CHILI CON CARNE

INGREDIENTS:
3 tbsp cooking oil
2 medium garlic cloves, finely chopped
1 onion, finely chopped
1 k ground beef (or half beef, half pork)
1/4 c tomato paste
2 c beef broth
5 tbsp chili powder
2 tsp sugar
1 tsp ground cumin
6 tbsp cornmeal (but I couldn't find it so I used flour)
2 tsp salt
1 bay leaf
cooked kidney beans (but I cheated here coz I used canned pork and beans.. hehe)
rice
cheese

COOKING INSTRUCTIONS:
Saute garlic and onion in hot oil. Add chili powder, sugar and cumin. Add ground beef. Stir and cook until completely browned. Throw in the remaining ingredients and reduce heat. Simmer until very thick. Discard bay leaf.

Put chili con carne on top of rice and add grated cheese.

BOILED TAHONG

INGREDIENTS:
Mussels
Onion
Ginger
Tomato
Water
Fish Sauce

COOKING INSTRUCTIONS:
Boil mussels (in water.. duh) together with one chopped onion, 1 sliced tomato and 2-3 regular sized sliced ginger. Add fish sauce to taste.

BUTTERED SHRIMP

INGREDIENTS:
Shrimp
Garlic
Butter
Salt
Oyster Sauce (optional)
7 up (or Sprite)
Cooking oil

COOKING INSTRUCTIONS:
Boil shrimp in a bottle (or 2) of 7 Up. Make sure all the shrimps are completely covered soaked in 7 Up. Add a pinch of sea salt. Set aside after boiling. In a separate pan (or sige same pan kung nagtitiped sa hugas) heat 1 tsp of cooking oil. Add lots of butter to the oil (the more the mannier.. hehe. The oil will keep the butter from burning quickly). Saute garlic. Add shrimp. Stir until cooked. Optional: Add around 2 tbsp of oyster sauce and continue stirring.

*Note: Dad garnished this one with onions but that's optional.

HONEY POTATOES

INGREDIENTS:
Baby potatoes (I don't know what it's called)
olive oil
2 tbsp honey
salt & pepper
dried basil

COOKING INSTRUCTIONS:
Boil potato -- cut into halves when boiled then set aside. In a separate pan, heat olive oil. Add potato halves. Add honey. Stir (or toss if you can do that). Add salt & pepper to taste. Sprinkle dried basil before serving.

You can eat this with lettuce and vinaigrette.

CHICKEN PORK ADOBO

Ingredients:
1/2 k Pork (cut into cubes)
1/2 k chicken (cut into small pieces)
1/3 c soy sauce
1/3 c vinegar
1 bay leaf
1 whole garlic (don't remove skin and don't crush)
Cooking oil

Procedure:
1. In a pot, boil chicken, pork, vinegar, soy sauce, garlic and bay leaf. Do not stir or touch until vinegar boils.
2. Lower the heat when mixture boils and remove garlic.
3. The garlic skin should easily peel off once it becomes soft. Remove it and crush garlic in a small bowl. Set aside.
4. When pork is tender, remove from heat and set aside.
5. Pour oil in a frying pan.
6. Sauté garlic.
7. Drain pork/chicken and fry with garlic.
8. Sauce can either be poured over fried pork and chicken or can be served separately.