Chicken Tausi

It is common for me to be cooking meals out of ingredients i find in the fridge and usually they turn out better than the ones i plan for, i mean those that i list down its ingredients. Thus is what happened for dinner today.

It is also my first time to use tausi or black beans in cooking. Bought a can last week to use for fish tausi, then kept half of it. The fish tausi recipe was such a hit with my hubby that i decided to try it out again this time with chicken..


While the fish dish i did was fried then sauteed with lots of onions  and soy sauce, this chicken recipe was done another way. First the chicken pieces were simmered in water for about 20 minutes. Then i sliced up 3 heads of red onions and 8 medium sized tomatoes. Sauteed it in hot oil then put in the tausi. Then i poured in the chicken together with its stock, the idea was to let the stock simmer until it thickens into sauce. We had a leftover adobo sauce and that went in too, and i put 2 teaspoons of Pinoy Kurat suka and salt to taste..voila! the flavor was tangy and just right! We ate it with red rice and me had a cup of tea after...ahhh..a simple meal made special when shared with family!


spicy pesto-sardine pasta!

Meals from scratch really taste better all the time..for dinner on a lazy sunday, hubby thought of whipping up spaghetti for the kids. This got me into craving for pesto pasta too, well lucky for us we have homemade pesto stored in the freezer. So he cooked the pasta and divided it into two parts and did the sauce for the kids which is tomato based with carrot and hotdogs while moi did the pesto sauce. 


For the pesto sauce, fresh basil is always available at the baguio city market, ours was made with olive oil, garlic, salt n pepper and blended till smooth. Place in a jar and store in the freezer for longer life. It is ideal for pasta sauces and sandwich spreads.

I came up with the spicy pesto-sardine sauce when i was pregnant with Troy and was always craving for new tastes. It has since been a favorite recipe especially for my hubby who loves spicy foods. A can of spicy fried sardines sauteed with garlic and the pesto sauce completes this oh-so yummy, elegant-looking-but-affordable creation..bursting with flavor too!