Food For Thought Friday

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Breakfast
How are you going to celebrate Easter this year?

We spent the day with my family. My Dad treated us to Teriyaki Boy and then coffee afterwards

Lunch
What is your favorite Easter tradition either currently or as a child?

We used to do Easter Egg Hunts after going to Mass. We also have a great big feast after the Salubong.

Dinner 
What is your favorite Easter treat?

Chocolate!

Midnight Snack
What does Easter mean to you?

Easter means new life for me, a new chance to make it right!

Recipe of the Week
(instead of your recipe for life what is it just for the week?)
Today is a gift. That is why it is called present.

Recipe: Lengua in Mushroom Sauce

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From Pinoycook.net :)
lengua in mushroom sauce

Ingredients :

1 ox tongue (about 1.1 kilos)
2 tbsp. of vinegar
1 whole garlic
1 whole onion
6 peppercorns
1 bay leaf
1/2 carrot
a few stalks of leek
1 can condensed mushroom soup
1/4 c. + 2 tbsp. of butter
1 onion, chopped
1/2 k. of potatoes
1/2 c. of milk
salt and pepper
1 tsp. of finely chopped fresh parsley
1 onion, sliced
4 button mushrooms, chopped

How to :

Scrape the ox tongue with a knife. Rinse well under running water. Place in a glass bowl and cover with water. Add 2 tbsp. of vinegar. With your hands, “wash” the tongue in the warer-vinegar solution. Rinse well. Place the ox tongue in a casserole and cover with water. Pierce garlic in several places with a sharp pointed knife. Add garlic, onion, carrot, leeks, peppercorns and bay leaf to the tongue. Set over medium heat and bring to a soft boil, removing scum as it rises. Lower heat, cover and simmer until tender, about 4 hours.

While simmering the meat, prepare the mashed potatoes. Using a brush, scrub the potatoes under the tap, making sure that no soil remains. Place the potatoes in a saucepan and cover with water. Add 1 tsp. of salt. Set over high heat and bring to a boil. Lower heat, cover and simmer until tender. To test for doneness, insert a pointed knife at the thickest part of the potatoes. Drain the potatoes and transfer to a glass bowl. Cut the potatoes into small pieces. Mash with a fork (I did not remove the skin). Add 2 tbsp. of butter and mix well. Season with salt and pepper. Pour in 1/2 c. of milk in a thin stream. Blend well. Stir in the chopped parsley. Cover the bowl with a cling wrap.

When the tongue is tender, transfer it to a plate and cool completely. Remove the skin and slice crosswise into 1/4? thick slices. Set aside. Strain the broth.

Over medium-high heat, melt 1 tbsp. of butter in a skillet. Brown the chopped onion. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels. Set aside.

Increase heat to high and melt the remaining butter in the skillet. Add the sliced lengua and brown them in batches, removing them as they brown and adding more butter if necessary. Saute the sliced onion in the skillet. Add the chopped mushrooms. Dilute the mushroom soup with the meat broth. Use equal parts of soup and broth for a regular sauce; reduce the amount of broth by half for a thicker sauce. Pour diluted soup into the skillet. Lower heat to medium and bring to a soft boil, stirring to make sure that no lumps remain. Return the tongue slices to the skillet and heat through.

Serving suggestion:

Spoon the mashed potatoes at the center of the serving plate (see photo above). Top with the browned onion bits. Arrange the meat slices on both sides of the mashed potatoes. Pour the sauce over the meat. Serve hot.

Food For Thought Friday

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Breakfast
Do you Twitter or Facebook?
Both. I use Twitter more than Facebook though.

Lunch
What are you looking most forward to this summer?
Summer is over on my part of the world. But I’m looking forward to summer next year – I hope a friend’s plan of coming home pushes through.


Dinner
What is the easiest thing you fixed for dinner this week?
I did not even cook a single dish this week – lucky me! Thank heavens for mother and maids who cook :)

Midnight Snack
What are you envious about right now?
People who can eat and not gain a single pound! While I cannot even turn down a single slice of pie and need the best diet pill out there to help me lose weight! Life is unfair, what can I say :)

Recipe of the Week

(instead of your recipe for life what is it just for the week?)
Happiness comes not when desires are fulfilled but when desires are controlled.

I’m a Cereal Person

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You Are Cereal
Playful and lighthearted, breakfast is likely your favorite meal of the day.
(In fact, you’re probably the type who sneaks cereal as a midnight snack.)
Your culinary skills are probably a bit lacking… and you are a sucker for junk food.
Some people accuse you of eating like a kid, but you prefer to think of yourself as low maintenance.

F.Y.I

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