As the name of the dish suggests, the secret of this recipe is the homemade tomato sauce. Making the sauce takes some time and you might think it a nuisance, but here is the good news: it will keep for months refrigerated in jars, so you can make a …

I am a vodka freak. I love cocktails and better news is, I love making my own cocktails than ordering it in a bar. I get to choose my own ingredients and other things that I want to put inside my glass. The result is one happy me. I …

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 …

Blueberry Dumplings
This is an American Indian treat. It is called ‘Blue Dumplings’.
1. 1 qt fresh or frozen blueberries
2. 1 qt apple juice
3. ½ teaspoon salt
4. Add sugar or sweetener to taste.
5. 2 cups biscuit mix
6. ½ to ¾ cup milk
Method:
Simmer blueberries in juice for 30-45 minutes.
While they simmer, …

Baking was fun for me when I was a teenager and I had a lot of time on my hands. Now my schedule is a lot more hectic, and unfortunately baking seems more like a chore to me than a fun project. I still prefer homemade desserts …

Even though I know how healthy salads are for me, I am bored to tears of the usual green salads. I have spent a lot of time searching out recipes for unique and healthy salads, and I especially love salads that can be meals because they have enough protein …

This recipe is actually can be considered as a vegetarian meal and you may substitute the vegan for butter, like I did. I kind of like using margarine as it tends to be salty, so I find that I don’t need additional salt when using margarine. If …

This is a very old recipe and a classic. My family loves this and I make this for a ’special’ treat for them. I hope you enjoy this one.
Crumb crust:
1 1/4 c. graham crumbs
1/4 c. butter or margerine
1/4 c. granulated sugar
Set aside 1/3 c. of this mixture. …

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 ate tuna salad sandwiches all of the time when I was a kid. I used to like them pretty plain with only tuna fish and mayonnaise on white bread. I still enjoy eating tuna salad sandwiches, but now my tastes are a little more sophisticated. …

Recently I had what some people would call a hankering for strawberry pie. I was craving something sweet, and I was reminiscing about the strawberry pie my family used to get from a small family-owned restaurant in my hometown. Unfortunately, I now live several miles away from …

Tangy Holiday Yogurt Dip
Serve with crisp vegetables. Yields 1 cup of dip
1 cup nonfat plain yogurt
2 tablespoons chili sauce
1 to 2 teaspoons prepared horseradish
Mix all ingredients. Then cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour before serving.
This is a great yogurt dip to use for the holidays or …

This curry is tasty to eat and very simple to make.
Ingredients required:
1. Fresh Beans ¼ kg
2. Potato -1
3. Tomato-1
4. Onion-1
5. Garlic - 3 flakes
6. Mustard-1/2 teaspoon
7. Chilli powder-1 teaspoon
8. Oil-3 spoons
9. Salt as per taste.
Preparation
1. wash beans and cut them in to small pieces.
2. Take one potato, peel it …

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 …

The next recipe as well as the others I will present here is part of my personal collection of recipes.
It is also a specifically Romanian recipe, This dish, like the “meat in cabbage” (”sarmale”) dish
is not met in the kitchen of any other country. In Romania the highly seasoned …

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 …

Potato Salad is my absolute favorite dish and look forward to eating it at family barbecues and functions. A lot of people take turns making the potato salad each year and I wanted to finally learn how to make it myself. Every bodies potato salad is different and has …

This is not really a direct sort of recipe for making vegetable stock, but rather what one can do to get as close as possible to a vegetable stock. This is a recipe that I have experimented and I think has a special place in my heart. …

I’m giving you the recipe for the chocolate cake shot, because it was an overall favorite for my customers when I was bartending in St. Thomas, USVI. I sometimes offered it as a means of suggestive selling, but more likely than not, people liked it so much they …

I remember being younger and not liking meatloaf but now I absolutely love it and had to learn how to make it myself. This is a great recipe for dinner especially with a side dish of salad or something else you would consider great with meatloaf. This is a …

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 …

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 …

Ingredients:
Take 5 big sized tender or green color mangos; now take 2 cups of sugar or according to taste for sweetness. Salt to taste, 3 spoons of cumin seeds, 3 spoons of cardamom seeds, 2 spoons of poppy seeds, and red chili powder according to taste.
Method:
Now take all the …

I’ve always liked Chicken Florentine, but I’ve only had it in restaurants, or when someone else has cooked it for me. Until recently, I haven’t attempted to make it because it just seemed like a complicated dish that would take a lot of time to make. When …

The first time I had butternut squash soup, I fell in love with the creamy richness and warming flavour. This was at a fancy restaurant, so I assumed it would be horrifically difficult to make, but I happened across this recipe in a new cookbook I received, and tried …

