favorite Pinoy and American Dishes visit:

https://myfavoritepinoydishes.blogspot.com/2019/11/my-own-version-of-left-over-turkey.html

For recipes of the above four dishes visit:

https://panlasangpinoy.com/

Meanwhile enjoy this video of Kulas on crispy pata from Marinduque- our second home

https://www.facebook.com/becomingfilipino/videos/516353962291066/

My Own Version of Left-Over Turkey Casserole

Left-over Turkey Casserole

I have been looking for an easy recipe for leftover turkey. Here's a recipe from the seasonedmom.com that I modified. 


Instead of frozen peas as listed in the Aunt Bees recipe below, I used french cut green beans and added cream style sweet corn along with cream of mushrooms soup. Instead of pasta, I used slice potatoes for the carbohydrates. For details of the recipe read:


https://www.theseasonedmom.com/aunt-bees-leftover-turkey-casserole/?fbclid=IwAR2nDOcr_f9UvcDjK0Eqy2ZGPJhtmT9V1AFj7QT_8utXf3VWaM7Z2ur12ow

 Meanwhile, enjoy Anton Rubenstein-Romance-one of our favorite piece of music

https://youtu.be/6xRiKw428iA

My Two Favorite Recipes for Tuna Sandwiches

Once in a while, Macrine and I loved to eat tuna sandwiches for lunch. My favorite recipe is: to mix the tuna with chopped Vidal sweet onions, chopped celery, sweet relish and a tint of mayonnaise and minced fresh oregano.

Here's my other favorite recipe without mayonnaise

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/202115/mayo-free-tuna-sandwich-filling/

Nutritionist recommends to eat less tuna but more sardines, since tuna usually contained more mercury and other metal contaminants compared to sardines.

Do you have a favorite tuna sandwich recipe? Please share!

Meanwhile, enjoy this photo of our recent breakfast:

Mangoes Anyone?

Sardines and Scrambled Eggs for Breakfast

Yesterday, Macrine and I had Tome' Sardines, scrambled eggs and fried rice for breakfast.  We have not eaten sardines for quite a while, so the taste of sardines followed by Papaya from Mexico (Maradol) was a gastronomic delight.

Mexican Papaya( Maradol) is not as sweet as Philippines Papayas, but it is much cheaper here in Northern California and available all year round.

The breakfast was prepared by Macrine's caretaker- a Filipino-American who also like sardines. The above brand of sardines is in olive oil with pickle flavor and pepper. I purchased it at our local Pinoy grocery store.   I like canned sardines in olive oil and a little bit spicy instead of in tomato sauce or in water.

The name “sardine” refers to more than twenty types of small, oily, saltwater fish in the herring family. They may be eaten fresh or preserved.  Sardines are incredibly nutritious. For just one tin of Atlantic sardines (3.75 ounces, at about 191 calories), you get about 23g of protein, 10.53g of healthy fats (rich in omega-3 fatty acids), as well as vitamin D and tons of vitamin B12, not to mention a long list of other vitamins and minerals. Moreover, sardines are relatively low in contaminants such as mercury. For canned sardines, look for those packed in water or olive oil. For more details read:

https://www.precisionnutrition.com/encyclopedia/food/sardines 

For top 10 rated sardines for 2019 read:

https://www.foodsharkmarfa.com/best-canned-sardines/ 

Meanwhile, enjoy this photo from my recent breakfast

Mangoes Anyone?

Macrine's Favorite Lunch and Other Pinoy Dishes

This is Macrine's Favorite lunch-Fish Taco Garnished with Cactus and Tomatoes salad.

Macrine enjoying her fish taco with cactus/tomato salad and  a dash of  mild Picante sauce

Her second choice of lunch is lengua ( beef tongue)* taco. Both tacos we purchased at our nearby Mexican restaurant- Tres Hermanos. On Tuesday the lengua taco is on sale for only $1.99 each. However, the fish taco is always $2.97 each all week.

There are several good Mexican Restaurants within 10 miles distance from our residence. As a promotion to attract more customers,our Bath lady informed us that on Wednesday, the tacos are only $1 in Elk Grove- about 30 minutes drive from our residence. Tres Hermanos is very popular. On weekdays from 11AM to 1PM, the waiting line to be served is about 15 minutes. The food however is excellent and worth the wait.

* Speaking of beef tongue( lengua), my favorite recipe in the Philippines is lengua Estofado

Lengua Estofado- one of my  favorite Pinoy dishes for special occasion

For the recipe visit :https://recipenijuan.com/lengua-estofado-recipe/

For other Mexican dishes that Macrine and I also enjoy visit this site:

https://myfavoritepinoydishes.blogspot.com/2018/11/enjoying-mexican-food-beef-tamales.html

For My Favorite Filipino Dishes read:

https://hubpages.com/food/my-favorite-philippine-dishes

For Angela's Dimayuga 10 Essential Pinoy Recipes as Published in the NY Times read:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/07/dining/filipino-food-recipes-angela-dimayuga.html?searchResultPosition=2