Any type of Mexican food is good in my book. I make Mexican food a lot, but sometimes I seem to get stuck on the same recipes. I decided I needed to add a little variety to Mexican night at my house, so I referred to the …

My famous turkey tacos are just that. I guess, famous amongst my friends and family is more accurate. Everyone who has had them always comes around for more. So, I hope you will try them and let me know if you enjoyed them too. Here …

I’m a huge fan of pizza in general, and I love to experiment with different homemade pizza recipes. I’ve been hooked on Boboli pizza crusts for years, but until recently I didn’t think to check their website for recipe ideas. I used to top my Boboli crusts …

The roasted brinjol with curd is a very easy recipe, which even the kids, can prepare. This takes very less amount of ingredients and we are also using the curd for this recipe, and those who like the sour taste of curd for such people this is going …

I am always quickly bored of vegetables, but in the past year or so, I have made a concerted effort to get more vegetables and fruits into my diet. Therefore, I am always looking out for unique ways to cook or prepare vegetables. Occasionally, I find a recipe that …

Ingredients:
Take some 500 grams of fresh chicken breast and 5-6 cloves of garlic and make the paste of it. Take 2 cups of curd and one table spoons of pepper crushed. Take the salt to taste and 1 table spoon of lemon juice.
Method:
First of all mix all the ingredients …

These caramel brownies are too die for. My grandma gave me this recipe yeas ago, and it is one of the first desserts I learned how to make. I remember my grandma and I in the kitchen baking these brownies together. The dough is even better than …

Even though I know how healthy salads are for me, I am bored to tears of the usual green salads. I have spent a lot of time searching out recipes for unique and healthy salads, and I especially love salads that can be meals because they have enough protein …

Trying to lose a few pounds after Christmas meant that I began to search out diet-friendly, low-fat and low calorie recipes using foods I really liked. One of the chicken recipes I came across was this following one. You can either remove the skin, making it even more low-fat, …

Do you like eggs? If you do, there are never too many ways to cook them, right? Here is one more. You will need 3-4 medium sized tomatoes, one small onion, 3 eggs, some salt and vegetable oil. Dice tomatoes and onion, mix them in a frying pan, add …

I made this a couple of days ago for an informal family celebration.
I served it with minted new potatoes and green beans but it would work equally well with a salad.
I felt it needed a sauce since the chicken was a little dry so I made a quick …

As a former bartender, I think I sometimes take it for granted that drink recipes that may seem simple to me aren’t as commonly known to the general public. I think the pina colada falls into this category. I think the first thing you should understand is …

Brie is one of my favourite cheeses, and since I love sandwiches, I often make my sandwiches with as many different and gourmet cheeses as I can find. Brie is great with sandwiches because it is soft, so you get the grilled cheese effect easily. This recipe is great, …

I love beansprouts. This Thai recipe was originally the recipe of Chef Anton of Thuk Thai. This was published in Kris Aquino’s magazine several issues ago when they had featured his restaurant. I tried this at home. I did not like beancurd so I have to shove it off …

Ingredients:
1. Prawn – 250 gm.
2. Lau – 500 gm (fresh and sliced)
3. Mustard – 1 teaspoon
4. Salt – 1 teaspoon
5. Green chilli – 4 to 5
6. Tamarind powder – 1 teaspoon
7. Ginger paste – 1 teaspoon
8. Jeera powder – 1 teaspoon
9. Sugar - 2 teaspoon
10. Oil
11. Water
Method:
1. Add oil in a vessel and heat it up
2. Fry Prawn on medium flame …

I have always loved a good sandwich. While most people find sandwiches boring, or only for lunch, I have enjoyed making very unique and unusual sandwiches for both myself and my family over the years. I actually used to be known as the Sandwich Queen at work, because all …

My girls and I are in the process of makeing Christmas ornaments for our tree as well as gifts. As a child my sister and I had made these with our mother. Of course we no longer had the ornament dough recipe, so I went online. There were so …

I have searched the world for the perfect crab cake, and so far, there are several in the running for the best yet. However, I rarely have attempted to make crab cakes myself, but I found a recipe that I had to try, and the results were crab cakes …

Peach is a great dessert to have for all occasions. In my family we look forward to having peach cobbler at holiday family functions. Peach Cobbler is very good especially with some nice vanilla ice cream. You can eat it warm when it is freshly out the oven or …

We call this dish “Porcupines” in our family, because these meatballs have rice in them and, well, kinda look like cute little porcupines. You will need:
1 lb of hamburger meat
1 egg
1/2 cup of instant rice
1 can of tomato soup
some water and salt
Thaw the meat, add the egg, rice, 1/3 …

I think it’s really time for everyone to try something new. Why is it that when there are special occasions, we always find chocolate cake, or brownies, or fruit cup cakes, and the same desserts served from the last party you went to. People can almost predict what is …

Here is an easy way for you to make some great salmon patties. First take a can of salmon and toss it in a bowl and take out the small white bones (some people eat these as they are really soft, but I prefer to pick them out). …

Hmmm… This is one of my all-time favourites! The taste of the milky spicy chicken and the curry taste burying into my tongue is always a wonderful dining experience for me. My kids love this recipe. My family are crazy over this. What is with dish that makes it …

I found this recipe for Oatmeal Butterscotch Cookies in the Favorite Brand Name Bake Sale Cookbook under the “Chock-Full of Chips” section. At the time, I wanted to make cookies, but I wanted to make something a little unusual. I usually make oatmeal cookies with raisins, and …

