Vegetable Recipes Even Kids Will Like!!!

Remember what your mom always says, “eat your vegetables.” Now it’s your turn to tell it to your kids …but like you, did they follow? Eating vegetables has been proven in many research and studies will make your body stronger and healthier. Vegetables are rich in anti-oxidants that our body needs especially when you’re living here at the metropolis. So how will you make your kids eat this green stuff?

Use the stealth settings.This has been proven very effective when introducing green leafy vegetable and fruits to your kids. I remember being very skinny during my teens (whoa!! those were the days) I was underweight and had a low blood pressure. Our family doctor gave me lots of vitamins and of course his number one advise is to make me eat vegetables. Boyyy I hate them then.. I can’t stand eating ampalaya (bitter gourd or bitter melon) but it’s a major source of iron and that’s what I needed. So.. my mom devised ways to help me eat this eeekky vegetable. She mixed ampalaya with corned beef.. ohh yes, corned beef I can relate to it. Guess what .. I loved it and later on I got used to eating this bitter gourd even without the corned beef. If you want the recipe read on and you might want to try it to your kids.

Ampalaya con Corned Beef Omelet

Ingredients:

1 medium size ampalaya (bitter gourd) cut thinly
1 large tomato remove the seeds
2 eggs beaten
2 T flour
1 clove of garlic chopped
1 medium size onion chopped
1 can of corned beef any brand will do
Salt and pepper to taste
1 t sugar
3 T oil for cooking

Saute the garlic and onion, add the chopped tomatoes. Wait until the tomatoes are tender and slightly cooked then put in the corned beef. Your intention here is just to sauté the corned beef and mix all the ingredients. Now add in the bitter gourd, don’t stir just put it on top of the corned beef mixture. Cover and let it cook for a while. Make sure to cook it over low fire so not to burn the corned beef. Let the steam cook the bitter gourd. When the bitter gourd turns light green remove the mixture from fire and set aside.

In a large bowl beat the eggs then add the corned beef-bitter gourd mixture. Add the rest of the ingredients, the flour then the sugar. Add salt and pepper to your taste. Mix all the ingredient until flour dissolves evenly with the egg.

Heat oil in a frying pan and cook the mixture batch by batch. Spread the mixture evenly, your goal here is not to have a thick omelet. Cook the mixture as if you’re cooking a pancake in lots of oil.

Served great with relish or achara.

Tips:
To further reduce the bitter taste of amapalaya, cut it as thin as possible and put it in brine solution for about 15-20 minutes before cooking

Health Watch

Amapalaya is rich in vitamin A, B1, B2, C and Iron.

When frying, use Canola Oil instead of ordinary cooking oil.