Easy Recipes with Ragu Sauce

 Beef Caldereta and Mixed Pasta with Ragu Sauce Recipe

Crowdtap: Ragu Sauce Sample and Share

Hello Everyone!
I'm so inspired this week! I was able to spent time with my friends watching Filipino Movies and pigging out delicious food which reminds me back home. We also shared food and recipes every time we hang out together which is almost every week. When I hang out with my friends it feels like we are back in Pinas, which is so great! So, this week I'm sharing one of my favorite Filipino dish, which is The Beef Caldereta/ Kaldereta with a twist:Yup! I'm re-inventing Beef Caldereta using Ragu Sauce that I got for FREE from Crowdtap. I'm telling you, It's delicious and I can't going back for more and more and more! wink~~
I been blogging about Crowdtap Sample and Share multiples times now and I really enjoyed it! I love the experience of trying the product and share my experience to all of you. So,

What is Crowdtap?-  crowdtap is the place to use your creativity to win gift cards and score free products from big-name brands. Brands will challenge you to discuss and showcase how you use everyday items—through photos, videos, and writing—and then reward the best submissions."
Now that you know how awesome Crowdtap is. Join us and start tapping~ I personally love this site! and been sampling great products and able to win awesome prizes. Thanks a lot Crowdtap!:)

Anyways, I'm super excited to share this two super easy recipe featuring Ragu Sauce. Both recipe are equally delicious and it takes no time to make it at home. Come on join me in my kitchen and let's start making this recipe. Stay inspired and remember the best ingredients there is  LOVE! wink~~~:)

Beef Caldereta with Ragu Sauce Recipe

NOTES: Adjust the taste according to your preference and use ingredients that is available in hand.

Ingredients:

1/2 lbs.Beef- cut into cubes

1 medium carrots- sliced

1 medium size potato- sliced

1/2 cup frozen peas

Onion- chopped

Garlic- chopped

1 teaspoon oil

Salt and Pepper- to taste

1/2 cup water

Ragu Sauce- I choose Ragu meat sauce creation on this recipe

Directions:

1.) Put oil in large pan, let it heat through. Add chopped onion and garlic. Sauteed until translucent. Add the Beef Cubes let it fry for couple minutes until brown.

 2.) Add 1/2 cup of water and let it cook until the meat is tender. Add the potatoes, carrots and Ragu Sauce. It depends on how much sauce you want on your Caldereta. Add more if you want.:) Let it simmer until everything is cooked.

3.) Add the frozen peas. Cover for about 3-4 minutes. Adjust the taste by adding salt and pepper.

4.) Turn off the heat. Serve the Caldereta over white rice and ENJOY!

Tell me! Does it look delicious? I'm like drooling right now just by blogging about it. Umhh! this recipe is so tempting and scrumptious and surely impress everyone's taste-buds.  ooopppss! we are not done yet! I still have another recipe featuring Ragu Sauce. Come on! and see which one is the best! wink

Mixed Pasta with Ragu Meat Sauce

Notes:  I called it mixed pasta because its the mixed of all my left over pasta shells. Wink:) Use your favorite pasta. Adjust the taste according to your preference and Enjoy cooking!

Ingredients: 

1 box Pasta- I used my 3 kinds of pasta, great used for left over noodles you have in the pantry

1/2 lbs. hamburger

Ragu Sauce Meat Creations

Salt and Pepper

Directions:

1.) Cooked the pasta according to the package direction. Drain and set aside.

2.) In large pan. Add the hamburger and let it cooked and render fat. Drain if you need to:) Add salt and Pepper then the Ragu Sauce.

3.) Simmer for couple minutes and taste the sauce before adding the cooked pasta into the sauce.

4.) Let it cooked for 3 minutes until everything is combined.

5.) Serve hot with garlic bread on the side. Enjoy!

