Beef Adobo With Potatoes

This is a very simple recipe of adobo, very easy to cook and yummy to the tummy. This is our family's favorite from my grandmother's recipe.

Ingredients:

2 pounds beef

2 1/4 cups water

1/2 cup Soy sauce

4 medium size potatoes, peeled and cut into cubes

1/2 cup distilled white vinegar

4 cloves crushed garlic

1/2 teaspoon pepper

1/4 cup sugar

Directions:

Dice meat into small cubes, mix in other ingredients except potatoes in a large saucepan and bring to a boil, then lower heat and simmer for 50 minutes then add the potatoes and cook until meat is tender. Add water and salt if needed. Serve with rice.

Mashed Potatoes and Chicken Afritada

Mash potatoes and chicken afritada are the foods I often cook for my hubby because they;re easy to prepare and I already know the recipe and ingredients. Though I am not a big fan of mash potatoes, I had to cook it because that's hubby's staple food. Mine is rice of course. Hubby used to tell me that I can't survive without rice but I proved him wrong many times especially when I went on a diet and I didn't eat rice for almost a month. All I eat were most beans, veggies, fish, lean meat and fruits. I did lose a lot of weight.

Now I am back to eating rice again and of course I eat mash potatoes and chicken whenever I am in the mood to cook it. Click here for the recipe.

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Ensalada Rusa

Potato recipes are my hubby's favorites so I had to learn how to cook different recipes for him and me. One recipe that I've learned to cook is the Ensalada Rusa (Russian Salad). I got the recipe from the internet. I have cooked this several times already and hubby and I love it.

Ensalada Rusa is Dominican's favorite salad. It is usually served on special occasions and is a traditional component of the Christmas dinner. I will be cooking this recipe again this coming Christmas and serve it on Christmas eve.

Ingredients:

1/2 lb of potatoes

1/2 lb of carrots

1/2 cup of sweet corn

1/2 cup mayonnaise

1/2 cup of peas

1 apple diced into small cubes (optional)

i medium red onion

3 eggs

salt

Preparation:

Boil the potatoes, carrots and eggs. Peel and dice into small cubes. Mix in the rest of the ingredients. Adjust salt to taste. Put in the refrigerator for 30 minutes prior to serving.

Hubby Loves To Drink Coffee

My hubby loves to drink coffee every morning. His day would not be complete without drinking his favorite black coffee as soon as he got up from bed. He used to brew his coffee and he seldom drink instant coffee. But since we came her in my homeland to do missionary works, he can't find his favorite brewed coffee so he shifted to instant coffee. We need to go to the big grocery stores to find his brand of coffee.

He also started to drink chocolate drinks like Ovaltine. I think he would be delighted if I will buy him one of those Espresso Machines that I've seen online. He never own one yet because he said it's pricey. Well, he will be receiving his pension in a couple of months and maybe with my blogging income we can earn the money to buy one for him. Besides, we don't have any kids to support, just the two of us so why not splurge one in a while. Maybe when we have a espresso machine, I will learn how to make a latte or cappuccino for me and my hubby. I can make some too for our guests, visitors and friends.Hubby Loves

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Foods For Hubby

Here are a couple of foods that I cooked which my hubby love to eat. I admit, I've been cooking these for him very often and sometimes I get tired cooking and eating them but my hubby don't. I prefer eating rice, vegetables and fish and I can eat it everyday while hubby prefer eating mash potatoes, burgers, steak and bread. It's a good thing that hubby had already adjusted to our cooking and he learned to eat our foods. He's not that picky with his foods compared to some foreigners that I know. Hubby told me that before he met me, he used to eat only American and Mexican foods. It was his first time to eat Filipino foods when he came to the Philippines in 2002 to meet me. Since then, he learned to eat and appreciate Filipino foods.

Here are my chicken afritada and mash potatoes.