I love fruit salads. It is a great meal without any guilt after you eat it. There are conventional combinations that I know but later on it makes it too plain for your taste. One of the things I wanted to concentrate on is to focus on two fruits and …

I made this recipie quite often and every body enjoys
Preparation time: 25 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Servings : 4
I /1.2 kg : chicken, quartered pieces
to pasts : ground black pepper
2 …

This recipe for Mushroom-Beef Stew came from the Favorite Name Brand Simple 1-2-3 One Dish cookbook. I decided to make it simply because the recipe looked like it would be extremely easy to make, plus I like beef and I love mushrooms. The directions call for this …

This is an amazing Italian dinner, with a delicious twist of tastes. There really aren’t any specific measurements, but I will provide a general idea. It is more about what suites your tastes.
1 lb. boneless, skinless chicken breast, cut into strips
3/4 cup parmesan cheese, ground (not shredded)
1/2 cup parmesan …

I have another interesting vegetable salad recipe, but here we are only using the tomatoes. The tomatoes contain a lot of C vitamin and they are very good for our health too.
Ingredients: red tomatoes 3 big size sliced, salt to taste, chat masala to taste, white …

Earlier this year my husband I took our kids and a few of their friends to the Georgia State Fair. One of the main things that my girls wanted was a large funnel cake. Well they got one, but they were over $5 and they were tiny. We were all …

Ingredients :
Rice - 400g
Coconut (grated) - 1 cup
urad dhal - 2tbsp
red chillies - 3
ghee - 1tbsp
mustard seeds
cashew nuts - 10
curry leaves
salt
asafoetida
Method :
1. Fry grated coconut, red chillies, urad dhal in ghee till it becomes golden brown.
2. Wash rice and cook it. Allow it to cool.
3. Fry mustard seeds, asafoetida, …

A lot of the pizza places and the majority of sub shops I’ve been to serve their own versions of an Italian sub. I like ordering Italian subs, because even though I never know exactly what’s going to be in them, they’re usually filled with a lot of …

I created my own recipe for chicken pot pie one night when I was trying to make a meal out of leftovers. I had two large cooked chicken breasts from the previous night, and I was trying to figure out how to make them stretch so I could …

There are different methods into making a nice and delicious scrambled eggs. Here is my version, and I think it rates around 8 or 9; really depending on my mood and the amount of eggs and cheese that I use. Also, water element is pretty important and lately …

This is a sauce made of mint leaves, which can be used as tomato sauce. This is also a very tasty recipe and is very easy to prepare.
Ingredients:
Mint leaves one bunch, tamarind pulp and salt to taste, 4 green chilly paste, sugar 4 teaspoons, and some tastemaker according …

I found this recipe watching a Japanese tv show. It’s a quick and easy way to make custard cream. No more tedious constant stirring over the stove top.
Ingredients:
1 tbsp pancake mix(key ingredient)
3 tbsp granulated sugar
2 egg yolks
150 cc(150ml) milk
How to make:
1)Mix all the ingredients together into a …

The sweet mango pickle is also called as mango thokku. It is very popular in south india. This pickes is little salty, little tangy and also little sweet. It is a good combination with the roasted bread and the rice. It can also be tasted with …

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 …

It’s Delicious and Simple. With spring around the corner, it’s time to get out those healthy quick and refreshing recipes, put away the crock pot, and enjoy outdoor picnics and bbq’s.
This recipe, can be varied according to your own taste buds, my sister gave it to me and …

Ingredient:
Pudina leaves 4 branches (fresh)
Green chillies 25 gm (fresh)
Yoghurt 2 Kg
Chat Masala 1 teaspoon
Salt to taste
Method:
Pluck and clean Pudina leaves with normal clean water
Take Pudina leaves, Green chillies and Salt in a dish and mix them and grind them together into a fine paste and keep it
Take Yoghurt in …

This recipe is one of my favorites and it’s very easy to make. In Greece, we usually make this food on 25th March which is a national and religious celebration and the main dish of the day is fish, usually cod. Either fried, boiled or cooked. On that …

I really like stuffed peppers, but I was always afraid to make them, because I thought it would be too difficult. I’ve just always counted on my mother to make them for me, because she has a lot more patience than I do in the kitchen. I …

Here is a fun and tasty recipe I created last week. It was a big hit.The kids loved it, so I guess it’s a keeper. I call it Taco spaghetti. I had made Taco’s and had a lot of meat left over, so I decided the next nite to …

Ingredients:
4 Medium size Eggs
1 can Tomato Sauce
1 teaspoon Mustard seeds
2-3 steam curry leaves
1 tblspoon Sour Cream Or Yogurt
Salt to taste
1 Teaspoon Red chillie Powder
1 Teaspoon Turmeric powder
1 green chillies finely chopped
1 tablespoon Oil
Cilantro for garnishing
Method:
Take some oil in a pan and mustard seeds and curry leaves and let it …

