Red Velvet Pancakes in Cookies and Cream

A video posted by Mira Grace (@mirarempillo) on Feb 23, 2015 at 7:41pm PST

Red Velvet with cookies and cream? So delicious.

I have always been thinking of great ways to make my picky little eaters at home eat food! We would bake and cook together and there are times that they would just end up eating the batter than actually eating the food we made!

You know, how messy it is when kids as young as 5 would "help" in the kitchen! It usually ends up as a disaster.  Well, for this recipe - I can guarantee that this is almost mess free, kid-friendly recipe.  So, you can make this with the little ones, just make sure you do the cooking and guide their hands from the pan when they pour the batter in.

But, the best part of this - they will love the final result!

Let's get cookin' and yes, this time call in your 4 or 5 or even 12 year olds to do this simple, pretty and delicious all-day, cheer-me-up recipe!

Red Velvet Pancakes with Cookies and Cream

For the red velvet pancakes:

1 pack Magnolia Pancake and Waffle Mix

2 eggs

4 Tbsp Oil

1 cup water

3 tbsp Unsweetened Cocoa

Few drops of Red Food Coloring

1/2 tsp Magnolia Gold Butter

For the Cookies and Cream:

6 pcs crushed Oreos

1/2 pack of 250ml Magnolia All-Purpose Cream

1 tbsp White Sugar

For the toppings:

2 pcs coarsely crushed Oreos

Maple or chocolate syrup

Procedure:

Crush Oreos in a blender. Set aside. In a small bowl, mix Magnolia All Purpose Cream with the crushed Oreos and the sugar. Place in a pastry bag or a zip lock bag and chill for 30 minutes.

Prepare and mix Magnolia Pancake and Waffle Mix as directed. Add unsweetened cocoa. Add a few drops of red coloring and mix well.

Heat a non-stick pan on med-low. heat. Lightly grease a non stick pan with Magnolia Gold Butter. Cook pancakes.

Prepare pancakes, top with the chilled cookies and cream, sprinkle with Oreos and drizzle some sauce! Enjoy!

Makes. 12-15 regular sized pancakes.

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Fudge Brownies with Salted Caramel

Ahh! Salted Caramel is my sweetest temptation. This recipe will make you fall head over heels. If you haven't really fallen in love yet, this could be your first sweet love. *_-

For some, making caramel is tricky.  Yes, it is.  I thank God for the years I've spent during my college days making Leche Flan almost everyday, and being able to practice the perfect way to cook caramel.  Practice makes perfect, so for this recipe - it is no different except that you'll add salt.  When you are done salivating when you are cooking this patience-test-Caramel, you can start licking off the spoon that you mixed it with.  Pause awhile before making the brownies and just indulge in that sweet and salty goodness! Just be sure that it is cool enough or you'll scald your taste buds. :)

For this recipe, I used Magnolia Fudge Brownies.  It tasted good and was perfect for a quick dessert for my chocolate craving.  When I make brownies, I add coffee to enhance the flavor of the chocolate. To make this recipe even tasty - I added Guittard Semi Sweet Chocolate chips.

Now, let's get working rather and stop drooling.

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Fudge brownies with Salted Caramel

Salted Caramel:
1 cup caster sugar
8 Tbsp. Magnolia Gold butter
120ml Magnolia Cream (or 1/2 cup Magnolia Fresh Milk)
1 tbsp Salt (or Pink salt)
5 tbsp water
2 tbsp corn syrup

Brownies:
1 box Magnolia Brownies (make as directed)
1 tbsp San Mig Coffee Original
1/2 cup Semi sweet chocolate chips

Procedure:
Salted Caramel:
Mix sugar, water and corn syrup in a pan.
Cook in medium heat. Do not mix but just keep turning the pan side by side to keep the sugar from burning.
Wait till sugar melts and turn into a golden amber color (approx. 10-15 minutes).
Remove from heat and let settle a few minutes before adding the butter. Mix well until fully melted. Once butter is melted, add cream/milk. The mixture will sizzle, handle carefully. Add salt. Cook in low heat for a few minutes. Let cool.

Brownies:
Make Magnolia Brownies as directed from the box and add the San Mig Coffee and fold in the semi sweet chocolate chips.

Bake as directed and let cool for 1 hour. Then, pour the salted caramel on top of the brownies. Serve and enjoy.
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A video posted by Mira Grace (@mirarempillo) on Feb 18, 2015 at 6:25pm PST

See the oozing Salted Caramel seeping into the Fudge Brownies? The mixture of sweet and salty is just addicting.

So, tell me... have you made some?  How was it, do share your thoughts below!

Cheesy Pork in Creamy Tomato Sauce

I am a home cook and not exactly a pro in the kitchen.  But, when it comes to cooking for my family and close friends - I cook with all my heart. I.just.love.to.cook.

This recipe I concocted is a twist from the Pinoy Menudo.  We love Menudo so much but for this recipe, I created it with some more Pinoy Spaghetti with creamy, cheesy sauce that my kids love!

You can use tomato sauce for this (or even a can of stewed tomatoes - yummy!), but I am very cautious on the sodium content of food eversince my husband had hypertension.

So, I opted to the less sodium but a bit more sour tomato paste. If you find it a bit more sour for your taste, you can balance it out with a tbsp. of brown sugar or choose tomato sauce or a can of stewed tomatoes.

