Beef Burrito

Description:
Another way to serve the Chili con Carne is to wrap into burritos! Good thing I had some flour tortilla around for this. Yum!

Ingredients:
flour tortillas
chili con carne
grated cheese
lettuce

Directions:
1. Heat the tortillas according to the directions. I heated it on a pan for a few minutes.
2. Place tortilla on a plate. Add a bed of lettuce strips. Place chili con carne on top and sprinkle grated cheese on top.
3. Fold tortilla into a burrito.
4. Enjoy!

Beef Burrito

Description:
Another way to serve the Chili con Carne is to wrap into burritos! Good thing I had some flour tortilla around for this. Yum!

Ingredients:
flour tortillas
chili con carne
grated cheese
lettuce

Directions:
1. Heat the tortillas according to the directions. I heated it on a pan for a few minutes.
2. Place tortilla on a plate. Add a bed of lettuce strips. Place chili con carne on top and sprinkle grated cheese on top.
3. Fold tortilla into a burrito.
4. Enjoy!

Chili con Carne

Description:
Mier bought a recipe magazine with Chili con Carne on the cover. Definitely a great picture to make me salivate and crave for some. Good thing I had some red beans stashed here and had all the ingredients ready for cooking. We invited my sister, Mabel, and her husband, Mackie, over to share it with us. Yum! AND lots of leftover afterwards too.

Ingredients:
1 pack red beans soaked overnight
1/2 k ground beef
garlic
onions
1 small pack tomato paste
1 pack tomato sauce
cumin powder
chili powder
dried oregano
salt
pepper
grated cheese
strips of lettuce
crushed taco shells

Directions:
1. Make sure that red beans are soaked overnight and soft before cooking.
2. Saute garlic and onions in hot oil.
3. Add ground beef and season with a little patis (or salt but I find patis tastier). Simmer until beef is brown all over. Stir to make sure that beef does not clump together.
4. Place red beans in a slow cooker. Add the cooked ground beef, tomato paste, tomato sauce, cumin powder, chili powder, dried oregano and season with salt and pepper. Mix it thoroughly and place in high.
5. Cook until beans are tender. You can add water if you want a thinner consistency.
6. Place on a bowl and garnish with grated cheese, strips of lettuce and crushed taco shells.

After her Nap

So nice to wake up with her smiling face right beside me. She let me take her photos and is such a willing subject. My darling Alyssa is not a baby anymore. She is a sweet and smart girl soon to be a big sister. :D

Chef Pala!

Two year old Alyssa says to our Yaya Annie: "Annie, you are a good SHET!"

Me: "Huh? What do you mean, Alyssa?"

Alyssa: "Annie can cook well."

Ahhh.... Alyssa meant CHEF! Hehehe!

Eggplant Parmagiana

Description:
Here's one of Mier and my favorite dishes at home. Usually I boil the eggplants but this time, I tried roasting them in the turbo broiler and they turned out just fine. :D

Ingredients:
5 eggplants
1/2 kilo of ground pork
3 cloves garlic
1 med onion
tomatoes
tomato sauce
salt
pepper
thyme
basil
2 packs tomato sauce
Parmesan cheese
grated cheese
Mozzarela or quick melt cheese

Directions:
Eggplant:
1. Place eggplants in turbo broiler and broil for 30 minutes at 150C.
2. Remove eggplant from turbo and remove skin.
3. Slice eggplants into strips depending on the size you want.

Meat Sauce:
1. Saute tomatoes til soft. Add garlic and onions.
2. Add meat. Season with salt and pepper. Sprinkle dried thyme and basil leaves. Cook meat til brown. Simmer for 10 minutes.
3. Add tomato sauce and let simmer for another 10 minutes.

Assembly:
1. Layer a baking dish with eggplant slices.
2. Add meat sauce.
3. Add grated cheese (I had some grated quezo de bola which I added)
4. Repeat eggplant and meat sauce
5. Top again with grated cheese, lots of parmesan and mozzarela.
6. Bake for 10-15 minutes or until cheeses melt on top.
7. Serve with bread.