Starting with 1995 I have gathered several dish recipes thinking to publish an origibal book of receipes.
This is part of this receipe collection.
I will present here some original recipes of Romanian dishes. I took this decision because in one of my visits in the U.S.
I was offered several …

I have struggled so much with cooking rice to be perfect. I have always had a problem where the rice was never fluffy, and the center was hard and brittle while the outside was mushy. I don’t think I have ever made rice successfully on the stovetop. I am …

I love making easy recipes that are nutritious and a food that my family will eat. My Cheesy Spinach Pasta is so easy and so simple, and your family will love it! My family loves pasta, and this one is a slightly different twist because in the end, you …

This is a quick, easy and hearty meal for those days when you don’t feel like cooking, are in a hurry or just want a hot comfort food.
It’s cheap to make and serves ten with leftovers. My family likes it and I don’t mind cooking it because it is …

Well Spring is here, and summer is close behind. It’s that time again to be thinking about our summer menu’s. I like to start BBQing as soon as the weather warms up. Having a backyard BBQ is my favorite thing to do. I enjoy inviting friends and family over …

1 medium to large cucumber
1 cup of chopped lettuce
Green onion
1/2 teaspoon of sugar
1 teaspoon of vinegar
1/2 cup of sour cream
Salt
Dice the cucumber into cubes, combine with the chopped lettuce and snipped green onion. Sprinkle some salt and stir. Add vinegar, sour cream, and sugar, stir again.
Rating: 10

I make a mean breakfast taco, as my family will attest. There is nothing better than starting off the morning with fresh, hot breakfast tacos topped with my fresh salsa, and then heading to the stable for a ride!
You can use the meat of your choice. I prefer chorizo, …

Ingredients:
1. Moong Pulse – 250 gm
2. Sugar – 1 teaspoon
3. Red chilli – 1 to 2
4. Green chilli – 2 to 3
5. Garam Masala powder – 1 teaspoon
6. Salt – ? teaspoon
7. Jeera powder – 1 teaspoon
8. Ghee
9. Water
Method:
1. Fry Moong pulse plain without oil or ghee in a vessel on medium flame for 2 minutes and keep it …

This is another Arabian recipe which is very delicious, and very ideal for the health conscious. This does not have any pork, chicken or beef, only pure peas, spices and flour. If you might have some concerns about eating pork or the like, you can try this as an …

The spinach contains a lot of iron content and it is very good for our health. Those who are lacking the iron content in the body for them the spinach is the best and the natural medicine
Ingredients:
Spinach one bunch, boiled potato chopped 1 cup, salt to taste, black …

I have always been intimidated by the thought of making a cheesecake, pies I have a handle ok, but cheesecakes seemed daunting. While thumbing through a Taste of Home holiday cooking magazine I ran across the picture of a delicious looking cheesecake and the recipe promised that it …

Lately we have been having a heat wave where I live and if I turn on my oven it makes my kitchen so warm it is unbearable. I normally use my crock pot for winter and fall, but it works perfectly for an easy dinner that keeps your …

I was thinking of food I can serve as appetizer or my cousin’s birthday party, and my friend recommended me this recipe for smoky canapes which serves 20 people.
What you need are:
8 ounces of reduced-fat cream cheese (soften them first)
4 ounces of crumbled blu cheese
1 tablespoon of Worcestershire …

It is very difficult to have consistently interesting dishes when you are attempting vegetarianism for the first time. Being somewhat of a picky eater as well as holding down a full time job makes for a complicated dinnertime. What I am usually in search of is a recipe that …

When I’m at the mall, the aroma of freshly baked cookies coming from the food court is usually almost irresistible. Every once in a while I’ll buy a couple of cookies, but they’re usually outrageously priced, so I always feel guilty about splurging later. Recently when I …

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 love Thai dishes and this is one of my favorites. This is like their version of Calamares. Most famously known as a delicious appetizer. This version from Thailand was more spicy and I love it more rather than the plain coating that we use to have which is …

Friends today I am going to share one of my favorite recipe with you, it is a very delicious dish, and it is very healthy too, and the best thing is that it can be prepared very easily. The dish is called “Steamed Fish”. I make this dish in …

Yummy to Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge. This is one of my hot favorites of all time snack-on and dessert. That’s why I’m trying to juggle my weight sometimes, and trying to shed some pounds.
A solution would be to add those really dark chocolates that are not …

In my house, Betty Crocker has always been the standard. I grew up with all kinds of BC cookbooks. It’s been a long time, though, since a new one has been acquired. Recently, an opportunity came up to get a new cookbook, the Betty Crocker Country …

When I get tired of the plain boring rice that even the Chinese Fried Rice is not enough to satisfy my craving for something different, a recipe for a creamy pesto rice was born.
I experimented on it but it turned our pretty good. Well rice is like …

Ingredients:
4 Lbs Beef Short Ribs
1/4 cup olive oil
1 cup peeled chopped carrots
1 chopped yellow onion
4 cloves minced garlic
3 tablespoons tomato paste
14 1/2 ounces of diced tomatoes in juice
1/4 cup cider vinegar
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 tsp dried mustard
1/4 tsp allspice
1 to 2 cans beef broth
Heat oil in pan and brown …

Spetzofai
This is a delicious spicy dish made of sausages (usually home made
ones which they are the best but if you cannot find them just buy any pork sausages or alternatively beef sausages). It is a good combination of meat and veggies and it accompanies perfect your wine during the …

