Sausage, Egg, Bell Pepper, Onion Breakfast Burritos

So breakfast burritos was not my original plan when I bought the ingredients.  I actually was planning to make an omelet stuffed with bell peppers, onions, mushrooms, and sausage.  But when I reached home, I realized I had some tortillas.  So breakfast burritos it was.

Here's how my recipe went.  It makes probably about 10 burritos.  I like to cook in big batches so it lasts a while.

Ingredients:

• 7 crimini mushrooms, sliced
• 1 small green bell pepper, seeded and chopped
• 1/2 onion, sliced
• 1 box turkey sausages, sliced (10 sausages)
• 4 eggs, scrambled
• tortillas
• olive oil

Instructions:

1. Prepare ingredients as indicated above (chop, slice)
2. Heat pan and add olive oil.
3. Add mushrooms, bell pepper, and onion. Stir fry until cooked.
4. Add scrambled eggs and stir until cooked through.
5. Add desired amount of mixture onto a tortilla.
6. Serve

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Un Choy Chicken Stir fry

This dish was quick and easy to make. I usually get Bok Choy, but this time I wanted to try a different kind of Choy. They’re both great.  I’m actually growing some baby Bok Choy in my container garden from some seeds I got for Christmas from a good friend. They’re growing well so far. I just hope the bugs don’t get to them before I do.

Here’s the recipe for my un choy chicken stir fry.  I enjoyed it with cauliflower rice.

Ingredients:

• 2 chicken tenderloins, sliced into bite-sized pieces
• 1/2 yellow onion, sliced
• 7 cloves garlic, sliced
• 5 cups un choy, chopped into 2" sections
• olive oil for cooking
• dash of crushed red pepper, pressed between fingers to release oils
• 1/4 cup oyster sauce
• sprinkle of sesame seeds

Instructions:

1. Stir fry garlic in olive oil until fragrant.  Remove from oil.
2. Stir fry chicken until browned.  Remove from oil.
3. Add un choy, onion, and oyster sauce.  Stir fry until wilted.
4. Add crushed red pepper and sesame seeds. Stir.
5. Serve with rice or cauliflower rice.

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Super Spicy Chicken Fajitas

I like spicy foods.  So when I cooked this, I added several ingredients to add heat.  Well, it turned out super spicy.  It's not pictured here, but I added some sour cream and that helped ease the burn. Lol!

Anyway, here's the recipe for what I made.  You have been warned, it is super spicy.

Ingredients:

• 1 yellow bell pepper, sliced
• 1 red bell pepper, sliced
• 1 orange bell pepper, sliced
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1 Tablespoon chili powder
• 1 Tablespoon garlic powder
• 1 Tablespoon cumin
• 1 Tablespoon onion powder
• 1 Tablespoon cayenne
• 1 Tablespoon red pepper flakes
• 7 cloves garlic, sliced
• 3 chicken tenderloins, sliced into bite-sized pieces
• 1/2 yellow onion, sliced
• torillas

Instructions:

1. Prepare ingredients as listed above (slice).
2. Toss bell peppers with olive oil, chili powder, garlic powder, cumin, onion powder, cayenne and red pepper flakes.
3. Air fry for 15 minutes at 400 degrees.
4. While the bell peppers are air frying, heat olive oil and stir fry the garlic.  Remove garlic from pan and set aside.
5. Add chicken to pan and stir fry until browned.  Add onion an air fried bell peppers and mix thoroughly.
6. Place desired amount of fajita mixture on tortilla.
7. Serve.

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Longsilog with Cauliflower Rice

 

I love silog.  I only learned what that meant a couple months ago.  It's a prefix of the name for any dish that comes with eggs and rice.  Some examples that I've seen are longsilog, spamsilog, bangussilog, and I've made a talongsilog before.

This time I made longsilog.  But instead of regular rice, I used cauliflower rice, which is cauliflower chopped into tiny pieces.  Long is for longanisa and silog is for eggs and rice.  Longanisa a small filipino sausage that comes in different versions like sweet, original, and vinegar.  I like the sweet one the most.

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Air Fried Brussels and Bacon

I recently found out that the link I had on my Instagram bio wasn't working.  I don't know when it started being faulty.  Sorry about that.  It should be working now.

