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    #KusinaNiKayne: KayneChi (Kimchi)

    #KusinaNiKayne:KayneChi KIMCHI sa KusinaNiKayne  FIRST PUBLISHED ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2017 *** You will need: 1 medium napa cabbage salt 1 tablespoon grated garlic (5 to 6 cloves) 1 teaspoon grated ginger 1 teaspoon sugar 2 to 3 tablespoons fish sauce 1 to 5 tablespoons Korean red pepper flakes (gochugaru) radish peeled and cut into matchsticks 4 scallions, trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces   Instructions Part 1 – Preparing the Cabbage Slice the cabbage: Cut the cabbage lengthwise into quarters and remove the cores. Cut each quarter crosswise into 2-inch-wide strips. Salt the cabbage in a large bowl, massage it with your hands ( you may use gloves) until it…

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    #KusinaNiKayne: Squash and Kale Salad

    #KusinaNiKayne: Squash and Kale Salad * * * We’ve visited a cool cafe that offers this type of salad and we loved it so much that we recreated our version of this hearty ♥ autumn feels salad.   You will need: Squash (1/4 cut of a large size squash – cut into cubes) Kale (2-3 stalks of leaves) Pie nuts (a handful) 4-5 Sun-dried tomatoes sliced Peta cheese   How to prepare it: Cut squash into cubes, you have two options in cooking it: you can either boil it till it becomes tender then fry it without oil. Alternatively, you may bake it in 15-20 minutes in 180 degrees celsius.…

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    #KusinaNiKayne: Kayne’s Salad #1

    #KusinaNiKayne: Kayne’s Salad #1  FIRST PUBLISHED ON SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 2017 *** No time to prepare dinner? or a snack? here is a quick Salad #1. You will need: 1 cucumber 1 carrots 1 apple (red/green) a handful of rocket spinach Peta cheese How prepare it. Cut all ingredients in cubes (or in any artistic way you want to cut it :) ) Mix all of them and add enough amount of peta cheese Enjoy! Happy Cooking!  JM Kayne @ #KusinaNiKayne

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    #KusinaNiKayne: Chicken Breast ala Rogelia

    #KusinaNiKayne: Chicken Breast ala Rogelia FIRST PUBLISHED 2 YEARS AGO ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2017 *** This is a very simple dish that we learned from Eat Bulaga’s Rogelia :), check out how it’s done: Ingredients: ·       Garlic sliced ·       Onion sliced ·       Tomato (optional) ·       Chicken breast cut into cubes ·       Pinch of salt ·       Pinch of pepper ·       Carrots sliced ·       Cabbage (optional)   How to cook it: Sauté garlic, and onion (with tomato- optional) Once the onion is translucent, add a pinch of salt & pepper Add chicken breast until it becomes a little bit brown Add carrots (and cabbage – optional) Let it simmer till the water comes out, it will become the sauce…

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    #KusinaNiKayne: Escabeche

    #KusinaNiKayne: Escabeche First published on THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2018 *** You will need: 1 large fish (or can be 2- 3 small/medium size) cleaned and salted 1 medium red bell pepper, sliced into strips 1 onion, sliced 1 medium size carrots, sliced into strips 1 medium size ginger, sliced into stips 1 cup white vinegar 3-5 cloves garlic, crushed peppercorn  salt  sugar cooking oil   Instructions Fry the fish in a pan. Set aside. On a pan, pour in the vinegar, let it boil. Add sugar, whole peppercorn, and garlic. Let it boil up to 1 minute Add onion, red bell pepper, carrots & ginger. Stir and cook until the vegetables…

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    #KusinaNiKayne: Chocolate & Strawberry Cake

    #KusinaNiKayne: Chocolate & Strawberry Cake *** *UPDATE/Feb2019: Starting this month, I have decided to move all my #KusinaNiKayne entries from https://kusinanikayne.blogspot.com/ to this blog now in order for me to put all of the things #inmyheart be in one place. So, expect a series of #KusinaNiKayne being published continuously for the next few days. I’ll be re-publishing the old entries then. I am keeping the old post there though until it’s still free. Basically, I’d like to maintain and focus on this page now.   Now, let’s talk about my first cake baking attempt. So, let’s do my Chocolate & Strawberry Cake.   You will need: The Dry ingredients: 1 1/2…

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    Kayne’s PF Chang Combo Fried Rice

      Today, #KusinaNiKayne presents my very own version of home-cooked, PF Chang’s Combo Fried Rice! … Ever since we tried this rice at PF Chang, we fall in love with it and wonder how to cooked it, so I googled and add my own improvement. You may also add beef strips if interested. A little Worcestershire sauce can add flavor and a little ginger too! Maybe a kick of spice will boost your appetite as well!   I have not added exact measurements of the ingredients. It is what I call, instinct.. hehehe “tancha-tancha lang”. Read on and maybe give a try! ^^ KAYNE’s PF Chang Combo Fired Rice version…

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    #KusinaNiKayne: Pinakbet

    Here is my first attempt to share my own recipe version of an easy PINAKBET!!! I say my own version because, there are no specific rules … this is called “pacham” :) Meaning pa chamba-chamba! hehehe Many of us are not familiar with measurements, so in my recipes I will give basic measurement/sizes (hints) for all of us, and learn from what ingredient (maybe) is lacking or too much. #KusinaNiKayne: Pinakbet *** So let me start; Step 1 – Mix into a big bowl all the basic vegetable ingredients: * – 1 – Eggplant (Talong) * – 1/4 – Squash (Calabassa) * – 1 Bitter gourd (ampalaya) * – 3-4 pcs…