I was searching for some unique and tasty, but non time-consuming, appetizers to serve for company over the holidays. I am a big fan of all shellfish and seafood, and scallops are my absolute favourite. They are naturally sweet and tender, and work well as appetizers and in main …

It turns out that French toast is a lot easier than I thought it would be to make. I loved having it for breakfast, even dinner sometimes, but I would only eat it if someone else was making it, or if I was at a restaurant. My …

This is a tasty, well known recipe with a slightly new twist. A good friend brought it to work over the holidays and shared this delicious dip with us. I took her recipe and tweaked it for my own family. So if you love spinach dip, but are really …

This version of Vegetable Lo Mein is my own creation after trying out several other recipes. It’s a vegetarian main dish that tastes very delicious and is also healthy. This recipe makes enough for a family of 4-6 people. Cut down on the amounts of all ingredients if you …

Beef Pares, which is beef cooked in broth served with stir fried rice and scrambled edd, has always been a comfort food for ordinary folks here in the Philippines and is mostly served in roadside carinderias (small restaurants). It is usually eaten at the start of the day to …

I crave tiramisu on a regular basis. As much as I love it, my body doesn’t love all the fat it contains. The following is a low-fat recipe for one of my favorite treats.
15 ounce container of fat-free ricotta cheese
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar
1 3/4 …

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. …

I have tried looking for recipes of finger foods. I have this quest to be well-rounded in terms of my cooking skills. I patterned this recipe from Cosmopolitan magazine.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup olive oil
6 large garlic heads, peeled
24 1/2 inch thick slices baguette, cut at a 45-degree angle
1 …

I wasn’t going to post this recipe on the site. It was too easy. But when guests once again asked, “How do you fry such delicious potatoes?”, I made up my mind. That’s the thing: I don’t fry anything. I just rest for an hour and a half. It fries …

I stumbled across this recipe when I was searching through old cookbooks at my mom’s house, trying to find some interesting and new appetizer ideas for a dinner party I was giving. I was attempting to find some starters that were something other than veggies and dip, salsa and …

Ingredient:
Milk 500 ml
Saboo 250 gm
Sugar 200 gm
Egg 1 piece
Raisins 20 gm
Vanilla Flavouring half teaspoon
Water
Method:
Take water in a vessel and heat it up on medium flame
Add Saboo in it
Boil it for 10 minutes on medium flame
Throw the extra water and keep the boiled Saboo in a dish
Add Egg and Sugar …

Since I live at least half of the year in Alberta, I have learned to cook —˜close to home’ and use some meat that I wouldn’t likely find anywhere other than this province. While I admit that I have not developed a taste for some of the gamier meets, …

Ingredients :
Gram dhal - 1 cup
Finely cut mint leaves - 1 cup
Finely cut coriander leaves - 1cup
salt
Oil to deep fry
To grind
Ginger - 1 small piece
Green chillies - 10
Method :
1. Wash gramdhal well and soak in water for 2 hrs
2. Grind the soaked dhal coarsely
3. Add salt, coriander leaves, mint …

I am always searching for ways to make vegetables more interesting, especially during the holiday season when I have company for dinner or have to take a dish or two to friends’ houses. I was so tired of the usual veggies and dips, so I began to search out …

I found this recipe for Polish Reuben Casserole in the Favorite Brand Name Simple 1-2-3 One Dish cookbook. I decided to try it because I love Reuben sandwiches, and this recipe seemed like a creative way to combine the basic flavors and ingredients of a Reuben sandwich. …

I have not met anyone who doesn’t enjoy the warm and gooey taste of a rice krispie treat. With the snap crackle and pop of the krispies and the sweet deliciousness of the marshmallows. But with this recipe for this tasty dessert altered by changing the kind of krispie’s …

Growing up, I hated it when Mom served us Spanish Rice for supper. I always grumbled when she made it but ate it anyway. It was always good. Now I long for those days of having her Spanish Rice. I follow this recipe and it …

My kids wanted to make some ornaments today, but we didn’t have any clay so I made my own. I followed the following recipe, and I have to say that I was very impressed by it. It was easy to make, did not make a mess, uses …

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 …

I make alot of candies and cookies for the holidays. When it comes to fudge I have tried several different recipes. I have made it from scratch, where you have to let it boil to a soft ball stage or check with a temperature guage to make sure it …

I had never heard of Chicken Continental until I heard Naomi Judd mention it on the television show The Talk recently. I love finding new recipes for everyday foods like chicken, so I looked up the recipe on the Internet. I was surprised to find the recipe …

Spinach is called as palak and the paneer is nothing else but the cottage cheese. Now I am going to explain a very interesting recipe which is easy to make and healthy to eat.
To make this recipe we need: 1-cup tomato puree, 1-cup onion paste and …

Sweet Cornbread is very good and the sweet part is just simply meaning with sugar added to it. Some people just make it without the sugar but I love the taste of it when it has lots of sugar added to it. This is a quick recipe to make …

I am a big fan of food blogs. One of the food blogs that I think is worth mentioning is that of Ree Drummond also known as the Pioneer Woman. I always have a fun time reading what she posts. Her recipes are not only very easy to make, …