 Does it look delicious? Not to mention that this recipe is super easy to make. Great idea for quick fix dinner:) Are you feeling inspired after reading my blog? I hope it give a boost of ideas to be creative with your Ragu Sauce. Do you have a favorite between the two? Share me your thoughts and recipe ideas  below. It's funny! I feel so hungry just by blogging about this two great recipes. I might as well get something to munch on.  (hahaha)
I hope you give this recipe a try and I'll be seeing you within few days for more fantastic and fun recipe. Enjoy the rest of the week. Stay warm!:)

xoxox- Melgie

Disclosure: I received FREE Coupon of Ragu Sauce courtesy from Ragu and Crowdtap. My opinion and experience is 100 percent mine. Thank you to #Crowdtap and #NewTradish

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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

Beef Kaldereta Recipe

Beef  Kaldereta Recipe

Kaldereta is a popular dish in the Philippines, especially on Luzon Island.
Kaldereta is a favorite Filipino meal served during parties, festivities and other special occasions in the Philippines. It is a Spanish-influenced dish (the Spanish word "caldera" means cauldron) that became to be Filipinos' favorite and made their own versions. Originally, the main ingredients of this dish includes goat meat, tomato sauce, liver, pepper and cheese. Variations of this dish is with beef, chicken and or pork. Beef Kaldereta is a common dish in the Philippines made with stewing cuts of beef simmered until tender. ( source: wikipedia )

Hello! Guys, Anyone hungry for some beef kaldereta? Yep! that's what we gonna have this week, I'm thinking this would be perfect comfort food for this cold rainy days, Sauteed Green Beans for side dish and leave some room for Iced Pumpkin cookies, chocolate crinkles or even macaroni salad for dessert. A perfect family dinner indeed that everyone will enjoy. The aroma from beef caldereta is all over the house right now, wonder why I feel like I'm drooling while writing this post (hahahha). Kaldereta is best when the meat so tender, So, expecting that the cooking process is like 45 minutes to 1 hour, depending on the cut of the meat, Perhaps you could used slow cooker on this process or pressure cooker. I simmerred mine for long period of time, enough for me to finish blogging about it ( wink). This recipe is totally my version of Kaldereta, I don't have any peas on hand at the time, So, I added the Bokchoy instead but feel free to make your own twist of classic Kaldereta. The good thing about cooking, is when your having FUN.

Anyways, If you do have some awesome recipe for Kaldereta, or ingredients that I miss or anything at all. Feel free to leave a comment on my blog. I'll be more than happy to know. Check out my recipe below and see you in few days for more recipe. Have a sweet and fun week everyone.

Notes:

-This recipe serve for 4 people, adjust the ingredients depending on the number of guest you have.

-Taste according to your preference.

-Use your favorite sauce and ingredients.

 

Ingredients:

1 lbs. Beef sirloin- ( Used whatever you have in hand)

1 medium onion- chopped

2 clove garlic- thinly sliced

2 medium size potato

2 carrots

1 bokchoy- (opitonal)

Salt n Pepper- to taste

2 teaspoon oil

3 teaspoon soy sauce

3/4 cup tomato sauce

2-3 cups water or beef stock

 

Directions:

1.) Marinate the cut beef with little soy sauce. Set aside.

2.) Put oil in large pot, Add the garlic and onion. Saute until translucent.

3.) Add the marinated beef. Let it simmer for like 5-8 minutes or until brown.

4.) Add enough water or stock to level up the meat. Let it cook slow until the meat become tender. I would say 45 minutes to an hour depending on the cut of meat.

NOTE: Keep checking on it every 15 minutes. Make sure that there's enough water or beef stock on the pot to avoid burned caldereta.

5.) When the water or beef stock reduced and the meat is tender. Time to add the tomato sauce and the chopped vegetables. Salt and Pepper to taste. Let it simmer until the vegetables are cooked through.

6.) Best served when HOT! along with rice and sauteed green beans. ENJOY!

 - Grab your plate and have some Kaldereta :)