Cooking Pinoy atbp.

Photo: Typorama  Summer is here and so are the iced cool beverages. If you buy them on a daily basis the costs can add up. A brewed Iced Tea at Dunkin can easily cost you 99 cents (with coupon) and up. Not only are these commercial beverages loaded with too much sweetener, the bottled beverages are also loaded with High Fructose Corn syrup. So, solution is to brew your own iced tea from home and save $$ and make it healthy with the following ingredients: Ingredients: 5 Bags of Lipton cold brew ice tea bags or Green tea (any brand) Lemon slices or Tangerine 12 oz Hot Water 2-3 T of Raw organic Honey or 5 sachets of Stevia to taste add more if needed Ice cubes  Filtered water  A pitcher Directions: Brew tea in a Large glass container in hot water and tea bags for 5 minutes. Then remove tea bags, mix sugar or honey until dissolved and pour into another glass container filled with ice. Add lemon slices or tangerine. You can add some mint leaves for flavor. If you have one of those recyclab

Today I tried Jillian Michael's ultimate healthy brownie from her website. It was easy to make and surprisingly "cakey" and light fluffy texture. The taste of the raw honey was definitely overpowering and sweet, so make sure you choose a good quality honey. I definitely would want to try adding some dark chocolate chips in the batter next time for more texture, lessen the honey to maybe 1/2 cup and increase my cocoa powder to 1/2 cup. Ingredients Olive Oil Spray for pan 2/3 cup mild honey (preferably organic) 1/3 cup natural, unsweetened cocoa powder 1/2 cup white, whole wheat flour 1/4 tsp aluminum free baking powder 1/4 tsp baking soda 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce 2 TBSP olive oil 1 large egg, at room temp 3/4 tsp pure vanilla extract Directions Makes 16 (2") brownies Preheat oven to 350. Spray 8 inch square pan with olive oil. Set aside. Place the honey in a large glass measuring cup, Microwave on high power until the honey is runny and just bubbling, 45 to 60 s