CHORIZO FRIED RICE

INGREDIENTS:
chorizo (cut into small pieces)
cooked rice
cooking oil
egg (beaten)
salt

COOKING INSTRUCTIONS:
Fry chorizo bits in hot cooking oil. Add rice. Stir for 5-10mins. Pour beaten egg. Mix/Stir for another 5 minutes. May add pineapple bits, green peas and/or ham. We ate this with stir fried beef with shitake mushrooms :)

STIR FRIED BEEF WITH BROCCOLI

INGREDIENTS:

sirloin beef strips
broccoli
oyster sauce
soy sauce
salt & pepper
sugar
garlic
cooking oil
water

COOKING INSTRUCTIONS:
Marinate beef in soy sauce, salt & pepper and sugar for 15-20 minutes (or while you wash the broccoli and run to the supermarket to buy oyster sauce and coke. That's what I did, haha). Saute garlic in cooking oil. Throw in beef strips in pan. Add oyster sauce and a little water (like 3 tbsp lang). Stir fry until beef is tender. Add broccoli and cover to steam (or something). Serve with rice :)

CHICKEN CURRY

INGREDIENTS:
chicken (for this one I used thigh fillet)
garlic
onion
bell pepper
curry powder
potato
carrots
eggplant
coconut milk
salt & pepper

DIRECTIONS: Saute garlic and onion, add bell pepper and chicken (can be replaced with beef, pork, fish, etc.). Put curry powder (as much as you like). Curry paste also works well but I couldn't find any. Add potato and carrot. Pour in coconut milk (i used the canned one). Boil. Add eggplant and salt & pepper to taste. You can add more curry at this stage if necessary.

APPLE ALA MODE

INGREDIENTS:
fuji apples
butter
brown sugar
granola or oats or nuts
vanilla ice cream
crushed graham crackers

COOKING INSTRUCTIONS:
Peel and slice apples thinly (make sure to remove core). Heat pan, throw in butter and add apples. You need to caramelize the apples (just let it brown). Add brown sugar. Add granola or oats or nuts (or all of it if you want). Remove from heat, transfer to bowl, top with vanilla ice cream and sprinkle with crushed graham crackers.

RIPE MANGO SALSA

INGREDIENTS:
ripe mangoes
onion
tomato
juice extract from 2 calamansi
sugar
salt

DIRECTIONS:
Chop mangoes, tomatoes and onion into small pieces. Put everything in a large bowl and mix. Perfect with fried or grilled fish and pork. Also works well on Doritos :)