You will need 1 can of salmon, 1,5 cups of cooked rice, and 1/3 cup of finely chopped onion, some salt and mayonnaise.
Cook rice and let it cool off. Open the can of salmon, drain. Carefully remove bones and pieces of skin and cut the salmon into small pieces. …

Ingredient:
Mihi Rice 1 Kg
Milk 1 Kg
Curd 250 gm
Ghee 100 gm
Lime 1 piece
Salt
Water
Method:
Clean the Rice with normal water and keep it
Fill Water in a vessel till its ? length and heat it on high flame for 2 minutes
Add cleaned Rice in it and boil it on medium flame for 5 …

I like pocket size viands which gives you controlled amount as to how much you will take. Just like this recipe that was released by Knorr, this is like Shanghai rolls which allows you to limit your bite by selecting a few sizes of rolls. This recipe gave me …

Ingredient:
Lau 500 gm (fresh)
Mustard Seeds 1 teaspoon
Mustard paste 1 teaspoon
Salt 1 teaspoon
Green chillies 4 to 5 in number
Garlic powder 2 teaspoon
Sugar 1 teaspoon
Oil
Method:
Clean Lau with plain normal clean water and slice it into small pieces
Add Oil in a vessel and heat it up on medium flame
Add sliced Lau, Green …

Pecan Pie is a fun and rewarding tasty treat that I love making no only for special occasions bu as well as when ever I have the cravings for it. It is really good and quite different from other pies but in a good way. The pecans make it …

I first heard of Quiche was during the episode of “Friends”, the sitcom. Then I saw it at Starbucks one time. Then just lately I saw it outside the label of a famous corned beef. A quiche is a baked flan or tart with savory filling. It is like a …

The Greek “mezes”
The Greek kitchen is very well known all over the world for its healthy ingredients in a great variety which derives from fresh local products. Pure olive oil, olives, dairy, herbs, vegetables in season, honey, seafood and fish are the components to create a complete and healthy …

I love to cook. I really enjoy cooking sauces, since I’m the sneaky cook who manages to grate up all those veggies some of the guys think they don’t like into my secret sauces! We like speghetti really well, and I try to keep it ever changing……as for the …

The first time I had butternut squash soup, I fell in love with the creamy richness and warming flavour. This was at a fancy restaurant, so I assumed it would be horrifically difficult to make, but I happened across this recipe in a new cookbook I received, and tried …

Ingredients:
1 pound mixed mushrooms which are cut into thick slices or halved, depending on the size
2 medium carrots which are peeled
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
2 tablespoons red curry paste
1 medium yellow onion which are thinly sliced
1 red bell pepper, removing the seeds and cutting them into strips
1/4 cup tamari …

Whenever I need to bring a dessert I always chose this recipe because no one has it. I got it from a woman who is now 80 and I have not idea where on Earth she got it, but I am guessing she has had it awhile and …

Ingredients :
Tomato - 200 g
Onion - 3
Green chillies - 3
Curry leaves
salt
pepper
coconut - 1/2 cup (shredded)
ghee
coriander leaves
clove
Method
1. Chop tomatoes, and onions.
2. Grind green chillies, coconut, pepper and clove
3. Fry onions in ghee till it becomes translucent.
4. To this, add chopped tomatoes
5. When the mixture boils, add ground paste
6. Add …

My cousin concocted this secret recipe, but then again, she said that it is not exclusive and that she learned from other people as well. This method is simple and yet delicious and I love it so much. I love using tomatoes, basil pesto and also smoked …

Last year around this time I was searching for a dip recipe that I could eat with fruits and vegetables. I was browsing a southern cookbook when I came across a recipe for a lemon dip.
I loved the recipe because it only consisted of two ingredients: lemon and sweetened …

The sweet corn soup is also very nutritious and it is the tastiest soup among many other soups. This has been my favourite soup since my child hood. Whenever I have the time I prepare the sweet corn soup for my self. I just love it.
Ingredients:
Sweet …

Recently I learnt a very good snack by watching the cookery show in the television. That is stuffed potato. This is easy, simple to prepare and also look very attractive and delicious. When I prepared it most of my friends loved it and they have tried it …

Carrot mix
carrot (grated) - 1 cup
cabbage(grated)- 1 cup
coconut (grated)- ½ cup
tomato 2
onion 1
garlic 3 flakes
ginger small piece
red chilli powder - 1 teaspoon
turmeric powder- ¼ teaspoon
salt as per taste.
Add three spoons of oil to pan and saute sliced onions,ginger and garlic well. Add tomato pieces,cabbage,carrot and coconut at a time. …

Pimento Cheese Dip
Yields about 1 ‘ cups of dip
1 cup dry curd low-fat cottage cheese
1 cup nonfat plain yogurt
1 four ounce jar pimentos, thoroughly drained
1 teaspoon onion powder
cup shredded sharp Cheddar cheese (approximately 2 ounces)
Place all ingredients except Cheddar cheese in a food processor or blender. Cover and …

I am of the opinion that blue cheese goes with every type of food, and it is the perfect accompaniment to salads to make them more exciting and tastier. I often just crumble blue cheese on a regular green or spinach salad, because I dislike plain, boring salads, so …

I found this recipe for Blueberry Cheesecake Bars in the Favorite Brand Name Bake Sale Cookbook. I was perusing the cookbook for recipes I’ve never tried, and the combination of blueberries and cheesecake in a bar sounded really good. I was also drawn in by the photograph …

My roommate and I were famished one night, when we realized we had an easy solution right before our eyes. All you need to make a large quantity of a filling, nutritious meal is the following:
1 box of dry pasta (I suggest Barilla Plus pasta, the wheat penne)
1 …