Happy Cinco De Mayo!

How to make Fresh Green Salsa?

Ingredients:

1- 2 pounds Tomatiloes

1 onion

Cilantro

Chili serano ( as many as you want)

Salt

5 cloves Garlic

Pepper

Boil the tomatiloes

Toast the chilies (green chili) on fire

Chop Cilantro, onions finely

In the blender, add tomatiloes, half of the onion, garlic, handful of cilantro, salt and pepper, and as many Chili sernaos as you want.

Placed blended mixture into a bowl, add chopped onions and chopped cilantro.

Taste and season accordingly.

Recipe for RED Salsa ( fast)

Blend cilantro, black pepper and Jalapeno with water

Add into Picanete salsa base

Add in chopped tomatoes and onions

To Serve: Fry Tortilla chips or store-bought chips. :)

Some pictures of various catering events we did.....

Pictures of what we did for a catering event..

Fruits in an orange cup

Apple Cream in a cup

Flower cookies in a pot with Oreo cookies, looking like Sand in the pot

For the colored rim on the glass:

Add red coloring to sugar...Dip glass in water, followed by the red sugar. :)

Yam puffs!!!

Here's the Yam Puffs recipe that I promised to post up earlier; along with the various pictures of Yams, sweet potatoes, etc. Everyone liked this recipe so much that there was a "guessing game" going on that night- to guess all the ingredients! LOL. *_* Thanks for the compliment, Andy and Han- that this is one of the best dishes I've made! & Danny for saying that its "restaurant-like!". *grin* ;) Anyways, anything "fried" and crispy is always nice, right!?

SMALL TARO

LARGE TARO

called "RED YAMS" in the US ( but in singapore, we call it sweet potatoes)

YAMS (PURPLE)

ok, now that we're on the same page, check out the picture of LARGE TARO! that is what we'll be using for this recipe!*wink*

ingredients: (filling)

anything goes! mixed vegetable, turnip, veggie beef bits, mushroom, garlic

seasoning: pepper, sesame oil, soy sauce

thickening: corn flour, water

Method: Filling: Heat up the wok with oil and fry minced garlic till fragrant. Add in the rest of the ingredients and seasonings. Stir fry thoroughly before adding thickening. Dish up and keep aside.

we made it into different shapes...and they didn't fall apart while frying! Variation: add the filling over the top of the empty taro ring or heart.

Skin-ingredients:

wheat starch, 40g + boiling water, 40g, Yam, steamed, 150g, sugar, 1 dsp, 5 spice powder, 1/2 tsp, lye water, 1 tsp, oil, 1 tsp, pepper, dash, baking powder

Method:

Skin: pour wheat starch in a bowl. Add boiling water to form a dough.Mash steamed yam in a bowl. Add in cooked wheat starch dough and knead evenly. Add in remaining ingredients and mix well. Divide dough into small portions and enclose each with filling. Deep fry yam puffs until golden brown.

ENJOY!!!!

roasted garlic mashed potato puffs

I made these for vespers and they came out really tasty. *_* This recipe can be modified to suit your preference. For example, you can make pesto mashed potatoes or carrot & leek mashed potatoes or just regular mashed potatoes without baking it. I like it baked because it holds well- like a puff. It's also a nice & easy finger food.

To make garlic mashed potatoes
2 pounds ( 6 medium) russet potatoes, peeled, cut into quarters, and boiled
1/4 cup margarine or butter
1/2 tsp salt
1/ tsp black pepper
1/4-1/3 cup soy milk
10 large peeled cloves garlic
1 tsp garlic powder and onion powder
1 tsp brewers yeast
1 tsp McKay's chicken seasoning

Directions:
Mix olive oil and garlic on a pan and place it in the oven at 330F for approximately an hour. Or, chip the garlic finely and pan fry it.
Drain potatoes well.Add margarine, salt and pepper.. Using a flat beater, beat for 20 seconds, or until potatoes are broken up. Continue on speed 1, slowly add milk and roasted garlic. Beat until smooth. Cool it before going on to the next step.
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Preheat oven to 400F. Lightly spray cookie sheet with vegetable pan spray on line sheet. Fill Cookie master plus or pastry bag with the potato mixture and use star tip to press mixture onto cookie sheet about 2 inches apart. Bake 10 Min's or until golden brown around the edges.

Sarah's gourmet veggie cream cheese delight

This is my friend, Sarah's recipe. She made it for several of her friends' weddings and everyone loved it.
Mix 1 block of cream cheese + 1 tablespoon of ranch. Spread it over the crackers. Top with sliced (seedless)cucumber, tomato, yellow (any color but yellow stands out amidst the green and red) pepper.
Sprinkle dill weed over.