My wife and myself always make our own preserve and our eldest sons favourite is grape preserve, he loves it and very often has it on toast for his breakfast and sometimes has it on sandwiches to take to nursery.
All you need for this lovely preserve is:-
1 kg of …

This recipe is something that I have fun doing and it makes around 1/2 cup. It can also be kept in the fridge for about a week, without getting stale. Ingredients are as follows:-
2 cups lightly packed fresh parsley, roughly chopped
3 scallions, thinly sliced
3 cloves garlic, chopped
1/2 …

The story behind this recipe is that I was out with friends at a Greek restaurant, and they ordered saganaki for an appetizer. My friend said that when she traveled in Greece many years ago, this dish was her favourite, and since then, she looks for it whenever she …

A lady that I used to work with would make a wonderful dessert called Dump Cake. I’d never heard of Dump Cake before and had no idea what it was. Dump Cake doesn’t look like much; it’s not a fancy dish at all. But this amazing dessert will surprise …

Gadbud ice cream is a different kind of ice cream recipe, which I have learnt from one of my friend. It tastes too good and also looks little different. This is the ideal recipe for the sweet lovers. Just try it.
Ingredients: vanilla ice cream one cup, chopped …

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 …

Tomato soup is, as we all know a very tasty and ever liked soup. It is very simple to prepare it at home and it also needs very less amount of ingredients. The tomato is very rich in vitamin C. it is very good for the kids.
Ingredients:
Tomatoes …

The raw mango chutney can also be used as a sauce, which can be served with the bread sandwich, rice and also with the roties. The main ingredient to prepare this chutney is the raw mango, which is very sour.
Ingredients: we need to take 3 big sized …

You can use a pre-made Graham pie crust for this recipe, or you can make one yourself by mixing together 18 single Graham cracker crumps and 1 stick of melted butter and pressing the mixture into a 9 x 9 pan (I use pre-made, much less trouble). Bake the …

Kesari bath is another kind of Indian traditional recipe, which is prepared in most of the festivals and functions. This is very very tasty and nutritional recipe, which any one can prepare as it is very easy to prepare.
Ingredients: sooji (rawa) 1 cup, sugar 2cups, milk …

This recipe comes from a childhood girlfriend of mine’s mother who is a nutritionist. This recipe works well as a well balanced vegetarian meal that even meat eaters will enjoy. This is also a wonderful pot luck meal and tastes great cold. I like to bring …

Sofrito
This is one of the local specialities in Corfu island of Greece.The meat should be pork and not beef for the simple reason that pork meat becomes softer when cooking it. It is very easy to make this dish, although you might find it difficult at the beginning as …

Ingredients :
Mixed diced vegetable (carrot, beans, potatoes, peas etc.)- 4 cups
Onions - 5 cut into thin long slices
Tomatoes - 4 or 5
Salt
Oil - 2 tbsp
Grind together :
Grated coconut - 1 cup
Poppy seeds - 1 tbsp
Garlic - 10 flakes
Green chillies - 10
Ginger - 1/2 inch piece
Roasted gram - 1tbsp
cloves - …

Mousaka, I dare to say is the most popular and well known dish of the Greek kitchen. It’s a combination of vegetables, meat and a thick white sauce and it’s really delicious. It’s a summer dish but you can make it any time of the year if you can …

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 …

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 …

I have never been a big dessert fan, but when entertaining, I find that most people like dessert. I decided to try to find some light dessert recipes, ones that won’t add to the over-eating and extra calories of the holiday season. I mainly looked up dessert recipes that …

I love the traditional (and somewhat unimaginative) apple crisp for dessert, because it is relatively nutritious compared to many other sweet dishes, plus it is simple to bake. I went looking for low-fat and low-sugar dessert recipes after the usual five-pound holiday weight gain this year, and I came …

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 …

I created this dish based on a recipe I read on the back of a Stove Top Stuffing mix box. The recipe called for stuffing (obviously), some mixed vegetables, and chicken breast. The recipe itself is very simple. But my version, the Autumn Chicken bake …

Review
This beef stew recipe is the best you will ever taste. I love it with white rice but it has been served with pasta or mashed potato as well. The Goya products are what make it for me(this is because they are the best out there).But as long as …

