Tortang Talong Recipe

Tortang Talong (Eggplant Omelet) Ultimate Breakfast Experience 

 

Hello Everyone!:)

It's been a super busy week for me and my family. It's holiday season (what can I say?) but, I'm excited that I finally get a chance to sit down and update my blog (wink:)  It's super exciting because its my first blog of the month and two weeks more to go and its Christmas. Yippeee! The recipe that I'll be sharing today is one of my favorite. I made Tortang Talong and It's totally a delicious experience. It gives me inspiration to do some of my Christmas shopping today. It just happen so fast, so quick, but I made progress when it comes to buying gifts. Holiday season is always special and fun to celebrate with family and friends. Let's keep this holiday spirit fun and exciting by making this Ultimate Tortang Talong Recipe. What the best thing I like this recipe? its budget friendly, delicious and totally take you back home.
Join me as we make my version of  Tortang Talong Recipe ( Eggplant Omelet). I'll promise you! This is going to be delicious. Let's go.:)

 

Notes: Adjust the quantity of the ingredients for larger crowd. Enjoy!

Tortang Talong Ingredients:

2-3 Chinese Eggplant cooked

2 Large Eggs

1 medium size onion chopped

1 tomato chopped

Salt and Pepper- to taste

Cooking Oil

Directions:

 1. First, cooked the eggplant by either grilling or boiling process. In this recipe, I choose to cooked the eggplant by letting it sit in a boiling water for about 5-8 minutes. Took the eggplant out in a boiling water. Set aside.

2. While waiting for my eggplant to cool down. I chopped tomatoe, onion, and  beaten the two eggs in a separate bowl.

3. Grab the cooked eggplant. Make sure you retain the crown and the stem of the eggplant. Gently flatten the eggplant meat by using fork.

4. Put3-4 tsp oil in large non-stick skillet.Combine the beaten eggs, chopped onion and tomato, salt and pepper. Then, dip the eggplant into the egg mixture and slowly put it on the hot skillet. I add more egg mixture on the eggplant and make sure that it well distributed.

5. Fry until golden brown on one side, then turn and brown the other side. Drain on paper towel.

6. Serve hot and Enjoy!

 ( My Ultimate Tortang Talong Breakfast Feast..wink: )

I'm so proud that I finally made my ultimate Tortang Talong Breakfast Feast! I know its look a lot but when your craving for something that you wanted for so long. It just a rewarding feeling and I truly enjoyed my breakfast, every single bite of it. Yummo! I love my Tortang Talong paired with tuyo and of course my favorite drink. 

Tortang Talong is definitely one of my favorite Filipino food. Its budget friendly, delicious, and super easy to make. It has all the components of a perfect bite. Do you agree? 

I hope you enjoyed this very tasty adventure with me today. I'll see you in few days for more fun recipes and foodie escapades.  Stay gorgeous and smile a lot! :)

Enjoy your holiday shopping :)

xoxox- 

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Mini Loaf Bread Recipe

Mini Loaf Bread Recipe

Happy Mother's Day to my Mom and to all Mommies out there!:)
I would consider this Sunday as extra special one. It's time to give thanks, love and appreciation to our Mom's whose been such a great example. I'm the eldest among three siblings and me and my Mom is so close to each other. She taught me a lot of things in life, the person I can count on, lean on and asked advice for. She's such a great Mom! So, Today, in honor of Mother's Day. I made something that remind of my Mom and those unforgettable memories of my childhood. This Mini loaf Bread is made with sweet bun with sweet ube coconut filling. Yum! Which my family's favorite! Are you big fan of UBE and sweet coconut filling? This recipe is so perfect for any occasion like birthday's, potluck party and giveaways for parties. I'm sure any Mom's would appreciate the love and effort you put into to express how much you love and care for them. Come on and join me in my kitchen and lets start baking some sweet good for all the sweet Mommies out there.

Notes:
- Choice your favorite filling for the bread. It could be ham and cheese, monggo, ube or sweet coconut filling.
- Personalized the bread the way you want it to be.

Ingredients:

3 1/2 cups bread flour                        

2/3 cup- Lukewarm water                 

2/3 cup- Lukewarm milk                   

1/4 cup sugar                                  

1/4 cup butter melted                          

1 pack yeast  ( 2 1/2 tablespoon)                                         

1 1/2 tsp. salt
  
Filling:
Ube Yam- store bought
Shredded coconut and brown sugar- combine this two ingredients.

Directions:

1.) Mix the flour, sugar, salt and yeast on the big bowl ans set aside.

2.) Pour the lukewarm water and lukewarm milk into the dry ingredients and mix it well.

3.) Pour the melted butter into the mixture, mix well. Knead the dough until the dough is smooth and elastic bout 15 minutes or so.

4.) Let it rise for 1-2 hours

5.) Divide the dough into 4 pieces. Flatten each divided dugh, using the rolling pin, roll it until its big enough to fill the sweet ube coconut filling.

