I occasionally try my hands at kitchen, especially on weekends, and I quite enjoy being a part time chef. Today we made vegetable pizza. I bought pizza bases, and cheese rolls from the store.
The integrands included, finely chopped, carrots (1 big size), radish (half big sized), cucumber (half medium …

Almost every family in the country knows that grits are almost always apart of the breakfast meal. My family enjoys grits almost every morning. There are a new type grits I just tried and they are called parmesan cheddar cheese grits. You need four cups of water, 1/2 teaspoon …

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 …

Carrot mix
carrot (grated) - 1 cup
cabbage(grated)- 1 cup
coconut (grated)- ½ cup
tomato 2
onion 1
garlic 3 flakes
ginger small piece
red chilli powder - 1 teaspoon
turmeric powder- ¼ teaspoon
salt as per taste.
Add three spoons of oil to pan and saute sliced onions,ginger and garlic well. Add tomato pieces,cabbage,carrot and coconut at a time. …

Chocolate Souffle has one of the best taste of chocolate form ever. I always see this type of menu served in pastry shops and cake shops and I wonder what it’s like to make one. Luckily, I have the chance to learn this from my relative and she …

I like meatloaf. However, my husband is not a fan of it. I was looking online for a new recipe for meatloaf. I was hoping to find something different enough that it might appeal to my husband. I found a recipe for a cheesy meatloaf. …

Here is a great recipe for Chicken Fried Steak that is super easy.
You will need cube steaks, flour, egg, 2 packages of dry ranch mix and either evaporated milk or butter milk.
Mix a package of the dry ranch mix with an egg and a cup of the milk.
In a …

I watch as many of the cooking shows on TV as I possibly can. But the problem is, even if I see recipe I like, not all of the ingredients are available where I live. And then there are times when I want to treat myself so some ethnic …

This dish requires several small, oven-safe ceramic pots with a lid. Each pot is a separate serving, so if you’re expecting a company of 6, you will need 6 pots.
First, you dice mushrooms, if you are using fresh ones, and slightly roast them in butter. If you are using …

I don’t know about you, but I love banana pudding! My little southern “MaMa”(grandmother) used to make it from scratch for family reunions, holidays, or when the grandkids came to visit. When I say scratch, I mean FROM SCRATCH and it was sooooo good! Well …

Mousaka, I dare to say is the most popular and well known dish of the Greek kitchen. It’s a combination of vegetables, meat and a thick white sauce and it’s really delicious. It’s a summer dish but you can make it any time of the year if you can …

When you are in a hurry or are simply too lazy to cook up a full dinner, a great solution awaits! These simple veggie pizzas were a quick creation of mine when I had limited supplies and a lot of hungry mouths to feed one night. Requiring minimal effort, …

Ingredients:-
1/2 kg brinjal,
2-3 big size onions,
4-5 pods of garlic,
curryleaves,
geera(cumine seeds) 1/2 teaspoon,
Heeng a pinch,
Tamarind pulp 2 teaspoon,
jaggery & salt to taste,
turmeric powder 1/4 teaspoon,
1 tablespoon groundnut powder(roasted),
2 tablespoon oil.
Method: First cut the brinjals and soak them in water with little salt.Cut the onions into small pieces.Grind chillies, garlic and …

Mixed vegetable soup is very nutritious soup and it is a very essential and vital soup for the kids. It is very simple to prepare it.
Ingredients:
Mixed vegetable chopped according to your choice, corn flour 4 tea spoons, sugar 3 tea spoons, salt to taste, black pepper powder to …

According to Wikipedia, “vinaigrette” is a mixture of salad oil and vinegar. Often flavored with herbs and spices and other ingredients. This is commonly used in salad dressing. I had to search online the meaning of it after I read this recipe in Kris Aquino’s magazine. I find …

The egg omlet is a very commonly prepared recipe but now I am going to make this egg omlet more nutritional and more interesting by adding some finely chopped vegetable. This recipe is also quite different and is much tastier. Try this one.
Ingredients: eggs 2, finely chopped …

Egg curry is an excellent side dish to have it with the plane rice or even with the roties. We can also use it as a best stuffing between 2 bread slices to make the bread sandwich. Not only that the eggs are very rich in protein …

Seafood and combined with pasta is a rare experience for me. I liked this recipe for the very reason that it is peculiar. The taste of clams and prawns give a different taste to the pasta making it more tasty than traditional pork, bacon or beef. Here is the …

Low Cholesterol Deviled Eggs
Yields: 8 deviled eggs with two halves being a serving
Per Serving: 55 calories, 3 g fat, 3 g protein, 1 g carbohydrate, 210 mg sodium
This is a favorite that I like to double and take to family reunions. The eggs have less cholesterol …

This recipe is very simple one. But it is healthy and tasty recipe.
You need very few ingredients to make this recipe.
Ingredients:
1.boiled rice: 2 cups
2.finely grated coconut: 1 cup
3.green chilli- 4
4.mustard - 1 tsp
5.ginger - 1/2 piece
6.garlic - few flakes
7.salt as per taste
8.urad dal- 1 tsp
9.cumin seeds- 1 tsp
10.ground nuts- …

