British Scones

My mother in law submitted her recipe to the "Hometown Recipes for the Holidays" called British Scones. My husband called his mom to asked for the recipe but mom told him that she brought a recipe book when they visited us here in California. They're laughing at each other because we forgot about it. So my husband made it... looks so yummy... and taste really, really good... try it!

Here is the recipe for you, feel free to grab it..

Ingredients:
2 1/2 to 3 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
3/4 cup raisins
1/2 cup currants or candied fruit
1 cup sour milk

Tips from sour test kitchen

To sour milk, add 1 tablespoon lemon juice to 1 cup milk. Let stand for 15 minutes. For a sweeter scone, use Craisins instead of raisins or currants and sprinkle raw sugar on top.

Procedures:
1. Preheat the oven to 425 *F
2. Combine 2 1/2 cups of the flour, the sugar, cream of tartar, baking soda, and baking powder in a medium bowl. Cut in the softened butter until the mixture resembles fine crumbs. Add the raisins and currants, mixing until the fruit is coated with the flour mixture.
3. Add the sour milk and mix well.
4. Turn the mixture onto a floured board and knead, adding enough extra flour to make a slightly stiff dough. Pat to about 3/4-inch thickness and cut with a 2-inch round cutter. Place the scones on the baking sheet and bake for 12 to 15 minutes until lightly browned. Serve warm or cool.

Pork Adobo for Dinner!!

My husband came home early today after his 12 miles of hiking with other marines. He was so exhausted and tired. I bet he is! 12 miles of hiking with all this gear that he was carrying, I'm sure he is "dead tired." So I asked him what he wants for dinner and he told me that he wants pork adobo and rice, so I cooked pork adobo. He deserved to have good food after a long day of hiking. I was so flattered because my three gentlemen eating keep on praising my pork adobo. To make pork adobo is simple and easy but I have a secret ingredient that I put on it to taste it more yummy and delicious, I want that my family will keep on asking about it.

What to grab my recipe and my secret, please leave a comment. I would love to share my secret ingredient with you!!

Lompia (Spring Rolls) Recipes

This is my simple and easy version of Lompia recipe:

Ingredients:

1 lbs. Ground Pork or Beef
1/2 cup chopped onions
2 beef cubes
3 tbsp. Soy sauce
2 tbsp Oyster sauce
2 Bay leaves
Pinch of a black pepper
1 pack Bean sprout or 1 lb.
2 cups Cabbage (Sliced thinly)
2 pieces Carrot (sliced 1 1/2" length thin)
1 pack of Lompia wrapper


Procedures:

First, put oil or olive oil and onions in your pan and fry until golden brown. Add the ground beef or ground pork, make sure that the ground beef is smashed and let it cooked for about 5 minutes. Add the beef cubes, soy sauce, oyster sauce, bay leaves, black pepper and let it boil for 5 minutes then add the carrots, cabbage and bean sprouts. Stir it and leave it for another 5 to 7 minutes, then drain it. Let it cool so it's ready to wrap. Easy and quick, you can deep fry it for as long as you want or let it brown a little and you can put some in your freezer to serve later.

Note: Just follow the instruction of the Lompia wrapper on how to wrap properly.

Apple Rolls

This afternoon after church we went home right away to eat our lunch. My husband was trying to help me out by wrapping my dessert, but I told him let me do my thing.. hehehehe... While he was busy making his spaghetti, I got a chance to finish one opportunity from SP. After having our lunch, I made apple rolls using lumpia wrappers. Maybe some of you out there want to try my apple rolls, feel free to copy my recipe.

Ingredients:

4 Medium Apple
1/4 cup water
1 tbsp Cinamon powder
2tbsp. Cornstarch (Dissolved) with a small amount of water
2 cups Brown/white sugar or Splenda optional
Spring rolls Wrapper or Lumpia wrapper

Just simply peel the apples and slice it very thin and put it in a pan together with the other ingredients, bring it to a boil until the apples are tender or soft. If you want them crunchy you can do it that way also. Then mix it with cornstarch and stir it for about 2 minutes. Then let it cool down and wrap it with the lumpia wrapper and fry it until golden brown. Enjoy your dessert and you can put ice cream on top (optional).

Noodles Recipe (Bihon)

As what I've stated in my blog yesterday, I made a noodle dish (Bihon) for my husband, this is what I made.


Ingredients:

2 packages of Special Bihon (Noodles)
2 large boneless chicken breast
1 pound of pork (optional)
1 small white onions (whole), black pepper and salt to taste
5 tbsp Soy sauce, about 4 tbsp of Oyster sauce & 2 pcs. chicken cubes
1 pc. Red bell pepper, 1 pc. green bell pepper (small size)
2 stalks Celery, 2 pcs. carrots ( sliced thin) and 2 cups of cabbage (sliced very tiny)

Procedure:

First put olive oil in a pan, then put the onions, add the meat until brown, add the soy sauce, oyster sauce, chicken cubes and ground black pepper and add 4 cups of water, seamer it for about 10 minutes or until meat is tender. Add the noodles and keep on mixing and try also to see if the noodles is not under cook or over cook, then lastly, add the carrots, celery, cabbage, green & red pepper and cook until semi soft.

That's it.... then served... Enjoy eating.

Pineapple Pork Deluxe

Yesterday I was thinking what I am going to prepare for a dinner, and I don't have any idea until I pulled out some pork meat out of my freezer, then I was thinking what I am going to do with this? until 4:00 PM I decided to experiment with this kind of recipe. Well turned out really yummy and looks so good and smells delicious.

Here are the ingredients I used:

5 lbs Pork (Sliced in cubed 1")
1 small can pineapple chunks
3 tbsp Soy sauce
2 pcs. Chicken Cubes Flavor
2 large Onions, sliced in cubed
1 pc. red bell pepper
1 pc. green bell pepper
1 medium carrot
3 tbsp minced garlic
4 tbsp butter or olive oil
2 tbsp Cornstarch
1 cup of water

First, put the butter or olive oil in a pan together with the garlic and add pork. Brown the port a little or till it's not red anymore then add onions. After 3 to 5 minutes, season with soy sauce, and a little bit of oyster sauce and chicken cubes or pork cubes. Stir and leave for another 5 minutes then pour in pineapple juice (drained from chunks) and a cup of water. Add black pepper and salt to taste. Cover, simmer over low fire until meet is tender then add the bell peppers and carrot. Lastly, thicken sauce with dissolved cornstarch, then add the pineapple chunks. When it boils remove immediately from pan. Then Enjoy your meal....