Recipes Reviews
Crisp Groundnuts
Ingredients :
Peeled and dried groundnuts : 2 cup
Salt
Chilli Powder
Oil
Method :
1. Boil water in a wide vessel.
2. Put the dried groundnuts in the hot water and close the vessel with a lid.
3. Strain the water and place the groundnuts in the centre of a cloth.
4. Close the cloth and rub it.
5. …
Pork & Beans Soup recipe
1 can of Bush Pork & Beans with Onion
1 piece of beef (it is up to you how big; if you like meat, put a large chunk the size of a stake)
1/3 cup of ketchup
1/2 teaspoon of salt
Boil the beef, take it out, cut into small pieces, and put …
DIY Version of Kentucky Fried Chicken Rgular Recipie
My kids love Kentucky fried chicken, but the fact is that KFC is getting way too expensive for a family to eat. However, its one of my kids’ favorite meals and I want to give them things they like within reason. So in order to do that I made my …
Spicy Chutney Powder Recipe
South India is very famous for idly and dosas. Anyone visiting South India will not leave without tasting them. Usualy they are given with green chutney and sambar. But there is another variety which is given only in selected hotels. It is called as chutney …
The Best Chimis
One of my favorite foods to order at a Mexican restaurant is the Chimichanga. So my mother invented this recipe and it is wonderful. You have to try it if you love Mexican food.
First brown a pound of hamburger. When it is browned add a packet …
Phad Thai recipe
Phad Thai is a very popular Thai dish, and easy to make. I learned to make it at the Koh Chang Thai Cooking School on Koh Chang, Thailand.
Phad Thai Sauce:
1/3 cup coconut sugar(or palm sugar) (If you cannot find either, try brown sugar)
3 tbsp fish sauce
3 tbsp tamarind juice
2 …
Pea Soup recipe
I cook a lot of homemade soups to freeze and eat later, as an appetizer before dinners or for lunches; soups are nutritious and convenient, and by making them myself, I can control the amount of salt and fat in them. The ones I make are healthy and nutritious …
White Chocolate Pecan Brownie (Recipe)
I love white chocolate a lot, and it is my favourite chocolate. I am always looking for recipes with white chocolate in them, so when I found this recipe in a local community magazine, I immediately bought all the ingredients and tried it out. Needless to say, it was …
Baked Chicken Teriyaki recipe
Baked Chicken Teriyaki is not that hard to make once you get the hang around it.
First important step is to get your pieces of chicken meat. I love to use chicken thighs and chicken breasts for this type of recipe. You need ingredients like black pepper, …
Chicken and Bacon Fajitas (recipe)
Chicken and Bacon Fajitas are really good and even more fun to make it. It doesn’t take long at all to prepare or make it and it turns out really good. Lots of family functions people have made this recipe and it now becomes a family tradition to make …
Banana & Ginger Soya Smoothie
I’m going through a SERIOUS Banana & Ginger Soya Smoothie phase at the moment - well, it’s more than a moment, it’s more like a couple of months! It’s a pretty basic recipe, only takes a couple of minutes - so I thought I’d share it with the world!
WHAT …
Chicken & Vegetable Bread Roll
Chicken & Vegetable Bread Roll is a light snack lunch that is kind of easy to make. The taste is around 7 or 8 depending on the ingredients that you can modify to suit your taste buds.
I use white bread for this recipe; and white bread has …
Plum Glazed Cornish Hens Recipe
I love to cook, and especially around the holidays I can spend hours going through cookbooks and magazines like Taste of Home. While I usually stick to the easy meals I grew up with like meatloaf and pot roast, every once in a while I run across a …
Chicken Fried Steak
Here is a great recipe for Chicken Fried Steak that is super easy.
You will need cube steaks, flour, egg, 2 packages of dry ranch mix and either evaporated milk or butter milk.
Mix a package of the dry ranch mix with an egg and a cup of the milk.