I love making things with a small amount of ingredients.  This one just calls for three.  All the flavor comes from the bacon. Mmm, mmm, mmm.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 package bacon
• 2 cups brussels sprouts (rinsed, trimmed, and cut in half)
• 1/4 large red onion, chopped

Instructions:

1. Place bacon in air fryer pan in one layer and air fry for 10 minutes at 400 degrees.
2. Remove bacon and cut into 1/4 inch pieces.
3. Pour bacon fat from air fryer onto brussels sprouts.
4. Add chopped onions and chopped bacon.
5. Toss everything together well.
6. Put it all in the air fryer and air fry for 20 minutes at 400 degrees, shaking halfway through.
7. Serve.

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Enoki, Bok Choy, Garlic & Sausage Stir Fry

This is a super simple 4-ingredient dish that I put together with random things I had in the fridge.  It's winter and I have been cold a lot, so naturally, I want to eat warm soup.  I bought bok choy and mushrooms with the intent of eating it with a soup.  I added some to a saimin, but then didn't want to eat saimin again and wasn't sure what kind of broth to make to eat the rest.

I didn't want the rest to go to waste.  So, that's when I came up with this stir fry idea.  I've never had stir fried enoki mushrooms, but figured I give it a try.  It was delicious.  I only used four ingredients.  The vegetables are seasoned with the flavors from the sausage.

Here's my recipe.

Ingredients:

• 1 Portuguese sausage, 5 ounces, sliced into coins
• 2 baby bok choy, chopped
• 1 bunch enoki mushrooms, about 5 ounces, chopped into 2-inch pieces, discard roots
• 5 cloves of garlic, sliced

Instructions:

1. Prepare ingredients as described above (slice, chop, etc.)
2. Stir fry Portuguese sausage until it forms brown edges.
3. Add garlic, bok choy, and mushrooms.
4. Stir fry until bok choy and mushrooms have wilted.
5. Serve. 

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Taylor Farms Thai Coconut Skillet Kit with Chicken, Onions & Garlic

I love the Taylor Farms Kits.  I have tried some of the salad kits and those were great.  This post is about me trying the Taylor Farms Thai Coconut Skillet Kit.

It comes with a mix of vegetables that consisted of broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, snap peas, yellow coconut curry sauce, and toasted crunchy coconut.  In my opinion, the toasted crunchy coconut didn't go well with it.  You can view more details about it on their website here.

You don't need to add anything else.  You can just use what's in the kit.  Or you can add whatever you'd like.  There are some suggestions in the back of the package.  I added chicken, onions, and garlic to the kit.  Here's my version with my additions.

Ingredients:

• Taylor Farms Thai Coconut Skillet Kit
• 5 chicken tenderloins
• 10 cloves of garlic
•  1/2 onion
• Olive oil for stir frying

Instructions:

1. Defrost chicken.
2. Slice garlic and lightly fry in olive oil.  Remove from oil and set aside.
3. Chop chicken into bite-sized pieces.
4. Stir fry chicken in garlic-infused oil until browned. Remove from oil and set aside.
5. Add a little olive oil to pan.
6. Chop half onion.
7. Add vegetables from kit and onion into pan and stir fry.
8. Add coconut sauce, chicken, and garlic and stir well.
9. Serve.

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Air Fried Garlic Parmesan Cauliflower

Okay, I was going to call this a fail.  But it really wasn't.  It depends on how you look at it.  It was an experiment and the flavors and textures did go well together.  I made it work.  That's what you do in life.  If something doesn't work, you pivot and change your plan.  After all, experimental is the theme of my cooking.

I had seen pictures of whole cooked cauliflower on Instagram and it looked kinda cool.  A quick internet search returned a recommendation for a cooking temperature of 350 degrees and cooking time of 15 minutes in the air fryer.  I don't have a regular oven, so I'm always looking for air fryer recipes.  I just needed to have an idea of how to cook it.

I made my own flavor combination and cooked it accordingly.  It looked appetizing, but was still hard when I tried to poke it with a fork.  So I cooked it for 10 more minutes, but when I cut it in half, the middle wasn't cooked through.  So I cut it up into florets to have it cook evenly.  My instructions below are for the way I made it.

