When my wife was pregnant with our second child, she had cravings for anything pickled, so my mum gave me a recipe for me to do and it is so easy to do.
All you need is
About two kg of baby aubergines
1 large bunch of parsley chopped finely
2 whole garlic …

If you’re tired of eating ready-cooked brownies or baked goodies that doesn’t really give out the flavour it promises, then I guess it’s time to make your own. I am a carbo-craver and a cook myself, so I don’t find it hard to satisfy my cravings.
However, the things …

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 …

Macaroni salad has gone a lot of modifications and this recipe is one of those. I got this when this was published with the Lady’s Choice advertisement.I tested this last Christmas. Below is the recipe and my opinion about it.
Ingredients:
700 ml Lady’s Choice Mayonnaise
1 1/2 packs elbow macaroni 200 …

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, …

1 lb trout fillets
4 eggs
3 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons snipped parsley
Salt, pepper
Put the butter on a preheated frying pan, let it melt and warm up until its bubbly. Place the trout fillets into the butter and roast on high heat, flipping, until crust forms on both sides. When done, remove …

Butter paratha is the Indian flat bread and it is a very good break fast and also very easy to prepare. It needs only a few ingredients. And it is also a whole some food which is very nutritious.
Ingredients:
2 cups of wheat flour, water to make the …

After visiting Italy and Croatia last year, I developed a taste for antipasto. I found that the small servings of antipasto before a meal were perfect appetizers, and so out of the ordinary. I tried to find various recipes of dishes I had sampled in Europe, but this recipe …

Bread omlet is a very interesting recipe and very nutritional one too. It is very ideal recipe to have it for the breakfast.
Ingredients:
2-3 pieces of bread, 2 eggs, green chilly chopped, salt to taste, onion 2 tea spoons chopped, oil to grease it on the pan.
Method:
Make the small …

I am a huge mushroom fan-I put them in every dish I possibly can, and I write down or print off every recipe with mushrooms in it that I can find. I was at a friend’s house last weekend and was helping her set up for a party. She …

I was not a big fan of blueberry pancakes in the beginning, but after tasting a friends blueberry pancakes, I had got hook on them. I was just the simple buttermilk pancake eater and never wanted to try other styles and taste of pancakes, but this one is really …

Ingredients:
Cauli flower one medium sized, tomato sauce one bottle, 10 -12 garlic cloves chopped, ginger finely chopped, 2 big sized onions finely chopped, corn flour 2 cups, Soya sauce, salt to taste, Maida flour one cup, and oil to deep fry.
Method:
Now make the small pieces of cauli flower and wash …

Shepaka, as the name may suggest is a mix of Shepherds pie and Moussaka. The beauty of it, as with many recipes, is it’s flexibility, being able to add or swap parts of the recipe and also the way of cooking it.
It is a layered dish and you must …

Chicken Pandan is originally a Thai dish. It uses the aromatic benefits of pandan to infiltrate the chicken for a more tender and flavorful feast. In my country, it has been localized though I preferred the original Thai way. Here’s the recipe:
Ingredients:
1 kg. Chicken ( make …

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 …

I think this is a sweet after mouth after a dinner and I have prepared this before; roughly from the TV that I watched and I inspired some of my own ingredients to make a delicious bake bits.
Ingredients:
Butter-flavored vegetable oil cooking spray
Canned pumpkin
Granulated sugar
Large egg whites
All-purpose flour
Baking powder
Baking soda
Ground …

I always end up with left over bananas. And since I don’t want to waste food, I always turn them into something else like banana milk shake, banana pancakes and banana bread. Among these, Banana Bread is my favorite. Aside from the fact that it saves my bananas, other …

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 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 …

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 …

I’m going through a SERIOUS Banana & Ginger Soya Smoothie phase at the moment - well, it’s more than a moment, it’s more like a couple of months! It’s a pretty basic recipe, only takes a couple of minutes - so I thought I’d share it with the world!
WHAT …

Let me share you the delight of eating Philippine dishes!
I love home made snacks and delicacies and other Philippine dishes. My number one favorite is Pork in Sour Broth (Pork Sinigang). I know how to cook it but my boyfriend’s dad can do it better and I love eating …

This is a Halloween recipe that I find goes over well with family and friends. It is spooky and tasty, as well as nutritious. For this recipe, you will need the following items and foods: a medium-sized bowl, green food coloring, vegetable dip, carrots of both the medium and …

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 …

The Lassi is a very famous and popular north Indian drink which is prepared using the buttermilk or even with the curd. It is the ideal drink to have in the hot sunny days. This takes very few ingredients to prepare and it also takes just a …

Ingredients (for two people)
1/2 kg tuna fish
1/2 apple, peeled & chopped
1 teaspoon of Apple juice
1/2 table spoon coriander powder
1/2 teaspoon cumin powder
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
1 table spoon chilli powder
1/2 teaspoon garam masala powder
1 tea spoon lemon juice
1 onion
1 big tomato
fresh coriander leaves
1 onion - minced
1 big tomato …

