Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Top 5 Drinks To Be Avoided #WorstDrinks #DietDisasters
I'm enrolled in a diet plan and after exercising and dieting, it is easy for us to grab a drink just to quench our thirst and tiredness. But after learning this from SHAPE, I guarantee--- you won't attempt to drink again.
There are a lot like this in the market, flavored and infused. Most of this, you can read at the back of the labels have added few extra vitamins but most of it are sugars.
So be careful in buying flavored waters that says it has a lot of vitamins,.good for the body. CHECK THE LABEL, if you see that it is more on water and sugar then leave it on the fridge. DO NOT BUY IT!
How many of us were to believe about this drink, SUGAR FREE and LOW or ZERO CALORIES? Oh c'mon! Maybe all of us were hypnotized with this campaign.
I have a friend who is addicted with cola, she drinks diet coke all day, not thinking that for every drink she might damage her body.
Let us say its TRUE, that it has zero calories and indeed a diet cola, but we have also to discipline our self, that drinking too much of this can destroy our self too!
I'm sure everyone will be shock about this. Yes, fruits are healthy and it is good for us, especially those who are in to a diet.
Let us say, eating whole pineapple or the entire mango and a cup of strawberries and grapes in just one sitting. How many calories you have there? Too much consumption of sugar content but fewer intake of a fiber and proteins plus 700 calories??? My gosh!
Those calories will be stored in our fat cells, now you have to burn it again and again by exercising.
Lemonade in an artificial flavoring pack.
Well you can buy this one in the market. Just add water then mix and there you have your lemonade drink. A cup of lemonade is composed of 100 calories, plus six teaspoon of sugar and zero nutrients--- you are just drinking a liquid candy. Not good, most especially if that pack is added with a magic sugar. Whew! Very bad!
If we're tired we need energy, and to give us that kind of boost we need "ENERGY DRINK".
Problem is that most energy drinks are loaded with too much caffeine and sugar. Even if they say, they have less caffeine and no sugar added but still they will give you short-term burst of energy.
For me, too much is not good. Limit your intake and if you need something to boost your energy and at the same time help you with your diet just drink 8 glasses of water per day, or sip a cup of a green tea and snacking a handful of a walnuts.
*Source: Shape
FLAVORED WATER
There are a lot like this in the market, flavored and infused. Most of this, you can read at the back of the labels have added few extra vitamins but most of it are sugars.
So be careful in buying flavored waters that says it has a lot of vitamins,.good for the body. CHECK THE LABEL, if you see that it is more on water and sugar then leave it on the fridge. DO NOT BUY IT!
DIET SODA
How many of us were to believe about this drink, SUGAR FREE and LOW or ZERO CALORIES? Oh c'mon! Maybe all of us were hypnotized with this campaign.
I have a friend who is addicted with cola, she drinks diet coke all day, not thinking that for every drink she might damage her body.
Let us say its TRUE, that it has zero calories and indeed a diet cola, but we have also to discipline our self, that drinking too much of this can destroy our self too!
FRUIT SMOOTHIES
I'm sure everyone will be shock about this. Yes, fruits are healthy and it is good for us, especially those who are in to a diet.
Let us say, eating whole pineapple or the entire mango and a cup of strawberries and grapes in just one sitting. How many calories you have there? Too much consumption of sugar content but fewer intake of a fiber and proteins plus 700 calories??? My gosh!
Those calories will be stored in our fat cells, now you have to burn it again and again by exercising.
LEMONADE
Lemonade in an artificial flavoring pack.
Well you can buy this one in the market. Just add water then mix and there you have your lemonade drink. A cup of lemonade is composed of 100 calories, plus six teaspoon of sugar and zero nutrients--- you are just drinking a liquid candy. Not good, most especially if that pack is added with a magic sugar. Whew! Very bad!
ENERGY DRINK
If we're tired we need energy, and to give us that kind of boost we need "ENERGY DRINK".
Problem is that most energy drinks are loaded with too much caffeine and sugar. Even if they say, they have less caffeine and no sugar added but still they will give you short-term burst of energy.
For me, too much is not good. Limit your intake and if you need something to boost your energy and at the same time help you with your diet just drink 8 glasses of water per day, or sip a cup of a green tea and snacking a handful of a walnuts.
*Source: Shape
Saturday, April 4, 2015
Black Rice Pudding #LentenMeal #GoodFriday #HolySaturday
Read a lots of shout-outs in Facebook about someone having BINIGNIT and BIKO for Good Friday and Holy Saturday.
