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 …

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 …

This is an old family favorite recipe that my grandmother used for any fruit cobbler. It was always so easy to remember because most of the ingredients were 1 cup of flour, sugar and milk, then one stick of butter melted and one large can of fruit or one …

This is a quick recipe for a tasty appetizer called in our family “Garlic Mushrooms On A Toast.” The dish is good as a quick snack for two, and also works well as an appetite teaser for larger companies.
We use regular champignon mushrooms sold in grocery store, nothing …

I created this dish based on a recipe I read on the back of a Stove Top Stuffing mix box. The recipe called for stuffing (obviously), some mixed vegetables, and chicken breast. The recipe itself is very simple. But my version, the Autumn Chicken bake …

Milk pudding is a wonderful and easiest recipe, which I make very often at my home and all the members of my family love to teat it. it is very tasty and just tastes like milk and is very good to eat. Here is the procedure:
Take a …

Ingredients :
Bread slices - 6
Gram flour - 1/4 cup
Rice flour - 2 tbsp
salt
Chilli powder - 1/4 tsp
Garam masala powder - 1/4 tsp
Grated onions - 1 cup
To Grind :
Green chillies - 3nos
Coriander leaves - 1 small bunch
salt
Ginger - small piece
Method :
1. Cut bread slices into 4 small pieces
2. To the …

Peeled and sliced kiwis (about 3 large)
Peeled and cubed mango (about 1 medium)
Peeled and sliced bananas (about 2 small)
Peeled and cubed papaya (about 1 very small)
Hulled and sliced fresh ripe strawberries
Unsweetened grated fresh coconut or unsweetened or sweetened flaked coconut
Fresh orange juice
Orange-flavored liquid syrup
This dish personally to me is …

I’m a huge fan of pizza in general, and I love to experiment with different homemade pizza recipes. I’ve been hooked on Boboli pizza crusts for years, but until recently I didn’t think to check their website for recipe ideas. I used to top my Boboli crusts …

I was hosting a small get-together a few days ago, and I refused to make and serve the usual, boring appetizers and dips, the ones that are served at every home and office gathering. I also had a limited amount of time to spend cooking and preparing food, so …

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 …

I was looking for some lower calorie pasta recipes after the usual over-indulgence of the holidays, and I found a few, including the following one. This one replaces half of the pasta with thin strips of zucchini, and uses low-fat ricotta cheese. This is about 280 calories per serving …

Cooking time 15—20min
Oven temperature …

I think egg salad is one of those recipes that people just either love or hate. I love egg salad, but I don’t like buying it from the grocery store, because I never know how long it may have been sitting out unrefrigerated after it was made. …

This is by far the best bread I have ever tasted. It is slightly sweet and is best eaten warm with lots of butter or margarine if you are vegan. I usually serve it with preserves and jams. Compliments just run in when I give a loaf as a …

Perhaps the first that will come up when you put on the search keywords “free cooking recipes” will be this link: http://www.freecookingrecipes.net. That is on top of my list when I did search for a free recipe online. Believe it or not I had once searched a website instantly …

If you are looking for a really quick and easy recipe that you can prepare for lunch or even for a party, you will want to look into this one. The items you’ll need are : sliced deli turkey, feta cheese, red peppers, cucumbers, fresh dill, cream …

I asked my mom for some recipes for desserts to serve for guests over the holidays, and one of them that I tried recently, and was a big hit with the guests, was a delicious Orange Chocolate Mousse. The best part is that for a fancy dessert, it is …

Well Spring is here, and summer is close behind. It’s that time again to be thinking about our summer menu’s. I like to start BBQing as soon as the weather warms up. Having a backyard BBQ is my favorite thing to do. I enjoy inviting friends and family over …

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 …

Here is an interesting recipe made using brinjols please note it down
Ingredients:
Brinjol 4 big size, onion 2 big size finely chopped, 3 big sized tomatoes chopped, coriander leaves, salt to taste, red chilly powder to taste, - tea spoon turmeric powder, 1 spoon taste maker.
Method:
First of all deep fry …

I love extremely easy to cook dishes and snacks/delicacies, and here is a simple to make type of snack or dessert that you can serve for your family or guests. I call it my Pancakes on a Platter recipe.
Alright, you know the taste of pancakes, right? Very fluffy …

Grilled Steaks with Baked Potatoes is a nice, delicious and pretty fattening meal but once in a while, it is awesome to be eating this and taking a bit of a luxurious time to prepare this nice meal.
Get some nice meat around 3-4 pieces and this is enough for my …

I’m not much of a cook but there are times when I want to whip something up and prove to my family and friends that I too can be good at cooking or baking. So whenever I have guests around I always make it a point to serve something …

