Recipe: Vegetable Pancakes

I was going to make some spinach cakes but instead decided for some vegetable pancakes. Healthy and delicious - this pancakes can be serve as an appetizer or main dish. The pancake batter can be prepared the day before and is better served warm.

For this recipe, I added some long hot pepper for just a little kick that you won't even notice. Tamari soy sauce is more thicker, darker and richer than the usual soy sauce.

For the sauce
3 tablespoon Tamari Soy Sauce
3 tablespoon Teriyaki Sauce
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 tablespoon minced hot pepper

For the pancakes
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cup water
2 eggs
1 garlic bulb, minced
2 hot peppers, minced
4 indian egg plants, cut into fine julienne
8 oz white mushrooms, cut into fine juliene
1 bunch green asparagus, thinly sliced
3 tablespoon crushed basil
salt and pepper

Preparation:
Make the sauce by combining soy sauce, teriyaki sauce, minced garlic and hot pepper in a small bowl. Set aside while you make the pancakes.

In a mixing bowl, combine flour, water and eggs. Mix gently until just combined. Add in the remaining ingredients and fold together.

Heat the griddle to 250 degrees F. Using a small soup ladle. Add the pancake batter into the griddle. Cook each pancake for about 4 minutes. Flip the pancake to the other side once the pancake as settled. Press with a spatula to compress ingredients. Cook for another two minutes.

Serve while hot.

Options: If you do have have a griddle, you can use a nonstick skillet. Heat it over medium-high and coat with oil.

Recipe: Breakfast Sushi

Who says you cannot have sushi in the morning? You can have it the entire day. Here is a simple recipe that you can easily make every morning.

Ingredients:
5 Roasted Seaweed sheet
10 oz Pictsweet Southwest Vegetables with Corn and Black Beans and Authentic Mexican Seasoning
1/2 cup Sargento Authentic Mexican Cheese Mix
1 Ham

Preparation:
1. Cook Southwest Vegetables with Corn and Black Beans as directed in the package.
2. Heat oil in a saute pan. Add in Southwest Vegetables into the pan and saute until all the juice evaporates.
3. Lower the heat. Add in the cheese and let it melt.
4. Meanwhile, place a seaweed sheet on a plate or cutting board. Place Ham on top of the seaweed. Spoon the vegetable-cheese mix.
5. Roll up the sushi, pressing forward to shape the sushi into a cylinder. Cut into pieces with a sharp knife.

Enjoy

Breakfast Sushi

Recipe of the Day: Pancit Bihon

My first recipe post of the year. Its one of the best dish in Asia and its called 'Pancit Bihon.' Its usually make during special occasions. Chinese people make this when someone is celebrating their birthdays while Filipinos serve it during fiestas. I made the recipe as light as possible and here it is.
Preparation time is about an hour.

Pancit Bihon

Ingredients:
5 bundles of vermicilli noodles (1 package has 8 bundles)
half of savory cabbage, shredded
4 medium sized carrots, shredded
1 1/2 lb boneless skinless chicken breast, shred into small pieces.
3 cloves fresh garlic, minced
2 small red onion, thinly sliced
1/4 cup canola oil
3 tablespoons light soy sauce
1 cup light chicken broth

Preparation:
1. Soak vermicilli (rice) noodles in cold water for 7-8 minutes.
2. Heat oil in a large wok.
3. Saute garlic and onion for 3 minutes.
4. Add shredded chicken and soy sauce and stir fry for 5 minutes.
5. Add cabbage, carrot and 1 cup of chicken broth.
6. Stir fry for additional 2 minutes.
7. Reduce heat to low and add rice noodles, bundle after bundle, tossing gently until cooked through and well blended.
8. Serve while warm.

If the mixture is too dry, add some more broth. Serve with soy sauce or lime juice

Hope you can try this recipe eventhough it takes time to prepare everything. Of course, love to hear if you try the recipe.