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Dona Elena Cuisinera Club

Dona Elena Cuisinera Club is a virtual hub where mothers, health practitioners and foodies get together virtually to share recipes that will promote healthy eating.

Not only do these members meet in the virtual world, they get to meet each other too, through monthly cooking lessons.

Can healthy and nutritious food go hand in hand? Yes!

How can this be?

Through the use of olive oil in preparing healthy, nutritious and of course, yummy food.

Dona Elena Olive Oil

What are the benefits of olive oil?

  • It is rich in monounsaturated fat with anti-inflammatory and anti-hypertensive properties.
  • It can lower cholesterol level and reduce the risk of coronary heart disease AS LONG AS healthy and active lifestyle is also being practiced.
  • Olive oil is rich in polyphenols which is a potent antioxidant that scavenges harmful free radicals in the body.

Go ahead, throw away those fat-laden and/or salty junk food and start learning to cook healthy and nutritious food.

You won’t need to read a lot about chemical-based weight loss supplements, herbal whatnot, alli and why starving yourself  is bad (LOL) to be able to live a healthy lifestyle 🙂

The choice is yours to make, here is to healthy living!

Dona Elena Cuisinera Celebrity Cook-off Challenge

The Dona Elena Cuisinera Club Celebrity Cook-off Challenge happened at Annabel’s Restaurant on Tomas Morato in Quezon City yesterday, October 24, 2009.

Two teams competed for the coveted Golden Spoon. Both teams had a chef who instructed the team members what to do.

Dona Elena Cuisinera Club Celebrity Cook-off Challenge

One team was called Hijos and Hijas with Gladys Reyes (in green) and blogger Sire Arevalo (in printed blue blouse).

Team with Gladys Reyes and Sire Arevalo

The other team was called Don and Donas with Bernadette Allyson.

team with Bernadette Allyson

Both teams were asked to choose the ingredients readily available for their use. They were given an hour to whip up their scrumptious dishes.

choosing ingredients

Presenting the cooked dishes to the audience:

entries

And the winner is…

winning team

…team Don and Donas led by Chef Senen Araneta with Bernadette Allyson, hershey Bardon, Jovie Gonzales and Catherine Yu.

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Posted by Treasure Jar on Oct 25th 2009 | Filed in FYI,Kitchen Needs,Plateful of Fun,Socials,Through the Lens,Trivia,Visual Delights | Comments (3)

Squash, Tomato and Basil Soup

The weather is getting cooler which means we are nearing the Christmas season and which also means we are craving for a warm bowl of soup to drive away the chill. But before we celebrate Christmas however, we (sort of) celebrate Halloween first.

Instead of the usual orange colored food served during parties, what about serving this nutritious squash, tomato and basil soup prepared by Chef Golda Liamzon for Dona Elena Cuisinera Club September cooking demo.

This can be prepared with the Squash and Sausage Pasta since squash comes in big sizes, so why wait for another opportunity to use the other half when you can prepare both at the same time?

Dona Elena Pumpkin Soup

I already did this soup a few days after the cooking demo. And ack! I forgot to take photos.

The kids loved it and even had second servings. They used it as “sabaw” for their rice. I used a glass of “thick” full cream milk instead of the all-purpose cream because I was saving the APC for another dish.

Ingredients: Continue Reading »

Posted by Treasure Jar on Oct 5th 2010 | Filed in From the Admin's Desk | Comments (4)

Pumpkin and Sausage Pasta

Chef Golda Liamzon of the Dona Elena Cuisinera Club whipped up another yummy and nutritious food just perfect to serve for Halloween parties because the end result has yellow-y sauce: Squash Pumpkin and Sausage Pasta. FYI, Squash was used instead of pumpkin.

Dona Elena Sausage Pasta

Squash is rich in carotene and the richer the color, the more concentration there is in the nutrients. Squash is also a good source of folic acid, fiber, vitamins B1 and C.

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Shrimp and Citrus Salad with Sesame Dressing

Shrimp and Citrus Salad with Sesame Dressing prepared during February’s Dona Elena Cuisinera Club monthly cooking classes.

Ingredients:

  • 500 g shrimps
  • pinch of salt
  • 2 T Dona Elena pure olive oil
  • 1pc pomelo, peeled and sectioned
  • 1pc Sunkist orange, peeled and sectioned
  • 1 cup jicama (turnips), sliced thinly
  • 1 cup carrots, sliced thinly
  • 1 head, lettuce or assorted greens, chopped

For the sesame dressing:

  • 50 grams, white sesame seeds, toasted
  • 1/2 cup vinegar
  • 25 grams onions, chopped
  • 3/4 cup honey
  • 1/4 cup sesame oil
  • 1 1/4 cup Dona Elena Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • to taste, salt and pepper

shrimp and citrus salad

Procedure:

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Vegetarian Crepe with Tomato-Basil Sauce

Here is another dish from the Dona Elena Cuisinera Club prepared last month: Vegetarian Crepe with Tomato-Basil Sauce

vegetarian crepe

Ingredients for Crepe:

  • 3 pcs eggs (or1 whole egg and 3 egg whites)
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 1/4 cup fresh milk (or low fat milk)
  • 1/4 cup butter (or reduce to 3 tbsp)
  • a pinch of salt

Procedure:

  1. Beat the eggs.
  2. Add milk and butter
  3. Sift flour and salt then gradually add to the egg mixture
  4. Mix until batter is smooth. Batter should be thin (like heavy cream)
  5. let the batter rest at least two hours before using

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