Posted by denthorq on August 7, 2009, at 10:07 pm
Feeding kids can be tricky: let them pick their food and they’ll choose junk, give them healthy food and they won’t touch it. If you’re a parent, you’re probably familiar with the tantrums that come with every meal. But it doesn’t have to be that way, especially if you know your Filipino food. Our dishes are naturally healthy and flavorful, so there’s sure to be something your kids will love.
If they’re really picky, you can always tweak the old Filipino food recipes to match their tastes. Sometimes all it needs is a little extra spice or a change in presentation. Still confused? Here are some things you can do to make your kids love Filipino cuisine, plus some recipes you can try.
Plan your meals together
Have your kids help you with your weekly meal plan. You can choose dinner one some days and let them decide the rest of the week. To help them make healthy choices, let them pick Filipino cooking recipes from a cookbook. The point is to make them feel involved. If they know they’re helping put the meals together, they’ll be more open to your ideas.
When planning your meals, make sure to keep the right balance between your choice and your child’s. Don’t plan for a meat dish the day after they choose pork chops or pot roast. Since the point is to give them control, try not to limit them with your own choices. Let them take their pick first, then add in your own picks to fit around them.
Suit their tastes
Take your cue from the junk foods your child likes. Does he always pick cookies and candies, or does he seem to like salty chips and crackers? If they have a sweet tooth (most kids do), sweeten up your old recipes or serve them sweet dishes such as tocino for breakfast or ginataan for afternoon snacks. If they like things a little spicy, add a couple of chilies to your soup or let them season to their own taste.
Some kids have constantly changing preferences, which might make it a little harder. If your kid likes sweets one day and barbecue the next, stock up on sauces and dips. That way, when they don’t like the food, they can always grab their favorite sauce and turn it into something they like. Here’s a quick dish that’s easy to customize to any child’s tastes.
Barbecue Meatloaf
Ingredients:
½ kg sausage, minced
½ kg ground beef
1 c bread crumbs
2 tsp curry powder
2 onions, chopped
1 egg
½ c milk
1 c water
salt, pepper and parsley
Sauce:
¼ c Worcestershire sauce
½ c tomato sauce
2 tbsp vinegar
2 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp coffee powder
½ c butter
1/c packed brown sugar
Procedure: in a bowl, combine the beef, sausage, breadcrumbs, curry powder, onions, salt, pepper, and parsley. Lightly beat the egg and add to the mixture. Add the water and milk and mix well. Grease a baking dish or loaf pan, then pour in the meat mixture. Bake on moderate heat for about 30 minutes or until the meat is just done. Meanwhile, mix all the sauce ingredients and boil together until thick.. Pour over the half-cooked loaf, leaving some for basting, and bake for another 45 minutes. Baste once in a while.
Be creative
Most of the time, presentation makes all the difference between foods that children love and foods that go uneaten. Make your food more appetizing by garnishing with their favorite foods, such as cheese slices or hot dog bits. You can even let them design the garnish themselves. Look for Filipino recipes that can accommodate colorful ingredients such as peas, bell peppers and corn kernels. You can even add a bit of food color if the recipe allows.
Fruits make great garnishes for Filipino desserts recipes. Just cut up one of their favorite fruits and layer it over ice cream, cakes, or pies. Better yet, serve a variety of fresh fruits for dessert-it’s healthier, and it doesn’t take much preparation time.
Make trade-offs
If your child is being particularly difficult, try giving them incentives in exchange for eating healthy foods. During meal planning, for example, you can let them pick dessert if they promise to eat their vegetables. Alternatively, you can keep a stack of their favorite desserts and give it to them when they eat right. Don’t overdo it, though-they may get used to getting treats and only eat healthy when there’s something in return.
Carlo Villamayor is the owner and co-author of the Filipino food blog, Kusina.ph. A devoted cook, he makes it his personal mission to spread the joy of Filipino recipes with food lovers the world over. Bon appetit!
Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Carlo_Villamayor
http://ezinearticles.com/?How-To-Make-Your-Kids-Love-Filipino-Food&id=872610
Posted by Issa on July 3, 2009, at 9:34 pm
Ingredients:
1 whole salmon fish
8 cups water
1 big ginger (pounded)
2 cups diced ripe tomatoes
1 pack of “sinigang” mix
1-1/2 pounds batchoy
1 cup chopped onion
patis (fish sauce), salt and pepper to taste
How to cook:
In a covered soup pot over medium high heat, bring water, onion, ginger and tomato to a boil. Reduce heat to medium, add sinigang mix, fish sauce, a little salt and pepper, and simmer for 8 minutes. Add fish and simmer for another few minutes until cooked. Turn off heat. Seasonings to taste. Add batchoy and cover for 1-2 minutes. Serve hot.
Posted by rainquiambao on June 23, 2009, at 10:30 pm
Ingredients:
500g shin beef, sliced into bite-size pieces
5 cloves garlic, minced
1 medium onion, finely chopped
1 small red bell pepper, diced
3 red chillies, seeded and sliced
1 medium carrots, sliced in 1/2 in sections
2 medium potatoes, quartered
2 beef cubes, dissolved in water
2 cans tomato sauce
3 tbsp soy sauce
3 tbsp vinegar
2 bay leaves
3 tbsp olive oil
3 tbsp cooking oil
water
a dash of salt and pepper (optional)
How to cook:
1. In a pan, heat 3 tbsp olive oil and fry beef until brown. Set aside.
2. Add 3 tbsp cooking oil. Saute garlic and onion until fragrant.
3. Add beef and let simmer for 10 minutes.
4. Pour in tomato sauce, soy sauce, vinegar, beef stock, bay leaves and water.
5. Bring to a boil and simmer until beef is fork tender.
6. Add potatoes, carrots, bell pepper and red chillies.
7. Let simmer until the vegetables are cooked and sauce has thickened.
8. Season with salt and pepper (optional).
9. Serve hot with steamed rice.
Posted by rainquiambao on June 16, 2009, at 5:42 pm
Ingredients:
3 tbsp chopped ginger
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 small onion, chopped
300g chicken drummettes
1 medium sayote, sliced
2 pcs chicken stock cubes
1-2 cups water
3 tbsp cooking oil
fish sauce (optional)
How to cook:
1. In casserole, heat cooking oil. Saute ginger, garlic and onion until fragrant.
2. Add chicken and saute for 10 minutes.
3. Add water and chicken stock cubes. Let simmer until chicken meat is tender.
4. Add sayote and let simmer until crisp-tender.
5. (Optional) Season with fish sauce to taste.
6. Serve hot with steamed rice.
Posted by rainquiambao on June 10, 2009, at 10:46 pm
Ingredients:
300g pork loin, cubed
200g pig liver, cubed
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 small onion, finely chopped
1 large potato, cubed
1 medium carrots, cubed
1 small red bell pepper, chopped
2 pieces hotdog, sliced
85g raisins
227g tomato sauce
2 tbsp liver spread
3 tbsp lime juice
4 tbsp soy sauce
3 tbsp cooking oil
1/2 cup water
2 bay leaves
a dash of pepper
a dash of salt
How to cook:
1. Marinate the pig liver in lime juice and soy sauce. Set aside.
2. In a casserole, heat 3 tbsp cooking oil. Saute garlic and onion until fragrant.
3. Add pork loin and let simmer until tender.
4. Add hotdog, potato, carrots, red bell pepper, raisins, bay leaves, tomato sauce, water and leave for 15 minutes http://enligneviagra.net/.
5. Add the liver including the marinade. Let simmer for 5 minutes.
6. Add liver spread and leave for another 10 minutes. Stir occasionally.
7. Season with salt and pepper.
8. Serve hot.
Posted by rainquiambao on June 6, 2009, at 9:36 am
Ingredients:
1 large tilapia
4 medium tomatoes, diced
2 medium onions, chopped
a dash of ground pepper
a dash of salt
Sauce:
5 tbsp soy sauce
5 tbsp lime juice
2 tbsp sugar
2 red chilli pepper, sliced
How to cook:
1. Scale, clean and pat dry the tilapia. Put slits on each side.
2. Sprinkle both sides of the fish including the stomach with salt and pepper. Set aside.
3. Mix the chopped onions and tomatoes in a bowl. Season with salt and pepper.
4. Lay the fish on a peice of aluminum foil. Put the tomatoes and onion mixture in the stomach and in both sides of the fish.