Ingredients:

• 1 head cauliflower
• 8 cloves garlic
• olive oil for lightly cooking garlic
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise 
• 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
• 2-3 Tablespoons garlic powder
• 1 Tablespoon ground black pepper
• 2-3 Tablespoons dried parsley

Instructions:

1. Lightly fry garlic cloves in olive oil.  Remove garlic and let cool.
2. Cut off excess leaves and as much of the stem as you can from the bottom of the cauliflower.
3. Spread mayonnaise evenly over cauliflower.
4. Chop garlic and pat onto cauliflower.
5. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese, garlic powder, and ground pepper, and dried parsley onto cauliflower.
6. Air fry for 25 minutes at 350 degrees.
7. Cut into florets and air fry for 10 more minutes at 400 degrees. 
8. Serve.

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Air Fried Bell Peppers with Oil & Vinegar

Here's a simple recipe for Air Fried Bell Peppers with Olive Oil & Vinegar.  I don't have much else to say about it.

Ingredients:

• 1 yellow bell pepper, seeded and cut into 1/2 inch pieces
• 1 red bell pepper, seeded and cut into 1/2 inch pieces
• 1 orange bell pepper, seeded and cut into 1/2 inch pieces
• 1/2 red onion, cut into 1/2 inch pieces
• 1 head garlic, peeled
• 2 Tablespoons garlic infused olive oil
• 2 Tablespoons balsamic vinegar

Instructions:

1. Prepare ingredients as described above (seed, cut, peel).
2. Combine all ingredients and toss.
3. Air fry at 400 degrees for 20 minutes. 
4. Serve.

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Air Fried Spicy Pumpkin Salad

Smooth - Wrapped in foil and chopped after air frying

More Texture - Chopped prior to air frying

I have made this recipe before.  I was thinking it would be like a spicy potato salad, but with pumpkin instead of potatoes.  It turned out great and I love the bite of the raw onion and garlic.  If you love onions, garlic, and spice, you'll probably love this dish.

The last time I made this, I chopped the pumpkin prior to roasting it in the air fryer.  This gave more texture to the pumpkin pieces and more mouthfeel.

This time, I wrapped the pumpkin in foil and chopped it after air frying.  This way is smoother, more similar in texture to an actual potato salad.

Either way is delicious.  It just depends on your preference.  I like both.  Recipe and instructions below are fore the smoother version.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 kabocha pumpkin, seeded
• 1/2 c mayonnaise
• 1/4 c green onion, chopped  
• 1/2 c red onion, chopped 
• 7 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 dash dried parsley
• 1 dash cayenne pepper
• 1 dash black pepper
• 2 Tablespoons avocado oil 

Instructions:

1. Prepare ingredients as described above (seed, chop).
2. Rub avocado oil all over the pumpkin.
3. Wrap oiled pumpkin in foil and air fry for 30 minutes at 400 degrees.
4. Let pumpkin cool.
5. Combine remaining ingredients in bowl and mix well.
6. Cut cooled pumpkin into 1-inch cubes.
7. Add pumpkin to spicy mixture and mix well.
8. Serve. 

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Air Fried Eggplant Parmesan without Parmesan

I like to buy a variety of vegetables from my favorite farmer's market.  I don't always know what I'm going to make, but I do know that I want to eat different dishes.

This time I bought a beautiful eggplant then had no idea what to make with it.  So I made this Eggplant Parmesan dish.  I only realized afterwards that I didn't add any Parmesan at all.  It still turned out delicious.

Here's the recipe for what I created.

Ingredients:

• 1 eggplant
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup seasoned breadcrumbs
• 1 cup mozarella cheese
• 1 cup marinara sauce
• Avocado oil spray

Instructions:

1. Rinse eggplant and slice into 1/2 inch thick pieces.
2. Scramble eggs.  This will be used for dipping the eggplant.
3. In a separate container, spread out breadcrumbs.
4. Dip both sides of eggplant slices in egg, then in breadcrumbs.
5. Arrange in a single layer of air fryer.
6. Spray with avocado oil.
7. Air fry for 10 minutes at 400 degrees.
8. Cook the rest of the eggplant the same way.
9. In little air fryer pan, layer sauce, cooked eggplant, and cheese over and over until it reaches the top of the pan.
10. Air fry for 10 minutes at 400 degrees.
11. Serve. Yum!

