Luckily, everything fell into place and my crinkles are perfectly cooked. My family loved it and my husband gave praises to it. 

Today I made Chicken Curry. My husband loves curry so I might as well try making one for him. It's my first attempt and I found a way to make it in a short time. I used McCormick's Yellow Curry Mix which I found in the grocery. It has simple instructions: brown the chicken, dilute the powder, pour in chicken, add coconut milk and simmer. I had some revisions because I didn't want to end up with malansang chicken. So, I happily sauted it in garlic, onions, ginger and fish sauce. Then I added eggplants for the veggie factor. Instead of coconut milk (which I don't have), I used all purpose cream. I don't know if that's acceptable but it's all I have. 

I tasted it and there's something odd or missing for me, but I didn't want to add anything else because I might destroy the supposed flavor of the curry mix. Hopefully, when my husband eats it tonight, he'll approve of it. 

Experimenting on food is a great hobby to satisfy not only myself but the entire family as well. :)

We thought of this snack randomly and we were surprised that it was a hit to the family. It's a simple dish yet a mouth-watering experience! 

Ingredients:

Ground meat (chicken, pork or beef, your choice)

Tomatoes

Onions

Grated cheese (Eden)

Taco Powder

Pita bread

Procedure:

1. Cook meat in taco flavor. Follow instructions at the back of packet.

2. Dice tomatoes and onions separately. Season tomatoes (salsa) with salt ad sugar.

3. Grate cheese.

4. Assemble on pita bread:

        Fold pita bread in half. 

        Put meat, onions and cheese on one part of bread. Put generous amounts of ingredients. :)

        Fold bread. 

       

Last Saturday my family prepared nacho salad as we watched movies during the night. We have this plastic bowl/tray that separates each ingredient - onions, cabbage, grated cheese, ground beef and tomatoes, which prevents it from getting messed up. 

Today we still have the leftovers from the nachos and I still have about 1/4 cup of sour cream (which I used for potato salad) that I don't want to waste. Since I was craving for a Mexican dish, I thought of using all the left ingredients to come up with a homemade snack. :) 

Quesadilla

Ingredients:

Tortilla bread

Ground beef (sauted and cooked with taco powder/seasoning)

Onions

Greens (lettuce or cabbage)

Grated cheese

Sour cream

Salsa:

Finely cut tomatoes.

Heat tomatoes in the oven and season with salt and sugar. 

Procedure:

1. Top tortilla bread with whatever ingredient you desire. :)

Here's what I made:

Three sets with ground beef, onions and cheese.

Two sets with sour cream and cheese. 

2. Cover with another tortilla bread.

3. Heat in oven for 15 minutes at 170 degrees. 

4. Cut into triangles.

5. Plate and serve with salsa and sour cream. 

This is a very easy and cheap dish that requires creativity. Haha. My family loved it! My cousin even said it tastes like Taco Bell's quesadillas. 

Feeling chef,

B.

Late post.

Now that my cravings are on hype, I try to satisfy myself with as little expense as possible. For this specific day I woke up thinking of pizza rolls. I remember my good friend, Foxy, bringing this snack for potluck on one of our gatherings. So I searched for the recipe and voila! 

I asked my mom to buy me the ingredients, however making it was very tiresome (maybe just for me). As a newbie, I took time cutting the ingredients and preparing the dish. I had to ask for my mom's help to finish rolling the breads. 

Traditionally, you deep fry the pizza roll. I tried cooking it using a Turbo but the bread crumbs tasted raw. It did became crunchy, though. I guess same thing goes when you cook it in the oven.  I don't know, maybe there's an ingredient missing for it to be cooked non-deep-fried way. 

So, we settled with the old-fashioned style of cooking it - deep frying. It turned out good, in fact, great! I guess the secret for this recipe is the oil. My family liked it. My sister even brought it for baon the next day. There will definitely be a part 2 of this recipe. :)

This is where i got the recipe.

Pizza Roll Recipe 

Next time, I will try to saute the tomato sauce with onion, garlic, bell pepper and whatever I can think of for it to be more tasty. What I made was a bit bland because I used a pre-packed tomato sauce.

Wanna be chef,

B.