6.) First put the ube paste on the flatten dough, spread it around. Add the coconut filling. Fold both ends, and roll make sure it will fit on the mini loaf pan that you prepared.

7.) Let the filled dough rise for like 30 minutes. Meantime, preheat the oven onto 350 degrees

8.) Brush with eggwash and bake all four mini loaf for about 15-18 minutes until its golden brown on top.

 Let's make this day extra special and give your Mom's a lot of hug and kisses. We are going to my in-laws house today in celebration of Mother's Day. It's going to be FUN and I'm excited!! Share me your Mother's Day experience, I'm excited to know:).. So till next time everyone! Enjoy the day with your Mom's. I'll see you in few days for more recipes.

To My Mama: Happy Mother's Day to the best Mom ever. I love you! Amping permi, Miss you:)
To my Mother in-law, Sister in-laws, to my sister back home and to all my friends offline and online- Happy Mother's Day. I love you all!

xoxoxox- Melgie

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Holiday Gift Ideas-#1

Holiday Gift Ideas for Love Ones

Happy Wednesday Everyone! I'm pretty sure that every single one of you already put the Christmas Tree up, well ME we just did it last night. Yay! I'm excited seeing my kiddos getting excited and also looking forward for Christmas. I made some Beef Caldereta for dinner and Chocolate Crinkles for our dessert for our perfect dinner last night! Thinking about Christmas is just around the corner, some of you maybe already have the gift wrap up and ready to go, or still in the process of shopping, and maybe some of you, like ME still scratching my head of what to get for my love-ones this Christmas.

Thinking about gifts for special someone or even for our husband/wife is sometimes harder than we thought. There's a lot of things to consider What to get? Where to buy or get the good deal? How much money you plan on spending? If it is a surprise gift consider the size of the product. Remember! It's hard to hide big stuff  and eventually you ended up confessing about your gift before Christmas. To help you! and ME,( hahah) I've come up with this Wednesday Gift Ideas, Yup! I'll be posting some gift Ideas only for the month of December every Wednesday. So, I'll be happy if you visit my blog and see what I come up with... wink:) Remember the important of Christmas is not the amount we spent, Its always the thoughts that we put into. Let the spirit of Christmas be with us..! Let start by asking questions?:)

Does  he/she like to SHOP ? 

- I would say that GIFT card, GIFT Certificate or CASH is perfect for this category. Unless you know his/her size, favorite store, color and such.

CLOTHING-

SHOES/ SANDALS-  I think GIFT CARD to his/her favorite store is just perfect for this one.

BAGS-  Designer bag is always a hint!

JEWELRY-  Nothing fail to impress someone this holiday.

Does he/she like WINE? 

Personalized wine basket - Fill the basket with his/her favorite wine, cheese,crackers and wine glass. Or you could treat him/her to a wine tasting adventure.

Does he/she like to COOK?

-Kitchen Gadgets- AWESOME! I love to cook and experiment in the kitchen this is just GREAT!

-Baking Basket- compose with Apron and baking equipment, OR it could be personalized according to his/her liking. Get all the ingredients of your favorite cake, brownie or cookie recipe put all together in one basket and attach the recipe.

-Cookbook- Find the his/her favorite cookbook and you can simply just put it along with your Baking basket.

Does he/she like CRAFTS?

-Personalized gift basket idea is perfect, filled with his/her favorite crafty materials and also gift card  to his/her favorite craft store is always a big hint.  

-DIY Christmas Card- :)

Does he/she like Coffee?

-Coffee Maker- There's a lot of varieties nowadays in the market for all the coffee lover out-there. The best one is the Keurig and its affordable!..:)
-Coffee Basket- Can't go wrong of a coffee basket for coffee lover. Just simply put his/her favorite coffee flavor, coffee mug, few crackers to with the coffee and Gift Card to his/her favorite coffee shop like Starbucks:)

Does he/she like Sport Fanatic Movie Lover
-Personalized basket- His/her favorite t-shorts or sweatshirts with his favorite team, hat, pop corns,chips and candies if you have budget for GAME TICKET then go for it.:)

Does he/she like to TRAVEL and OUTDOORS ADVENTURE?
Plane Ticket is sound so GOOD! but lets face it, Its expensive. So, let make something cute and fun!
- Little Travel Basket- compose with magazine about travel and places, travel size lotion, toothpaste, toothbrush all health and care you could think of you that he/she might need for travel.
- I'm not a very adventurous person but I think good brand SHOES is perfect for this, Anything else you could think of? Please share!

This is only few gift Ideas I could think right now, If there's anything that I missed, anything at all. don't hesitate to leave me a comment. After all its Christmas time to share and give.!
I'll see in few days for more recipes and next Wednesday for another gift ideas.:)
xoxoxo-sweetcuisinera