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Wednesday, June 4, 2008

My dream menu

I made it my goal for 2008 to learn to cook everything on my dream menu. Or at least a decent part of it. Step one was to come up with the menu, which was just a delight to do!

Created while on Holy Week holiday in Bicol last March 19, 2008.


















Appetizers & Sidings


raw pineapple salad with chili, lime juice and cilantro (santi)

pinya



pumpkin soup - not creamy

french onion soup (terry's)

minestrone

salmon salad (gourmand)

mashed potatoes

vegetable samosas(bananaleaf)

samosas



dolmades (manos)


Breakfast & Merienda


champorado (max's)

champorado



ginataang halo2 (no bilobilo)

ginataang kamoteng kahoy

banana pancakes

german potatoes w/ bacon (flo)

kopi roti coffee bun

deli sandwiches (santi's)

cassava cake
arrozcaldo (cuisine)
banana chips

fresh guava with kiamoy





dried figs, apricots


suman


suman



taho

taho




grilled corn (baguio style)

corn


Lunch & Dinner

Vegetables

veggie panini

panini



veggie pho

fresh veggie rolls

crepe dracula (cafe breton)

veggie burrito (mexicali)

laing with gabi bits

laing



pako with gata

pako



grilled tomatoes with sauce (behrouz)

Pasta

penne/angelhair putanesca

penne with liver pate (cibo)

spinacci cannelloni





spaghetti with tomato sauce

Pizza


pita eggplant/zucchini pizza (greca)

seafood feta pizza (fat michael's)

pizza



garlic & cheese pizza (shakey's)

4-cheese pizza

pizza



pepperoni pizza

Rice

machang (no meat)

callos paella

veggie rice (sagada)

nasi lemak

nasi lemak

Meat

lengua (tomato sauce)

callos

callos



yakiniku rice (UCC)

yakiniku



babyback ribs (gastof/hawaiian bbq)

chori burger

baked chicken roll (pricemart)

chicken roll



tacos

chicken feet

sio long pao (soup dumpling)

bola-bola siopao

kansi

ilocos longganisa

longganisa



grilled porkchops (italianni's)

porkchops



italian sausage (amici)





chorizo de pamplona (Terry's Selection)

Seafood

ginataang adobong pusit (lola ludy's)

pusit



kinilaw na tangigue

fried tawilis with suka dip

sauteed snapper (cafe med)

steamed lapu-lapu (dampa)

hot shrimp salad

Sauces & Dips


chinese chili

spinach/artichoke (italiannis)

garlic mayo

viet peanut sauce

hummus

curry dip with roti

roti

Drinks


fruit smoothie

lemon water

teh tarik (hot and cold)

tsokolate

red wine

fresh goat's milk (Mr. Moo's)

choco carabao's milk (Mr. Moo's)

strawberry milkshake

strawberry shake

Dessert

CHOCOLATE


decadent cake (nina intengan)

devil's food cake (choco kiss)

chockiss



chocolate pudding

postre de timbaon (madrid)

postre de timbaon



tartufo (cafe med)

french truffles

royce truffles

royce choco-covered chips

turtle pie (coffee bean)

choco cupcake (mom & tina's)

choco cupcake (sonja's)

FRUITY


creme brulee (plain & flavored: lime!)

blueberry cheesecake

lemon squares

kalamansi muffin (real coffee)

dayap cake (choc kiss)

dayap



mango a la mode (jade garden)

halo-halo (razon's)

ube jam (good shepherd)

COLD


mocha gelatin (tita non/nels)

mocha



strawberry salad (sagada)

gelato (strawberry, hazelnut)

yogur berry

yogur berry

HOT


blueberries & cream crepe (cafe breton, cuisine)

flambe

roasted marshmallows

No comments:

The best diet for me is food combining, which has two basic rules:
1. eat fruits on an empty stomach
2. don't mix your proteins with your starches

I bought a book about it, which I've since lost, but the basic point is to help your body digest food properly by not mixing food that have different digestion processes. This means no rice with meat, no bread with cheese (byebye pizza! booooo). Desserts don't fall under either category (protein or starch), but the idea is that the cravings will go away anyway. I got to follow it for a good three months before I caved in to my first love-- chocolates.

I still try to eat healthy food-- no fastfood, no fried food, plenty fresh fruits and veggies, proper food combining as much as possible, but at the end of the day, I just eat what I want. :)

ON MEAT: I'm not a meat person (I'd rather eat chocolate than meat),
but some of my favorite meals do have meat.

ON VEGGIES: Veggies are my ultimate favorite, not just because they're healthy, but because I really like how they taste.

ON DESSERT:
I'm still on a quest for a "healthy" dessert I can eat everyday (or, at the very least, offer to my parents), but I don't think anything can ever keep me away from chocolates.


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food I can't give up: CHO-CO-LATE...yummmm...