For many homemakers, the secret of perfect cheese pancakes is still inaccessible. For a long time, it remained a mystery for me, too. How make delicious cheese pancakes quickly and efficiently not spread out on the pan?
I tried different recipes, studied the quality of cottage cheese and the cooking process, …

My mom has tons of Favorite Recipes books, and the Philly garlic and herb dip is a recipe that I borrowed from one of their books that I use frequently for appetizers. The thing I like about making this dip is that it is one of those universal dips …

One of my families favorite evenings are when we have breakfast for dinner. My girls are not big breakfast eaters early in the morning so this is perfect for a brunch or for us a dinner. You can get creative with this recipe and make …

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 …

Ingredients :
Peeled and dried groundnuts : 2 cup
Salt
Chilli Powder
Oil
Method :
1. Boil water in a wide vessel.
2. Put the dried groundnuts in the hot water and close the vessel with a lid.
3. Strain the water and place the groundnuts in the centre of a cloth.
4. Close the cloth and rub it.
5. …

Blueberry Dumplings
This is an American Indian treat. It is called ‘Blue Dumplings’.
1. 1 qt fresh or frozen blueberries
2. 1 qt apple juice
3. ½ teaspoon salt
4. Add sugar or sweetener to taste.
5. 2 cups biscuit mix
6. ½ to ¾ cup milk
Method:
Simmer blueberries in juice for 30-45 minutes.
While they simmer, …

I made this a couple of days ago for an informal family celebration.
I served it with minted new potatoes and green beans but it would work equally well with a salad.
I felt it needed a sauce since the chicken was a little dry so I made a quick …

Bangan means bringol. It is a very tasty recipe made of brinjols.
Ingredients:
Brinjol 5-6 big sized, onion 2 big chopped, tomatoes 3 medium chopped, coriander leaves chopped, red chilly powder and salt to taste, one tea spoon of coriander seeds powder and one tea spoon of cumin seeds powder. …

I came across this recipe for Mexican Lasagna in the Favorite Brand Name Simple 1-2-3 One Dish Cookbook when I was looking for different ways to cook ground beef. The recipe met my main requirement, which is that it has to be easy to make. I’m also …

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 …

I am always looking for easy vegetable recipes that my family will eat. I know that serving raw or lightly steamed vegetables is the healthiest choice, but my family gets tired of it and I cannot serve a boring plate of steamed carrots to my guests. This …

The spinach is a leafy vegetable, which contains a lot of Iron content. Particularly those who have low haemoglobin count in their body for such people the spinach soup is the ideal one which is also tasty. I recommend this soup to be taken by all the …

What else can be a better option to go for when you are on dieting than a plate full of delicious salad to munch on! This sprouted beans salad has the goodness of sprouted beans combined with the healthy vegetables.
You can prepare this salad by taking 500 gms of …

Ingredient:
Guava 10 to 12 (ripen)
Sugar 700 gm
Permitted Red colouring 1 teaspoon
Water
Method:
Clean the Guavas with plain normal clean water
Slice the Guava into small pieces
Take the seeds out of it
Add Water in a vessel and heat it up on medium to high flame
Add the cleaned and sliced Guava in it
Boil it …

My husband loves caramel apples and every once in awhile we will make them at home so he can have them as a treat. I saw the recipe for making them online and I really liked it.
The recipe includes:
4 apples- I used Fuji apples because that’s what I had …

Kalakand is a very famous and tasty dessert in India. It is very rich in calories but very very tasty dessert. It is also very easy to prepare.
Ingredients:
Cottage cheese 1 cup, sugar 3/4th cup and, condensed milk 1cup and some ghee (3-4 tea spoons of melted butter)
Method:
First …

The older that I get the more and more I make use of energy drinks. For the most part, I prefer to use 5-Hour Energy Shots in Berry flavor, but recently I was watching the Dr. Oz show when they featured his energy bar recipe. It contains no caffeine or …

Are you busy like me and need very easy recipes that take less than 10 minutes to prepare and that will be ready when you get home? Then this recipe is for you. A friend suggested this recipe to me last fall and my family loves it. …

Tomato sauce is readily available in the market. But it is full of preservatives. So we can prepare the tomato sauce at home for less cost which is healthier and fresh one.
Note down the ingredients:
500 grams of tomatoes, cup of sugar, salt to taste, 3 table spoons …

I love to eat Nasi Pattaya very much. There is a bit of an argument pertaining to the originality of this dish. Some say Indonesia and others say Thailand. Not sure which, but I so loving this particular dish anyway. The taste is so nice and …