I like making hamburgers for dinner because it’s not a very time-consuming process, and my family enjoys eating them. Hamburger night is a fairly regular occasion in my household, so to prevent it from becoming too ordinary I like to experiment with different recipes. Recently I found …

Needed Ingredients:
2 cups of Besan
1/2 cup of curd
lime -1(juice)
Ginger small quantity
Green chilly–3-4 (depending on your taste)
Eno or Baking soda –1 pinch
sugar-2 tablespoons
Salt for taste.
For seasoning
Corriander leaves.
Mustard
oil to fry
Preparation:
Make a flowable but thick dough of the besan,curd and water.Add the lime juice,sugar and also the baking soda,salt.Keep it aside for …

Smoky Mushrooms Spread
Yields approximately 1 � cups of spread
Per tablespoon: 2 calories, 1 g fat, 1 g protein, 2 g carbohydrates, 50 mg sodium
This is a great appetizer spread for all year round. It is best served over Melba toast or Ritz crackers. It is one of …

The tomato chutney is little salty, little tangy and a little spicy, but it is very tasty and gives a great taste when eaten with the bread or sandwich or even with the buns. it is the recipe which my mother has thought me and I prepare it …

The mixed vegetable paratha is another kind of recipe, which is good to eat, and it is also very nutritious for kids. Especially those kids who don’t like to eat the vegetable for such people the mix veg paratha is an ideal food.
Ingredients: maida flour half cup, wheat …

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 …

It seems that dessert has been so dynamic also. Mostly because of the new ingredients that is out in the market and these companies give us these idea on how to cook or incorporate their products in cooking. Magnolia has been giving us wonderful ingredients for baking and many …

Crabs night has become a recent tradition as of late for my family because it’s one of few meals where you can really indulge with your hands without raised eyebrows.
Usually when I cook crabs I do so in a large pot with quite a number of seasonings and spices …

This recipe is very simple one. But it is healthy and tasty recipe.
You need very few ingredients to make this recipe.
Ingredients:
1.boiled rice: 2 cups
2.finely grated coconut: 1 cup
3.green chilli- 4
4.mustard - 1 tsp
5.ginger - 1/2 piece
6.garlic - few flakes
7.salt as per taste
8.urad dal- 1 tsp
9.cumin seeds- 1 tsp
10.ground nuts- …

This is one of the best cookies on earth!!! My mom used to make this on tea parties, yet she always believe coffee is bad for kids so she doesn’t bake this on weekends no matter if we beg her to. But I hang around the kitchen a lot …

Ingredients :
Sugar : 250 g
Maida : 200 g
Eggs - 7
Venilla essence - 1tbsp
butter - 250 g
coco powder - 50 g
Baking powder - 2 tbsp
To prepare icing
Butter - 100 g
Icing sugar - 200 g
Method :
1. Mix baking powder and half of coco powder
2. Mix sugar and butter and beat it …

Prime rib is a treat that I buy only occasionally, usually when it goes on sale at local meat stores or grocery stores. Other than tenderloin, it is my favourite type of roast, because it is juicy, and makes great leftovers. In fact, my favourite thing is making beef …

3 tablespoons of borwn sugar
1 teasponn od cinnamon
1 can of cresent rolls
8 marshmallows
2 tablespoons of margerine
Preheat your oven to 375 degrees. Cover 8 muffin cups with a nonstick cooking spray. Mix together the brown sugar and cinnamon. Dip each marshmallow into the cinnamon and sugar mixture …

Chicken Quesadillas are one of my favorite dishes. I love to eat this and it is fun making it too. I had other people make it for me all the time and wanted to learn how to make it for myself. So when I finally learned how to make …

Chips and dip are always a smashing success at any kind of home or holiday party. One dip that I have come to discover, and is always a sure bet for popularity at my home parties, is the Crab Fiesta Dip. It is quick and easy to …

When we are trying to avoid eating beef or pork, I began to think of substituting fish on most of my recipes. It is healthier and it is just as delicious. Egg rolls and spring rolls are family favorites. Hence, the birth of my tuna roll recipe. It is …

I found this recipe for Watergate Salad on the back of a bag of Kraft Jet-Puffed Miniature Marshmallows. I needed a dish for a potluck dinner I was attending, and initially I was planning on making a sweet potato casserole with the marshmallows. The recipe looked interesting, …

These chicken patties are not hard to make, and they turn out soft and tasty, much better than just frying a chicken breast. The ingredients I am going to list will make 5 medium-sized or 6-7 smaller patties, which is usually enough for 2 adults and a child. If …

I occasionally buy Lloyd’s barbecue beef brisket which is an easy to prepare (as in stick in the microwave and heat) meal. It’s a change of pace for me, and it tastes good. The last time I purchased it, I noticed a recipe on the back for …

Salmon is one of my boyfriends favorites. I came up with a great salmon loaf recipe that he raves over. And it is so simply to make that it takes me longer to pick out the bones in the salmon than it does for me to whip …

This one is actually good when eaten alone,as a side dish, with rice or in any way you prefer to. You can also serve these Egg Rolls as appetizers on parties, etc.
Here’s what you’ll need:
For egg roll skins:
(This will make about 10 skins)
2 tbsp cornstarch dissolved …

Zucchini mash is a side dish that can be served hot or cold. You will need 3-4 zucchinis, small ones, the size you can normally buy in a store; if you grow your own and let them grow large, you might need only one. The other ingredients are:
4 medium …

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 …

Back about twenty years when my kids were on the W.I.C. program, there was a load of recipes that were given out for staying to a budget and learning how to cook from scratch. There is some recipes to this day I use.
Now when I tell someone tuna spaghetti …