Guacamole Dip

There was an offer at the supermarket for avocados and that's exactly what I came home with. I was craving some mid-day snack that day and since avocados are supposedly healthy, having a guacamole dip would be considered totally guilt free! Another plus factor to this recipe is its incredibly easy steps: mash and mix and Tadah! a nice serving of healthy, fresh dip, all ready for you to enjoy!

Just a note to remember to always use avocados that are ripe and that means when the skin has turned all black. Don't be put off by its colour, what you will get is some nice creamy butter underneath that skin.

Ingredients:
1                    ripe avocado, peeled and pitted
1                    small red onion, chopped
1                    tomato, chopped
1 bunch         cilantro, chopped
1 clove          garlic, minced
1                    lime, juiced  
                      cayenne pepper
                      salt

Method:

Mash avocado with a pinch of salt, cayenne pepper, and lime juice. Mix in the rest of the ingredients, keep it in the fridge for a hour for the flavours to blend together, and serve with your favourite tortilla chips.

Back as a Mrs!

I know I have been missing for a while now, quite a long while to be exact. The news is, I got married. I was SO busy preparing for the wedding that I have absolutely no time to blog about anything. I was cooking but ain't got the time to sit down and write about it. Well now that the wedding is over and done with, I promise I'll be back more often to share those delicious recipes with those who are waiting. That's what they say, good things are worth waiting for and those recipes that I have lined up are sure gonna be worth it! See you soon!

Spicy Top Shell Salad

The perfect accompaniment to a glass of chilled beer, this top shell salad (I'm not even sure if this can be considered a salad, since no vegetables are being used! Haha) is always on our top list of favourites whenever we feel like drinking at home! I used two chilli padi in my recipe so it is VERY spicy. For those who can't bear with that kind of heat, please do reduce it to one instead. Enjoy! Please also feel free to invite me over for a mug of beer if you want to!  

Ingredients:

1 can                       top shell, cut into smaller bite sizes

3 tablespoons         sauce from the canned top shell

2                             chilli padi, sliced

1 medium               onion, sliced thinly

1/2 tablespoon        sugar

3 to 4                      calamansi lime, juiced

Method:

Mix all ingredients in a bowl and set aside in fridge for at least 15 minutes. Serve chilled. 

Steamed Cod with Fried Garlic and Scallion

The man has hinted me enough times that he's craving for cod and so I granted his wish by placing this on the dinner table last night. He was won over instantly when he took the first bite, but what he didn't know was how simple this recipe actually is. This is my kind of food, easy to make but fulfilling nonetheless. 

Serves 2

Ingredients:

1 medium slice or 2 small slices     cod 

3 slices                                            old ginger 

3 cloves                                           garlic, minced

1                                                      scallion, chopped thinly

1 tablespoon                                    light soy sauce

1 tablespoon                                    water

1 tablespoon                                    chinese cooking wine

1 teaspoon                                       sugar 

3 tablespoons                                  cooking oil

Method:

Place the fish on top of the ginger slices and steam on high heat for approx. 7 minutes. 

Mix the light soy sauce, sugar, water and chinese cooking wine in a bowl, making sure to dissolve the sugar granules. Set aside. 

Heat 3 tablespoons of oil and fry the minced garlic until golden brown. 

Remove the steamed fish from the steamer, drain away the water from the plate and pour the soy sauce mixture on it. Place the fried garlic on top of the fish, garnish with scallion and pour the hot garlic oil over. Serve hot.                     

Cobb Salad, my way.

It's not exactly fair to call this a salad. At least to me, salads are supposed to be healthy and light and all. A cobb salad, despite its name, is made using ingredients that are technically, WAY too delicious to be included in a bland and boring healthy salad. Then again, who says all salads are supposed to be bland and healthy anyway? Healthy or not, I for one, don't really care and just adore this sinful and fulfilling recipe of mine. 

Serves 2 

Ingredients:

Salad: 

1 head                       romaine lettuce, chopped roughly 

1                               tomato, diced

2                               hard boiled egg, shelled and chopped 

1                               avocado, diced 

100gm                      blue cheese, diced 

6 strips                     bacon, fried till crisp and cut into smaller pieces 

1                               roasted chicken breast, diced 

Method: Arrange everything on a salad bowl or plate and serve with the dressing below or your favourite dressing. 

Dressing: 

1/2 cup                      extra virgin olive oil

3 tablespoons            white wine vinegar

1/2 teaspoon              dijon mustard 

1/2 teaspoon              worcestershire sauce 

1/2 tablespoon           lemon juice 

                                   salt & pepper 

Method:

Whisk all the ingredients together and serve with the salad.