Grits Biscuit

I'm new to baking but been doing great so far (ahem!). I think that I just discover a talent =)

This is my Grits Biscuit Recipe (of course I searched the recipe from Google but then I wrote the actual thing I did because I had to substitute some ingredients and used aluminum foil as substitute to cookie sheet),

GRITS BISCUIT RECIPE

1/2 cup of Grits (I used the Quick cooking grits)

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/2 shortening

1/2 cup powdered milk dissolved into 2 cups warm water

1 package fast rising yeast

1/4 cup warm water

2 beaten eggs

4 cups of flour (I used Biscuit flour but regular all-purpose flour will be fine, if you use the regular kind, add 2 tsp. of salt)

1. In a medium size saucepan (or just any pan), put grits, sugar, milk, shortening and little dash of salt. Keep on stirring until it looks like a cooked cereal. Set aside. 

2. If you have a mixer, set it to whip the beaten eggs and yeast that had been dissolve to 1/4 cup of warm water. Mix it until it is thoroughly whipped.

3. Mix number 1 and 2. Then add flour to form a dough. You can use the mixer for easy mixing or you can also hand mix it, just make sure it is kneaded well. Knead it in a lightly floured chopping board or flour board.

4. Place the kneaded dough in a covered bowl (or the mixing bowl itself, I cover it with the chopping board). Wait about 15 minutes or until the dough double it size from rising because of the yeast.

5. Put back the dough in a flat surface like chopping board or flour board to form a 1 inch flat dough. Use glass if you do not have cookie cutter to shape and cut dough into circles. Place it into a pizza pan or into a cookie sheet. I use a pizza pan covered with aluminum foil as you can see in the photo. Pre-heat the oven at 375 degrees and bake it for 15 minutes.

Serve hot with butter on top. Yum!

Pancit Palabok recipe

I've been a member of Nestle Club for almost 2 years.

First freebie as a new member was 2 Liters of Fresh Milk sent to me from Manila to my home here in the province.

Anyway, I was happy to receive this newsletter from Nestle- a guide in how to make Pancit Palabok!

UPDATE: Nestle just e-mailed video without text of the recipe, so I created a list for you on what to buy exactly.
For the how to cook procedure, video follows (scroll to bottom).

PALABOK GROCERY LIST

MEAT/WET MARKET SECTION

200 gram ground pork

100 gram of pork bone (buto -buto)

100 g. shrimp (small or medium sized)

CONDIMENTS/SARI-SARI SECTION

2 pcs. of 8 g. MAGGI MAGIC SARAP

250 ml. NESTLE ALL PURPOSE CREAM

tinapa flakes

achuete oil ( we only need 2 tbsp. in this recipe)

chicharon (If you can't find it in the grocery, Lapid's chicharon is a good one!)

VEGETABLE SECTION

kinchay

calamansi (500 g. will do or depends how much you love calamansi on the palabok!)

2 medium size onions (white)

1 medium size garlic

MISCELLANEOUS or YOUR KITCHEN

1 piece of egg

1-2 pieces of tokwa

flour (not too many)

cooking oil

patis

and don't forget the 300 g. of Pansit Bihon (buy the first class one!)

Now that your ingredients are complete, you can watch the video and see how to cook that yummy Palabok from Nestle.

Here is the video courtesy of Chef Tess:

a product that I swear by!

MY FAVORITE MEAL!
Quaker oats had been my instant chow for 15 out of 26 years of my life!
It makes my day complete!

My simple quick recipe (in order :>):
3 tablespoon Milo
2 tablespoon powdered milk
5 tablespoon Quaker oats
Mix into a cup with hot water!

But you can always always try this new product called OSC cereal, not available worldwide but it's available in Pinas!

Time to get energized and start a day!

I love Shakey's mojos!

Shakey's Pizza probably has the best potatoes!I never had potatoes that good! Yummy yummy and so perfect for any flavor of pizza! Oh, don't forget my Coca-cola!

I ask my husband how it's possible that Shakey's able to make simple potatoes  into mojos:

So he instructed via Yahoo Messenger Instant messaging:

Take spices

: put them in a bowl

: put olive oil in bowl

: put raw egg in bowl

: stir items

: wash potatos

 :slice potatos into the shape you want

wedge or slice

: dip potatos into oil,egg, spice mix

: put in baking pan

: bake potatos

: for 40 minutes

: if you want more breading on the potatos

: add bread crumbs to mix

I definetely will try to do it!

Mushroom Soup Recipe

Mushroom Soup

Clean and slice mushrooms, carrots, celery, onion, and potatoes and cook in mushroom stock (from “Mushroom Stew” recipe) until tender. If starting without mushroom stock, use 2 qt. water and cook 3 cups mushrooms with 1/4 stick of butter until tender, then add other ingredients. Add parsley, green onions, basil, a dash of thyme and oregano. Cook a few more minutes. Salt and pepper to taste. Also makes good noodle soup. Just add 1 cup egg noodles with parsley and green onions.

2 Quarts mushroom stock with butter
2 cups Mushrooms
2 large carrots
2 stalks celery
1 onion
4 large potatoes
1 bunch parsley
1 bunch green onions
basil, thyme, oregano, salt & pepper to taste

Serves 4-6