Chicken Adobo

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Bismillah

My mom spent a few years of her childhood living in the Phillipines. They had a maid who taught her mother how to cook some of their dishes and Chicken Adobo QUICKLY became a family favorite. This is definitely a taste from my mother's childhood so it was really cool to learn how to make it!

This recipe will make 4 servings

Ingredients:
1 cornish hen, quartered
3/4 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup vinegar
1-2 bay leaf
5-10 whole peppercorns
6 garlic cloves, chopped
oil
2 1/2 cup white rice
4 1/2 cup water, salt

1. bring soy, vinegar, bay leaf, and peppercorns to a boil (you can adjust the the amount of soy and vinegar depending on what you like)
2. add chicken and simmer until thoroughly cooked
3. roast garlic in pan with oil until it is soft and brown
4. add chicken to pan with garlic and sear both sides
5. place rice water and salt in sauce pan, cover with foil and lid: heat over med-low for 15-20 minutes until rice is the texture that you like
6. serve chicken on a bed of rice with juice and topped with roasted garlic

Pancapes!

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Here is my favorite pancake recipe. Almost identical to my grandmothers. Hope you all enjoy!



Ingredients:
1 1/2 c Flour
3 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Salt
1 1/4 c Milk (if your batter is too thick, add more milk, but I wouldn't add more than about 1/8 cup unless you want crepes, lol)
1 Egg
3 tbsp Butter, melted

Method:
1. Mix ingredients
2. Heat griddle or pan with small amount of oil
3. Pour onto griddle the desired amount of pancake
4. Brown the first side until you see bubbles form on the top of the pancake
5. Flip and cook until browned
6. Eat!

I know most Americans like really traditional pancakes with butter and maple syrup, but I challenge you to trade your butter for cream cheese spread and/or your syrup for honey and give it a go.

YUM!

SubhanAllah!

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I know this is random, but I just thought it was so cool!

Lookkkkk: the pepper is smiling at us!!!!!

:-)

Patty Cake: Lower Calorie

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I made a patty cake for my mom's birthday, and I even marked it with a B! lol, but really here is the cake I made for my mom's birthday. Her name starts with a "B".

It is just a regular store bought cake mix because I am lazy, but I decided to cut back on the calories and here is how!

1. Get a white cake mix, not yellow: this requires you to use egg-whites only, so no cholesterol and calories from the fatty yellows
2. substitute 1:1 apple sauce for the vegetable oil

This will give you a lower calorie cake and is SO light and fluffy, almost like angelfood cake.



As for the decoration, I used chocolate frosting and tiny multi-colored ball sprinkles. I used a knife to cut a "B" out of wax paper, which I centered and laid on top of the cake, then poured sprinkles over it.

I removed the wax paper and put more sprinkles around the edges to give it a "cohesive" look (aka to make it look less naked, lol).

Safiha Ra'a ala Laila

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I made about a quarter recipe of the Safiha Ra'a from Laila Blogs and it was DELICIOUS!!!! MashaAllah her recipes come out really well and I encourage you guys to try them :-D


I had them with a cucumber yogurt sauce, and inshaAllah I will try to write down what I put in it and let you guys know :-D

The Secret to Fantastic Shwarma

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Everyone loves a good shwarma. However, making this delicious food at home can be a bit tricky, as traditionally it is made on huge rotisserie things, slow cooked for hours in its own juices, then thinly slice for proper sandwich consumption.

It took a while, but finally a way has been found to get that perfect thin slice in home-made shwarma. I love you guys so much that I am willing to share it. :-D

DRUM ROLL PLEASE!!!







CUT THE MEAT WHEN IT IS FROZEN, THEN MARINATE!!!!

It is so much easier to get a thing slice when the meat isn't rolling around on you, so get your meat half way to three quarters frozen, then slice away!

I would tell you how I spice it and everything, but I do it differently every time so there would be like... a thousand different shwarmas on here. If I ever get a set recipe I will let you guys know inshaAllah.

Other Tips for Shwarma:
1. marinade with yogurt and spices that you like, in my opinion it helps keep the meat tender and gives a really great flavor
2. if working with chicken, add a little vinegar to your marinade to get ride of that *chicken smell* lol
3. marinade for several hours, don't just spice then throw it on the grill
4. try cooking it in the oven at 350 instead of in a pan or on a grill

Do you all have any shwarma tips?

Teacakes

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This recipe is a favorite at the masjid and goes well with tea OR coffee since it is a little sweet, but not TOOOO sweet :-D

This one makes about 18 cookies



Ingredients:
1/2 c Butter, melted
1/2 tsp Vanilla
3 tbsp Powdered Sugar
1 c Flour
1/2 c Chopped Nuts
Extra Powdered Sugar

Method:
1. Combine butter and vanilla
2. In a separate bowl combine flour and sugar
3. Mix dry ingredients with wet ingredients until just blended (DO NOT OVER MIX, THE TEXTURE WILL COME OUT WAY WRONG)
4. Add walnuts to dough (I lightly fold them in so that the dough isn't overworked)
5. Roll into 1 inch balls, set on baking try 1-2 inches apart
6. Bake for 12 minutes at 350F
*note* do not cook longer because they will come out hard as a rock. Take them out after 12 minutes even if they don't look any different than when you put them in.
7. Roll in the extra powdered sugar

ENJOY!! :-D