Each households are busy preparing and helping in dicing, grating, slicing of ingredients. Even the smell of our house and some of my neighborhood tells that their are also cooking BINIGNIT and BIKO.
These are some of the foods identified as food for the Holy Week. Why? Because no meat in observance of this religious occasion.
Last year we had also Binignit and Biko, and its like we had binignit and biko the whole week, ended up bloated. So, I tell my mom if she is going to cook again binignit and biko this time kindly give some to other neighbors who haven't nothing to eat at all.
Though it was indeed popular in my hometown, I prefer this BLACK RICE PUDDING for a change, as my #BLACKFRIDAY meal.
I saw this recipe from Veronica's Cornucopia Site, and I adore her pudding recipe.
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You can print recipe HERE
This is another healthy recipe that you can enjoy. A dessert that is full of antioxidants, more than a blueberries.
Sunday, March 29, 2015
Mango Sago Dessert Recipe #Dessert #MangoSago
I had a great time celebrating a graduation party of my niece, led by people who really love her---her parents and relatives - and most importantly me, who entirely believe when I said she can do it all the way in college.
Usually, her parents love to make a party for every achievements she received in school. And most of their food was presented with some seafoods, pork lechon, pansit, rice, gruel's, caldereta, etc..food that makes a Filipino party tons of gustatory or the unmatchable thrill of food tasting.
In my sense, it's gets a little harder all the time to see this usual recipes in the table, but I was stop to see a bowl of mango custard full of chewy sago pearls.
Most of the time, I saw mango float, maja blanca or buko salad as a dessert serve in every party I attended.
And this is very easy to do recipe, and this is perfect for warm weather here in the Philippines.
In my cousins case, she did not use coconut cream/milk. For too much of coconut milk or a cream isn't healthy. Here's the sample of her recipe taken from MANGO SAGO DESSERT, where she copied the recipe.
Usually, her parents love to make a party for every achievements she received in school. And most of their food was presented with some seafoods, pork lechon, pansit, rice, gruel's, caldereta, etc..food that makes a Filipino party tons of gustatory or the unmatchable thrill of food tasting.
In my sense, it's gets a little harder all the time to see this usual recipes in the table, but I was stop to see a bowl of mango custard full of chewy sago pearls.
Most of the time, I saw mango float, maja blanca or buko salad as a dessert serve in every party I attended.
And this is very easy to do recipe, and this is perfect for warm weather here in the Philippines.
MANGO SAGO RECIPE
Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup small sago pearls
- 3 to 4 tbsps sugar(brown sugar)
- 2 cups water
- 2/3 cups evaporated milk
- 6 tbsps coconut cream/milk(optional)
- 1 cup of mango puree or juice
- 2 mangoes, sliced in cube
PROCEDURE in cooking the sago pearls:
- Soak the pearls in a bowl of water for 30 minutes.
- Boil water in a saucepan in add the sago(medium heat), boil for 3-5 minutes, stirring consistently. Then open the lid and let it stand for 30 minutes(turn low heat) until sago is transparent.
- Run cold running water on the sago to keep it cool and not to overcooked.
- Drain the sago in a colander.
- Dissolve the sugar with water in a saucepan.
- Cool the sugar-water mixture before adding the evaporated milk and mango puree. Stir well.
- For base consistency, just add water or milk, depending your taste.
- Add the mango cubes.
- Chill in the refrigerator and serve.
- If you want, you can add ice cubes to make a cool and refreshing dessert.
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Friday, March 13, 2015
Boneless Bangus Tocino Recipe
Fish Tocino is a healthy alternative way to provide for our kids instead of pork tocino.
Tocino dish is a popular meal for kids for their baon and love by most of the mother's because it is easy to prepare and cook.
Got so excited when I saw the Boneless Bangus Tocino recipe at Business Diary.
Ingredients:
Procedure:
I went to the market and buy boneless bangus(slice thinly). I hurried home and follow the procedures in marinating the Boneless Bangus Tocino, left it for a day.
The next day, I cook the marinated fish tocino and my kids love the taste so much.
You can do business with this recipe too!
Healthy way to eat tocino.
Got so excited when I saw the Boneless Bangus Tocino recipe at Business Diary.