I love fruit salads. It is a great meal without any guilt after you eat it. There are conventional combinations that I know but later on it makes it too plain for your taste. One of the things I wanted to concentrate on is to focus on two fruits and …

It’s rainy season once again and a bowl of hot soup will definitely soothe the senses and put you in a very relaxed mood. While it’s raining cats and dogs outside, I always make it a point to share a steaming bowl of soup to everyone in the family. …

This is one of a better snack options that during my free time, I could make it. The recipe is called, Blackcurrant Ice-Cream Float. You will need fresh blackcurrant and it can be any amount that you like. Less or more, depending on your taste, appetite and …

I love Spicy Peanut Chicken very much! For this recipe, I love the flavor of spiciness, a bit of sweetness and the elements of peanut very much. If you want to give a bit more oomph, you can use flour or cornflour to bring out the chicken saucy …

You can use a pre-made Graham pie crust for this recipe, or you can make one yourself by mixing together 18 single Graham cracker crumps and 1 stick of melted butter and pressing the mixture into a 9 x 9 pan (I use pre-made, much less trouble). Bake the …

This recipe is not really your typical macaroni and cheese casserole, but rather I tried preparing this dish by following some simple steps. It is not complete in the end without adding a tossed green salad and I usually use this for a dinner food.
Ingredients:
1 pound penne pasta …

Ingredients :
Mixed diced vegetable (carrot, beans, potatoes, peas etc.)- 4 cups
Onions - 5 cut into thin long slices
Tomatoes - 4 or 5
Salt
Oil - 2 tbsp
Grind together :
Grated coconut - 1 cup
Poppy seeds - 1 tbsp
Garlic - 10 flakes
Green chillies - 10
Ginger - 1/2 inch piece
Roasted gram - 1tbsp
cloves - …

This one is actually good when eaten alone,as a side dish, with rice or in any way you prefer to. You can also serve these Egg Rolls as appetizers on parties, etc.
Here’s what you’ll need:
For egg roll skins:
(This will make about 10 skins)
2 tbsp cornstarch dissolved …

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 …

Over the holidays, I spent a great deal of time searching out unique appetizers that I could serve for company during the seasonal dinners and parties. Loving seafood like I do, I especially looked for appetizers that used seafood or shellfish, and I managed to come up with several …

The pies have always been existed the leading moment of the Greek traditional kitchen. The times that, our grand mothers with the poor cooking ingredients were making masterpieces of flavor and taste, have changed.
Nowadays, to many of us time does not allow anymore the pleasure of making homemade pastry …

I lived in The Netherlands for more than 2 years (studies and work), thus, I have a good personal experience of the Dutch cuisine. Coming from a country with a world wide famous cuisine, and after assuring you that I am the kind of the open minded person that …

My husband Steve loves Chicken Kiev as does our eldest Kurt here is my recipe for homemade Chicken Kiev. Here is what I use to make chicken Kiev for two people.
2 x 75g boneless and skinless chicken breasts, 40g unsalted butter, at room temperature, 4 tbsp chopped Parsley, …

I love entertaining at home. I shy away from clubs and overcrowded places so I try to gather my close friends and family and entertain them at home. They often kid me that I save a lot compared to treating them in a fancy restaurant. I shrug knowing that …

I usually pick up a complimentary magazine at my local liquor store called Flavours, and there are always great recipes inside. This following recipe is by Brandon Boone, and he wrote an article with several recipes that he said are not very time consuming to prepare and cook, and …

I have never been a big dessert fan, but when entertaining, I find that most people like dessert. I decided to try to find some light dessert recipes, ones that won’t add to the over-eating and extra calories of the holiday season. I mainly looked up dessert recipes that …

The other day, my husband wanted to eat one of those instant beef noodles. I stopped him and instead I made him a healthier and more delicious version of it, without the MSG and all the preservatives that you get from those instant noodles. It is a good thing …

I want to share a very famous recipe of India,which I really like to eat.It is called “Prawn Cutlet”.It is prepared with some very simple ingredients,and to make Prawn Cutlet,we need the following:-
1.Some jumbo sized prawns half boiled,
2.Garlic paste,
3.Onion paste,
4.Ginger paste,
5.Vinegar,
6.Carrot,
7.Beans,
8.Crushed biscuits,
9.3 eggs,
10.Baking powder,
11.Refined oil,
12.Salt to taste,
13.Cornflour.
Now at first …

The bread omlet is my favourite breakfast, which is good to eat, fast to prepare, and not only that it is also very nutritious, because it is made using the eggs.
Ingredients: bread pieces 3, chopped onion 3 teaspoons, finely chopped green chilly ½ tea spoon, salt to taste, …