Home Fries : Perfect Brunch

Yesterday, hubby did all the cooking and since I already baked the pandesal or he calls it hot rolls, all he did was cook the home fries and sauteed a hotdog with tons of onions, garlic and sweet cherry tomatoes.

Ingredients of home fries:

2 1/2 pounds potatoes, peeled and cut into desired size
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped
1 tablespoon McCormick's Montreal Steak Seasoning
salt and pepper to taste
3 pcs bacon, baked

Directions:

In a medium-high, heat the olive oil in the skillet and sautee the onion, season with seasoning, salt and pepper to taste, and add the potatoes in a single layer. Cook and stir occasionally until well browned on each side. Transfer to a warm platter and crumble the bacon on top and serve hot.

YUMMY!

Tasty Homebake Pandesal

Once in a while, I bake Pandesal. My husband calls this bread - hot rolls. In the Philippines, pandesal is mostly eaten for breakfast paired with hotdogs and scrambled or sunny side-up eggs with a hot cup of instant (Nescafe) coffee. I seldom eat breakfast so; I love eating pandesal at merienda time especially on weekends. This is easy to make even though the hardest part for me is kneading but, it's all worth it at the end. For this preparation, I divide 3 equal cuts and save the 2 parts for the next day or two. One part is enough to make us a dozen of hot pandesal. A consumption that can last for two days. Here's the tasty pandesal I made yesterday ... freshly bake from the oven.

Ingredients:

bread flour, bread crumbs, sugar, salt, active dry yeast, milk, unsalted butter, and one egg.

Procedure:
1. Yeast Mixture: Add 1 tbsp of active dry yeast to 1 cup warm milk and 1 tbsp of sugar. Stir and let set for 15 minutes. The sugar is important to give the yeast energy to grow.

2. Milk Mixture: In a separate bowl, combine 1 cup milk and half of the unsalted butter and use the microwave to melt the butter about a minute. Stir and make sure the butter is all melted. Add 1/2 milk and one egg to the mixture and beat together.

3. In a mixing bowl, combine the dry ingredients : 5 cups of bread flour, 1 1/2 tsp of salt, 1 cup of sugar then, mix together.

4. Add the (1) yeast mixture to the (2) milk mixture and beat together.

5. Add this (4)mixture to the mixing bowl of dry ingedients. Mix it well about 10 minutes or more. It is better to use your hand to mix all the ingredients inside the bowl. Add a cup of flour gradually until the dough clears the side of the bowl. Form a dough ball and it should be wet enough ... not too wet.

6. Once you form a dough ball, continue kneading on the floured clean surface for few minutes until all the ingredients are mix together. Make a dough ball and put it back to the mixing bowl and let it sit for 45 minutes. Cover the bowl with a clean and moist towel.

7. Divide the dough into 3 equal cuts. Roll each dough into a cylindrical shape and slice it to make an individual pieces of pandesal.

8. Roll the sliced dough into the breadcrumbs.

9. Put the pieces (cut side up) into the baking tray and let it sit for 30 minutes to rise.

10. Bake in 350 degrees in a pre-heated oven for 15 minutes or until the top is golden brown.

11. Enjoy!


You can do it even if you are not a baker. Practice makes perfect. Thanks for stopping by.

Pillsbury Crescent Rolls

Pillsbury is one of my favorite food brands. For me, the fastest preparation to have a hot roll on the table is bake a can of Pillsbury crescent. I added a cheese filling and hot dogs. This crescent saves my breakfast. I also like the Pillsbury strawberry strudel and the cinnamon roll. Check it out in the frozen breakfast section in your local supermarket.

Yummy Sunday Yumminess

Dining out can be very expensive but, my husband and I enjoyed it. Sometimes, we used coupons that was sent to us through the mail. One of our friends watch the NBA games and is a fan of Orlando Magic. His tickets come with a Free "pick-two" order which is about $7 and he gave us some of the coupons.Hubby loves the soups here and I love what they have in their bakery. I like the patries and rolls.This is bear claw which is made with almond filling, drizzled with icing and sliced almonds ( too sweet for me ).Hubby ordered a vegetarian creamy tomato pureed with fresh cream and taste so velvety and full of flavor with hints of red pepper and oregano, topped with Asiago croutons.Sorry but, not my most favorite. I like broccoli cheddar and sonoma chicken stew.I ordered a Mediterranean Veggie with peppers, feta cheese, cucumbers, lettuce, tomatoes, onions and cilantro Jalapeño hummus on the Tomato Basil bread.It is good but, not my kind a sandwich.This is my yummy Sunday entry. Thanks for the visit.

Dinner Yeast Rolls

Are you a breakfast person? Some people would love to wake up early, read the newspaper with coffee on the side then, look forward in preparing a good breakfast. Here's one of my favorite rolls for breakfast and it taste delicious, check it out in your grocery stores.My husband found this dinner yeast rolls and this is his favorite breakfast rolls. Fresh from the oven, it smells delicious!