I was hosting a small get-together a few days ago, and I refused to make and serve the usual, boring appetizers and dips, the ones that are served at every home and office gathering. I also had a limited amount of time to spend cooking and preparing food, so …

Making Vanilla Custard ain’t that hard. You just have to go with ‘practice makes perfect’ and you’ll be fine.
During my spare time that I could find, besides reading, I love to cook different recipes and modifying them according to my own personal tastes. To make Vanilla …

The carrots are good for our health and using the carrots if we can make a very interesting recipe then it becomes an ideal recipe. Such a recipe is nothing else but the chilled and yummy carrot milk shake, which I am going to write the recipe of.
Ingredients: …

I love any dish that contains mushrooms, especially exotic ones. I source out groceries and specialty markets that carry out-of-the-ordinary mushrooms, those varieties that aren’t available at the neighborhood grocery store. My favourites are chanterelles, but there are many interesting and delicious varieties that taste great in various dishes. …

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 …

This is one of the recipes which uses Tahini, a sesame paste used frequently in Middle East and Mediterranean cooking. I was told by Marie Claire Magazine that this can be bought in specialty stores and supermarkets but I did cannot find it here. I found one when I …

I want to share an Indian Style chicken full of spices and taste for taste buds. My mom use to cook the dish on weekends for the whole family and we always find it the tastiest dish .The best part is Lemon chicken is …

The mixed vegetable noodles is a very easy and interesting recipe. Please note it down.
Ingredients:
1-packet noodles (250 grams), onion and tomato chopped, mixed vegetable chopped finely according to your choice. Cooking oil 5 tablespoons, salt to taste and finally � teaspoon crushed white pepper.
Method:
First of all boil …

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 …

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 spinach is very good for health. I prepare many kind of recipes using the spinach such as the spinach soup, spinach pakoda and many more. The spinach rice is a very simple recipe and is also very nutritious. The spinach is very rich in iron …

Ingredients:
10 pieces - skinless,boneless fish (Salmon, Tilapia)
1 small onion finely chopped
2 small tomatoes
5-6 garlic cloves
1 can - Coconut Milk
1 teaspoon - Red chillie powder
1 teaspoon - Turmeric powder
Salt to taste
1 teaspoon - Mustard seeds
2 stems - curry leaves
2 - green chillies
2 tbsp of oil
Cilantro to garnish
Method:
Wash and clean Fish …

I was not a big fan of blueberry pancakes in the beginning, but after tasting a friends blueberry pancakes, I had got hook on them. I was just the simple buttermilk pancake eater and never wanted to try other styles and taste of pancakes, but this one is really …

There are dozens of risotto recipes that I have tried over the years, and the variations are endless, given that to the Italians, risotto is really about using up leftovers and changing it up all the time to create unique versions of this national staple. This recipe is one …

The egg omlet is a very commonly prepared recipe but now I am going to make this egg omlet more nutritional and more interesting by adding some finely chopped vegetable. This recipe is also quite different and is much tastier. Try this one.
Ingredients: eggs 2, finely chopped …

I’m a huge fan of pizza in general, and I love to experiment with different homemade pizza recipes. I’ve been hooked on Boboli pizza crusts for years, but until recently I didn’t think to check their website for recipe ideas. I used to top my Boboli crusts …

Hearty soups have always been a comfort food in our home. On cold days and nights, nothing will warm you and fill you up like a good bowl of Minestrone Soup. I have seen several chefs and cooks made their very own version of this delicious soup, so getting …

Ingredients
Black gram dal (Urad dal)- 2 cups
Big oninion - 1
Cumin seeds - 2 spoons
Curry leaves- a few
Salt as per taste
Procedure:
Soak black gram dal for two hours. And grind it to make fine paste. Donot add water while grinding. Because the dough should be tight enough to make vada. Now …

Small-Batch Baking is a collection of recipes for just enough baked goods to serve one or two people. All of the recipes I’ve tried so far have worked. Some of her recipes, such as the lemon curd, are less fuss than the full size versions I’ve tried of …

Our family likes potatoes, and I’ve got several different ways of cooking them (alternating just mashed and fried gets old pretty fast). Here is one of our favorites, Potato Patties. They are easy to make, and once the potatoes are boiled it does not take much time at all. …

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- …

For whatever reason I do not find myself making a lot of things in the kitchen that involves cherries—”fresh or canned. Therefore, since I love making cheesecakes I figured this recipe from Favorite Recipes would be a great time to use cherries.
Because this recipe was based off Philadelphia cheesecakes, …

The sweet corn soup is my all time favourite soup, which is little sweet and little salty. Especially the soft and tasty sweet corns are my weakness, which I always love to eat from the soup. I always have this soup whenever I visit any restaurants. …

