UNITY NOW MORE THAN EVER!!!!

The past couple days has left me NUMB, SPEECHLESS, FURIOUS!!!

When are we going to realized that racism still a problem in this country? 

I know that ALL LIVES MATTER. But right now more than ever I am praying for our brothers and sister and that #BLACKLIVESMATER.

I want my kids to grow up knowing that they can trust the man in uniform. I am praying that we can find a solution to this ongoing racial issue that we are facing now. 

No matter your skin color, or where you come from, I suggest we stand together with our brothers and sisters. Together we can take a stand and stop this problem. 

I know some of you may not agree with what I have to say, Just because I am supporting Black Lives Matter, it does not mean that I do not value any other race or their occupation! 

I understand that there MANY (I mean many, as I do have know people that are in the department) police that are GOOD. But, I have seen too many police brutality happening in our country. People needs to be hold accountable for their ACTIONS. The Color of your skin should not determine the accountability. 

I was taught to LOVE one another. We should stop pointing finger at people and just take a stand and support one another. 

I want to close this with the Poem I made a couple days ago. 

PURITY 

Sun is up

Bird is singing

Blue skies

With Children singing

         I close my eyes

         I hear children laughter

         I remember those laughs

         As it used to be mine

Heart so pure

Face so innocent

Could I go back?

To feel as pure

         This world we live in

         I feel strange as I live

         Why do we hating

         Can we be Uniting?

To love one another

To feel love and be cure

Can we all go back?

Back when this world was pure

Love Always, 

TD

Habichuelas (beans)

First time i made this was almost 10 yrs ago. I must say i'm getting better every time. Kids loves it. In this recipe i made it with pink beans. You can make it with red kidney beans or pinto beans.

Ingredients:
- 2 tbsp of oil
- 1/2 cup of chopped onion
- 1/2 cup of chopped green peppers
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 2 cans of goya beans (pink, red kidney, pinto)
- 1/2 cup of tomato sauce
- 1/2 tsp of oregano
- 3/4 cup of water
- 2 packet of goya sazon
Salt n pepper to taste

Directions:

- heat oil in a medium pot

- add the garlic cooked it until a little brown
















- then add the onion and green peppers, cook it for 5-10 minutes
















- add the beans, tomato sauce, water, sazon

- then add the remaining ingredients cook for 10 minutes.



serve it over hot white rice, and enjoy. 

TIPS : FLAX SEED

hi all,

as you all know i always try to find other things to substitute for eggs in my recipe. due to allergies in my family.
recently i tried a few recipes that required eggs, and instead of eggs i have been using flax seed. and it works just perfect. everything came out the same as it wold be with eggs. this is a big news for me. now i could cook more recipe and makes more new dishes without changing my sons diet. im very pleased to say that this was a great finding. i hope that i could help other moms out there who have a question and been dealing with food allergies.

i will post some more new recipe pretty soon. till then have great day.

Stir fry Chinese water spinach (kangkung)

Stir fry Chinese water spinach (kangkung)

hi there, this is one of my favorite asian stir fry dish.
there are many ways to make this dish. my recipe is very simple. you could find all the ingredients almost anywhere.

ingredients:

- Chinese water spinach
- 1 shalots
- 1 tsp mince garlic
- 1 tbsp oyster sauce
- 6 thai chilly peppers (this is optional, i like mine a little spicy)
- salt
- black pepper
- 2 tbsp oil

directions:

- heat up wok pan on medium high heat, then take the shallots, garlic and the chilly pepper in food processor just to blend it all.

- then add the mixture onto the wok for 5 to 6 minutes

- cut up the spinach. and separate the leaves from the stem. 

- then you want to add the spinach onto the wok pan. 

- cook it for about 5 - 10 minutes. until the spinach is cook well.

- then add the oyster sauce into the pan 

- add about 4 oz. of water.

- then add the salt and pepper to taste. 

serve it with white rice. 

hope you guys enjoy it as much as i do.. good luck 

TIPS : egg replacer

i started to look online for recipes with no egg then i came across this egg re-placer or substitute. i ordered it online and it is very easy to used. you can make almost everything that required eggs with this thing. soon after i found out that whole foods supermarket carries this. i used this to baked a cake, muffin, bread. but one thing NEVER tried to make scramble egg or any type of fried egg with this thing. i LEARNED that the hard way. but you should try it and i know you will like it. this becomes handy for baking. hope you will give it a try and let me know.

beef with onion and green pepper

this is one of my kids favorite dish. my ex mother in law taught me how to make it, then i improvise it a little.

ingredients :
4 T-bone steak beef
1 medium onion sliced
1 green bell pepper sliced
1 clove of garlic
dash of sugar
adobo seasoning
salt and pepper to taste
lime juice to marinade

directions:
- slice the onion and green pepper, set aside

- seasoned the steak beef with adobo and lime juice. then leave it for 30 minutes in the refrigerator.