This is a great gourmet tasting dip that is very easy to prepare. This is great on toasted bread slices or pita chips. I also used this as a vegetable dip and stuffed this dip into cherry tomatoes and served as an appetizer. You can use …

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 …

I watch as many of the cooking shows on TV as I possibly can. But the problem is, even if I see recipe I like, not all of the ingredients are available where I live. And then there are times when I want to treat myself so some ethnic …

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 …

When I was in high school, our band would take an annual trip to NYC to see a Broadway musical and experience a different kind of restaurant than we were used to. The first time I went with them, we saw “1776″ and ate at a German restaurant …

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 …

This is a Pasta and Chicken Salad I have been making for many years now. I make this for parties and barbeques we host or go to. All my family and friends know I love making this and eating it as well, so it is constantly requested. …

I never tasted hollandaise sauce until I ordered eggs benedict. It was my way of expanding my tastes in food.
When my plate arrived to my table the sauce looked good, but I wasn’t sure what to make of it since it was made from uncooked eggs yolks. However, when …

I am of the opinion that a meal that contains eggs can be eaten at any meal, at any time of the day. Eggs used to have a bad rap because of the cholesterol it supposedly contains; in reality, eggs are high in protein and low in fat and …

Ingredients :
Pineapple - 1 (raw)
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Oil - 3 tbsps
Salt
Grind together :
Coriander seeds - 1tbsp
pepper - 6
cumin seeds - 1tsp
red chillies - 5
mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
fenugreek seeds - 1/4tsp
Fry all these spicees in a tsp of oil till golden brown in colour. Add 1/2 cup grated …

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 …

During the winter time, nothing is better than a nice bowl of hot soup. For this winter, I always make one specialty soup for those extra cold days: Lipton’s creamed corn noodle soup.
I first discovered the Lipton recipe on the side of a box of soup I purchased a …

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, …

Home style Chilie is one of my favorite recipies. It can be prepared in under thirty minutes from start to finish making it a great meal for nights when your in a hurry but don’t want fast food. It is designed to feed a family of six. The ingrediants …

I think egg salad is one of those recipes that people just either love or hate. I love egg salad, but I don’t like buying it from the grocery store, because I never know how long it may have been sitting out unrefrigerated after it was made. …

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 lived in The Netherlands for more than 2 years (studies and work), thus, I have a good personal experience of the Dutch cuisine. Coming from a country with a world wide famous cuisine, and after assuring you that I am the kind of the open minded person that …

I know that many of you people like to eat Macaroni with cheese, so for you I want to share a very easy to make recipe of “Macaroni cheese”. Like I said that it is easy to prepare, and it is too much tasty, specially kids loves to eat …

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 …

I got this recipe from a friend of mine who is Lebanese. She makes these sandwiches because she always has hummus in the house, as the Lebanese eat it with almost every meal. I had seen her son eating a strange looking sandwich, and he told me what it …

This is the first time I have ever attempted a recipe such as this one. I’ve made mashed potatoes, and baked them. But never like this. Anyway, it’s fairly simple:
Take one or two Idaho baking potatoes, bake them and mash them.
Add (1) tablespoon of cream cheese, …

One of my favorite candy bars is the Salted Nut Roll. The following recipe reminds me of them slightly. They sort of taste like them, and they are irresisitable.
First you mix the following together: 1 1/2 cups flour, 2/3 cups brown sugar, 1/2 teaspoon baking powder, …

I’ve always wanted to learn how to make paella, because I love the flavors of chicken, shrimp and rice together. I’ve watched people make it on cooking shows, but the steps involved usually seemed too complicated and time-consuming. So until recently, I’ve only had paella in restaurants. …

I was taught how to make a upside down strawberry cake from a friend of mines and every since then I have been making them for the a family event or just when I want to eat something sweet. It is perfect for functions and the kids seem to …

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 …

The Painkiller is an aptly named drink, because you won’t feel any pain after you drink one, or much of anything else for that matter. It’s especially popular in the British Virgin Islands, but I had several requests to make one when I was bartending in St. Thomas. …