Ingredients:
- 2 pieces boneless bangus
- 2 tbsp. calamansi or lemon juice
- 1 tsp. garlic powder
- 1 tsp. iodized salt(sea salt)(to taste)
- 2 tbsp. sugar
- 2 tbsp. anisado wine(or you can use pernod)
- 1/4 tsp. ground white pepper
- 1/4 tsp. prague powder(pink salt) OPTIONAL
Procedure:
- Just combine all the ingredients, marinate fish in the mixture for 24hrs or for at least one day.
- Fry and served with salted egg and steamed rice, dip in vinegar.
I went to the market and buy boneless bangus(slice thinly). I hurried home and follow the procedures in marinating the Boneless Bangus Tocino, left it for a day.
The next day, I cook the marinated fish tocino and my kids love the taste so much.
You can do business with this recipe too!
Healthy way to eat tocino.
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Friendly Rice Recipe For Diabetic
It doesn't mean that you are diabetic person you no longer allowed to eat rice or cut out rice to your diet. You can eat rice, but not the starchy one.
Most preferably, a diabetic person is advisable to eat whole grain rice such as BROWN RICE.
Brown rice is rich in Vitamin B and antioxidants. This Friendly Rice Recipe can help you maintain proper diet without altering the taste of the food.
So healthy to eat, and very quick to cook just add some chicken to make a low-calorie and low-fat recipe into a FULL MEAL.
Want to have a spicy hot meal? Try this spicy recipe, added with a little Sriracha sauce that gives a punch of peppery taste to your rice and vegetable meal.
It is also called the easy and slow cook recipe. All you need is to: chop, stir, set, stir again and viola you will have a low-calorie rice soup.
I love this kind of a pudding("lugaw" in our local dialect here in the Philippines), because this dish is a yummy mixed with sweets. A fruity pudding for snack or it can be a guilt-free dessert.
Who loves munchies?! This is a crispy, low-calorie, low carb-snack dip in a creamy pesto sauce.
So healthy recipes, especially made for diabetic patient.
Make a healthy food choices that can help you prevent, control, and even reverse diabetes.
Source: DIABETIC LIVING ONLINE
Most preferably, a diabetic person is advisable to eat whole grain rice such as BROWN RICE.
Brown rice is rich in Vitamin B and antioxidants. This Friendly Rice Recipe can help you maintain proper diet without altering the taste of the food.
SPANISH STYLE RICE
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So healthy to eat, and very quick to cook just add some chicken to make a low-calorie and low-fat recipe into a FULL MEAL.
SPICY VEGETABLE FRIED RICE
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Want to have a spicy hot meal? Try this spicy recipe, added with a little Sriracha sauce that gives a punch of peppery taste to your rice and vegetable meal.
ASIAN TURKEY RICE SOUP
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It is also called the easy and slow cook recipe. All you need is to: chop, stir, set, stir again and viola you will have a low-calorie rice soup.
RICE PUDDING with APRICOTS
and a CHERRY SWIRL
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I love this kind of a pudding("lugaw" in our local dialect here in the Philippines), because this dish is a yummy mixed with sweets. A fruity pudding for snack or it can be a guilt-free dessert.
CAULIFLOWER RICE CAKES
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Who loves munchies?! This is a crispy, low-calorie, low carb-snack dip in a creamy pesto sauce.
So healthy recipes, especially made for diabetic patient.
Make a healthy food choices that can help you prevent, control, and even reverse diabetes.
Source: DIABETIC LIVING ONLINE
Sunday, March 1, 2015
How To Make a Classic Healthy Lasagna
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Lasagna is a wide, flat-shaped pasta and one of the oldest types of pasta. It is composed of a sausage, ground beef and three types of cheese cooked into perfection. For some, this kind of food is not healthy, because its full of fat and calories not good for the body.
TIPS & NOTES:
What can be more satisfying feeling and affable than lasagna? You can eat it anytime and anywhere, because it's easy to make or even easier to buy because it is available in the market or in a fast food chain.
Be healthy and wise, that's the point I get from Eating Well. You can still eat your favorite lasagna but need to cut some of the ingredients that have a lot of FAT and CALORIES and by adding FIBER from lasagna without sacrificing its flavor.
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- Light Lasagna Pasta - use this to increase fiber
- Italian full-flavored Sausage - instead of pork sausage to cut saturated fats.
- Frozen spinach - to add more nutrients and add volume to a minimum amount of calories.