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 …

Ingredients :
Rice - 1cup
Carrot - 3
Onions - 2
Roasted peanuts- 2 tbsp
Oil - 2 tbsp
salt
cinnamon- 1 inch piece
clove - 3
To grind :
coriander seeds - 2 tsp
jeera - 1 tsp
Red chillies - 4
Grated coconut - 2 tbsp
Roast all the above in little oil and grind
Method :
1. Cut onions into small pieces
2. …

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 …

Family Living Hooray for Sweets 75 Easy Recipes is sold at the Dollar General for a $1 each. It is but one of several mini cookbooks full of simple inexpensive recipes that they sell. Having purchased a couple of the books in the series the Hooray for Sweets is …

While preparing for a pot luck dinner my classmates and I were having before class one night, I was wondering what it was I was going to bring. I had signed up to bring cookies, however I wanted to bring not just any old cookie. No way, I wanted …

Oreo Cheesecake is very delicious! I love it, and sometimes, I replace the Oreo with chocolate chip cookies or other types of flavors like butterscotch and nut types of cookies.
In making cheesecake, whenever I have a taste, I will always remember the essence of vanilla. It …

Pudina is the bunch of mint leaves. Mint leaves are very good for our body and we can make an interesting juice using the mint leaves. Try it. It is very good for hot sunny days.
Ingredients:
Mint leaves one bunch, tamarind pulp 1 cup and salt 1 …

I love this dessert or snack, Peanut Butter Cookies very much. My mom and I would have a fun time preparing this and I will always treasure those moments together.
To make this, you will need some peanut butter, flour of course, some form of vanilla essence, sugar, …

Chicken and Bacon Fajitas are really good and even more fun to make it. It doesn’t take long at all to prepare or make it and it turns out really good. Lots of family functions people have made this recipe and it now becomes a family tradition to make …

I have a Greek friend who I often ask for recipes and ideas for Greek dishes and appetizers when I am stuck for meal ideas, or even when I am just bored of my own cooking. I was trying to get some ideas for appetizers for this holiday season, …

Spring, and summer! It’s time to make Salads. I’m a big salad fan!
Everyone in our house likes salad. I make many different salads in spring and summer. Here is one of my favorite salads.
Pasta Salad
1 lb. box Tri colored Rotini
Pepporoni, deli sliced ham, Sliced cappocola
Broccoli crowns ( cut …

My girls and I are in the process of makeing Christmas ornaments for our tree as well as gifts. As a child my sister and I had made these with our mother. Of course we no longer had the ornament dough recipe, so I went online. There were so …

One of my favorite foods to order at a Mexican restaurant is the Chimichanga. So my mother invented this recipe and it is wonderful. You have to try it if you love Mexican food.
First brown a pound of hamburger. When it is browned add a packet …

I am currently pulling as many recipes for appetizers that I have never made before from the internet, old recipe books and from friends and co-workers. I am bored of the same old appies that you see at all the seasonal parties, such as spinach dips, sausage rolls and …

I constantly try to find healthy but delicious recipes for salads in my ever-increasing effort to eat more vegetables and fruit. Lately, I have been trying some interesting salads, and this following recipe is definitely interesting. This has both fruits and vegetables as ingredients, and it is tasty. I …

Porcupine meatballs are a great supper and are super easy to fix. You can make them in a snap and they take less than an hour to bake.
Fix take a pound of your favorite ground beef (I like to use 93 percent since it is the leanest, but …

I have always had the hardest time making any sort of fudge, until my mother-in-law gave me this simple recipe. It takes approx. 6 minutes to make, and not once has it come out either falling apart, or so runny you can use it as a topping on icecream.
I …

When traveling in Spain, I fell in love with the salsa that was served at the tapas restaurants that I ate at. It had a different flavour than the Mexican-style tomato salsa, and when I got home, I searched very hard to find a recipe for it. I was …

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 …

Mixed vegetable soup is another interesting soup, which is very healthy as it includes many kind of vegetable. It is also good for kids especially those children who don’t eat much vegetable.
Ingredients: corn flour 3 tea spoons, salt to taste, crushed pepper corn to taste, mixed vegetable according …

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 …

I like this recipe for its truly homemade taste. The ingredients below will make 3-4 servings. You will need:
2 large, skinned chicken breasts (or 3 medium size)
3 medium size potatoes
2-3 cans of mushrooms
1 cup of finely chopped onion
2 tablespoons of butter
1 tablespoon of flour
1 cup of milk
Salt, pepper to …

Pav bhaji is a very popular snack in India especially for north Indians. This is also very tasty dish and easy to prepare.
Ingredients:
Paw (bun) 2, boiled potato1 cup, capsicum - cup, chopped onion - cup and chopped tomato - cup, butter 2 tea spoons. Pav bhaji taste …