I am a fan of Chowking Spicy Chao Fan, but because I live far from Butuan city where the only Chowking fast food chain is located in our province, I decided to create my own version of Spicy Chao Fan so to satisfy my occasional craving.
Chinese Chao …

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 …

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 …

This is a very interesting recipe and something different and yet very nutritious recipe.
Ingredients:
One cup of raw rice, mix vegetable chopped according to your choice, chopped onion one, chopped tomato one, garam masala 1 tea spoon, salt to taste and some green chilly chopped to taste, and finally 4 …

We call this dish “Porcupines” in our family, because these meatballs have rice in them and, well, kinda look like cute little porcupines. You will need:
1 lb of hamburger meat
1 egg
1/2 cup of instant rice
1 can of tomato soup
some water and salt
Thaw the meat, add the egg, rice, 1/3 …

Baked Chicken Teriyaki is not that hard to make once you get the hang around it.
First important step is to get your pieces of chicken meat. I love to use chicken thighs and chicken breasts for this type of recipe. You need ingredients like black pepper, …

Last Friday I was at home and I realised there was nothing else to eat for dinner except some frozen fish fillet in the fridge. Since I usually hate fish with a passion, I decided it would be best to google a recipe I have not tried before to …

In the following I will present another receipe harvested from the local folklore. I have prepared it several times
and each time I learned something new. It is especially about the prior preparation prior of the game (specifically the rabbit).
which I learned on to, let’s say, my own skin.
You must skin …

I am easily bored with vegetables and salads, but am always trying to get more servings of vegetables and fruits into my diet. I found this recipe in a cook book my mom had in her house, called Inspired by Ingredients, when I asked her if she had any …

This is a snack like thing as well as could be taken as breakfast also. It can be prepared very easily in very less time and it tastes excellent. I like this a lot and it is mouthwatering when I think of it. It is good …

After mastering Beef Taco salad, one thing I was excited about is Burritos. I often purchase a small serving of it in a local mall and I have my own recipe for it too. I also love burrito as a snack because it contains meat but not as heavy …

I had my wisdom teeth taken out and I needed to eat something that was smooth and light enough for me to eat. I was kind of picky on the soups I wanted to eat and this recipe has been the best one I have tried so far. The …

Ingredients:
Take one kg chicken which is cut in to pieces, half cup of black pepper corns, half tea spoon turmeric powder and salt according to taste. 5-7 cloves of garlic and some curry leaves, 3 tomatoes chopped and one big onion sliced, one tea spoon coriander powder, 5 cloves, …

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 …

One of our favourite meals is a sweet and sour courgette, and we normally serve it with pork, but any meat will do. We enjoy this dish either hot or cold.
For the sweet and sour courgettes this will serve up to 6 people you will need the following:
900g …

You will need 2-3 small zucchinis or 1 large one, 2 eggs, some flour, salt, and vegetable oil. Peel and grate zucchinis (if you are using a large one, remove the seeds before grating). Add the eggs and some salt and mix. I don’t have the exact amount of …

I just love Burrito Wraps very much. The flour-taste, the tortillas, I should think and the juicy and nice meat inside are just so, so awesome. I love Burrito Wraps of any kind; be it a home-made one or the ones which I buy from restaurants or at …

This recipe is very simple, but it offers something different from your usual breakfast. It’s great for college students who need something very quick and super easy that will still give them energy for the day.
Ingredients: Scrambled eggs, chedder cheese, American cheese slices, garlic powder, minced onions (in the …

One of my favorite appetizers is the spinach dip that my aunt usually brings to family events. It’s a cold dip served in a hollowed out round loaf of bread. Collectively, I think my family has a lot of great recipes, but I like my aunt’s spinach …

I found this recipe for Blueberry Cheesecake Bars in the Favorite Brand Name Bake Sale Cookbook. I was perusing the cookbook for recipes I’ve never tried, and the combination of blueberries and cheesecake in a bar sounded really good. I was also drawn in by the photograph …

I enjoy cooking with potatoes, and I’ve tried lots of potato recipes over the years, but I had never tried to make my own potato salad until recently. I used to just buy containers of it from my grocery store’s deli. I finally decided to try making …

This recipe for homemade fries is one of my guilty pleasures. It’s the result of my experiments using recipes I found online for making fast food fries at home. My original goal was to try to duplicate a recipe I found for making McDonald’s fries at home. …

Pastitsada
This is the favourite dish of the Corfiot people on Corfu island of Greece. If you ever visit Corfu, go to one of the local-traditional tavernas and try it. The locals usually cook it on Sundays (and quite spicy)where all the family is gathered around the table and …