Blueberry & Avocado Smoothie is a healthy beverage drink that I love to make during those really hot weathers that appear humid too. I don’t normally buy it outside that much because I find it a bit of a waste of money. Unless I have a strong urge …

I prefer fruit juice over other beverages. I got for a jog on alternative days in the morning and when I return back, a good fruit juice compliments my breakfast perfectly, along with some snacks.
Papaya shake is quite easy to make, and I have them occasionally. I don’t stick …

I remember having fondue on special occasions when I was growing up in the seventies. I loved it because it was fun to dip all kinds of different food into the fondue. Apparently fondue was a passing fad with my family, because I only remember having it …

I make a lot of Mexican entrees, but I’m always unsure about what to serve on the side. I wanted to find a good side dish to serve with tacos and enchiladas, so I started looking for recipes. The Favorite Brand Name Simple 1-2-3 One Dish cookbook …

Well everyone knows how to make a soup. No big deal you will say, but to get a quality soup one needs some experience
and to know a few secrets about it. I used this soup recipe for over 25 years and during this time I have improved it.
I tried different …

Coconut rice is a very easy and very tasty to eat kind of recipe which my husband likes a lot. Even I love to prepare it because it is very easy to make and needs very less ingredients.
Ingredients:
Rice one cup, 2 cups of coconut milk, some spices …

I am not a big lamb fan, and even when it is prepared by gourmet chefs at fancy restaurants, it is just not my first choice. The only place that I can truly say I enjoyed lamb was in Morocco, because the dishes they cook their generally cook all …

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 …

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 …

For a while, I have been experimenting with a relatively simple although fairly tasty recipe creation that I would like to share. If you like garlic and cheese, I think this recipe may be one that you will like. First of all, you will need bread. Pick any kind …

I love anything that has pumpkin in it, so I knew I had to make this recipe for Pumpkin Crunch Cake when I found it. I found it in the Favorite Brand Name Bake Sale Cookbook. I thought the recipe looked interesting, because I haven’t seen a …

These caramel brownies are too die for. My grandma gave me this recipe yeas ago, and it is one of the first desserts I learned how to make. I remember my grandma and I in the kitchen baking these brownies together. The dough is even better than …

The first time I tried tasting this dish was when my husband cooks it for me one time. He got this recipe from his mom and he tried making it at home. I must admit that this is the nicest macaroni I’ve ever tasted in my life, …

If you love to picnic, you will love this recipe. It is perfect for taking to family gatherings and is so easy to make. Simply mix the following ingredients together.
2 15 ounce cans dark red kidney beans that have been drained (I also rinse my with cold …

One of my family’s absolute favorite foods to get at the fair is deep fried ice cream. I have tried to make it for my kids before and it was an absolute mess. I quit making it for a while, but they started asking for it again so I went …

I love meatloaf because I think it’s a classic affordable meal. Although I love making it and eating it, I don’t think there’s one perfect recipe for it. I think meatloaf is a dish that’s meant to be experimented with, so I’m always looking for different meatloaf …

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 …

If you are expecting some visitors on a special dinner, here is one meal I would like to suggest, and hope you would trust me on this. I have help dinners on special occasions, and parties, and picnics, and I do all the cooking, so I somewhat know which …

This is a wonderful recipe for if you are trying to loose weight, maintain weight, or just want something fun and different to eat in the home or office pot luck.
I love Pink Stuff because not only because it is super easy to make but tastes like it …

Ingredients:
Half liter milk and some fine quality rice of about 250 grams, and take some sugar(may be 250 grams), now finally take some ghee (4 table spoons of melted butter) and some finely chopped nuts according to your choice to garnish it with.
Method:
Now first of all wash the rice and …

I made this recipe because I had heard so much about it. If you have ever watched the tv show 19 kids and counting than you have heard of this, it is one of their favorites. I have also read about this recipe a few places and …

To prepare Delicious Coconut Rice you need to have following ingredients
. one coconut
. 1 cup of rice
. 10 long green chillies
. 2 cloves
. ½ inch cinnamon stick
. one big onion
. 2 teaspoon garlic-ginger paste
. ½ cup of vegetable oil
. few coriander leaves
. salt as per taste.
Extracting Coconut milk:
.Break the …

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 …

Tuna Casserole. Tuna Casserole is a tasty and filling dish that is very easy to make. You will need 1 pack of egg noodles, 2 cans of tuna (in water), 1 can of peas & onion, and 2 cans of cream of mushroom soup. Boil the noodles and drain. …

It’s rainy season once again and a bowl of hot soup will definitely soothe the senses and put you in a very relaxed mood. While it’s raining cats and dogs outside, I always make it a point to share a steaming bowl of soup to everyone in the family. …