I never thought I would be a Tilapia eater. Tilapia is a fish and never knew that until I work for a demo company sampling food. I am a picky eater so if it look gross then I won’t try it. Since I was doing demos I decided to …

A very famous Filipino recipe, this is one of the best main dish for me because it saves a lot of money and its very healthy, a dish full of vegetables you can add pork if you want make the taste more palatable. It is very simple to cook …

Carrot halwa is a very nutritious and tasty indian sweet dish. Carrot is very important for growing children. For children who do not like to eat carrot either raw or cooked, you can try giving this sweet dish and they will ask you more.
Ingredients required:
Carrot - 1/2 …

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 …

This recipe, Cocoa Milk Cake is very yummy and cocoa taste-like that I am already salivating just thinking about it. I think young teenagers would even find making this easy and interesting. Here are the basic rules.
You need flour, of course and depends how much that you want …

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 …

This recipe is for chicken fans who enjoy the broccoli flavor. I personally don’t like broccoli very much, but in this dish it tastes rather good.
For 4 servings, you will need 4 medium size chicken breasts, 1 can of Campbell’s cream of chicken soup, 1 pack of shredded Cheddar …

It is a very simple side dish made using the fresh pees and cottage cheese.
Ingredients:
100 grams of fresh pees, cottage cheese 100 grams, garam masala, green chilly paste and salt to taste, ginger garlic paste 1 tea spoon, the paste of boiled onion and tomato 1 cup. Some water …

I found this recipe for Oatmeal Butterscotch Cookies in the Favorite Brand Name Bake Sale Cookbook under the “Chock-Full of Chips” section. At the time, I wanted to make cookies, but I wanted to make something a little unusual. I usually make oatmeal cookies with raisins, and …

Having sweet potato casserole is a fantastic side dinner for your completed meal. It has the best ingredients and it is a perfect southern dish. You can also prepare this with yams instead but I like it better with the sweet potatoes. If yo do want to use yams …

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 …

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 …

Ingredient:
Milk 500 ml
Saboo 250 gm
Sugar 200 gm
Egg 1 piece
Raisins 20 gm
Vanilla Flavouring half teaspoon
Water
Method:
Take water in a vessel and heat it up on medium flame
Add Saboo in it
Boil it for 10 minutes on medium flame
Throw the extra water and keep the boiled Saboo in a dish
Add Egg and Sugar …

A friend of mine who completed Culinary School several years ago recently gave me her copy of On Cooking: A Textbook of Culinary Fundamentals, second edition, as she had purchased the fourth edition of this book. All of the information in the second edition is still relevant today, …

Although I am a huge seafood fan, I am a bit ambivalent about trout. Yes, I
have caught a rainbow or cutthroat trout and then fried and eaten it that night, but compared to salmon, halibut, tuna and cod, I find trout to be less tasty and quite dry. However, …

Almost everybody I know love to eat Fried Shrimp. And there’s different methods that you can choose to cook this. And one of the best that I love would be considered very convenient and easy to do.
You will need olive oil or vegetable oil. I’m all for …

Ingredients :
Bengal gram dhal -1 cup
Onions - 2
For the gravy :
Onions - 4 (cut into thin long pieces)
Garlic - 2
Tomatoes - 1/4 kg
(Blanch in hot water, remove the skin and make it into a paste)
Grind together :
Onion - 1
Ginger - 1 inch piece
Garlic - 4 flakes
Red chillies - …

This recipe Wholemeal Bread Chocolate Ice Cream is perhaps one of the easiest snack or dessert to make. This was taught by my boyfriend and I have picked up the tab since from him and he loves it every time I make this for him.
First of all, get some …

When I was pregnant with our first child I used to crave anything pickled, my Mom gave me a recipe for Tiny Pickled Tomatoes which I loved, I had the same craving second time around as well.
You will need the following list of ingredients to make the tiny pickled …

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 …

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 …

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 …

My sister loves this Bagel with Cream Cheese dessert or snack very much, I couldn’t really understand why. Sometimes when my mom is on a night shift, she would ask me to prepare this.
Here are the steps. Buy some bagels and I usually get mine at Cold Storage …

I am not a potato salad fan, even in the summer when everyone serves it. I find it boring, bland and rarely tasty. I was complaining about this to a friend, and wishing that I liked this because it would be a good salad to serve when green or …

1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
cinnamon sugar
cinnamon chips (optional)
I am sort of a spice addict, so when I found out there were cinnamon cookies that don’t taste like snicker doodles I was immediately all over trying them. This …