William's Filipino Recipe 13:Pineapple Macaroni Salad

Pineapple Macaroni Salad

1 small box salad macaroni, cooked as directed
1 can pineapple tidbits
1 cup fruit cocktail
1/4 cup sweet pickle relish
1/4 cup grated cheese
1/2 cup chopped nuts
2/3 cup mayonnaise
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon pepper
Red pepper slices

How to cook:
1. Arrange red pepper slices at the bottom of the mold.
2. Combine the rest of the ingredients and transfer into the mold.
3. Chill.
4. Unmold in a platter and garnish as desired.

Yield: 8 - 10 servings

William's Filipino Recipe 12: Medley Salad

Medley Salad

Ingredients:
2 cups white beans (habichuelas), cooked
2 cups sliced carrots, cooked
1 cup cheese, cut into strips
3 hard-cooked eggs, quartered
1 head lettuce, washed and chilled
1/2 cup mayonnaise



How to cook:
1. Arrange beans, carrots, cheese and eggs on a bed of lettuce.
2.Garnish with the radish roses.
3. Chill.
4. Serve with mayonnaise.

Yield: 6 servings

William's Filipino Recipe 12: Creamy Cheese Potatoes

Creamy Cheese Potatoes

Ingredients:
1 1/4 cup non fat milk
1-8 oz. package creame cheese, softened
1 tablespoon snipped chives
1 tablespoon minced onion 1/4 teaspon salt
4 cups cubed, cooked potatoes
paprika

How to cook:
1. In meduim sized sauce pan, over low heat, blend milk into cream cheese.
2. Stir chives, onion and salt.
3. Add cubed potatoes, stir carefully to coat.Turn potato-cheese mixture into 1 1/2 quart casserole, sprinkled with paprika.
4. Bake in moderate oven (350 F) for 30 minutes.
5. Cook in sauce pan over a low heat till heated through. Serve immediately.


Yield: 5-6 servings

William's Filipino Recipe 11: Scalloped Eggs

Scalloped Eggs
Ingredients:
6 hard-cooked eggs
1 cup bread crumbs
3 tablespoon butter
Salt
Milk or cream

How to cook:
1. Oil a baking dish and place it a layer of crumbs, then a layer of sliced of hard-cooked eggs.
2. Dot with bits of butter, sprinkle with salt, and another layer of crumbs.
3. Repeat in this order until the dish in full, having a layer of buttered crumbs on the top.
4. Pour cream or milk over the whole until it comes about halfway to the top of the dish.
5. Brown in moderate to hot oven (350 to 400 F).

Yield: 6 servings

William's Filipino Recipe 10: Broiled Eggplant

Broiled Eggplant

Ingredients:
6 big eggplants
2 large tomatoes Juice from
6 meduim kalamansi (citrus fruit)
1/2 teaspoon garlic, macerated
1 cup onions, chopped
1 tablespoon salt
Dash of pepper

How to cook:
1. Broil eggplant over live coils. When done, remove skin and place on a platter.
2. Combine kalamansi (citrus juice) juice, garlic, onions, salt and pepper.
3. Pour over eggplants. Garnish with sliced tomatoes.

Yield: 6 servings

William's Filipino Recipe 9: Cheese Puffs

Cheese Puffs

Ingredients:
1 cup cheese, grated
1/4 cup bread crumbs
1 egg, separated
4 tablespoon sugar

How to cook:
1. Combine cheese, bread crumbs, egg yolks and seasonings.
2. Fold in stiffly beaten egg white.
3. Shaped into balls about 3/4 inch in diameter.
4. Roll in fine bread crumbs.
5. Fry in deep hot pan until brown.
6. Drain off excess fat in absorbent paper.

Yield: 2 - 3 dozen puffs