The payasam is a traditional sweet dish that is prepared in every Indian house during the festivals or for any such occasions. It is also known as kheer. This is also very tasty and the milk is the main ingredient used in it.
Ingredients: milk 4 big glasses, …

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 …

This is a tasty Indian chuney which suits well for Idlis, dosas (pancakes), as well as rotis.
Ingredients:
Onions-3
Ripe red tomatoes-4 of medium size
Red chillies-6
Salt
Oil
Curry leaves
Mustard sedds-1 spoon
Cumin-1/2 spoon
Blackgram-1/2 spoon
Haldi-1/4 spoon
Method:
Heat 5-6 spoons of oil in a pan. Fry onion pieces and red chillies in the oil till the onion …

The Bangan bhartha is a very special and popular dish in north India and it is liked by most of the Indians. It is very simple and the preparation needs less time.
Ingredients: Brinjol 3 big size, finely chopped tomato one cup, and finely chopped onion 1 cup, …

For the holiday season, I have been searching for some different salads and appetizers, something better and more unique than the usual boring fare. I found some interesting-sounding salads, and tried out a few last week. The biggest hit of all of the salads, and the one that I …

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 …

Chocolate Sponge Cake taste is light, airy and definitely delicious. To make this, you will need to make sure your vanilla essence is present. This is extremely important.
Use an all purpose flour for making this and also get your eggs ready as well, some sugar and …

I love the Weight Watchers Tomato and Basil Chicken and for a while they were on special offer in my local supermarket so I bought quite a few. However, they are back at full price now and I have had to devise a cheap and similarly low fat …

Are you planning anything special? A luncheon perhaps, or a wedding shower, a party… I would like to suggest including Heartland Layered Salad in your menu. It is an artful garden salad that I’m sure will please any crowd in any occasion.
This menu is best to be kept bright …

This is another way of cooking chicken. It is simple and less hassle compared to frying it. Most importantly it is not deep fry therefore more healthy.
Ingredients:
500g Chicken Breast, skinless, ground or sliced
50g Basil leaves
30g green and red chillies, sliced
1 1/2 tbsp. light soy sauce
1/4 cup oyster sauce
1 tsp. dark …

1 can of mushrooms
1 carrot
1 small onion (or a half of a larger one)
ring noodles (or any other kind of small, fine noodles)
Start boiling the water and, while it is getting to the boiling point, prepare the vegetables and the mushrooms. Dice the onion, peel and grate the carrots. …

I cook this recipe maybe three months ago. At that time, I am tired with spaghetti old recipe that sauced with all tomato things. Then I think that I want to make some spaghetti but not sauced with tomato, I am tired with this entire tomato recipe. So what …

Ingredients:
semolina(sooji) - 1cup(200gm)
onion - 2 medium size
tomato - 2 medium size
greenchilly - 3
ginger …

When I first had my amaretto sour at the ripe old age of 21, I like Carrie Bradshaw, had found my signature drink.
I love amaretto sours because even though they are alcoholic beverages they don’t taste like one, which is great for someone like me who don’t really drink …

If you are someone that is looking for a basic, mild salsa and would like to make your own, and thus get more salsa for your money as opposed to purchasing jars of it in the grocery store, it is not that difficult. This is the first salsa recipe …

I found some great recipes by Brandon Boone in a magazine the other day, and I promptly tried several of them. This following recipe was just for the sauce, and although the recipe did not call for this to be poured over pasta, I did use bowtie pasta with …

Egg wine is a very popular beverage in Japan, especially in winter when it gets very cold. I myself like this very much as it makes me feel warm and stronger every time I drink it. You can buy egg wine in supermarkets but you can make it yourself, …

Two nights ago, my husband craved for some seafood paella. Its been a year since we last ate one. So the following day, I went to Walmart and check out some of the basic ingredients of Seafood Paella and I am lucky that its just a one-stop grocery and I …

I have always had a love for baking stemming back to my childhood. I’m guessing it came from the Mennonites in the family, as they are very well known for their cooking and baking. I tried many banana bread recipes before I found the perfect one. I use this …

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 …

One of my favorite desserts is mango float. It is because it is just light and not heavily sugared compared to a full slice of brownie or the ala mode version. It is just light and more so, the only thing sinful is just a small doze of all …

This Halloween recipe is really very simple and sweet. Better yet, the source of the sweetness does not come from chocolate or candy or any other typical Halloween treat. This recipe calls for dried fruit and dried fruit has a natural sweetness to it that helps make this snack …

“Mackrel Rundown” is a traditional Jamaican recipe which I think might have originated from the African slaves in the days of slavery. I first heard about it when I was about six, when a teacher read a Jamaican riddle to my class where the answer was “rundown”. When she …