Ramblings of a Perpetually Tanned Filipina

I love seafood and of course, shrimps will always be included in the list. Crabs is my ultimate favorite, but I still have to figure out how my mom cooks her yummy crabs in coconut milk. Since we moved to a new place 3 years ago, we have been constantly looking for a seafood place. Even if we live in a State that's surrounded by the ocean, it's somehow hard to find a good place that sells seafood. We finally found one around 30 minutes from our location and it's called Lakeland seafood. I was ecstatic when I found out that they sell shrimps with the head in tact, because a lot of grocery stores that sell frozen seafood never sell shrimps with the head still attached. I know, it's weird, but growing up in the Philippines, I was used to eating shrimps with the head, because I felt like it tasted better that way. I forgot where I first got this recipe, but here's an easy dish to prepare, if you like ginataang shrimps just like me! Ingredients: 1 lbs shrimps (p...

We had left over adobo from last night's dinner, so I decided to make adobo rice tonight. It is as easy as 1-2-3 and my husband loved it! :) What you'll need: - Adobo (pork) with the meat cut into little pieces (save the sauce). - 3 cloves of garlic, minced - cooking oil - rice - salt to taste How to ace it: 1. Heat oil in pan and add the minced garlic 2. When the garlic is brown, add the rice and cook for around 2 minutes 3. Add the pieces of meat and mix it with the rice and cook for another 2 minutes 4. Add the sauce and a little salt then mix it with the rice. Make sure not too put too much of the adobo sauce or else the rice will get too soggy. 5. Serve hot and enjoy! Instructions on how to cook adobo (just replace chicken with pork): http://deelixuz.blogspot.com/2010/03/chicken-adobo.html

Chicken Afritada is a Filipino dish with potatoes, bell peppers, and tomato sauce. Here's my own version of this dish. Ingredients: 1 kilo chicken cut into pieces 5 pieces potatoes, peeled and halved 1 red onion, diced 1 clove of garlic, minced 1 green/red bell pepper, sliced into strips 2 cups chicken stock 3 cups tomato sauce (just use 1 cup if you are not a big fan of tomatoes) 2 tablespoons of fish sauce 3 tablespoons of cooking oil salt, pepper, and sugar to taste Chicken stock: One piece of chicken cube dissolved in hot water. * Heat oil in a cooking pan; * When the oil is hot, sauté garlic and onions (garlic should be slightly brown and the onion chunks are transparent); * Add chicken and make it slightly brown (if you added pieces of chicken with bones, make sure that there's no blood on the bones); * Add potatoes and continue to cook; * Once potatoes are already cooked, pour tomato sauce, stock and fish sauce; * Bring to a boil and allow to simmer for about 20 minutes ...

Adobo is a popular Filipino recipe and is also my husband's favorite food to eat. Cooking was never my forte and my mom would always tell me that once I get married, my husband will return me home 'coz I don't know how to cook. For the sake of saving myself some dignity and for me not to be single for the rest of my life, I learned how to cook adobo before I left the Philippines. I got the recipe from my roommate and I have been using this since. And it is true that a way to a man's heart is through his stomach. Here are the ingredients for the adobo I cook during lunch or dinner: 1 kilo of chicken 1 medium onion, chopped 2 cloves of garlic, minced half a teaspoon of ground pepper (add more if you want spicy adobo) 5 pieces of laurel/bay leaves 4 teaspoons of sugar almost half a cup of soy sauce almost half a cup of vinegar Combine all the ingredients in one pot and bring to a boil. Mix for a little bit, then simmer until the sauce thickens and the chicken is cooked. Ma...