Garlic Tomato Spinach Fettuccine

Hi everyone! So I got to cook today :) I did a very basic pasta, italian style! :) I cooked with less than ten ingredients only! It's super easy you can do it randomly :) I'll put up the recipe after the jump.

Individual Cheesecakes with Crumb Topping

Hello everyone! Today, I recreated Joy of Baking.com`s Individual Cheesecakes but I topped it with crumbs from the recipe of bakedbree.com. Both recipes are at the end of this post. Although bakedbree.com has its own recipe for cheesecakes, I only used the crumb topping recipe.

Here are some of the ingredients that I used for the Cheesecakes - I used Digestive biscuits instead of graham wafer crumbs:

I was absolutely excited to make this one! It is my first time to make a cheesecake from scratch, I chose to make these 'mini' cheesecakes since it`s a lot easier to make than the big one, plus I don`t know why we don`t have a springform -.- lol I think it`ll taste the same anyway. :) I`m also excited cos it`s my favorite! I love cheesecake so much! Even more because it`s New York style, just like my favorite (and probably yours too) from Krispy Kreme ;)

Classic Butter Cookies

So I got bored and hungry and wanted something to bake and eat except I don't have all the ingredients to most of the recipes that I keep with me. I remembered there's an awful lot of butter left in our refrigerator that's why I thought I'd search for anything that I can do with butter. Aaand yes, butter cookies is what came to my mind! I am fond of looking into recipes and other stuff on Pinterest (follow me: mimigrutas). I search for different kinds of recipes there and so I did look for butter cookies and came around with this basic butter cookies recipe from Robyn Stone (addapinch.com). 

What is nice about this recipe is that it's super easy to make and you can find all the ingredients in your kitchen pantry. And who wouldn't love a classic butter cookie just because? :)
I tried it today, and here are the results:

Garlic & Onion Quinoa (Fried Rice)

I`ve been wanting to try quinoa since I stopped eating rice for a long time now I figured this could be an alternative or substitute to it. So I tried quinoa today for brunch, having the same ingredients as of with the regular fried rice (or sinangag in Filipino) that I normally do and eat for breakfast or brunch. My first try in cooking quinoa, I don`t think it was perfect but it`s cooked and it tasted good.

Garlic & Onion Quinoa Fried Rice

Ingredients:

1 Cup Quinoa, uncooked (serves 2)
2 C filtered
2 tbsp. olive or vegetable oil
3-4 cloves garlic, minced
1 medium white onion, chopped or minced
Salt & Pepper, to taste

1. Wash the quinoa under cold water in a strainer, rubbing the seeds with both hands to remove the natural coating.
2. Combine 1 cup quinoa to 1 1/2 to 2 cups filtered water into a pot. Add a pinch of sea salt to bring to the boil. Reduce the heat, cover. Let it simmer for 10 to 15 minutes or until the water is fully absorbed by the quinoa. Fluff the quinoa with fork.
3. In another skillet or medium wok, sauté the garlic and onion in medium heat with oil.
4. Combine the cooked quinoa with the garlic and onion, salt & pepper to taste.
5. Serve for breakfast or lunch with choice of  viand.




What I love about quinoa is that you can use it for "fried rice" as soon as after it is cooked, unlike rice which usually needs to be kept overnight before using it for fried rice.


How do you cook and eat your quinoa?

Homemade Juice Detox

I have been trying different kinds of cleanses or fasting for almost a year now. I tried the Lemonade Diet also known as the Master Cleanse, as well as water fasting. I never last longer than 3 days hahaha. Now I will be trying this juice cleanse for weight loss. I got the recipes and Calorie/Protein value from juicerecipes.com, but I narrowed it down to some favorites.

There are lots of health benefits when it comes to juicing, it is good for the heart, digestion, colon, can lower cholesterol, weight loss, etc. I`m doing this mainly for weight loss since I have to maintain and lose a tiny bit more :)