Cut lettuce, tomatoes, and cream cheese, not too finely. Peel and grate carrots. Combine the vegetables and the cheese, add some canned corn (drained). Sprinkle some salt and dress with olive oil. Carefully stir the salad, mixing the ingredients together, and serve. Store leftovers refrigerated, not very long as …

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 …

This recipe is delicious, and it was recommended to me by a friend who used to be a chef in a few high-end restaurants in Alberta, Canada. They use a lot of local meat products, so the bison ribs may not be easy to find in every place in …

I usually try to serve vegetables with dinner, but I really don’t put a lot of thought into preparing them. I usually focus more on the main entree. So more often than not, the vegetables I serve are pretty much ignored. I wanted to find some …

Ingredients:
1 pound mixed mushrooms which are cut into thick slices or halved, depending on the size
2 medium carrots which are peeled
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
2 tablespoons red curry paste
1 medium yellow onion which are thinly sliced
1 red bell pepper, removing the seeds and cutting them into strips
1/4 cup tamari …

Lately I am rather fond of European dishes, even though I am an Asian. I had been having spaghetti for breakfast lately and I want to try more European dishes. I then found this recipe for California Raisin Rice. It is really nice!
To serve a family of 8, these …

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 …

Small-Batch Baking is a collection of recipes for just enough baked goods to serve one or two people. All of the recipes I’ve tried so far have worked. Some of her recipes, such as the lemon curd, are less fuss than the full size versions I’ve tried of …

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 …

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 …

German Chocolate Cake is one of my favorite desserts and I always use to look forward to having it at family functions until I was taught how to make it myself. It is really easy and doesn’t take long at all for preparation or to make. This turns out …

Using carrots we can make a very interesting and nutritious subji (side dish). Which takes very less ingredients and is very tasty to eat. Try it.
Ingredients:
Carrots half kilo, onion 2 big size chopped, tomato 4 medium size chopped, 10-12 cloves of garlic, turmeric one pinch, salt to …

If you have ever visited a Roly Poly restaurant, you will know that this place serves all sorts of rolled tortilla sandwiches. I fell in love with the Santa Fe chicken sandwich which has melted jalapeno cheeses, chicken, and tomatoes. This version is very similar, but has …

In the following I wil present another Romanian recipe: Moldavian minced meat croquette (parjoale).
The miced meat croquette are often found on Romanian tables and because of the ease in preparation
they replace ussualy the steak. In my opinion, everyone knows how to make minced meat croquette nut a quality dish
having …

This is the rice made using some spices and chopped tomato. This is very tasty rice. Just try it once.
Ingredients:
One cup of rice, salt to taste, green chilly paste � tea spoon, garam masala (spice powder) 1 � tea spoon, chopped onion � cup and chopped tomato � …

It seems that dessert has been so dynamic also. Mostly because of the new ingredients that is out in the market and these companies give us these idea on how to cook or incorporate their products in cooking. Magnolia has been giving us wonderful ingredients for baking and many …

“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 …

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 …

The sweet corn soup with cottage cheese is of course the favourite for all of us. It is healthier, tastier and the easiest soup to prepare. This soup is the favourite for all my family members and even to me, whenever I get some time I do prepare …

I like spaghetti so much! Specially when the pasta is really just right! Al dente as what some call it. In this recipe, tuna is used instead of ground pork or beef, and this sure is healthy. I didn’t use real chicken stock instead I just …

Creamy Broccoli Soup.
This is a recipe your family and your dinner party guests will adore.
By incorporating a hard sharp cheese, this soup takes on a whole new class at the dining table.
-This is a stand alone meal.
Commence with a glass of white wine and a small salad as an appetizer.
Wet …

It is very difficult to have consistently interesting dishes when you are attempting vegetarianism for the first time. Being somewhat of a picky eater as well as holding down a full time job makes for a complicated dinnertime. What I am usually in search of is a recipe that …

If you don’t want to eat prepared spaghetti sauce, this is an easy recipe. It’s healthy, fresh and will make your home smell good. You can use fresh tomatoes if you want. I use canned simply because it is easier. Easy Spaghetti Sauce tastes very fresh and we think …

I love to cook. I really enjoy cooking sauces, since I’m the sneaky cook who manages to grate up all those veggies some of the guys think they don’t like into my secret sauces! We like speghetti really well, and I try to keep it ever changing……as for the …

ingredients:
Rice - 1 cup
Water - 1 ½ cup
Turmeric powder- 1 spoon
Green chilli - 5 (long)
Red chilli- 3-4 (long)\
Garlic flakes- 10-12
Cuminseeds- 2 spoons
Chana dal - 4 spoons
Ground nuts- 7 spoons
Mustard- 1 spoon
Curry leaves- ½ cup
Tamarind pulp- ½ cup
Ginger - 1 spoonful small pieces
Oil- 4 spoons
Salt as per taste.
Method:
1.Add …

I love to eat Chicken Fried Rice and I can basically eat it all day. I love the taste, the smell, and everything that is in it. I can never get enough of it. At first when I first had it it was at Panda Express, which is a …

My mom has tons of Favorite Recipes books, and the Philly garlic and herb dip is a recipe that I borrowed from one of their books that I use frequently for appetizers. The thing I like about making this dip is that it is one of those universal dips …