TIPS ON HOW TO COOK VEGETABLES

Cooking vegetables and eating it is one of my favorite dishes. I always make sure that in a week, a special vegetable recipe my be prepared and shared in the family. Cooking vegetables may look easy...but you're wrong. It takes a great skill and passion in cooking vegetables. This is what I like to share to all the people reading this vegetable post of mine. 

In cooking vegetables, one must know the following tips before cooking and these are:

• Select the vegetable that is fresh and pesticide free.
• Wash vegetables and drain it totally free of water.
• Never over cook the vegetables. It would only take 3 minutes for leafy type vegetables to cook and 5 minutes to 10 minutes for hard kind of vegetables.
• Steaming is always the best way to cook vegetables. Oil free cooking is always ideal.

These are just few tips before cooking vegetables. Remember that freshness is always the key in having a delicious and tasty vegetable dish at your own home. 

ARABELLA'S PORK BINAGOONGAN RECIPE

ARABELLA'S PORK BINAGOONGAN RECIPE`

Here is another appetizer for those who are looking and craving for dishes that are delicious and tasty. For this pork binagoongan recipe, we will be needing the following:

1. Half kilo pork belly, chopped into slices.
2. 1 tbsp garlic chopped into bits.
3. 2 tbsps bagoong.
4. 1/2 cup tomato. chopped.
5. 1 tsp of sugar.

Procedures:

• Fried pork in pan. Just let the natural oil of the pork cook itself. You can also use water as replacement of the oil.
• When the pork is already brown, add the garlic and tomato. Cook in slow fire.
• Add the bagoong and sugar. Let it simmer for about 5-8 minutes.
• Serve with hot rice.

This is a very simple and delicious recipe. Try it and let your appetite go high.