A Greener Selection

In my previous post, regarding Mango Papaya Vinaigrette, well, it was perfect for salad! I tried it kaninang dinner. At first, if you'll taste the vinaigrette lang, para siyang tangy or maasim. But if you put it on salad, masarap siya.

I bought Dole Greener Selection salad. I want to prepare the salad personally sana. I mean, prepare it from scratch. However, I want to try first the two dressings we have here at home. One is the Caesar Salad Dressing which I bought at S&R. The other one is the dressing/vinaigrette I made kanina.

Greens with maling and belcube cheese. Plus the mango papaya vinaigrette. Yummy!

Since I want a taste of something different aside sa greens lang, I added few bits of maling. Just enough to satisfy my taste buds. Also, for additional flavor, I added 2 Belcube Creamy Ham Flavored Cheese by Laughing Cow. It was soooo good!

The Belcube Creamy Cheese is actually a spread. 2 cubes of cheese is not bad naman siguro diba? I'm starting this diet palang naman. Para di mabigla.. If my tummy is sanay na with these greens, tsaka ko na siguro itotodo.

I will have no rice in my diet. Promise. No cheat day yet, because I want to lose weight agad. Full effort ito! :) Next time na ako magcheacheat day kapag payat nako! hihi.

Anyway, you should try it. Salad with bits of maling and laughing cow belcube cheese. It's not really light nor heavy meal. Just right. Atleast, it's a start. :D

Mango Papaya Vinaigrette

Since I am planning to go on a diet, I made a salad dressing. After eating at Mary Grace Cafe kasi, I said to myself, Im'ma try the dressing they have for their Prawn Salad. It is the Mango-Papaya Dressing. It's good huh!

Here's the ingredients:

1 Large Ripe Papaya
1 Large Ripe Mango
1/4 cup of Olive Oil
1/3 cup of Apple Cider Vinegar 
1 Tbsp Honey
Salt and Pepper. 

1. Peel and put Papaya and Mango meat in a blender. 
2. Add the remaining ingredients except salt and pepper.
3. Blend well.
4. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

It's kinda tangy because of the Apple Cider Vinegar, but it's okay, it'll blend well in the salad.

Will share to you later my dinner. Will try it with salad.

Recipe 1: Dinakdakan

Last Sunday, I, John, Johann and family-in-law went to Mall of Asia. It was Ate Jaq's birthday last Saturday, February 26, 2011, that's why she decided to celebrate it in MOA. And so, we ate at Gerry's Grill. We ordered Dinakdakan, Lechon Kawali, BBQ, Grilled Chicken, Bulalo Soup and Sinigang Soup, and ofcourse rice and drinks.

It was my second time to actually eat Dinakdakan. Both times were from Gerry's Grill. I love it! The spiciness and creaminess combined. Heaven! So I then researched for recipes of this dish. I discovered that the usual ingredients for this recipe are pig's ear, tongue and liver plus brain. yay! I don't think I'd be able to eat that! Sorry, I'm not really fond of exotic food. :P

Anyway, I'm not really sure if what we ate in Gerry's Grill was a Dinakdakan with pig's ear, tongue and liver, because it tasted yum! While researching, I found out that there are other versions of Dinakdakan based from Ms. Kathleen's blog and username hungrynez in Petitchef. Instead of using pig's ear, tongue and liver, I can use liempo. :)

From username hungrynez in Petitchef.com, the ingredients in cooking Dinakdakan are:

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PORK DINAKDAKAN

1 kilo whole slab of pork liempo

1 tsp. ginger, minced

1 cup onion, finely chpped

3-4 pieces, red chili peppers, minced (or more)

1/4 cup calamansi juice (or more)

2 tbsp. mayonnaise

powdered black pepper

iodized salt

Wash pork liempo with running water and drain.

Rub pork liempo with salt and black pepper.

Leave for 30 minutes.

Meanwhile, mix ginger, onion, red chili peppers, mayonnaise and calamansi in a bowl. Set aside.

Grill pork liempo until well-cooked. Then, chop finely.

Pour on the mixture into chopped pork liempo.

Season with salt and pepper.

Serve!

Since I'm so tamad in listing them all down, I just posted it here. We never know, readers might crash into my blog someday and they might find this recipe interesting, right? 

Anyhoooo, I'd probably be cooking this dish, this coming Friday. or if hindi ako tinamad, I might cook it tomorrow. Hehe. Goodluck to me. :)