Earth Globe
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I knew Earth Day was fast approaching with all the events being advertised over the radio & on TV. So with all the talk of green this & green that I unconciously planned tonights dinner menu to include not one but TWO healthy vegetable dishes, an event that is unheard of in our highly carniverous household. For the first dish, I used the leftover ground pork stir fry that mother earth made extra before she embarked on her annual trip to Lam Hai, I decided that I would saute it with some chayote which I knew father earth liked a lot. The next dish was one that I saw in Yummy Magazine and featured a very interesting combination of ingredients. Imagine grated RAW plantain bananas, mashed sweet potato, mushrooms & malunggay leaves as it's main ingredients. The dish had it's roots in the Ilocos region and was called Buridibod. Believe me I was a bit wary at first to the success of this dish but decided to push all negative thoughts aside and put my faith in the capable editors at Yummy. In a casserole, I first sauteed the garlic, onions & the grated banana in some olive oil till tender then added some chicken stock ( the recipe called for water), then in went the sliced mushrooms & mashed sweet potato & I let it simmer for 5 mins. after which I put in the maluggay leaves & added salt & pepper & a dash of sesame oil. Then came the taste test. The dish was amazing!!! It was creamy but still had some texture from the maluggay leaves & mushrooms. It's so hard to describe how it tasted because it's as if my taste buds were still adjusting to this new flavor experience. The bottom line is that IT IS GOOD & HEALTHY!!!! Happy Earth Day!!!
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