Kids always want to lick some peanut butter from the spoon. But when you open the peanut butter bottle, you’d see the peanut oil on top; how much calories do you think is in it? Anyway, I’d like peanut butter minus the oil, so I looked for a peanut butter recipe that my children will really like.

Ingredients
1 cup roasted, shelled peanuts
1 1/2 teaspoon butter or margarine
1 tablespoon sugar
a dash of salt (omit if using salted peanuts)

Procedure
For creamy peanut butter: Place ingredients in a blender. With the lid secured, blend until mixture becomes pastelike or spreadable (3 to 4 minutes). If necessary, stop the machine and use a rubber spatula to scrape mixture from the sides of the container back into contact with the blade. Continue blending until desired consistency is reached.

For crunchy peanut butter,stir in 1/4 cup chopped roasted peanuts after the blending is complete.

Kids love cured meat. Buying them from the supermarket may be expensive and not so healthy. Why not do it yourself? It’s easy as ABC.

Ingredients:
2 lbs. of pork/pork chops or red loin with fat, sliced into 1/4 inch thick
2 tablespoons of anise wine
2 tablespoon of annatto water
2 tablespoon of salt
2 tablespoon cooking oil
4 tablespoon of sugar
1/8 teaspoon of salitre ( saltpeter ) ( Note: Saltpeter may be optional because it’s only a coloring agent )

Procedure:
1. Except for the pork, combine all the dry ingredients in a shallow pan;on another container,combine the wet ingredients.
2. Sprinkle the mixture onto the pork and make sure that it is distributed evenly.
3. Pile the pork inside a container with a cover and keep refrigerated for about 3 days to cure the pork.
4. To cook, just put a little water in a skillet and add the pork and fry it until done.