Do you ever get tired of the usual dessert in your table? Our family does. So my late grandpa formulated a Yummy Tapioca & corn Dessert for a change. The recipe was passed on to my dad, and then to our generation. It is very simple to make and …

The capsicum masala is a side dish, which is prepared to eat with the butter non-and the tanduri roties. I have also tasted the capsicum masala with the bread as a topping of which the taste was just great.
Ingredients: 3 big sized capsicum chopped big size, big size …

I am so excited about this brand new recipe I have just come up with. It’s called Green Chile Omelet with Green Chile Enchilada Sauce. Do you ever wonder what makes one meal stand out above others? This morning was a Sunday morning, where we kind of kick back …

This recipe is for chicken fans who enjoy the broccoli flavor. I personally don’t like broccoli very much, but in this dish it tastes rather good.
For 4 servings, you will need 4 medium size chicken breasts, 1 can of Campbell’s cream of chicken soup, 1 pack of shredded Cheddar …

The next receipe I will present to you is less specific Romanian, but very often found on the Romanian feast dinner tables
of Easter and Christmas. Of course sponge cakes (’cozonac’ in Romanian) can be bought also from the store but using my recipe
described below that I tried and perfected …

My two year old son is fond of Milo and finishes full bottle of milk mixed with Milo. I used to give him plain milk before and he used to drink only half the bottle of milk and keeps the rest. I used to throw the left over milk. …

The masala dosa is prepared for the breakfast in south India. The dosa is very crisp and it delicious food which is eaten with the potato subjee (for which I have given the recipe in my earlier recipes) or else it is also eaten with any kind of …

I love to prepare the different kinds of ice creams at home. Recently I had joined the cookery classes and there I learnt the different kind of ice creams. Now I am going to write the recipe of vanilla ice cream.
Ingredients: fresh cream one cup, vanilla essence ½ …

12 cups of sliced potatoes
1 cup of chopped onion
2 cans of cream of mushroom soup
1 can of cream of celery soup
2 cups of milk
1 teaspoon of salt
pepper
Peel and slice the potatoes. Take a greased baking dish and spread 6 cups of sliced potatoes in the bottom. In a separate …

I love making meat and potatoes for dinner, but sometimes I get stuck in the routine of how I prepare them. I thought my meals were starting to taste bland, so I decided to search for new recipes that would make dinner an occasion to look forward to. …

Caldereta is a very popular Filipino dish. Every household have their own versions. MY grandma’s is different from my mom’s caldereta and I myself have my own modified version. Well my version of Caldereta passed the family critiques’ (Grandpa, Papa & hubby) evaluation and it is a hit on fiestas, …

I love the Mango Graham cake my mom makes. If there’s an occasion or if we just want something sweet for merienda (mid-afternoon snack) or a dessert after dinner, we make this cake. It’s very easy to do since you donâ◚¬◞¢t need an oven to bake it. For this …

I like making boxed cake mixes, because they’re easy to prepare. However, I’m not a big fan of the tubs of prepared frosting that the grocery stores sell. So I’ve been experimenting with different frosting recipes that I can use on my cakes. I found this …

This is a very popular Orient cake.
Ingredients:
1 pack sheets of pastry
Sugar
1 pack of butter
200 grams of walnuts
Sunflower oil
Put a layer of sheets of pastry into well-oiled baking dish, spread sugar and walnuts, then put the next layer of pastry sheets and again spread with sugar and walnuts. Repeat this …

Macaroni Tuna Salad is a recipe that my Mom and I have been making together since I was a little girl. Now I have the kids help me make it and it is a big hit with everyone that tries it. This recipe is something that we just make …

I enjoy cooking with potatoes, and I’ve tried lots of potato recipes over the years, but I had never tried to make my own potato salad until recently. I used to just buy containers of it from my grocery store’s deli. I finally decided to try making …

I’m searching for a good side dish for my fried fish when my grand father arrive from far away district I ask him for the a good side dish and he tells me of an egg. The ideas really catchy how can be an egg become a good side …

I am always on the lookout for recipes that you can bake in one casserole dish, because I like being able to make it up ahead of time and then bake it closer to dinner. I also like making a large amount so that I have plenty of leftovers …

Ingredients:
Take one cup of boiled rice, cumin seeds 2 tea spoons, salt to taste, butter 3 tea spoons, garam masala 1 tea spoon, lemon juice - a tea spoon and one pinch of turmeric powder.
Method:
Now take the pan and add the butter and when it melts add the cumin …

When you picture Italian food, what comes to mind - pizza and pasta? Do panic when you think of high calories and high carbs? Think again.
This meal is a menu for a perfect Italian light dinner that combines the zest of organic goat’s cheese with the sparkle of red …

The coconut masala is also called as the coconut chutney and it is used to eat with the bread, brown bread and even with the plane rice. This recipe is not only simple it is also a nutritious food as we are using the grated coconut to make this …

Tomato sauce is readily available in the market. But it is full of preservatives. So we can prepare the tomato sauce at home for less cost which is healthier and fresh one.
Note down the ingredients:
500 grams of tomatoes, cup of sugar, salt to taste, 3 table spoons …

I found some great recipes by Brandon Boone in a magazine the other day, and I promptly tried several of them. This following recipe was just for the sauce, and although the recipe did not call for this to be poured over pasta, I did use bowtie pasta with …