QUICK AND EASY MORNING MEAL

I woke up late this morning and I have a very important meeting to attend to. Since I live alone in my house, I have nobody to blame but myself for no meals prepared. To make the my hungry tummy full, I decided to make and prepare a quick and easy morning meal for myself. 

I check the refrigerator and found these: eggs, hotdogs, butter, chocolate and bread. Well, these are just the foods that I need to make a quick and easy morning meal for myself. It only took me 5 minutes to prepare a meal for myself. They don't call me chef for nothing if I cannot make a meal for myself in quick and easy morning meal for myself.

I realized today that I must wake up early so that I will have enough time to make a morning meal for myself. I think it is already nearing 8 o clock I must go now....

FAST AND EASY WAY TO PREPARE A MEAL

The first time a tried to prepare and cook a meal was about 10 years ago. I was still in my college years in the culinary school. Our professor-chef told us that we must be prepared always for there will be a cooking demo for the school fest. Honestly that time, I really don't know how to prepare and cook meals. The chef-professor gave me an assignment to prepare and cook slow carb meals. 

It was my first test and I really don't know where to start. I research using the internet on various slow carb meals until I finally found the recipe that I am confident to prepare and cook. It was a beef dish from a Swiss chef and it was very easy to prepare and cook. I made some trial cooking before I presented it to my chef-professor in the culinary school. In the cooking proper, I was already very confident about the dish that I selected and would be cooking. After the cooking demo, my professors liked it and also gave me an award for the recipe that I made. 

As a chef, we must be resourceful enough to find the recipes that would really standout among others. A chef must also be patient and quick to think. I think these are the traits of a successful chef. 

HOW TO COOK GARLIC

Garlic is one of the spices that I like the most. Garlic adds up to the taste of every recipe there is in this world. It is said that if a recipe does not have a garlic on it, then there is something wrong in the recipe. It may seem easy to look at but cooking garlic also varies from chef to chef. 

In cooking garlic, one must know if the recipe that he is cooking requires the garlic to be brown or just the flavoring to add up to the taste. Garlic really cooks fast and overcooking it may loose the taste of garlic. Here are the tips that I believe that can be helpful for those who are learning to cook garlic:

• Chop garlic according to your desired sizes.
• Prepare the pan and heat it just in low temperature.
• Fry the garlic in just 10 seconds.

Cooking garlic is really easy. You don't have to earn a chef degree just to cook garlic. Happy cooking. 

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.