- Add more Mushrooms - this is to replace meaty sausages, mushrooms have a "meaty" taste and flavor as satisfying, but have less calories and fat.
- Shredded Part-skim cheese - instead of full fat cheese, this will reduce calories and saturated fat
INGREDIENTS
Meat Sauce
1/2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
4 ounces hot or sweet Italian turkey sausages, remove the casings
2 onions, finely chopped
1 carrot, finely chopped
12 ounces of mushrooms, clean and chopped
2 cloves minced garlic
1/8 tsp salt
Freshly ground pepper, to taste
1/4 cup dry red wine
2 28-ounce cans drained and chopped plum tomatoes
1/2 cup sun-dried tomatoes(not packed in oil), silvered
1 tsp dried oregano
1 tsp dried basil
1 tsp dried thyme
1/4 tsp crushed red pepper, to taste
PASTA & CHEESE FILLING
8 Light Lasagna Pasta, 8 ounces
2 cups nonfat ricotta cheese
1/8 tsp salt
Freshly ground pepper, to taste
Ground nutmeg, to taste
1 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella
1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
2 tbsps chopped fresh parsley
PREPARATION
- To prepare meat sauce: Heat oil in a large heavy pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add sausage and let it cook for 3-5 minutes, wait until browned. Then reduce the heat to medium add onions and carrot, cook to 2-3 minutes, by stirring frequently until softened. Add the mushrooms and garlic, saute and season with salt and pepper. For 4-6 minutes cook and stir frequently, until mushrooms liquid evaporates.
- Stir in wine, plum tomatoes, sun-dried tomatoes, basil, thyme and crushed red pepper. Bring to a simmer, reduce heat to low, cover and simmer, stirring occasionally for 45 minutes. Leave it uncovered and cook for 30-45 minutes, by stirring frequently, until sauce is very thick. Adjust seasoning with salt and pepper.
- To prepare for the filling & assemble lasagna: Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Preheat oven to 350°F. Coat a 9 by 13 inch baking dish with cooking spray.
- Cook noodles for about 10 minutes until just tender or according to package directions. Drain, then let it cool down by plunging noodles into a large bowl of ice cold water. Lay the noodles out on a kitchen towels.
- Season ricotta with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Spread about 1 1/2 cups meat sauce in the prepared pan. Layer 3 noodles on top. Spread another 1 cup sauce over the noodles. And about 2/3 cup ricotta over the sauce, then sprinkle with 1/4 cup mozzarella and 2 tbsps Parmesan. Continue layering the noodles, sauce and cheese, finishing with the sauce, mozzarella and Parmesan. Sprinkle with parsley, cover with foil.
- Bake the lasagna for about 35-45 minutes until the sauce is bubbling. Uncover the bake for 5-10 minutes, until golden. Let it cool down for another 10 minutes before cutting and serve.
Prepare through STEP 5. Cover and refrigerate for up to 2 days or freeze for up to 3 months. Thaw before baking.
HEALTHY FACTS & NUTRITION
This lasagna recipe has lots of flavors but less fat and calories. As per serving: CALORIES: 357, FAT: 8 g or 3g sat, 2 g mono), CHOLESTEROL: 32 mg, CARBOHYDRATES: 46 g, PROTEIN: 22 g, FIBER: 9 g, SODIUM: 698 mg, POTASSIUM: 396 mg
It has a Nutritional Bonus of a FIBER(36% Daily Value), CALCIUM(30% dv)
CARBOHYDRATE SERVINGS: 2 1/2
source: EatingWell
Friday, February 20, 2015
Moringa (Malunggay) Milk Shake Recipe
A simple way to make a Malunggay Milk Shake. Have all the ingredients and follow the steps in making it.
Ingredients:
1 cup fresh malunggay leaves, washed
2 to 3 tablespoons powdered filled milk
2 to 3 tablespoons of sugar (white/brown)
2 cups water
Steps:
Boil the water in the pan.
When the water came to a boil, add the malunggay leaves. Cover the pan and let it simmer for 1 minute. Do not overcook the leaves.
After that, remove the pan from the fire.
Transfer the contents of the pan into a bowl. Separate the cooked malunggay leaves and set aside to cool. Do not throw the water.
Prepare the blender. Once the cooked malunggay leaves and the water had cooled down, put them all in the blender together with the powdered milk and the sugar.
Blend until all ingredients are totally liquified. Transfer to a glass and consume at once. Do not store for more that 30 minutes after blending.