I hope you'll enjoy this recipe as much as I and my kiddos did.  Btw, please don't forget to view my Instagram video about this here: https://instagram.com/p/zQ-lo7TJvF/ and, please like it, if you did. :)

Cheesy Pork in Creamy Tomato Sauce 1/2 kilo Pork menudo cut 3 pcs Purefoods hotdog, sliced 120 ml tomato paste 1 whole Onion, minced 5 cloves of Garlic, chopped 1 big potato, cubed 1 carrot, cubed 1 whole bell pepper, cut into squares 3 tbsp. Magnolia Gold Butter 120 ml Magnolia Cream 2 tbsp Soy Sauce 1/2 cup water Salt and pepper to taste Magnolia Quick Melt Cheese, grated Saute onions and garlic in butter. Add pork. Cook well. Add water. Add bell pepper, Potatoes and Carrots, season with salt and pepper. Cook till veggies are soft and tender. Add hotdogs. Add tomato paste, add cream, add soy sauce. Cook till done. Simmer. Serve hot on brown rice with grated cheese on top. Yum! #merrymygreatfoodin15seconds

A video posted by Mira Grace (@mirarempillo) on Feb 18, 2015 at 6:02pm PST

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Cheesy Pork in Creamy Tomato Sauce

1/2 kilo Pork menudo cut
3 pcs Purefoods hotdog, sliced
120 ml tomato paste
1 whole Onion, minced
5 cloves of Garlic, chopped
1 big potato, cubed
1 carrot, cubed
1 whole bell pepper, cut into squares
3 tbsp. Magnolia Gold Butter
120 ml Magnolia Cream
2 tbsp Soy Sauce
1/2 cup water
Salt and pepper to taste
Magnolia Quick Melt Cheese, grated

Saute onions and garlic in butter.
Add pork. Cook well. Add water. Add bell pepper, Potatoes and Carrots, season with salt and pepper. Cook till veggies are soft and tender. Add hotdogs. Add tomato paste, add cream, add soy sauce. Cook till done. Simmer. Serve hot on brown rice with grated cheese on top. Yum!

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An Ube Quezo Muffin Recipe

A few weeks back, me and my youngest sister were just feasting on my mom-in-law's homemade ube halaya!  We were both in heaven while having this sweet dessert.

While still being in this blissful moment, we've thought about sorbetes ice cream (me and my sisters would just go on about random strange memories so, this were just one of those days) and how she loved her ube ice cream with quezo. We were laughing about it since we find it strange that we were kids who love old-fashioned food. Yet, we were still enjoying our ube halaya mixed with milk.

Now just out of that blissful ube moment that we were having.  I told her "(smiley while chewing on the ube) hmmm... what if we make something like a Filipino version of Salted Caramel? You know, like the sweet and salty kind.  Something like... Ube and Queso! Lightly sweet and salty"  Which we both agreed to make that same day.  From then on, this recipe was birthed.

We wanted it simple and tasty. Moist and light. Something you won't get so choked up on sweetness. But, something even your Lola or Lolo, 80s childhood friends would find appealing.

So, here goes and I hope you enjoy it!

Ube Quezo Muffin

1 3/4 cups sifted Magnolia all-purpose flour

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp baking soda

1 cup granulated white sugar

1/2 cup unsalted Magnolia Gold Butter

2 large eggs

1/4 tsp salt

2/3 cup Magnolia PureFresh Natural Cow's Milk

3/4 cup Ube Halaya

2 tsp. Ube Flavoring

Magnolia Queso de Bola and Magnolia Quick Melt Cheese for sprinkling on top of the muffin.

Procedure:

1. Mix all dry ingredients except sugar. Set aside.

2. On a separate mixing bowl, cream butter, sugar and ube halaya.

3. Add eggs one at a time.

4. Mix the dry ingredients alternately with the milk until fully incorporated.

5. Add the ube flavoring and mix well.

6. Preheat oven to 350F for 15minutes.

7. Fill each muffin liners at least 2/3 full with the batter.

8. Bake for 15 minutes or until done.

9. Remove from oven and add grated Magnolia Quezo de Bola and Magnolia Quick Melt cheese on top.

10. Serve warm.

Makes 12 muffins.

This is also my entry for #MerryMyGreatFoodin15seconds

Ube Quezo Muffin 1 3/4 cups sifted Magnolia all-purpose flour 1 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp baking soda 1 cup granulated white sugar 1/2 cup unsalted Magnolia Gold Butter 2 large eggs 1/4 tsp salt 2/3 cup Magnolia PureFresh Natural Cow's Milk 3/4 cup Ube Halaya 2 tsp. Ube Flavoring Magnolia Quezo de Bola and Magnolia Quick Melt Cheese for sprinkling on top of the muffin. Procedure: 1. Mix all dry ingredients except sugar. Set aside. 2. On a separate mixing bowl, cream butter, sugar and ube halaya. 3. Add eggs one at a time. 4. Mix the dry ingredients alternately with the milk until fully incorporated. 5. Add the ube flavoring and mix well. 6. Preheat oven to 350F for 15minutes. 7. Fill each muffin liners at least 2/3 full with the batter. 8. Bake for 15 minutes or until done. 9. Remove from oven and add grated Magnolia Quezo de Bola and Magnolia Quick Melt cheese on top. 10. Serve warm. Makes 12 muffins. #merrymygreatfoodin15seconds

A video posted by Mira Grace (@mirarempillo) on Feb 13, 2015 at 9:28am PST