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 …

The finess of herbs, combined with the creaminess of dijon, sausages and vegetables make this dinner dish a warming Winter delight. Serve hot, garnished with sweet fresh basil leaves, a green salad and buttered, hot crusty rolls.
Ingredients:
450 g (1lb) large herby pork sausages
350 g (12oz) wholewheat organic pasta …

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 …

I love to eat Chicken Fried Rice and I can basically eat it all day. I love the taste, the smell, and everything that is in it. I can never get enough of it. At first when I first had it it was at Panda Express, which is a …

I am a big pasta fan and an even bigger seafood addict, so any dish which combines these two food groups is a real hit for me. I grew a bit bored of clam linguini, so I went online to look for a linguini recipe with other seafood, preferably …

Top Secret Recipes, the website that has the clone recipes of restaurant food, has always been a favorite of mine. I enjoy just reading the free recipes, and trying to make the recipes, just like the food I have been served in restaurants.
Top Secret Recipes has evolved, from …

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 …

This may sound new. It is indeed new. Holiday shrimps is one of the very recent recipes I have developed. For over a very long time of cooking experience, I never limit myself to whatever I know. I always find means to discover new things to serve on the …

I never knew that chicken meat can also be used in making sweet and sour dishes. Pork and fish is what I usually cook until I learned this recipe from a Judy Lew’s Chinese Cuisine cookbook. I like the recipe because the ingredients used here are …

This recipe is very popular in Southern California and it has many variations. My sister and her family make this often, not just for breakfast either. In restaurants all over California, this type of omelet is always on the menu. You can use home-made salsa if you have time, …

The ingredients required are: 2 cups of Cheddar Cheese Grits (you can just use regular old Quaker Oats Grits and doctor it up with some cheese and butter), Oil for deep frying, 4 wonton wrappers, 8 (or how many people you want to serve) wonton wrappers, 8 medium shrimp, …

Ingredient:
Yoghurt 250 gm (sour)
Ladies finger 150 gm (fresh)
Onions 150 gm
Green chillies 2 to 3 (fresh)
Salt half teaspoon
Chat Masala 3 to 4 teaspoon
Oil
Method:
Take Yoghurt in a vessel and add salt in it and mix it and beat it well
Chop Ladies finger, Onions and Green chillies into small pieces
Add a little …

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 …

Here is a nice suggestion for parties at the park, or simply for an afternoon snack. Actually, this recipe, which I made out from experimenting and trying one mix after another, is my favourite brunch! I call my recipe Fish with Bread Sauce (coz really, there’s all to it, …

I love this dessert or snack, Peanut Butter Cookies very much. My mom and I would have a fun time preparing this and I will always treasure those moments together.
To make this, you will need some peanut butter, flour of course, some form of vanilla essence, sugar, …

The most easily to prepare and ready to use breakfast is perhaps bread. It can be topped with different toppings to make it even yummier. This recipe gives one such topping that can be used to make a quick and delicious breakfast.
For this you would require around 6 bread slices …

This is a very interesting recipe and something different and yet very nutritious recipe.
Ingredients:
One cup of raw rice, mix vegetable chopped according to your choice, chopped onion one, chopped tomato one, garam masala 1 tea spoon, salt to taste and some green chilly chopped to taste, and finally 4 …

This is the rice made using some spices and chopped tomato. This is very tasty rice. Just try it once.
Ingredients:
One cup of rice, salt to taste, green chilly paste � tea spoon, garam masala (spice powder) 1 � tea spoon, chopped onion � cup and chopped tomato � …

Because I live so close to Little Italy and am able to find great Italian ingredients, I have been looking for recipes containing Italian cheeses and meats. This following recipe caught my eye in a magazine, because goat cheese and pancetta are two ingredients we purchase whenever we can …

Cooking time 15—20min
Oven temperature …

When it comes to afternoon snacks, TV sessions, picnics, simple dinners, great parties, people would always wish Tempura is served. I don’t know what it is with this food that once you get one piece, you just can’t stop reaching out for more. It is just so good, and …

I love mussels and I eat them a lot, they are full of flavour and so easy to do. One of the easiest ways to do mussels is with white wine and garlic. They make a great starter.
You will need for this simple recipe
4 5 lb …

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 …

This is a good recipe for someone who likes to eat pasta and wants to try something a little different. First of all, you cook the tortellini according to package. Then you saute one onion diced, one cup of sliced fresh mushrooms, one green pepper sliced, one …

This receipe is very easy to make and kids will like it.I used to prepare this during festive time.
Ingredients Needed:
1.vermicelli(broken)—1/2 cup
2.Milk— 1 cup
3.Sugar—1 cup
4.Ghee—2 tbs
5.cardomom—3 pods
6.cashew and raisins
Procedure for Preparation:
Fry the vermicelli in ghee .Until the broken vermicelli becomes golden color,fry it.Try to keep the flame as small as …

