Tuna and Crab Spiralen Pasta

Surimi; is a Japanese loan word referring to a food product intended to mimic a lobster, crab, and other shellfish meat. It is typically made from white-fleshed fish, (such as pollock or hake), that has been pulverized to a paste and attains a rubbery texture when cooked. The term is also commonly applied to food products made from lean meat in a similar process.

Surimi is a much-enjoyed food product in many Asian cultures and is available in many shapes, forms, and textures. The most common surimi product in the Western market is crab legs. Such a product is often sold as sea legs and krab in America, or seafood sticks, crab sticks and fish sticks in the UK, or seafood extender in Australia.

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Its given that I like (crab) surimi however they are served. The above photo's recipe was supposed to be tuna only but I can't help putting them on top since they are both flavors of the sea, I just thought maybe they might complement well, and was I glad they did. Although I imagined fresh tuna would have been better. =P

It was also a quick dish, good for kids who love to eat but do not have the patience to wait! lol.

Ingredients:

A can of prepared spaghetti sauce
A can of tuna
1 tsp olive oil
a clove of garlic, minced
medium onion, diced
a teaspoon of dried basil leaves
crabsticks

preferred pasta, cooked per package directions

1. Open tuna can and drain.

2. Heat olive oil in a small pan and add garlic and onion.

3. Throw in tuna and basil and combine well.

4. Pour spaghetti sauce and leave for a few minutes before turning off stove. Serve over pasta and top with crabsticks.

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Lasang Pinoy Sunday - Soft

For this week's theme, Soft, is something that kids and adults alike truly enjoy. Muffins... or cupcakes?

So what´s the difference between cupcakes and muffins? Cupcakes have frosting, muffins don´t. Cupcakes are eaten as dessert, muffins (not always) as breakfast. Cupcakes are made from cakeflour and muffins from bread. But since I made this with chocolate chips and the kids eat them after a meal, I don´t know where it should fall....

Muffins, so soft!

I am so eager to bake but baking doesn´t want me much so I seldom do, that is, when the little boy in the previous post would not let up until I take out the baking pan, the ingredients and make him help out.

I do not really have a special recipe that´s why I am so glad that there´s Betty Crocker! =D

We like their devil´s foodcake mix but every mix is actually special too. For the muffins, a little water, egg, and oil plus a handful (little boy´s) of chocolate chips will do the trick.

A little patience on the part of the kids...to wait till they puff up, taken out of the oven then cooled.

Eating off the chocolates first!

Yum!

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Food Friday - Burger patties

Meet my older son who loves to cook and bake...this photo is almost 2 years ago, he was helping me stir the gravy for the burger patties...I didn't crop out this photo for you to see the chaotic kitchen! lol.



Now that also includes mashed potatoes.

Recipe is here.

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Seared Salmon

I have been sleeping for a long time, perhaps removing all the calories of eating so much! lol. Anyway, I am back with a favorite fish of mine (and yours!), Salmon!

Ingredients:

Salmon fillets
1 tbsps butter (halved)
2 tsbps. lemon juice
salt
pepper
dried basil (optional)




1. Rub fillets with salt and pepper (plus basil if you like).

2. Heat half of the butter, but make sure it isnt brown. Put the fillets and sear for about 5 minutes.

3. Sprinkle top of the fish with lemon juice then flip the fillets over and add the reamaining butter, sear again for another 5 minutes and sprinkle with lemon juice.

4. Remove Salmon fillets from pan and serve with buttered veggies.

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