This recipe has been passed down from my grandmother to my mother and then to me and my brothers. I’ve never heard of anyone else making tacos quite like this.
You will need:
4 cups of oil
salt to taste
2 cups shredded cheddar
2 cups diced tomatoes
2 cups shredded lettuce
3 pounds thawed …

Pumpkin 500 gm (fresh)
Besan 100 gm
Salt 1 teaspoon
Oil to fry
Water
Method:
Take Besan in a vessel
Add one cup of water in it and mix it well
Add Salt and stir well and keep it
Clean Pumpkin in normal clean water and peel it
Slice the cleaned pumpkin in to small pieces
Dip the sliced pumpkin into …

Are you tired of the usual spaghetti dinner? Do you want another way to feed your family pasta? I do. So I made this Penne and Meatball recipe to make a little twist on my family’s favorite dish. It is easy and very simple. All the ingredients are easy …

Though we really have no leftovers when it comes to chocolate cakes, I really left four slices when we once bought just to try this chocolate cake mousse. But since this recipe (I also found this in our cookbook) requires a lot of different kinds of …

This receipe is very easy to make and kids will like it.I used to prepare this during festive time.
Ingredients Needed:
1.vermicelli(broken)—1/2 cup
2.Milk— 1 cup
3.Sugar—1 cup
4.Ghee—2 tbs
5.cardomom—3 pods
6.cashew and raisins
Procedure for Preparation:
Fry the vermicelli in ghee .Until the broken vermicelli becomes golden color,fry it.Try to keep the flame as small as …

My roommate and I were famished one night, when we realized we had an easy solution right before our eyes. All you need to make a large quantity of a filling, nutritious meal is the following:
1 box of dry pasta (I suggest Barilla Plus pasta, the wheat penne)
1 …

I was reading my local newspaper the other day, and I found a recipe that my husband wanted to try so badly that he made it that very night. The article said that it is from a new cookbook on Provencal cuisine, called The Provencal Cookbook: Shop, Cook, and …

When I was married 5 years back, I got many gifts by my friends relative and my colleagues. I like most of the gifts and I am also using those gifts even now. One of such a good gift is the pressure cooker. My aunty presented …

Japanese egg tofu tastes great, but eating it in the same way all the time does get boring.
That’s before I come across this recipe.
To make deep fried egg tofu, you will need:
1 piece of Japanese egg tofu
100g diced prawns
100g fish paste
1 tablespoon …

I found this recipe for Brownie Kiss Cups in the Favorite Brand Name Bake Sale Cookbook. I found it under the “Best-Selling Brownies” section. At the time, I was looking for a simple chocolate dessert recipe that I could make for a picnic I was attending, and …

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 …

I am of the opinion that blue cheese goes with every type of food, and it is the perfect accompaniment to salads to make them more exciting and tastier. I often just crumble blue cheese on a regular green or spinach salad, because I dislike plain, boring salads, so …

I admit to not really liking duck as far as food goes. I am unsure whether I have just had it so rarely that I haven’t found a dish that I like, or whether the thought of eating an animal that I think is cute is somehow not my …

Ingredients:
Toor dal 150gm
Spinach one bunch
Chilli powder - 1 teas poon
Tamarind pulp-2 teaspoons
Turmeric powder - little
Salt as per taste
Garlic 4 flakes
Red chilli …

Anything to do with oysters always has my interest. I love oysters-fresh, smoked, cooked, baked or even just raw. I like Malpeque oysters the best, but there are several types of oysters that can be used in a variety of different ways. When it comes to oyster recipes, I …

The secret of this recipe comes from a professional chef who had told me one simple thing: in order to make sure your ribs turn out soft, you need to boil them first. So, here is the process: boil the ribs for 30 to 45 minutes, depending on the …

When I began taking up culinary arts as a hobby, I was fortunate enough to find a website online that helps people new to cooking and provides the fundamentals to help me become a success in the kitchen.
The website is maintained by a professional chef named Danilo Alfaro. He …

I was looking for a soup recipe that was suitable for a cold winter’s day that was tasty and satisfying. A friend gave me this recipe originally as a diet soup. Made of mostly vegetables it was very low in calories and quite tasty. Another friend …

One of my family’s favorite treats is fried Vidalia onion rings. However, I have always had trouble getting the batter and the frying down pat so my onion rings are usually always mushy. I saw this recipe online and I decided to try it to see how it worked. Actually, …

Do you love to eat Baked Salmon Fillet? I do, sometimes and instead of the normal fish fillet types of fish, sometimes eating a Baked Salmon Fillet menu is a fresh change.
It ain’t that hard to make this menu as well. You need a good amount of flour, …

I am a huge soup fan; I love eating it, and I even enjoy making it, because I always make a huge batch, freeze it in one or two portion sizes, and pack it for lunches for my family. I find that most soups taste even better after being …