As the name itself indicates, soursop is sour. I don’t like to eat soursop on its own, but I do enjoy eating soursop jelly very much, as the sour-sweet sensation feels great.
To make soursop jelly, you will need:
10g agar-agar powder
100g castor sugar
300ml water
100g sousop
50ml water
70g …

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 …

Ingredients :
Capsicum - 1/2 kg
Coconut - 1 cup (grated)
Tamarind - lime sized
salt
oil - 3 tbsps
To season :
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Asafoetida - 1 pinch
cloves - few
jaggery - as desired
turmeric powder - a pinch
Fry in a teaspoon of oil and powder the ingredients given below:
Red gram dhal - 1tsp
Bengal gram …

I don’t really like “white cakes,” as I call them (I prefer chocolate), but my family does, so I have purchased and tried Betty Crocker Super Moist French Vanilla Cake Mix. The cake is easy to bake, just like other similar cake mixes: you blend together 3 eggs, 1/3 …

Now the boiled vegetable masala with cottage cheese is another interesting and a very very nutritious recipe as it includes all kinds of vegetables, which are half, cooked and it also contains the cottage cheese, which is again rice in proteins and calcium. This is also very delicious …

I discovered artichokes while travelling in Spain a few years ago, and while there are not many recipes out there for dishes containing artichokes, and sometimes you have to look a lot before finding fresh artichokes to buy, they are well worth the effort. The following is a great, …

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 …

At times, I simply get an urge to go on a baking spree. And when these moments come to me, I want to make sure the whatever it is I whip up, is a fresh new recipe that I haven’t tried before and will be absolutely mouth watering to …

Homemade Beef Stew
When I was a child I hated stew. Mostly because I didn’t understand it, how it was supposed to taste and because grandma just didn’t do that well with this meal. Beef Stew is an old classic winter time food but not a lot of …

As a busy student, it’s hard to find time for good, healthy eating. My food bible has been AllRecipes.com. You can search for practically anything. I just enter a general type of dish I want (like “chicken casseroles” or “Italian”) and pages of matching recipes come up. They’re submitted …

My wife makes Tutti Fruiti ice cream quite well. I also help her in kitchen so I know how to make it. The process is not so simple as such though. It does require lot of stuff, so better make a list of them.
First of all Tutti …

I received a recipe recently from my sister for a new tasty way to prepare homemade chicken nuggets for my kids. When I tried it, I couldn’t believe how good it was. More importantly, my kids loved it so much they are begging me to make it …

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 …

Perhaps the first that will come up when you put on the search keywords “free cooking recipes” will be this link: http://www.freecookingrecipes.net. That is on top of my list when I did search for a free recipe online. Believe it or not I had once searched a website instantly …

Here is an easy way for you to make some great salmon patties. First take a can of salmon and toss it in a bowl and take out the small white bones (some people eat these as they are really soft, but I prefer to pick them out). …

I am generally not a big dessert fan, to either make it or eat it. I usually eat too much dinner to have room for dessert, and as well, I don’t have time to make a lot of desserts. I also find many desserts to be too sweet and …

The vet paratha roll is a very interesting dish which is not only easy ot make and also very healthy as it includes a lot of vegetable.
Ingredients: maida flour 1 cup, wheat flour 1 cup, finely chopped vegetable 2 cups according to your choice, Salt to …

Everybody loves to have salad, if not once in a while, at least one meal in a day. Salads had become so popular due to its being so healthy and easy to prepare. However, people start to get tired of the same common salad served over and over, the …

I love entertaining friends at my home, but unfortunately, I’m usually on a budget, so I can’t always afford to cook a full meal for everyone. So lately, I’ve been inviting friends over for appetizers and drinks, because it’s more affordable for me, and it’s still a lot …

Kulfi is the name of an ice cream which is very tasty and very easy prepare at home.
Ingredients:
Milk one liter, sugar to taste, cashew nuts to garnish, edible saffron color, vanilla essence.
Method:
Take the vessel and pour the milk and boil it. We need to boil the milk to …

My adult son, who lives with us, enjoys espresso coffee every day. We don’t have an espresso machine, so, when he is home, he ‘fixes’ his coffee that we do have to make it taste a LOT like the espresso mochas that he likes so well.
With our regular coffee, …

My whole family loves ribs; but are excessively fussy about the marinade they are cooked in! However I stumbled across the very simple basis for a marinade and now have tweaked it to my personal perfection.
Take equal amounts of lemon juice, soy sauce and clear honey (about 2 to …

When you are in a hurry or are simply too lazy to cook up a full dinner, a great solution awaits! These simple veggie pizzas were a quick creation of mine when I had limited supplies and a lot of hungry mouths to feed one night. Requiring minimal effort, …