I saw this recipe in a cookbook. Ever since I saw I wanted to make it, so the other night for dinner I did. It turned out great, everyone loved it. Well everyone except for my sister but she doesn’t really care for chicken. Everyone else loved it and …

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 …

The coconut burfee is a sweet dish to prepare which the main ingredient we need is the grated coconut. It is one of the most liked sweet dish at my home. Just note it down.
Ingredients: the ingredients are very simple which are like this: grated coconut …

This summer season we had plenty of mango crops. Out of which, we have chosen most sour and tasty mangoes that will give more longetivity to the pickle. Normally mangoes will be green in color and might weigh in between 400-1500 grams. We have selected one of the best …

This is a little stew that I threw together one evening when coming in, rushed and late from a long day at the barn. I had hungry children to feed and I was hungry, too! We eat fairly simple at home, but very healthy dishes with short time preparation …

It was Sunday yesterday and everyone was at home. Sunday is my favorite day of the week because I get to spend it with my family. We sometimes go out but more often we stay home and just watch TV or put on a DVD. Since everyone was in, …

I was invited to a friend’s house for appetizers and drinks a few weeks ago, and she served an appetizer that I was completely in love with on first bite, and I insisted on getting the recipe. She said that she found it in a magazine, and that everyone …

I ate tuna salad sandwiches all of the time when I was a kid. I used to like them pretty plain with only tuna fish and mayonnaise on white bread. I still enjoy eating tuna salad sandwiches, but now my tastes are a little more sophisticated. …

Being bored of the traditional appetizers that both serve and eat when I am out, I made it my mission this holiday season to find and make some interesting, unique and fairly simple appetizers. One of the recipes I found and chose to make, mainly because I am a …

Pudina is the bunch of mint leaves. Mint leaves are very good for our body and we can make an interesting juice using the mint leaves. Try it. It is very good for hot sunny days.
Ingredients:
Mint leaves one bunch, tamarind pulp 1 cup and salt 1 …

As an out of the home worker all day, I really enjoy fixing up recipes that allow me to do ‘other things’ while they nearly make themselves, while keeping the healthy foods on our dinner table!
I think most of you will love this for any dinner…….company should be enjoyed, …

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 …

I often wonder in my kitchen, thinking of what to do with the chicken on my fridge. Sometimes I just get to tired of frying and I crave for a yummy alternative. That’s when I put out all the dried herbs in the pantry and this Grilled Lemon & …

The payasam is a traditional sweet dish that is prepared in every Indian house during the festivals or for any such occasions. It is also known as kheer. This is also very tasty and the milk is the main ingredient used in it.
Ingredients: milk 4 big glasses, …

Oriental cooking has always fascinated me. The preparation and cooking time requires hard work and dedication. While I was growing up, I was just content in watching our family cook whip up such mouth-watering dishes and then when I entered adolescence I began creating exotic and oriental dishes. As …

I tried a funnel cake for the first time when I went to a city function. I saw a lot of people walking around with it and I heard about it before but never knew exactly what it was. It look good so I definitely wanted to try it. …

Lapu Lapu is one of the famous variety of fish in my country. It is named after a local hero who killed Magellan, the Spanish invader. This recipe was provided by Knorr as part of its promotion. There are several ways on how to cook this fish and this …

In what comes next I will reveal as I used you another recipe that is specifically Romanian. This is called stuffed peppers.
Stuffed peppers, like highly seasoned forcemeat balls (mititei), meat cabbage (sarmale) or minced meat croquette (parjoale)
are very common to traditional meals.
I learned to cook stuffed peppers from my …

One of my favorite candy bars is the Salted Nut Roll. When I had these bars, they tasted so close to the Salted Nut Roll that this is one of my favorite recipes ever.
Base:
1 package yellow cake mix …

Basundi is the dessert which is made of the milk. It is very tasty and creamy dessert which hardly takes a few ingredients and is very simple one.
Ingredients:
One liter milk, cardamom powder, finely chopped cashew nuts, sugar, and some edible saffron color.
Method:
First of all heat the pan and …

If you are a lover of lasagna, you will probably love this treat. This is really a mexican recipe that borrows heavily on the Italian original. However, instead of layering noodles between the meat/cheese mixture, you use tortillas. Corn tortillas will provide the casserole with a …

This is my favourite recipe for making guacamole and was given to me by a friend of mine. This recipe I am about to give you is a very easy and very quick guacamole. It is really tasty and I would really recommend it. It goes great with …

The jeera rice is nothing else but the rice with the cumin seeds. This rice is very interesting and it is also very good for digestion as we are using a lot of cumin seeds to prepare this recipe. This rice is liked by most of the …