HEALTHY MEALS FOR A HEALTHY PERSON

Many of my frequent customers always ask me about healthy meals and meals that would help them loose weight. I remembered the other week, I was reading a post made online of Tim Ferriss. I twas not related to meals but it was about sneakers that makes a person loose weight. 

But Honestly, as a chef, foods really is considered one of the reasons why a person gains weight. People who eats more has the tendency to gain more weight. But there are many meals that would help loose weight. The trick on how to loose more weight is by eating well and live a healthy life.

Two years ago, I was working as a chef for a vegetarian restaurant. In that experience, I was able to learn recipes that would help a person loose weight without any exercise. I was able to compile all the recipes that I prepared in that restaurant. Now that I have my own restaurant, I still incorporate the recipes that I learned in all of my foods in the restaurant. By this, my customers are assured that they are eating healthy dishes. 

ARABELLA'S CRISPY PATA

Here is a new recipe that is easy to cook and budget friendly for the family. For this recipe, we will be needing the following ingredients:

1. Whole hind leg of pork
2. 1 tbsp of salt
3. 1 tbsp of pepper
4. 1/2 cup garlic
5. 1 liter of cooking oil

Procedure:

•  Mix all the spices with the pork leg. Make sure that all parts of the leg are rub with the spices, including the salt.
• Let the mixture sink to the pork leg for about 30 minutes. 
• Fried the pork leg for about a 45 minutes. Deep frying is very ideal for crispy pata for it make sure that all parts are cook equally.
• Chop the pork leg in ideal serving.
• Serve with coco vinegar or ketchup.

Happy eating to everyone. 

CHOOSING THE RIGHT FISH FOR THE DISH

The market is always the best place to buy all the ingredients that a chef needs in his cooking task in the kitchen. In selecting a fish, the market offers a wide variety of fishes that can be cook. But before you choose the right fish that you want please consider the following:

1. Check the fish that you are buying. Make sure that is fresh.
2. Look at the eyes of the fish. It must be shinny and clear from blood.
3. Check the gills. It must be red and fresh.
4. Smell the fish. If you smell something strange aside from the fish odor, it means that the fish is not fresh at all. 
5. Price. A two days old fish usually cost less compared to the fresh ones.

These are just basic ways that could help you decide whether to buy the fish in front of you or decline it. In cooking, freshness always is the key in having a delicious and tasty dish. 

CHEF ON VACATION

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of PA Tourism for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

It was agreed the other week that all of the people who are working in the kitchen would go on vacation. The group decided to visit Pennsylvania. This is my first time to visit the place and all of us are already excited about it. Just to make this trip possible, I already cancelled several cooking engagement.

I just realized that planning a trip is very hard when you are not familiar with the place where you are going and even finding a place to stay is another problem, since all of us are not familiar with Pennsylvania. I have joined several roadtrips in the past. But this is the first time that I am planning the trip for my friends. Since we have chosen Pennsylvania, we plan to visit the following places and events:

1. Gettysburg Festival
2. 1753 Bachmann Public House.
3. The Air Heritage Museum
4. Cherry Chest Adventure Farm     

These are just some of the places and event  that we will be visiting when we get to Pennsylvania. We will be there by june 10 until june 15, just in time for these festivals and events. We are still planning to visit more historical landmark in Pennsylvania. I never imagine that I will be able to plan this trip, easily.  With the help of  pa-roadtrips, I know we are in the right place. I really would suggest to all people who are planning to visit the site,  it will really guide you when visiting Pennsylvania and will cut the high cost of travel when you don't know where you are going.

For me, I think I really need this vacation, just to unwind from the busy cooking schedule in the restaurant. I already very excited for the trip and I know my friends are too. 

KITCHEN RENOVATION AGAIN

Last week, my assistant chef told me that our kitchen need more vents to let the hot air come out the building. I would agree to that observation because even I experienced uncomfortable in the kitchen when I cook because of the vapor of the foods that I am preparing in the kitchen. I believe that my kitchen needs a vaporizer pipe inside to make the vapor come out. 

I already talked to the engineer that will handle the renovation in the kitchen. I want it to be fit for cooking so that chefs won't feel uneasy when they are cooking in the kitchen. I need the renovation be completed before the end of the month. I just need to clear the kitchen so that the renovation will start immediately.