Mini Subway Sandwich

It was another off day of hubby and we went out for a grocery. He does want to eat and prepare Vietnamese Beef Pho but I said to myself that it will take time so I better prepare something to eat before we take the soup.

Easy to Prepare Jackie's Subway Sandwich


Good thing that it was just easy to prepare, nothing much to sweat about especially if the ingredients that I wanted was already on hand. I have romaine lettuce, fresh cucumber, tomatoes, cheese, mayonnaise, ketchup, chicken salami and hotdog. I did not include any onions here, black olives and anchovies.

But anyway, it’s a selection on my part to get this altogether stuff inside that hotdog bun. It was not a special bun, just a regular bun without any sesame seeds on top. But if you happen to locate such, then you can use it. Another thing that you may add in here is mustard sauce which I don’t happen to have so I just used ketchup and mayo.

That lettuce sure is crunchy and match well with cucumber and tomatoes


You can also use pickled cucumber, but for me I don’t have a stock so I used the fresh and crispy cucumber that matches well with my tomato and romaine lettuce. I just used a regular cheddar cheese, nothing so fuzzy about it or used a bit expensive. In fact, the simplest subway sandwich ingredients that I can gather all together to make life easier and budget savvy for mommies out there who wants to try out this wonderful and delicious sandwich.

I have chicken salami which is just Rs65 for ¼ kilo and I fried only two pieces and slice it in the middle which is already good for two. You can have turkey salami if you want but that will be a bit costly. I just cut lengthwise the hotdogs to fit in the bun. But be sure to fry those juicy hotdogs before placing them in your sandwich.

I really like how the cheese hold firm the cucumber and tomatoes



We felt our tummy full right after we finish eating the sandwich. I was kidding my husband telling him to pay me since it was ordered from a restaurant. Actually I haven’t tried Subway sandwiches offered here. Most of them would contain Indian spices again, prepared and cooked in the way the Indians would like it, not the way how the westerners would prepare and like it. But anyway this is home cooked recipe so I was just happy that I had the time and privilege to prepare it and we really had a wonderful day eating it.

Pinoy Spaghetti Treat

What is Pinoy Spaghetti and why it differs from Italian Spaghetti. Well Pinoy or Filipino Spaghetti is mostly sweet and can never be hot and spicy just like the Italian spaghetti. Most Italians would use a homemade fresh tomato puree unlike most Filipinos would go for canned tomato sauce or paste to simplify the procedure correct me if I am wrong.

Pinoy style spaghetti is really something which I cannot resist to eat. It is simply one of my comfort food because of its balanced taste of sweetness and sourness and the simple ingredients of minced beef and hotdog makes it appealing to my taste buds.

Pinoy Style Spaghetti, pasta and sauce being mixed here


Italian spaghetti may be consisting of fresh chili or they may include anchovies in it especially if it was Spaghetti Puttanesca with olive oil and black pitted olives. The versions are endless but you can really define pinoy style spaghetti just by looking at its ingredients.
We do use banana ketchup so that the sauce will be sweet not unless others may have used to put sugar if they think the sweetness was not yet enough. About the cheese, well any simple cheddar cheese will do and no need to buy expensive ones. Pinoy style spaghetti may not be having meatballs as to what most people do prepare since meat balls will only be in canned goods, so the rendition will always be minced beef or pork.

Fellow brothers enjoying their spaghetti treat




There are two ways for preparing this pinoy style spaghetti. One method is cooking the pasta first and the sauce separately. If you’re the host for the party, you may have to put the pasta on a separate container and the sauce on a saucer. Then the guest will be the one to mix the ingredients like the hotdog, the sauce and sprinkle the grated cheese.

Anna and Yves just enjoying their spaghetti meal



But for those who want to make it simpler and economical, they already mixed the sauce into the pasta and sprinkle the grated cheese along with it and mixed it well before serving it to their guest. On the occasion that I have shown here on the picture, our family friend manages to mix the sauce with the pasta and serve it individually on a styro serving plate before giving it to guests.

Well, you can clearly see how happy most of the visitors are while eating their spaghetti matched with sandwich and juice drink. Spaghetti will always be part of special occasions like birthday celebrations, graduation, despidida, weddings, anniversary and a lot more. This is one dish that Italians may have influenced us although we alter it according to taste.

Sinangag and Hotdog For Breakfast

I don’t have any idea to call it since most familiar breakfast meals would be like TapSiLog (Tapa Sinangag at Itlog, beef meat, stir fried rice and egg or Longsilog for Longganisa Sinangag and itlog (sausage,stir fried rice and egg).

I don’t have egg on stock so the quickest that I can do for this breakfast meal is to stir fry the rice and then put some ready- made mix like maggi ginisa mix and some oregano seasonings courtesy of my left over packet for Dominos pizza.


Stir fried rice with hotdog seasoned with soya sauce and oregano seasonings


It was just a lovely combination and before you know it, it’s done. For sinangag you would just need a left over rice and then sauté it with garlic and onion. But since I have my ready-made mix, I did not peel any onions and garlic for this one. On preparing hotdog, I always boil my hotdogs first and once the water is drained, that is the time you need to put oil and fry your hotdogs.

By the way, set aside the hotdog and cut it into pieces since you need to mix it with your stir fried rice. You can also do this recipe by adding egg, no stirring required, just crack the egg open and stir it along with rice, of course for added flavor you would just like to add some salt and black pepper. But if you don’t like pepper it’s okay. You can also add some soy sauce into your stir fried rice if you want and garnish it with spring onions.

Easy to prepare, it will be for only 5 minutes including the frying of your favorite hotdog. But before I forgot, you need to put enough amount of oil, not too much since it will be too greasy and not too little because the rice might stick at the bottom of your pan. Just be sure to stir it most of the time so you can mix the ingredients very well. Enjoy your quickie breakfast meal Sinangag and hotdog (sindog) with your favorite beverage like juice, hot coffee or tea.