Food lovers here's a Pizza Potatoes for your Amigos!

If you are planning to invite your friends at home for a simple treat, here is a simple suggestion that may be good and healthy for everyone …not a commercial one but one of its kind.

It’s called pizza potato. The idea is just like any ordinary pizza but its dough its prepared the way we prepare mashed potato.

First thing is to boil a kilo of potato until is well done and mash it. Put a little salt and pepper to taste then apply a little butter when mash and transferred on a round container such as a circular pyrex bowl which can be used for the microwave oven for the final preparation. Thickness of the potato dough may be at least half an inch thick. Set it aside as we are now ready to prepare the toppings of the pizza.

Next is to sauté a kilo of ground pork or beef, whatever your choice is, with garlic, onions, pepper and tomato sauce or spaghetti sauce if you can’t find pizza sauce in the supermarket. You may add other spices of your choice but be sure not to spoil the taste. The sauce may be adjusted to your taste. It is almost similar when you are preparing sauce for your spaghetti. After cooking the pork and sauce, just set it aside and prepare the toppings of your homemade pizza. Slice the following to your desired size:

• pineapple

• different sausages of your choice or pepperoni

• tomatoes

• mushroom

• bacon/salami or any kind of ham

• bell pepper

• quick melt cheese (but it is suggested that it is grated and sprinkled after everything is ready)

Get the potato dough and transfer your cooked ground pork on top of it and spread evenly. The ground pork that you spread should be estimated to your desired thickness. Afterwhich, spread the other toppings such as pineapple etc. on top of the ground pork.

Sprinkle your specially prepared pizza with Mcormick pizza spices (which you can buy in supermarkets) and cheese. You may add parmesan cheese or your choice of cheese to add more taste.

Finally, bake it in the microwave oven for at least eight minutes. It is suggested that you bake it before eating as the pizza is perfect when served hot.

Have fun!

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Let me share my favorite fish ever, the mackerel scad or known in the philippines as "Galunggong". I like it when it is fried because I can almost eat all of it even the bones because of the crispiness. I also match it with sliced tomatoes. There's a lot of ways on how to cook this fish, you can have it as smoked (Tinapa), paksiw, sarciado and many more.

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Food lovers, have a taste of the very popular ilocano food from the northern regions of the Philippines, although it has become popular throughout the archipelago, the Pinakbet or Pakbet. The word is the contracted form of the Ilocano word "pinakebbet", meaning shrivelled. The original Ilocano pinakbet uses bagoong, of fermented monamon or other fish, while further south, bagoong alamang is used. 

Image source: Kawaling Pinoy

Usually its most basic vegetables used in this dish include native bitter melon, eggplant, tomato, ginger, okra, string beans, lima beans, chili peppers and various Filipino vegetables like parda, winged beans, and such. A Tagalog version usually includes calabaza (squash).

Ingredients:

• 1/4 kilo pork with fat (cut into very small pieces) or you can use other alternatives like fried fish or shrimp
  
• 3 tablespoons oil
  
• 1 1/2 cup water
  
• 2 medium size Ampalaya (cut into 8 pieces each)
  
• 2 medium size eggplants (cut into 8 pieces each)
  
• 6 pieces okra (halved)
  
• 6 pieces tomatoes (quartered)
  
• 1 small garlic head (minced)
  
• 2 small onions (diced)
  
• 1 small ginger (sliced)
  
• 4 tablespoons bagoong isda
  
• Pinch of pepper

How to cook:

1. In a pan, cook pork until lightly crispy, set aside.
   
2. Saute garlic, onion, tomatoes, and ginger in the pork fat and mix in pork.
   
3. In a pot, boil water with bagoong.
   
4. Add in the pork and spices.
   
5. Add all the vegetables and cook.
   
6. Serve hot.

Reference:wiki

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Adobo is actually a spanish word for seasoning or marinade. It is used to describe the actual marinade or seasoning mix, and the term used for a meat which has been marinated or seasoned with an adobo is referred to having been adobada.

Image source: Pork Adobo Salu-salo

Traditionally adobo is one of the first dishes Filipinos learn to cook, it is simple and requires just a handful of ingredients. In good-tasting adobo, none of the spice flavors dominates but rather the taste is a delicate balance of all the ingredients. The most common preferred type is pork adobo, followed by chicken adobo which is generally considered somewhat healthier but we can also have other alternatives such as squid or adobong pusit, fish etc. 

Image source: Chicken Adobo (Wiki)

Foodie goodies, you might want to cook some chicken adobo, pork adobo or both of them can do. 

Ingredients below:

• 1 1/4 pounds boneless pork loin roast, cut into 2-inch pieces
• 1 1/4 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into 2-inch pieces
• 3 tablespoons salt
• 1 tablespoon black peppercorns, coarsely ground
• 2 tablespoons crushed garlic
• 2 bay leaves, torn
• 1 cup white vinegar
• 1/4 cup soy sauce (optional)
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 2 cloves garlic, smashed

How to cook:

1. Season pork and chicken with salt and pepper and place in a stock pot. Rub with crushed garlic and torn bay leaf, and coat with vinegar (and soy sauce, if using). Cover, and marinate in the refrigerator for 8 hours, or overnight.

2. Bring meat and marinating liquid to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and cook for 1 1/2 hours, or until meat is fork-tender. If necessary, add a small amount of water to prevent drying out.

3. Strain liquid from meat. Return to the stock pot and bring to a simmer. In a skillet, cook and stir meat in 1 tablespoon of oil over medium high heat until brown on all sides, adding remaining 2 cloves of smashed garlic in the last 3 minutes. Add meats to cooking liquid, and continue simmering until slightly thickened.

ENJOY!

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