- heat oil on a large skillet with a dash of sugar on a medium - high heat.
- when the sugar turned brown add the steak and fried it both side until its browned.

- after its brown on both side make sure the steak is cook thoroughly. set aside on plate.

- using the same oil add the onion and green pepper. cook it for 5 minutes or until the onion is soft.

- then add the steak back in the skillet, add 3/4 cups of water. and seasoned to taste.

- cover and cook it for another 10 minutes on low heat or until most of the water is gone.

serve over cooked white rice.

homemade egg roll (NO EGG)

I create this recipe based on my kids likes. they love egg roll so i created one with no EGG. its really simple and easy. 

Ingredients :

- 2 cups of bean sprout

- 1 whole carrots thinly slice in small size

- 1 pound of ground pork

- 1 stalk celery chopped

- 1 cup of cabbage thinly slice

- 1 bean thread or mung bean thread (this is usually available in an Asian market comes in 6 - 8 piece per bag, i only used 1)

- 15 - 20 egg roll skin wrapper or you can use spring roll wrapper 

- 1 shallot 

- 1 clove of garlic

seasoned it with salt and pepper to taste. 

Directions:

- combined all the veggies in a large bowl. 

- then boil the bean thread in a hot water for 5 minutes, strained it and set aside.

- heat oil in a medium skillet over medium high heat.

- then add the garlic and shallot

- cooked it for 5 minutes or until garlic turns a little brown. 

- then add the ground pork 

- cook it for 15 minutes or until all the pork turns brown

- then add the veggies mix and bean thread into skillet. 

- cook it for 15 minutes or until the cabbage and carrots is soft. then you set it aside. 

- then you separate the egg roll skin wrapper or spring roll skin wrapper. 

- add 1 heap tbsp of the veggies mixture into the wrapper the fold it and wrap it. follow direction on the back of the plastic on how to fold it. 

- then fried the egg roll in a medium skillet on a medium heat. until it turns brown on both side. 

- serve it with hot sauce or sweet and sour sauce. 

there it is hope you guys enjoy it. 

Fried Rice with Salami

My kids love fried rice so much, i have to make it at least once every week in our house. it is very simple and easy.

ingredients:

- 4 cups cooked rice
- 2 cloves of garlic (minced)
- 1 small sweet onion (chopped)
- 5 tbsp olive oil
- 1 1/2 cups of beef salami
- 5 tbsp of sweet soy sauce
- 1/2 tsp of soy sauce
- dash of salt ( or to taste)
- dash of pepper (or to taste)
- dash of onion powder
- dash of garlic powder

directions:

- Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
- then add the garlic in and cook it for 5 minutes or until brown

- then add the onion and cook it for 5 minutes or until onion is tender

- then add the salami

- add the rice and the remaining ingredients.

cook it until all the ingredients combined together. serve it and and top it with fried crispy onion or french fried onion.

Beef stew with corn

This recipe is something that i created, most of the ingredients is the same like beef stew (carne guisada) but i added corn in it.

ingredients :
- 2 pound of beef stew meat
- 3 tbsp od olive oil
- 1 tsp of garlic
- 1 cup of onion
- 1 cup of green pepper
- 1 can of 16 oz corn
- 1/2 can of 15 oz tomato sauce
- 2 packet of sazon goya
- 1 1/2 cups of water
- 1/4 tsp of garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp of onion powder
- dash of oregano
- dash of salt
- dash of pepper

directions:
- heat the oil in a wok pan on a medium high.
- add the garlic and cooked until it turns brown, then add the meat

- cover it then let it cook for 20 minutes or until all the water is gone. then add the onion and green pepper.

- then you add the tomato sauce, water, sazon

- cook it for 10 minutes. then add the corn and the rest of the seasoning.

- cook it for another 10-20 minutes or until the sauce thickens.

serve it over a hot white rice or spanish rice.

Tomato-basil bruschetta

This is one of my favorite appetizers. its very easy to make, and my kids love it. 

ingredients :

- 2 Large tomatoes

- 2 Cloves garlic

- 1/4 cup of fresh basil 

- 1/4 cup of parmesan cheese

- 2 tbsp of olive oil

- 1/2 tsp salt

- 1/2 tsp pepper

- 16 inch baguette

directions : 

- Heat the oven to 450 degree.

