Josh Cheese Stick

Ingredients :

1/3 c. butter (buttermilk), softened
1 (180g.) grated cheese (i use eden regular cheese)
1 cup all purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg, beaten

Preheat oven to 350F. Put a wax paper into a baking sheet and put it aside. Beat the butter and sugar until fluppy. Add in the flour, cheese and baking powder, mix well until dough is formed. Get about 1 tsp full of dough, first form into a ball then form into a stick (about 3 inches) by rolling it in between your palm. Line the cheese stick in the baking sheet about 1 inch apart and bake it for 10 minutes then brush the sticks with beaten egg. Bake for another 5 minutes or until light brown. Remove from the pan right away to avoid paper wax to stick.

My kids loved it... and so is my husband... additional pambaon recipe.

Buttered Chilli Crab

Ingredients :

800 g. crab

1 tsp. fish sauce

ginger (sliced)

3 tbsp. olive oil

1/4 c. butter

1/4 c. cheese

1/2 c. sweet chilli sauce

1 tsp. white sugar

5 cloves garlic (chopped)

1 white onion (sliced)

1 green chilli (for garnishing)

green onion (sliced about 1 inch)

Procedure :

• Put 2 table spoon oil in a pan. Stir fry the crab on a high heat and put the fish sauce to make the crab meat tasty


• When the crab turns red-orange, set aside.


• In another pan, put remaining oil and butter.


• Saute garlic, onion, and ginger till the fragrance come out.


• Put the crab, chilli sauce, sugar and cheese.


• Mix it constantly until it's well blended, then put the green onion


• To make it not so hot, remove the seed of the green chilli and put it before serving

Cassava-coconut Roll

I always make pichi pichi as a snack for my family because the ingredients are affordable and it's easy to make. Since my family loves it, i thought of another recipe using almost same ingredients and here is what i came up with... I call it "cassava-coconut roll"

Ingredients :

2 cups of grated cassava
1 cup of white sugar
1 tbsp pandan extract
1/2 tsp lihia
1 1/2 cup water
2 cups of grated coconut
2 cups of brown sugar

Procedure :

Mix the grated coconut with brown sugar and a little amount of water. Let it boil until dried, mix it constantly. Then set aside.

In a bowl, mix cassava, white sugar, lihia, pandan extract and water. Mix it well until sugar is well dissolved. Spread about 3 table spoons of the mixture into the banana leaf as shown in the picture below

Put it on top of each other to avoid sticking.

Steam it for 15-20 minutes. Let it cool for few minutes then spread the sweetened coconut to the cassava and roll it. Sprinkle some sweetened coconut before serving.

Try it, it's so yummy.

Fish patties (galonggong)

Ingredients:

1 kilo galonggong
3 pieces eggs
1/4 cup green onion (chopped)
1 piece medium carrot (grated)
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
3 onions (chopped)
4 cloves garlic (chopped)
1/2 cup flour
1/2 sachet magic sarap
knorr seasonings
Peanut oil for frying


Procedures:

1. Boil the galonggong fish with little salt and water.
2. Then minced the fish and remove fish bones.
3. Mix all the ingredients.
4. Knorr seasoning put the amount according to your taste.
4. Form into a pattie.
5. Pan fry until golden brown.

Morcon

This is always present in our Noche Buena table in the Philippines because it's my hubby's favorite...and I decided to make it for my birthday celebration /Atlanta barkada Christmas Party.

Cassava Cake

Ingredients :

1 kilo or 2 pack grated cassava
1 1/2 cup granulated
50 g. cheese
1 can coconut milk
1 can evap milk
1 can condenced milk
200 g. butter (melted)
buco (optional)

Procedure :

1. Mix all ingredients except the cheese and 1/3 part the condensed milk.
2. Preheat the oven to 350F.
3. Bake it for 45 minutes and brush it with the remaining condensed milk.
4. Bake it for another 25 minutes or more depending on the thickness.
4. Top it with cheese.

Creama de Fruta

Ingredients :

3 cans of Nestle cream
1 can condensed milk
1 box honey graham cracker
1 box of alsa unflavored gelatin (colorless)
Peaches & cherry or fruit cocktail

Procedures :

1. Mix well the nestle cream and condensed milk.
2. Spread the mixture thinly in a pyrex.
3. Then layer the graham cracker and each layer spread the cream mixture evenly.
4. After 3 layers spread remaining cream mixture and top it with sliced peaches and cherry or fruit cocktail.
5. Seal it with the gelatin.