Agriculture Business Week

This special Spanish treat can surely liven up your meals.

Chicken relleno or Stuffed chicken comes from the Spanish word “Rellenar” which means “to stuff. The chicken is stuffed with ground pork, vegetables, hard boiled egg, chorizo or ham, and then baked. Dressed chicken should weigh 1.4 kilograms to come up with a chicken relleno of 2.0 kilograms cooked weight. Cooking can be done in an oven or turbo at 160 °F for 1 1/2 hours.

One piece of Chicken relleno costs Php800.00). This is a good give away for special occasions like the coming Christmas season.

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Posted on November 14th, 2008 under Income Booster. Tags: Chicken, Recipes. Comments: None

Yogart is regarded as a health food because it contains beneficial bacteria. However, yogurt is quite expensive. Locally-made yogurt costs about P31, while imported brands (125 to 150 ml serving sizes) range from P45 to P65.

But hey, one doesn’t have to spend much for yogurt. With basic kitchen equipment, thick wad of newspaper, and unflavored yogurt, one can easily make it at home. Here’s how.

MATERIALS:
You will need fresh milk (if you own a dairy cow) or instant powdered whole milk, and unflavored yogurt. This will serve as a yogurt starter, and its shelf life should be six months from the time of purchase.

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Posted on October 24th, 2008 under Income Booster. Tags: Recipes, Yogurt. Comments: 1

The Pinoy favorite gets a makeover.

Barbecuing and grilling refer to a fast cooking directly over high heat. It is derived from the word barbecue found in the language of the Taino people of the Caribbean. The word describes a grill for cooking meat, consisting of a wooden platform resting on sticks.

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Posted on September 25th, 2008 under Income Booster. Tags: Pork, Recipes. Comments: None

Your favorite pulutan just got a new twist.

The Pork sisig arrived on a sizzling platter. Chunks of chopped fried pork mixed with green chilis and onions. We were told this version has no pig ears, but definitely has “pig parts.” The waiter set the platter on our table then cracked a raw egg on top, mixing it in until it was set. Yum. We quickly passed the platter around and dug in. The crispy pork had a vinegar flavor, and each chunk had the right balance of meat and fat. The onions provided nice sweet flavor and the chilis enough spiciness without being too hot.

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Posted on September 20th, 2008 under Income Booster. Tags: Pork, Recipes. Comments: None

Here’s a new sizzling way to cook chicken.

Chicken is popular with children and adults alike. It is versatile and economical and can be cooked with variety of ingredients and flavors. It is low in fat and quick to cook with very little wastage.

Chicken can be bought in many forms: whole, quartered or cut into thighs, drumsticks, breast and wings, with or without bones and skin which makes preparation very easy.

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Posted on September 15th, 2008 under Income Booster. Tags: Chicken, Recipes. Comments: None

It’s not only sweet and tasty. It also makes for good business.

Tocino is a very popular product for Filipino breakfast. The product originated from Pampanga which was called “burong bahi”. Meat material comes from pork but other meat materials can also be processed like beef, chicken and carabeef or nueva beef.

Processing tocino is a good business where 1 kg gives a yield of 15 kgs with the addition of fibers to increase the yield to bring down the cost.

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Posted on September 3rd, 2008 under Income Booster. Tags: Recipes, Tocino. Comments: None

Here’s a healthy Chinese recipe for all food cart and carinderia operators.

Lumpiang Shanghai is a recipe composed of meat, varieties of vegetables and organic extenders to make the product increase in yield. It also used bring down the cost.

Organic fibers are needed by the body for maintenance of good health. Samples of fibers are soy protein, bamboo fiber, wheat fiber and corn fiber.

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Posted on August 25th, 2008 under Income Booster. Tags: Recipes. Comments: None

Marang (Artocarpus odoratissimus) is not only as exotic as it sounds but also as it looks and tastes.

This tropical fruit tree that wouldn’t thrive in regions where temperature falls below 32° above zero looks like jackfruit and seeded breadfruit, but it is superior in quality to either of these. It’s indigenous in the Philippines, particularly in Mindanao where it is popularly grown especially from July to September.

Marang tree is medium-sized to large. It grows to about 25 meters with a trunk diameter of 40 cm. It could grow in a wide range of soil types-from light to heavy soils-but it will grow better in deep, loamy soil with a pH ranging from 5.5-8. It also yields best in places that are elevated at 800 m above sea level.
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Posted on August 18th, 2008 under Fruits, Income Booster. Tags: Marang, Recipes. Comments: None

The use of TVP can bring down the cost of this old-fashioned recipe by 50%.

Menudo is an old-fashioned recipe which is normally served for fiesta, carinderia and special occasions. Pork and chicken are the varieties of meat that are being used for this recipe. For every preparation, one kilogram of meat is used in the amount of Php 150 per kilogram which can produce a yield of 12-14 serving portions.

The use of Textured Vegetable Protein Chunks (from Legacy USA) can bring down the cost of the recipe by 50%, by including i5o grams of TVP hydrated with 300 cc of water for three minutes. The hydrated TVP chunks can bring down the cost of the meat by 50% but the number of serving portions is still 12 - 14.
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Posted on August 6th, 2008 under Income Booster. Tags: Recipes. Comments: None