Source: Answers.com
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Ingredients:
1 cup fresh malunggay leaves, washed
2 to 3 tablespoons powdered filled milk
2 to 3 tablespoons of sugar (white/brown)
2 cups water
Steps:
Boil the water in the pan.
When the water came to a boil, add the malunggay leaves. Cover the pan and let it simmer for 1 minute. Do not overcook the leaves.
After that, remove the pan from the fire.
Transfer the contents of the pan into a bowl. Separate the cooked malunggay leaves and set aside to cool. Do not throw the water.
Prepare the blender. Once the cooked malunggay leaves and the water had cooled down, put them all in the blender together with the powdered milk and the sugar.
Blend until all ingredients are totally liquified. Transfer to a glass and consume at once. Do not store for more that 30 minutes after blending.
Source: Answers.com
Thursday, February 5, 2015
Pomelo Noodles
Hello! It's been so long that I haven't updated my site here, because I am looking for a unique recipe that I can share, that will entice your taste.
Here's a dish that I've receive via email from 101 Cook Books.
Here's a dish that I've receive via email from 101 Cook Books.
POMELO NOODLES
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This is an interesting lunch meal good for those who are into a healthy diet. Simply noodles, salad greens, easing dressing(not oily), peanuts and pomelo. Just give it a toss and you are all set.
Monday, December 22, 2014
Southwestern Egg Rolls
I saw this recipe from Yummly and I found it right to share it with you for your simple Christmas recipe.
Ingredients:
2 tbsps vegetable oil
1 boneless skinless chicken breasts(half)
2 tbsps green onions(minced)
2 tbsps red bell pepper(minced)
79ml frozen corn kernels
60 grams black beans(rinsed & drained)
2 tbsps frozen chopped spinach or kangkong(thawned and drained)
2 tbsps jalapeno chilies(diced)
1/2 tbsp fresh parsley(minced)
1/2 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp chili powder
1/3 tsp salt
1 pinch ground cayenne powder
85 grams shredded cheese
5 flour tortillas (6 inch)
.95 liter oil (for deep frying)
For directions on how to cook the SOUTHWESTERN EGG ROLLS >>>> ALL RECIPES.
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Ingredients:
2 tbsps vegetable oil
1 boneless skinless chicken breasts(half)
2 tbsps green onions(minced)
2 tbsps red bell pepper(minced)
79ml frozen corn kernels
60 grams black beans(rinsed & drained)
2 tbsps frozen chopped spinach or kangkong(thawned and drained)
2 tbsps jalapeno chilies(diced)
1/2 tbsp fresh parsley(minced)
1/2 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp chili powder
1/3 tsp salt
1 pinch ground cayenne powder
85 grams shredded cheese
5 flour tortillas (6 inch)
.95 liter oil (for deep frying)
For directions on how to cook the SOUTHWESTERN EGG ROLLS >>>> ALL RECIPES.
Friday, June 13, 2014
Water Cake or Mizu Shingen Mochi Cake
At first it looks like a drop of water but it is a CAKE. A so called Japanese Water Cake or famous known as the MIZU SHINGEN MOCHI Cake.
SHINGEN-MOCHI is one of Yamanashi prefecture in Japan. A small chewy mochi(rice cakes) covered with ground roasted soy bean and brown sugar syrup.
MIZU means water.
A delicate at it looks but need to consumed in 30 minutes, after which it will simply turn into a puddle of water.
From a brief history of the so called cake:
@rarapanpusu twitted this:
Made by Kinseiken Seika Company, using the water from the Southern Japanese alps and can only be enjoyed in one of the Kinseiken's two Yamagata prefecture locations.
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SHINGEN-MOCHI is one of Yamanashi prefecture in Japan. A small chewy mochi(rice cakes) covered with ground roasted soy bean and brown sugar syrup.
MIZU means water.
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A delicate at it looks but need to consumed in 30 minutes, after which it will simply turn into a puddle of water.
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From a brief history of the so called cake:
Shingen is actually a name of Japan's famous warlords, SHINGEN TAKEDA. It's an old tradition to put mochi covered with soy bean powder and brown sugar syrup on every household of a Buddhist altar during the BON FESTIVAL. Shingen-mochi was born from a local culture and use the name Shingen as their sign of respect as they marketed the product.