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 easy chocolate pie is one of my favorite comfort foods, because it combines my love of chocolate pudding and my love of pie. Making it doesn’t require any cooking or baking, and I can make it in less than five minutes, so I think it’s a great …

The dry fruits salad is something very different and very special recipe which can be prepared for a very special moments or it can also be prepared when we invite some very special guest to our home. This recipe is very rich in calories and is also very …

The next recipe as well as the others I will present here is part of my personal collection of recipes.
It is also a specifically Romanian recipe, This dish, like the “meat in cabbage” (”sarmale”) dish
is not met in the kitchen of any other country. In Romania the highly seasoned …

I remember a long time ago I didn’t like banana bread as a child but now that I am older I love it. My taste buds I guess changed over the years and I can definitely eat some banana bread. It taste great and when it is cook it …

Ingredients :
Bitter gourd - 1/2 kg
Tomatoes - 2or 3
Big onion - 1
Sour curds - 1/4 cup
Turmeric powder
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Garam masala powder - 1/2 tsp
chilli powder - 1tsp
ginger - 1inch piece
coconut - 1/4 cup scraped
sugar - 2tsps
oil
salt
Method :
1. Cut onions, mince ginger, chop tomatoes and keep aside
2. Cut …

The other day, my husband wanted to eat one of those instant beef noodles. I stopped him and instead I made him a healthier and more delicious version of it, without the MSG and all the preservatives that you get from those instant noodles. It is a good thing …

If you are a fan of peanut butter or chocolate silk pies, and want to try something different for the holidays - this pie is an excellent choice. An extra bonus is that it is a no bake pie, so you don’t have to worry about doing your pie …

I really like imitation crab meat, because I think it’s like having the pleasure of eating seafood minus the burden of preparing it. So I’m always searching for new recipes to make it with. During one of my recent online quests for easy crock pot recipes I …

Triple Chocolate Turtle Fudge is the absolute best fudge on earth! It is worth the wait of three hours to fully enjoy the dreamy taste this delight will induce on your sweet tooth. Add rocky road ice cream on the side and you’ve got a rich person’s choice of …

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 …

Ingredients:
Black gram dal - 1 cup
Rice - 2 cups
Fenugreek seeds - 1 …

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 � …

Living in Alberta, Canada, on and off for several years, I have had to get over my former aversion to game meat. I slowly but surely began to try meats that were new to me, such as buffalo, bison, elk, and other such meats, even though it took a …

As a recently turned vegetarian I am always on the lookout for recipes that will make my dinners a little bit more exciting and help me keep away from the boring, flavorless slump of steamed vegetables. Also, I am very nutritionally conscious and therefore keep a close eye on …

This is one of my top 10 recipes, the best of the best. The chicken turns out so incredibly soft that if you pull on a drumstick the bone might some out. The taste is also great, matched by no other recipe. You can cook the whole chicken or …

Green Beans Potato Soup is very easy to make. It is one of the amazing type of soup that I really love to make and I find it easy to. You will need some potatoes; around 4-5; depending on your crowd actually. Then you will need to …

German Chocolate Cake is one of my favorite desserts and I always use to look forward to having it at family functions until I was taught how to make it myself. It is really easy and doesn’t take long at all for preparation or to make. This turns out …

My daughter had a little girlfriend stay over last weekend. We thought it would be fun to make homemade pizza’s. I got out my usual pizza dough recipe, then realized my husband had gotten quick rise yeast instead of regular. With the quick rise it takes a lot less …

I like pocket size viands which gives you controlled amount as to how much you will take. Just like this recipe that was released by Knorr, this is like Shanghai rolls which allows you to limit your bite by selecting a few sizes of rolls. This recipe gave me …

I don’t understand why some people do not like the taste of Zucchini Bread. It is very tasty and to make this, you will need the finished effect of a very smooth and light and fluffy type of bread. That would be the successful finished bread product.
To make …

Ingredients : The items needed to prepare this simple and tasty dish are :
Onions (big) -3
Green chillies -6
Tomatoes - 2 or 3
salt
Bengal gram flour - 1/4 cup
oil - 2 tbsp
seasoning - mustard, black gram
dhal - 1tsp
Curry leaves and coriander leaves for garnishing
lime juice - optional
Method :
1. Cut onions, …

I like the variety in the Oprah Magazine Cookbook. It is a combination of healthy, unique recipes as well as some decadent recipes. It is also a combination of many different types of flavors and styles of food.
I consider this one of my favorite “browsing” cookbooks. …

I have been eating gumbo for a couple years now it is so fulfilling a good. At first when I was younger I hated gumbo and never like what people had put in it but as I got older I had manage to make my own gumbo and start …

Smores have always been a favorite of mine since I was a child. In the past years, I have discovered several ways to make a varitey of smores.
First of all, there is the traditional smore. Toast the marshmellow, then stick it between two graham crackers that have …