Cheese Omelette

Description:
During weekend breakfasts I usually ask my girls what they want to eat. Most often they would ask for cheese omelette, another favorite at home. :-) So easy to make and definitely made with love. :-)

Ingredients:
2 eggs
milk
grated cheese
butter
little oil

Directions:
1. Beat 2 eggs in a bowl. Mix in some milk and beat well.
2. In a frying pan, heat a little butter and drizzle with oil (This is done so the butter will not burn)
3. Pour the egg mixture into the pan. While allowing to set, put grated cheese in the center of the egg mixture. Fold one part towards the center then the other part too so the cheese would be in the center of the omelette.
4. Serve hot with toasted bread.

Fish Fillet with Eggplant

Description:
What to do when the garden is brimming with eggplant? Look for recipes with eggplant. :-) We've tried Tortang Talong, Eggplant Parmagiana, Sinigang and even good old fried eggplant as a side dish. :-) Decided to try something else and since it's Friday today, cooked it with fish. I think t turned out quite well. Happy happy me. :-)

Ingredients:
3 eggplants
fish fillet (I used Cream Dory)
flour
salt
pepper

Sauce:
grated ginger
minced garlic
2 Tbsp soy sauce
1 tsp rice wine
2 tsps sweet chili sauce
1 tsp
chicken stock


Directions:
1. Fry eggplants until cooked through then set aside.
2. Dredge fish fillet with flour mixed with salt and sugar.
3. Fry fish fillet until browned. Set aside.
4. Mix ingredients for sauce. Bring to a boil and simmer until thick.
5. Once the sauce starts to thicken, return the eggplants and fish to the pan, mix well and serve.

Alyssa as a Fish....

For the Rosevale Preschool presentation, Alyssa was a fish! Of course, the biased mother in me would say she was the cutest and the best-emoting fish there was. Hahaha! But really, she was super cute in her dance and her song. :-)

Tonkatsu

Description:
This pork cutlet recipe is a favorite in our home. The girls love the crunchy Japanese breadcrumbs on the soft thin slice of pork. I usually make enough to include for their lunch the next day. :-)

Ingredients:
pork cutlets
flour
2 eggs, beaten
Japanese breadcrumbs
salt.
pepper

For the Tonkatsu sauce, I got this from Chinky's blog:
Mix together
4 tbsp. tomato ketchup
2 tbsp. worcestershire sauce
1 tbsp. soy sauce
1 tsp. sugar

Directions:
1. Put flour, egg and Japanese breadcrumbs in three separate wide dishes.
2. Add salt and pepper to the flour and mix well.
3. Dip pork cutlets in flour, making sure to shake off excess.
4. Dip in the egg, then into the breadcrumbs. Press the breadcrumbs onto the meat, making sure that the meat is well coated.
5. Fry over medium-high heat until golden on both side.
7. Slice into 3/4 inch strips and serve with tonkatsu sauce*

Potato Bacon Cheese Chowder

Description:
This is a recipe I picked up from my friend, Kay Bautista (http://www.facebook.com/kaybautista). Always a hit in our home! My kids love it with the potatoes mashed a little and some rice. Mier and I eat it with french bread. Super yummy and easy to make! :-) Will take a picture next time we have this. :-)

Ingredients:
Around 3 big potatoes cut into cubes
1/4 kilo Bacon chopped
1 whole onion chopped
2 stems celery chopped
3 tbsp butter
2 tbsp flour
2-3 cups chicken stock
1 cup grated cheese
1/2 cup cream
salt and pepper to taste
1 tsp white wine for deglazing (optional)

Directions:
1. Saute the onion and celery in butter (and little oil for the butter not to burn easily).
2. Add the bacon then the potatoes.
3. When the potatoes are almost tender, deglaze with white wine if you have/want else add your flour and mix. Your mixture will look like "paste" or buo-buo, this is called roux (mixing flour with butter).
4. Add chicken stock, 1 ladle at a time and stir the mixture until no lumps before adding more stock.
5. When you get the consistency that you want for your chowder that is the time you stop adding stock. Since it is a chowder so it shouldnt be too thin nor too thick.
6. Add your cream and grated cheese and stir.
7. Add salt and pepper to taste.

I Know.

Time for another challenge prompt atAnother Freaking Scrappy Challenge. :-) This time we are asked to "scrap about a belief, or philosophy you have – it can be something deep or something light. It might be a religious or other philosophy, or something as light as your theory on how
you can put two socks into the washing machine and only one ever comes back to you."

I scrapped about Cerise's health situation and what I feel saved her from a possible brain development delay. You can read my journaling below. I printed my picture on Bazzil cardstock on sepia color to give that look. Love how it turned out. :-) Thanks for looking!

Title: I Know.

Journaling: Your doctor said that you were lucky. That you are a miracle baby. You see, we found out about your thyroid problem when you were 3 months already and only then did we start your medication. This was dangerous because we only had 3 months before delay in brain development could occur. The thyroid problem was not detected right away by the newborn screening test. After 2 1/2 months of failure to thrive, we saw an endocrinologist who ordered blood tests, thyroid ultrasound and a nuclear scan. We found out that your thyroid was smaller than usual. So, were you just lucky? I don’t think so. I think it helped that I breastfed you for about 4 months. You might say, I’m such a fanatic on breastfeeding to believe so. But really, breastmilk is the best! And I would have continued to breastfed you if not for your congenital heart problem (but that’s another story). I believe my breastmilk was your saving grace. No other food would be perfect for your system, for your brain, for your body but my milk. And although I had to stop, I’m glad I was able to feed you for your first 4 months of life. This was what helped you. I know.

Our Little Reader - Cerise at 10 months

Cerise loves to read just like her big sisters :-)