5. Wrap the fish tightly.
6. Fry each side for 5 minutes.
7. Serve hot with soya-lime sauce.
Posted by rainquiambao on June 2, 2009, at 9:55 pm
Ingredients:
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 small onion, finely chopped
100g ground pork
10 pcs Baguio beans, sliced
2 medium potatoes, sliced
1 medium carrots, sliced
1 Knorr pork cube
Wrapper:
1 cup plain flour
1 cup corn flour
2 cups water
2 eggs, beaten
a dash of salt
butter
Lumpia Sauce:
1 cup water
5 tbsp soy sauce
5 tbsp sugar
3 cloves garlic, minced
3 tbsp flour, dissolved in water
How to cook:
1. To do the wrapper, mix well all the ingredients together until smooth.
2. Lightly grease the frying pan with butter.
3. Put 5 tbsp of the mixture onto the pan. Leave for about 2 minutes then cook the other side. Set aside.
4. To cook the sauce, boil 1 cup of water.
5. Add soy sauce, sugar and minced garlic.
6. When boiling, flour and boil until the sauce thickens.
7. For the filling, saute garlic and onion until fragrant.
8. Add ground pork and let simmer for about 5 minutes. Add pork cube.
9. Add Baguio beans, carrots and potatoes and saute until cooked.
To serve:
1. Put 4 tbsp filling to the wrapper the roll.
2. Serve with sauce.
Posted by Issa on May 28, 2009, at 9:58 pm
Ingredients:
1 lb beef tripe
2 lbs oxtail, cut 2 inch long
2 cups of peanut butter
1 1/3 sachet kare kare mix
1/2 cup cooked bagoong alamang (anchovies)
1 onion, diced
1 heads of garlic, diced
2 pieces eggplant, sliced 1 inch thick
1 bundle Pechay (Bok choy) cut into 2 pieces
1 bundle of sitaw (string beans) cut to 2″ long
8 cups of water
Salt to taste
How to cook:
In a stock pot, boil beef tripe and oxtail in water until cooked. Strain and keep the stock. In a big pan or wok, heat oil. Sauté garlic and onion until golden brown, then add the stock, oxtail, kare kare mix and peanut butter. Bring to a boil and simmer for 15 minutes. Salt to taste. Add the eggplant, string beans and pechay. Cook the vegetables for a few minutes. Do not overcook the vegetables. Serve with bagoong on the side and hot plain rice.
Posted by rainquiambao on May 22, 2009, at 7:06 am
Ingredients:
300g ground pork
1 medium onion, finely chopped
1 small carrots, finely chopped
250g grated cheese
2 1/2 tbsp soy sauce
2 eggs
1 tbsp plain flour
How to cook:
1. Combine all the ingredients and mix well.
2. Shape the mixture into 1″ diameter meatballs.
3. Steam or deep fry.
4. Serve hot with tomato catsup.
Posted by rainquiambao on May 16, 2009, at 9:39 pm
Ingredients:
10 pcs meatballs, fried
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 small onion, finely chopped
1 small carrots, sliced
10 pcs snow peas
1 small red bell pepper, sliced
6 tbsp tomato sauce
3 tbsp vinegar
3 tbsp water
3 tbsp sugar
a dash of salt
cooking oil
How to cook:
1. Deep fry meatballs and set a side.
2. Saute garlic and onion until fragrant.
3. Add in carrots and stir fry for 2 minutes.
4. Add in snow peas and red bell pepper and stir fry for another 2 minutes.
5. Pour tomato sauce, vinegar, water, sugar and a dash of salt and mix well. Let simmer for about 5 minutes.
6. Add in fried meatballs and let simmer for another 5 minutes.
7. Serve hot with steamed rice.
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