In a …
Seared Mahi-Mahi with Grapefruit and Orange Salsa (Recipe)
I first discovered mahi-mahi several years ago, when I was in a fish market and they didn’t have ahi or halibut, which were what I was looking for. My husband made an amazing dish with it, and since then, we have eaten it whenever it is available fresh, which …
Creamy Fruit Harvest Cake recipe
I have discovered this recipe from experimenting. This was one of those which learned from attending culinary institute however, I wanted to alter some of the ingredients and incorporate some of my own. This kind of cake uses raw fruits as ingredients. It is like window cathedral however, instead …
Chocolate milk shake
The chocolate milk shake is definitely the favorite one for all the kids and even for elders. It is very cool and easier recipe and it takes hardly 5-7 minutes to prepare it. It also takes very less ingredients and all the ingredients are very simple ones.
Ingredients:
3/4th …
Kid Cake Mix Fun Recipe for Lemon Cheese Bars
At times, I simply get an urge to go on a baking spree. And when these moments come to me, I want to make sure the whatever it is I whip up, is a fresh new recipe that I haven’t tried before and will be absolutely mouth watering to …
Sesame-Crusted Feta Cheese
I have a Greek friend who I often ask for recipes and ideas for Greek dishes and appetizers when I am stuck for meal ideas, or even when I am just bored of my own cooking. I was trying to get some ideas for appetizers for this holiday season, …
Roasted brinjal with curd
The recipe called fried brinjol with curd is very nice and it gives different taste, which is very good. it can be a very good combination with the bread, roti, paratha, and even with the plane rice
Ingredients:
Brinjol 2 big size, curd 2ups, salt to taste, green chilly paste …
Vanilla Cupcake (recipe)
Vanilla cupcakes are my absolute favorite and they are just so addicting to me. I love to make them with my kids as our family time or when we are going to an event. I even made them for my son’s class one time and they absolutely loved it. …
Golden Pumpkin Cookies Spiked with Date Bits
I think this is a sweet after mouth after a dinner and I have prepared this before; roughly from the TV that I watched and I inspired some of my own ingredients to make a delicious bake bits.
Ingredients:
Butter-flavored vegetable oil cooking spray
Canned pumpkin
Granulated sugar
Large egg whites
All-purpose flour
Baking powder
Baking soda
Ground …
Recipe for a Fresh Pina Colada
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 …
Blue Corncakes Recipe
My dad is a good cook and he taught me this recipe while I was young around the age of 18 or so. He told me that this recipe could make around 16 corncakes. Check this out and try this recipe.
Ingredients:
1 cup blue cornmeal, or regular …
Burger Foil Packets
If you love to grill or you simply hate the clean up of cooking, you will love these Burger Foil packets. They are a cinch to make and clean up is a breeze.
To start, tear off fouur sheets of foil, making sure they are good sized. They …
Frosting recipe
I have always had a love for baking. I think it stemmed from my mother because any time some one in the family had a birthday, every one wanted mom to make one of her cakes. Her frosting always turned out and was to die for.
Well, I …
Cheese Popovers recipe
Ingredients:
2 Oz. Flour
1 Egg
1/2 Tablespoon Water
1/4 Pint Milk
1 1/2 Oz Butter/Margarine
1/4 Teaspoon Salt
2 Oz Cheddar Cheese (Grated)
Method:
Sieve flour into a mixing bowl, make a hollow in the center, add egg and stir
Add half amount Milk and beat until pasty
Add the balance of the Milk, water and salt
Preheat oven to …
Italian Spaghetti resipe
Who doesn’t love spaghetti? We all do. It doesn’t matter if you’re a kid, or an adult. Spaghetti will never go out of fashion. What is with this food that people crave about? Well actually, it is how it’s cooked. You wouldn’t want to finish up a poorly cooked …
Red Bean Joystick recipe
Ingredients :
225g red bean paste, 1 cup fresh milk, 1/2cup whipped cream
Method:
1. Slightly whisk the whipped cream, add fresh milk, stir well. Chill in refrigerator for 1-2 hours.
2. Take out the milk mixture, add red bean paste, stir well.
3. Pour the mixture into joystick mould. Put in freezer …
Cheesy Chicken Pot Pie
I tried cooking pot pie many times and there is something so good about this particular dish. There were some variation that I have tried like ground beef and pure vegetables. I happen to get this recipe from an Eden Cheese print ad.
