This is a great side dish that will go well with just about any meal. You can always double the receipe if you want it as the main course for a family. I have made this often and everyone always raves about it! You will need the following ingredients;
2 …

Here is another recipe given which is not only tasty, at the same time very healthy and nutritious. It is best suitable for those who diet.
Ingredients:
Cucumber 2 big size, onion - chopped, tomato 2 medium chopped, corn flakes 2 cups, salt to taste, taste maker 1 spoon, lemon …

There is a backlash these days against eating pâté, but I must confess that I haven’t yet jumped on that bandwagon. I serve and eat it as a treat, usually once of twice a year during the holidays, and more often than not, my guests are all over it. …

The kids who do not like to eat the vegetable for them, the paratha roll with vegetable is the ideal food, which can be prepared for the breakfast. It is very tasty, easy to prepare and takes very less amount of time for preparation.
Ingredients: wheat flour …

I have to admit that I’m one of those people who have never been to a state fair or carnival, but somehow I have managed to get my hands on the funnel cake that is served there. There was a restaurant of some sort that used to be located …

The following is another great recipe from the Hotter than Hell recipe book by Jane Butel. This one takes a bit of time to cut up all of the vegetables, but the cooking time is very fast. One tip that I have discovered from cooking this is not to …

This recipe everyone like especially kids and also adults. I usually make them for my kids’ birthday parties. It’s easy to make and fun. And yummy too! Here’s the recipe:
INGREDIENTS:
1 packet of Marie biscuits
1 cup coconut (crushed)
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 tin condensed milk
METHOD:
1. Crush biscuits
2. Mix all ingredients together
3. Roll …

I have tried looking for recipes of finger foods. I have this quest to be well-rounded in terms of my cooking skills. I patterned this recipe from Cosmopolitan magazine.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup olive oil
6 large garlic heads, peeled
24 1/2 inch thick slices baguette, cut at a 45-degree angle
1 …

My sister taught me how to cook a recipe that she actually learned from our mother. She is the eldest in the brood so while I was still young and was only playing she was in the kitchen helping my mother and hence was able to learn all the …

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 …

A couple days ago, I decided to make bran flax muffins according to the recipe from allrecipes.com. The recipe was rating really high and had almost 300 reviews, so I thought… why not to try it out? But honestly I was not too impressed. I mean they are ok …

Lapu Lapu is one of the famous variety of fish in my country. It is named after a local hero who killed Magellan, the Spanish invader. This recipe was provided by Knorr as part of its promotion. There are several ways on how to cook this fish and this …

I was first introduced to dishes containing fresh and dried figs when my husband took a cooking class and came home with several recipes. I had never even tried figs before, but their flavour is wonderful, especially when combined with certain meats and cheeses. I had for some reason …

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. …

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 …

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 …

I personally love to eat cotton candy and so does my kids. It has been a favorite of mines since being a little kid going to carnivals and functions. There is just something about the taste that keep you wanting to eat more of it. It is very addicting …

The sambar is the recipe of the kind of side dish, which is mainly used to eat it with the plane boiled rice. It is also eaten with the idly (for which I have given the recipe in my earlier reviews). The sambar is the mostly liked …

I always wanted to prepare vegetable salad plus some kind of meat for our meals. I just got tired of putting chicken or salmon on it. This time I tried putting breaded shrimp and I must say that it turned out pretty good. This is indeed one of the …

These chicken patties are not hard to make, and they turn out soft and tasty, much better than just frying a chicken breast. The ingredients I am going to list will make 5 medium-sized or 6-7 smaller patties, which is usually enough for 2 adults and a child. If …

The roasted brinjol with curd is a very easy recipe, which even the kids, can prepare. This takes very less amount of ingredients and we are also using the curd for this recipe, and those who like the sour taste of curd for such people this is going …

I love to try and cook different things especially fish. Fish is my favourite food and I would to tell you how to do one of my all time favourite dishes, which is, fried mussels and beer. It is so simple to make and it tastes so …

When I’m at the mall, the aroma of freshly baked cookies coming from the food court is usually almost irresistible. Every once in a while I’ll buy a couple of cookies, but they’re usually outrageously priced, so I always feel guilty about splurging later. Recently when I …

Friends today I am going to share one of my favorite recipe with you, it is a very delicious dish, and it is very healthy too, and the best thing is that it can be prepared very easily. The dish is called “Steamed Fish”. I make this dish in …

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 have always had a love for baking. I think it stemmed from my mother because any time some one in the family had a birthday, every one wanted mom to make one of her cakes. Her frosting always turned out and was to die for.
Well, I …

Are you tired of the same food you have on the fridge every day? Are you so much into microwavable and instant foods? I bet you don’t want to eat out as often as you want to either. Well who doesn’t want to eat out, but it’s our pockets …

Basundi is the dessert which is made of the milk. It is very tasty and creamy dessert which hardly takes a few ingredients and is very simple one.
Ingredients:
One liter milk, cardamom powder, finely chopped cashew nuts, sugar, and some edible saffron color.
Method:
First of all heat the pan and …

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 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 …

Before we had our two children, my wife and I went to grease and had a great time with great food and great wine. one of our favourite starters was called Avgolemono which means egg and lemon. It is a soup and my wife tried it one night, …

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 …

One of my favorite foods to cook would have to be lasagna. I love it! There is nothing better than pasta, cheese, and meat. If you are looking for something fairly easy to cook for dinner one night,then you should try this recipe out. It doesn’t take long either. …

Grilled food is not good but I have a good recipe for occasional cravings. My homemade Barbeque is delicious and I have incorporated homestyle spices which would suit every individual who wants to have a weekend barbeque party.
Ingredients:
1 Kilogram Pork Liempo ( Belly )
1/2 cup soy …

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, …

I think that Broccoli and Tofu Stir Fry is one of the easiest food on the planet to make, no doubt about that. Even my younger brother knows how to prepare this during his ‘home-alone’ days.
If you are health conscious, stick to using vegetable oil only. …

I am always looking for creative and new things to do with vegetables, because I don’t find vegetables all that exciting, but they are good for you, so I try to eat them daily. Always looking for recipes for vegetables, I recently got one from my Italian friend, for …

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, …

I love makeing gifts for my family and friend. A day in the kitchen with my kids makeing Chili Salsa from the tomatoes, peppers, and onions we have grown in are garden can’t be beat as a gift to my children in family values. This recipe is easy and …

To prepare this delicious curry to take with hot plain rice , you need to have Pakodi (available in Bakery, sweet stalls, hotels) or you can prepare it at home.
Preparation of Pakodi
1.Take 250 gm of Bengal gram powder (basin) and mix it with enough water and make loose …

Capsicum is a very nutritional vegetable and it is very good for our health. I know many recipies which can be made using the capsicum, here is an interesting recipe and I hope u will like it.
Ingredients:
Capsicum 250 grams chopped medium size, 2 big onions chopped medium size, …

Clearly one of the simplest salads of all to make is the cucumber salad. With only a few ingredients, you can really add a lot of zest to a common dish. This simple recipe calls for only a few ingredients: cucumbers, red peppers, …

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 …

The vegetable kurma is a side dish, which suits best with all kinds of roties and nons or even with the bread. It also proves to be very good combination with the plane rice. This dish is spicy and delicious to eat.
Ingredients: finely chopped carrot, French …

If you’ve ever dined at a restaurant, you would have noticed the servers don’t just bring you ordinary butter. The butter usually has some sort of herb or spices mixed in to add flavor to your steak, chicken, fish, vegetables, or savory item you’ve ordered from the menu.
Compound butters …

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 …