@rarapanpusu twitted this:
The sensation of eating water cake was a bit surprising, since it felt like the cake turned into water into your mouth, but it was delicious.
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Made by Kinseiken Seika Company, using the water from the Southern Japanese alps and can only be enjoyed in one of the Kinseiken's two Yamagata prefecture locations.
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
BANANA FLOAT SALAD
A mix recipe, a combination of a FLOAT and a SALAD ingredient.
I am supposed to make a Banana Float, problem arises when I forget to buy biscuit for my float. So I decided to make a salad out of my float ingredient.
BANANA FLOAT SALAD
INGREDIENTS:
PROCEDURE:
I am supposed to make a Banana Float, problem arises when I forget to buy biscuit for my float. So I decided to make a salad out of my float ingredient.
BANANA FLOAT SALAD
INGREDIENTS:
- 2 Hand(tier) of Bananas
- Condensed Milk
- ALASKA All-Purpose Cream
- Raisins
- Cheese
- CHOICE kaong
- PEEL THE BANANA. And slice it, not so thinly.
- Add condensed milk and ALASKA All Purpose Cream then mix.
- Put the kaong in a strainer. Separate the liquid from solid. Make sure only the KAONG is added to the salad. Do not include the liquid.
- Add the raisins and cheese on top of your BANANA FLOAT SALAD.
- Let it freeze and let it melt after. Then you can add here additional fruits like grapes or chop apples.
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Hearts of Palm and Radish Coins with Shrimp
My 3rd Christmas Recipe would be the Hearts of Palm and Radish Coins with Shrimp.
What is a Heart of Palm? It is the edible part of a palm tree. It is sometimes called the palm cabbage or swamp cabbage that is harvested from the inner core and growing bud of certain palm.
INGREDIENTS
3 to 4 hearts of palm(1 to 1 1/2 inches wide), rinsed and cut into 1/4 inch thick coins
2 tbsp plus 1/4 tsp fresh lime juice
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
Pinched of granulated sugar
Salt
1 tbsp mayonnaise
1/4 tsp coriander seeds, toasted and coarsely ground in a mortar
1/4 tsp freshly grated lime zest
Pinched of cayenne
Freshly ground black pepper
48 small peeled, deveined, and cooked shrimp(71 to 90 or 100 to 150 per lb) or you can use bacon here if you are allergic with shrimp.
5 to 6 radishes(1 to 1 1/2 inches wide), sliced into 1/4 inch thick coins
24 fresh cillantro leaves for garnish (optional) or you can add mozzarella cheese
PROCEDURE
This appetizer is great if you cut the diameter of both hearts of palm and radish the same.
Source: Fine Cooking Appetizers
What is a Heart of Palm? It is the edible part of a palm tree. It is sometimes called the palm cabbage or swamp cabbage that is harvested from the inner core and growing bud of certain palm.
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INGREDIENTS
3 to 4 hearts of palm(1 to 1 1/2 inches wide), rinsed and cut into 1/4 inch thick coins
2 tbsp plus 1/4 tsp fresh lime juice
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
Pinched of granulated sugar
Salt
1 tbsp mayonnaise
1/4 tsp coriander seeds, toasted and coarsely ground in a mortar
1/4 tsp freshly grated lime zest
Pinched of cayenne
Freshly ground black pepper
48 small peeled, deveined, and cooked shrimp(71 to 90 or 100 to 150 per lb) or you can use bacon here if you are allergic with shrimp.
5 to 6 radishes(1 to 1 1/2 inches wide), sliced into 1/4 inch thick coins
24 fresh cillantro leaves for garnish (optional) or you can add mozzarella cheese
PROCEDURE
- Lay the Palm Coins in a single layer in a nonreactive dish.
- Drizzle with 2 tbsp of the lime juice, 3 tbsp water, and the olive oil.
- Sprinkle evenly with sugar and a generous pinch of salt.
- Shake the dish to coat the palm coins and let it sit while preparing the remaining ingredients.
- In a medium bowl, mix the remaining 1/4 tsp lime juice with the mayonnaise, coriander seeds, lime zest, cayenne, a generous pinch of pepper.
- Toss the shrimp with the mayonnaise and season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Carefully drain the hearts of palm and pat dry with paper towels.
- Top each radish coin with a palm coin of similar size, 2 shrimp, and a cilantro leaf(optional)
This appetizer is great if you cut the diameter of both hearts of palm and radish the same.
Source: Fine Cooking Appetizers