Ingredients:
1 1/4 cup all purpose flour
1/2 …
Baked Beef with Potatoes and Mushrooms recipe
Take a large piece of aluminum foil, place it into a baking pan and press down so that it takes the form of the pan. Spread some mayonnaise in the middle and put in the ingredients in layers.
1. Potatoes. Peel, cut into small cubes, place into the pan and …
Rice flakes masala recipe
The masala rice flakes is a very popular Indian breakfast which is not only tasty to eat it is also cooked using very less ingredients and in very less time. Try this one .
Ingredients: rice flakes one bowl, onion chopped ½ cup, tomato chopped ¼th cup, oil 4 …
Campbell’s Lemon Broccoli Chicken
I was looking through the recipes on the Campbell’s soup website. I came across the Lemon Broccoli Chicken recipe. It looked easy and sounded like it would taste pretty good.
I browned 3 pieces of chicken breast in 1 tbsp of oil in a pan. The recipe …
Corfiot pastitsada (meat in red sauce) recipe
Pastitsada
This is the favourite dish of the Corfiot people on Corfu island of Greece. If you ever visit Corfu, go to one of the local-traditional tavernas and try it. The locals usually cook it on Sundays (and quite spicy)where all the family is gathered around the table and …
Oka Cheese Twists
Before I write about this amazing recipe that I found, I need to explain about Oka cheese. This rich, tasty cheese is made in the original cellars at an abbey in Oka, Quebec. It is famous in Canada, and I have lately seen it in Northern USA. It is …
Chickpea-Spinach Rice Recipe
There are times that we want to have a break on the rice. I discovered one recipe which allows you to enjoy eating without worrying about rice. If you’re taking a break from meat, this can also be a good alternative.
Ingredients:
3 tbsp olive oil
4 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 …
Tomato chutney
The tomato sauce is very common and we all know about it. But the tomato chutney is something different and it is very tasty too. It can be used as we use the tomato sauce.
Ingredients: tomato 8 medium size, salt to taste, taste maker according to taste, …
Banana Bread recipe
I have always had a love for baking stemming back to my childhood. I’m guessing it came from the Mennonites in the family, as they are very well known for their cooking and baking. I tried many banana bread recipes before I found the perfect one. I use this …
Chocolate Souffle
Chocolate Souffle has one of the best taste of chocolate form ever. I always see this type of menu served in pastry shops and cake shops and I wonder what it’s like to make one. Luckily, I have the chance to learn this from my relative and she …
Almond pie recipe
This is a really easy recipe that I usually prepare in 10 minutes when I have an unexpected guest or a last minute “pot luck” inviation. People who taste this pie usually think I bought it from a pastry store or I had it done by an expert cook. …
Mixed vegetable soup with cottage cheese
The mix vegetable soup with cottage cheese is some thing little different soup then the normal mixed vegetable soup. This tastes even better then the normal one and it is also the healthy one for every one. Just try it and enjoy this tasty soup.
Ingredients: Ajinomoto …
Baked Potatoes with Eggs recipe
6 potatoes
1 large onion
5 eggs
2/3 cup milk
4 tablespoons butter
salt
Peel potatoes, dice them into medium size pieces and boil, but not until fully cooked; take the potatoes off the heat when they are still a little hard and drain. Place potatoes into a greased casserole dish, chop the onion and …
Gobhi Manchoorian
Ingredients:
Cauli flower one medium sized, tomato sauce one bottle, 10 -12 garlic cloves chopped, ginger finely chopped, 2 big sized onions finely chopped, corn flour 2 cups, Soya sauce, salt to taste, Maida flour one cup, and oil to deep fry.
Method:
Now make the small pieces of cauli flower and wash …
Vongole Pasta with Prawns Recipe
Seafood and combined with pasta is a rare experience for me. I liked this recipe for the very reason that it is peculiar. The taste of clams and prawns give a different taste to the pasta making it more tasty than traditional pork, bacon or beef. Here is the …
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