-chopped the tomatoes

- peel the garlic and finely chop them 

- then you combined all the ingredients in a large bowl. set them aside

- then you slice the baguette into 1/2 inch and put them in a ungreased cookie sheet.

- then spoon the tomato-basil mixture onto the bread.

- then put it in the oven for about 6-8 minutes ot until the edges turns brown. 

- serve it warm and enjoy...

 

TIPS: another lesson i learned as a parent dealing with food allergies

    When my son was 2 months old we found out that he has a sever case of eczema, and also allergic to dairy. So, when i was breastfed i have to go on a diet. We even had to change his formula to NUTRAMIGEN. Here i am just dealing with having a baby now i have to deal with food allergies. At about 15 months we found out he was allergic to egg, dairy, wheat, gluten, peanuts, tree-nuts, soy, red kidney beans. the list go on and on and on... so i started look online for support i came across a website www.gluttenfreemall.com; I started ordering food from there for my son. And another place to go is whole food supermarket. it was very hard for me to came up recipes or ideas for my son to eat. The more researched i did, the more i found out that there are a lot of kids with food allergies. As he got older, i became more concern of his diets. Specially when he's at the growth spurt. i realize that i have to do this on my own, meaning i have to find different ways to create different dish to fit his diets.

     At the age of 4 he ways hospitalized again for his eczema, and its also the year that he have asthma. it was really a tough year. I mean how do you explain to a 4 yr old that he cant have all the food to eat and certain food will make him sick. but also at this age i learned that my son was a very smart kid, i mean how many 4 yr old can tell that he is allergic to certain food. The good thing is that he always know what he can have or cant. 

    Now at 7 yrs of age i can say that i am a proud mom, my son has outgrew, the SOY, WHEAT, GLUTEN,  BAKED EGG. so all i want to share is that this journey is not an easy one. we've had ups and down. and sure is there is always HOPE. i never lose FAITH that my son will outgrew his food allergies, and i hope all the parents who read this will do the same, and trust me you are NOT alone. :)

     

My version of spanish rice

This is a Spanish rice recipe that i learned from my mother in-law. i put a little twist to the recipe and make it my own.

to make spanish rice you will need:

-5 tbsp of olive oil
-2 tsp of salt
-5 cups of water
-3 cups of uncooked long grain rice
-8 oz of frozen mix vegetables
-2 packet of sazon goya
-4 oz of tomato sauce (optional)

directions:

- put the oil and salt in a medium pot over medium-high heat

- then you add the rice cooked for about 5 minutes.

- then you add the sazon and water. stir well until well combined. bring it to boil, cook it for about 20     minutes.

- then you add the mix vegetables. return to boil, and reduce heat to low. cover the pot.

- after about 10 minutes, stir the rice. make sure everything well combined. cook it for another 10 minutes without removing the lid.

- turn off the stove, remove the pot from the heat. let it stand for about 5 minutes then served.

I usually serve this rice with carne guisada (beef stew) or pollo guisado ( chicken stew)

enjoy... :)

TIPS: for parents who have kids with eczema

As you  all know i have a son who is allergic to almost everything and he also have eczema. since we move to Colorado, his skin has become clear and haven't had any breakouts for almost 2yrs. I owe it all to his doctors at National Jewish and most importantly GOD.

anyway, if you have kids with eczema and could not sleep at night because of the itchiness you might want to try this. bathe him for 20 mins, let him play in the water for a little bit. it is best if you used unscented soap (dove sensitive, cetaphil, aveeno) after that DO NOT dry his skin up. just lube him up with his ointment (aquaphor, vaseline) then put a damp clothes on him with damp socks on his body. after that put a dry clothes pajamas on him i prefer used the long pants and long sleeve clothes for both. you want to cover his body as much as you can. as for the face if he have any. i used to wrap his face with a long gauze ( i used to tell him that we make him look like power rangers) he loved it. :) this also helps their skin to stay moist. hope this helps you guys. and I'm open to any questions you guys might have. (i know how it is to have a child with severe eczema and so much allergies) 

thanks for reading, God Bless.

Mussels in butter sauce

This is one of my favorite seafood dish. if only i could convince my husband to eat mussels.. :)

ingredients :

- 1 lbs of mussels

- 3 tbsp of butter or margarine ( i used margarine due to my son allergy)

- 1/2 tsp of minced garlic

- dash of salt 

- dash of pepper

directions:

- heat butter in large skillet over medium-high heat. 

- add garlic, cook it until garlic turns brown.

- then add the mussels, cook it for 10 minutes or until mussels open. (do not over cooked it)

- then add the salt and pepper to taste. 

- put mussels in a serving dish. enjoy..

let me know how it comes out when you  try it.. :)