Rice porridge with sweet potato

Rice porridge with sweet potato garnished with sesame seeds and sea weeds 

(bought from Korean market) with slices of tomato and century egg.

Another of those easy to cook dish. 

Congee or conjee is a type of rice porridge or gruel popular in many Asian countries. When eaten as plain rice congee, it is most often served with side dishes. When additional ingredients, such as meat, fish, and flavorings, are added whilst preparing the congee, it is most often served as a meal on its own. Names for congee are as varied as the style of its preparation. Despite its many variations, it is always a thick porridge or soup of rice which has usually disintegrated after prolonged cooking in copious water.

Source - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_congee

Boiled sweet potato

Boiled sweet potato and century egg salad.

9 Health Benefits of Sweet Potatoes 

1.  They are high in vitamin B6.  

2.  They are a good source of vitamin C. 

3.  They contain Vitamin D. 

4.  Sweet potatoes contain iron. 

5.  Sweet potatoes are a good source of mag­nesium.

6.  They are a source of potassium.

7.  Sweet potatoes are naturally sweet-tasting but their natural sugars are slowly released into the 

     bloodstream.

8.  Their rich orange colour indicates that they are high in carotenoids 

9.  Sweet potato is versatile food.

(From Care2.com - Adapted with permission from The Life Force Diet by Michelle Schoffro Cook, PhD.)

Links:

Read more: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/9-reasons-to-love-sweet-potatoes.html#ixzz23vyagGuh

Read more: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/9-reasons-to-love-sweet-potatoes.html#ixzz23vyHwVAV

Steamed Bacon and Hotdog

One of the easiest way to prepare your bacon and hotdog just steam it. Wrap the hotdog with bacon and put it in your steamer. Eat with lettuce and tomato. Less grease and fat. 

Fruit cake

Another of those imported American tradition like Christmas that is so much part of

Filipino festivities. Well it is a must since it only comes once a year and it is supposed to be eaten

for a longer period of time. But I can resist to keep it long on the ref so it gets finished a week or two after New Year. Definitely I did not baked this, it was purchased from the supermarket.

From wikipedia:

Fruit cake (or fruitcake) is a cake made with chopped candied fruit and/or dried fruit, nuts, andspices, and (optionally) soaked in spirits. A cake that simply has fruit in it as an ingredient can also be colloquially called a fruit cake. In the United Kingdom, certain rich versions may be iced anddecorated. Fruit cakes are often served in celebration of weddings and Christmas.

United StatesTraditional American fruit cake with fruits and nuts

Typical American fruit cakes are rich in fruit and nuts.

Mail-order fruit cakes in America began in 1913. Some well-known American bakers of fruit cake include Collin Street Bakery in Corsicana, Texas, and The Claxton Bakery in Claxton, Georgia. Both Collin Street and Claxton are Southern companies with access to cheap nuts, for which the expression "nutty as a fruitcake" was derived in 1935.^[2] Commercial fruit cakes are often sold fromcatalogs by charities as a fund raiser.

Most American mass-produced fruit cakes are alcohol-free, but traditional recipes are saturated withliqueurs or brandy and covered in powdered sugar, both of which prevent mold. Brandy- or wine-soaked linens can be used to store the fruit cakes, and some people feel that fruit cakes improve with age.

 In the United States, the fruit cake has been a ridiculed dessert. Some blame the beginning of this trend with Tonight Show host Johnny Carson.^[2] He would joke that there really is only one fruitcake in the world, passed from family to family. After Carson's death, the tradition continued with "The Fruitcake Lady" (Marie Rudisill), who made appearances on the show and offered her "fruitcake" opinions.

 Since 1995, Manitou Springs, Colorado, has hosted the Great Fruitcake Toss on the first Saturday of every January. "We encourage the use of recycled fruitcakes," says Leslie Lewis of the Manitou Springs Chamber of Commerce. The all-time Great Fruitcake Toss record is 1,420 feet, set in January 2007 by a group of eight Boeing engineers who built the "Omega 380," a mock artillery piece fueled by compressed air pumped by an exercise bike.^[5]

December 27 is National Fruitcake Day and December is National Fruitcake Month (December is considered National Eggnog Month, as well.)^[6]

Ilocos Longganisa and dory fish with mashed potato

Another dish for plating - mashed potato that turned a bit soupy...

with Ilocos longganisa and dory fish. Goji berries were added for decoration.

Pancake, egg and Ilocos longganisa

All fried breakfast. The pancake is a wheat pancake that I find more tastier although a bit sweet which defeats the purpose of having a maple syrup. Good combination since the Ilocos longganisa is a bit sour and garlicky that complements the oily egg.

Paratha with tuna

Paratha was purchased from the supermarket, a good alternative to eating rice.

The tuna came from a tetra pack not can. And accented with strand of alogbati.