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Air Fried Brussels Sprouts with Cranberries & Pepitas

My friend recently treated me to dinner at a restaurant called Eating House 1849 in the International Marketplace in Waikiki, Hawaii.  We ordered a variety of dishes to taste and share including the Pipikaula, Brussels and Cauliflower, Spicy Ramen, Farmer's salad, Seared Fish, and their signature Chocolate lava cake.

The Brussels and Cauliflower was my favorite dish of all.  It came dressed in a balsamic vinegar sauce with pine nuts and raisins.  There's a tangyness from the vinegar, a crunch from the nuts, and a little sweetness from the raisins.  It also tasted like there was some butter in there.  I don't know if it was fried or roasted.

At home, I had dried cranberries and pumpkin seeds.  So this recipe is an experimental spin on it.  It turned out tasty, but the Brussels and Cauliflower is soooo much better.  I don't go to Waikiki often, but if I do, I'd definitely order it again.  Yum!

Ingredients:

• 2 cups brussels sprouts (rinsed, trimmed, and cut in half)
• 1/2 cup olive oil infused with garlic (Don't remove garlic. You can use a lot less oil than this, but I knew that the excess would fall to the bottom of the air fryer pan.)
• 2 Tablespoons balsamic vinegar
• 1 ounce dried cranberries (1 small snack box)
• 2 Tablespoons pepitas (pumpkin seeds)

Instructions:

1. Prepare ingredients as described above (rinse, trim, infuse, etc.)
2. Place brussels sprouts in bowl.
3. Add remaining ingredients and mix.
4. Put everything in airfryer pan.
5. Air fry for 20 minutes at 400 degrees.

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Dinengdeng with Marungay

I always knew it as marungay and was raised calling it that.  The scientific name for this plant is moringa oleifera.  It is a tree that my parents and grandparents always had in the backyard.  The leaves and fruits are edible.  I love the idea of gathering food from your backyard. 

I saw my aunt at a family gathering for Thanksgiving and she mentioned that she recently had a conversation with her friend about marungay and bone broth being very popular for the health benefits that they deliver.

I have seen a lot of ads about bone broth and collagen, but I didn't know that marungay was also being advertised as a super food. Her friend said that it's become so popular that baby marungay plants can now be found at the local Home Depot.

You know what my aunt's response to that was?  She thought that the popularity of bone broth and marungay was absurd.  Filipinos have been cooking and eating lauya for years!  If you don't know what lauya is, it's a brothy soup made with beef bones and marungay leaves.  Anyway, I just wanted to share that story because I thought it was funny.

While I was home for Thanksgiving, my grandma did a harvest from her yard and prepared some marungay fruits for me.  What a treat!  I was afraid I didn't know the recipe and I'm also learning that some vegetable combinations work better than others and some don't even match. LOL!  So I have to say that my grandma did give me some suggestions, but I added some other extra vegetables and it didn't match! LOL!  That's what I get when I don't listen.

So here is the recipe for what I created.  I think I wouldn't put the winged beans and eggplant next time.  My grandma also suggested ebi (dried shrimp), not raw shrimp. But the following is what I did for this dish.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups water
• 1/4 cup patis (fish sauce)
• 3 cups marungay, trimmed and cut into 3-inch pieces
• 4 small tomatoes, chopped
• 1 cup raw shrimp, defrosted
• 2 eggplants, cut into bite-sized pieces
• 5 winged beans
• 1/4 cup onions, sliced

Instructions:

1. Prepare ingredients as described above (chop, defrost, cut, etc.)
2. Add water to pot.
3. Add patis to pot and bring to a simmer.
4. Add marungay. 
5. Cover and simmer until about halfway cooked (about 20 minutes).
6. Add tomatoes, shrimp, eggplant, winged beans, and onions. 
7. Cover and simmer until cooked through (15 -  20 minutes), stirring halfway through. (My parents and grandparents do the pan-toss thing to mix it up. But I don't know how to do that, so I have to stir it.)
8. Serve.  (Eat marungay fruit by splitting open and scraping the soft insides out.  You don't eat the firm, fibrous outside.
9. Enjoy.

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