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.
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!
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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.
One team was called Hijos and Hijas with Gladys Reyes (in green) and blogger Sire Arevalo (in printed blue blouse).
The other team was called Don and Donas 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.
Presenting the cooked dishes to the audience:
And the winner is…
…team Don and Donas led by Chef Senen Araneta with Bernadette Allyson, hershey Bardon, Jovie Gonzales and Catherine Yu.
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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?
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.
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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.
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 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
Procedure:
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Here is another dish from the Dona Elena Cuisinera Club prepared last month: Vegetarian Crepe with Tomato-Basil Sauce
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:
- Beat the eggs.
- Add milk and butter
- Sift flour and salt then gradually add to the egg mixture
- Mix until batter is smooth. Batter should be thin (like heavy cream)
- let the batter rest at least two hours before using
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