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 …

I am a total chocolate FIEND and I love chocolate cream pie. I am also a diabetic. I have looked around a lot and I have only found one place that sells sugar free chocolate cream pie: Walmart. When I first saw the pie, I …

I love tacos so when my boyfriends mother gave me this recipe for Taco soup, I knew I had to try it.
First of all you need to take 1 pound of ground beef and brown it, then drain. Stir in one package of taco seasoning. To the …

Milk gravy of one type or another was, and still is, a very popular item with my family. I stopped making it when I got married because my inlaws had never made it and thought it was too unusual for their tastes. But I’ve been divorced for …

2 pounds of hamburger meat
4 oz package of instant mashed potatoes
1 can of cream of mushroom soup
1 package of shredded cheese, mozzarella and chedder pizza blend
1/4 cup chopped onions
1 tablespoon of butter
Paprika, garlic salt, and worcestireshire sauce.
This meal is great. Who doesn’t love meat, potatoes, and cheese. This dish …

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, …

Wonder what it would taste like if you mix fish and fish together? Here in this simple to make dish, I shall list down the steps and in my personal review, I think it scores a 7-8, depending on your type of taste-buds. I am not really that …

Carrot halwa is a sweet dish, which is again a very nutritious and rich recipe. This sweet dish is best for the growing kids and even for elders.
Ingredients:
Carrot grated 2 cups, milk 2 cups, sugar 2 cups, fresh cr�me 1 cup, cardamom powder for flavour, edible color.
Method:
First of …

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 …

Roti Canai is like a pancake type or a flat type of bread and it is being made into something crispy and definitely delicious. In Singapore at least, it is called Roti Prata. And Roti Canai is more for a Malaysian term.
This is very, very easy …

Do you like eggs? If you do, there are never too many ways to cook them, right? Here is one more. You will need 3-4 medium sized tomatoes, one small onion, 3 eggs, some salt and vegetable oil. Dice tomatoes and onion, mix them in a frying pan, add …

As a present from my mother, she got me a cookbook called Cooking for Kids. This cookbook is great for anyone who has children elementary age or younger. They have receipes for everything from snacks to meals. For every holiday they have different recipes for the …

I am sure there is already a recipe out there like this but I though this one would be easy especially for mothers that have kids at home and trust me i have 4 kids so I know what being a busy mom is all about.
First, I …

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 …

Ingredient:
Lau 500 gm (fresh)
Mustard Seeds 1 teaspoon
Mustard paste 1 teaspoon
Salt 1 teaspoon
Green chillies 4 to 5 in number
Garlic powder 2 teaspoon
Sugar 1 teaspoon
Oil
Method:
Clean Lau with plain normal clean water and slice it into small pieces
Add Oil in a vessel and heat it up on medium flame
Add sliced Lau, Green …

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 …

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 …

Do you love macaroni and cheese? Well, who doesn’t. It is an all time comfort favorite of kids and adult alike but the question is: Do you usually get the boxed ones? Try this easy mac and cheese and you will come back for more. Well, it is really …

My husband Steve loves Chicken Kiev as does our eldest Kurt here is my recipe for homemade Chicken Kiev. Here is what I use to make chicken Kiev for two people.
2 x 75g boneless and skinless chicken breasts, 40g unsalted butter, at room temperature, 4 tbsp chopped Parsley, …

While preparing for a pot luck dinner my classmates and I were having before class one night, I was wondering what it was I was going to bring. I had signed up to bring cookies, however I wanted to bring not just any old cookie. No way, I wanted …

This recipe is concocted via trial and error by my mom. She briefed me the recipe and I have tried making this Thai red curry paste before and though this is not my specialty, it is none too bad if I give it a chance. But I’m …

1 cup of buttermilk
4 large egg whites
2 tablespoons of sugar
1 1/5 tablespoons of canola oil
1 cup of flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 taspoon baking soda
1 cup blueberries
Mix the buttermilk, egg whits, sugar and oil together in a bowl. In another bowl you want to mix the flour, backing soda and …

Thor 2 (fresh)
Mustard 1 ? teaspoon
Green chillies 2 to 3
Sugar ? teaspoon
Salt 1 teaspoon
Oil
Water
Method:
Peel the fresh Thor and slice it up to fine pieces
Add two cups of water in a vessel and add Thor in it
Add a little bit of salt and boil it on medium-high flame for 5
Minutes
Take the …

I am a huge fan of cashews and anything sweet. So when my aunt gave my mom this recipe several years ago, it became one of my favorites. And it is so easy to make.
First you mix the following together: 1 1/2 cups of flour, 3/4 …