What’s On Your Plate?

my little zoie loves banana… i’ve found this online and i’m thinking of trying to make this.

 Ingredients:

Cream together sugar, butter, and nutmeg until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in bananas and vanilla. Combine flour, baking powder, soda, and salt. Beat into creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk. Stir in nuts. Spread batter into greased pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes or until tester comes out clean. Cool on rack.

source: cooks.com

 now that halloween’s coming, here’s a tasty treat for your trick and treaters…

INGREDIENTS

• 1 cup canned pumpkin
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 egg
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon milk
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

1. Combine pumpkin, sugar, vegetable oil, and egg. In a separate bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, ground cinnamon, and salt. Dissolve the baking soda with the milk and stir in. Add flour mixture to pumpkin mixture and mix well.
2. Add vanilla, chocolate chips and nuts.
3. Drop by spoonful on greased cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for approximately 10 minutes or until lightly brown and firm.

source:  allrecipes.com

i like eating empanada, and i remember having an issue regarding this empanada last zoie’s christening rites… hah! let’s not talk about it here…
so, about the empanada… here’s how to make it the filipino way.

Flaky Dough

• 4 cups flour
• 3 egg yolks beaten
• 2 tablespoon sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2/3 cup water

• 1/2 kg ground pork
• 4 potatoes, diced
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 1/4 cup lard
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon msg
• 1 chopped onion
• 2 tablespoons sweet pickle relish
• 1 cup boiled minced garbanzo beans
• 1/2 cup water salt and pepper

• Mix beaten eggs, water, salt and sugar and mix well.
• Add this to the flour and knead well until very smooth.
• Let rest for 10-15 minutes.
• Roll on board slightly dusted with cornstarch until very thin.
• With pork lard brush surface thoroughly.
• Start rolling tightly as jelly roll.
• Cut very fine around 2 mm. Set aside.
• On the same dough, pinch a portion and make as many as the ojadre (the rolled one) put the ojadre on top of the small ones, brush with melted lard, cover with banana leaf as thin as possible to a round form.
• Put 1 tbsp filling in the center, put 1 sliced of hard boiled eggs, form the empanada, as turnover, flute the edges and fry in deep hot fat until golden brown.
• To prepare filling: heat lard, add garlic, onions and ground pork.
• Cook for a while.
• Add diced potatoes and all the ingredients, cook until all ingredients are tender. Season to taste.
• Add 4 tbsp flour, stir very well until all ingredients have blended. Let cook until ready to use.

source: food & cooking in squidoo