I am always searching for ways to make vegetables more interesting, especially during the holiday season when I have company for dinner or have to take a dish or two to friends’ houses. I was so tired of the usual veggies and dips, so I began to search out …

The egg rice is a very healthy or a nutritional recipe. I feed it to my kids at least once in every weak. This recipe is very simple and I have not used many spices in this recipe. This is very tasty and a healthy food which …

Who doesn’t love spaghetti? We all do. It doesn’t matter if you’re a kid, or an adult. Spaghetti will never go out of fashion. What is with this food that people crave about? Well actually, it is how it’s cooked. You wouldn’t want to finish up a poorly cooked …

Everybody loves to have salad, if not once in a while, at least one meal in a day. Salads had become so popular due to its being so healthy and easy to prepare. However, people start to get tired of the same common salad served over and over, the …

As an out of the home worker all day, I really enjoy fixing up recipes that allow me to do ‘other things’ while they nearly make themselves, while keeping the healthy foods on our dinner table!
I think most of you will love this for any dinner…….company should be enjoyed, …

I have to admit that I’m one of those people who have never been to a state fair or carnival, but somehow I have managed to get my hands on the funnel cake that is served there. There was a restaurant of some sort that used to be located …

The coconut soup is very tasty and very nutritious soup. It is very interesting soup which give u a very unique taste when it is served hot.
Ingredients:
Coconut milk 3 cups, normal milk 2 cups, water 1 cup, salt to taste, sugar 4 tea spoons, black pepper crushed - …

I had been enjoying aioli sauce for about a year before I even knew what it was. When I was living in the Caribbean I used to get what I thought were some of the best burgers and fries I’ve ever eaten from a small island restaurant and …

In south India we prepare many kinds of rasam, which is served hot with the plane rice. It is a best combination for the plane boiled rice. And now I am going to tell the very interesting recipe that is rasam made of tomato. Actually tomato …

The masala dosa is prepared for the breakfast in south India. The dosa is very crisp and it delicious food which is eaten with the potato subjee (for which I have given the recipe in my earlier recipes) or else it is also eaten with any kind of …

Whenever I make Meatball Pasta dish, I love to add lots of sausages, a bull’s eye egg and also lots of nice-cut out veggies. I find eating it like that is truly healthy and there’s just so many nutrients that I could get by that.
To make this dish is …

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 …

My kids love Kentucky fried chicken, but the fact is that KFC is getting way too expensive for a family to eat. However, its one of my kids’ favorite meals and I want to give them things they like within reason. So in order to do that I made my …

The first time I had ever tasted a pina colada was when I was in college at this Caribbean club. It seems like every college city has a Caribbean club.
I think I paid around five dollars or more, and it came in a huge glass with an umbrella. The …

Ingredients :
Soya pieces : 1 cup
Onion : 1
Tomato : 2
Chilli powder : 1 tbsp
salt
mustard seed
cardamom powder
Ginger - small piece
Garlic - 4 pieces
Coriander powder
Method
1. Soak soya pieces in hot water for 2 minutes
2. Squeeze water from soaked soya pieces …

Ingredients :
Basmati rice : 1 cup
Green peas (peeled) - 1 cup
small onions (peeled) - 1/2 cup
water - 1cup
coconut extract - 1 cup
oil - 2tbsp
ghee - 2 tbsp
cardamom, cinnamon and bayleaf
salt
To grind :
Peeled small onion - 10
Garlic - 6 flakes
Green chillies - 6 nos
Ginger - 1/2 inch piece
shredded coconut- 2 …

In order to make the cake the following are the Ingredients :
Condensed milk - 1 cup
Self-raising flour - 1 cup
butter(melted) - 60 ml (even ghee can also be taken).But butter is preferred rather than ghee as butter will give the softness to the cake.
Baking soda - 1/2 tsp
Baking powder …

ingredients:
tamarind (paste) :3tablespoon
redchilly :2 numbers
pepper :1tablespoon
cuminseeds :1/2tablespoon
garlic …

This recipe is what I call “one for the boys” for my husband and his friends love this whenever they bond over bottles of beer and wine. This dish never fail to give me unsolicited praises from the gang. They always look forward to their drinking …

Dry fruit salad, this recipe is very rich in calories. But it is very tasty that it can�t be missed. It is very good for growing children. And for once in a while it can be prepared.
Ingredients:
Mixture of dry fruits according to your choice 1 cup, …

I had never made stuffed peppers until I tried a recipe for Stuffed Green Peppers in the Favorite Brand Name Simple 1-2-3 One Dish cookbook. I thought it was a really good recipe, so when I found another recipe for stuffed peppers in the same cookbook I knew …

Kunda is a very popular sweet dish in south India. It is very popular because of its milky and yummy taste. It is available in all the sweet stalls. But guys it is also very simple and easy recipe to prepare it at home. I …

I have done many variations of grilled prawns over the year, with varying ingredients. I have served prawn skewers as appetizers or even as the main meat course for dinner. This recipe adds the taste of lime, and is delicious, as well as simple to make.
Ingredients:
12 bamboo skewers
24 large …

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 …

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 …

Pita Pizzas
Yields 8 servings
This is a fun and delicious pizza alternative. There are no high sugars or heavy sauces. You will enjoy the fresh and savory taste from eating pita pizzas. Not only are they delicious and fun to eat, I like that they are …

Ingredients
Gram flour - 2 cups
Rice flour - 2 cups
Chilli powder - 3 tablespoons
Asafetida powder - 2 tablespoons
Butter - 100 gms
Table salt - to taste
Oil - for frying
Method:
Mix the rice flour and gram flour with chilli powder, asafetida powder, salt and butter. Take a little of this mixture, add water …

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 …

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, …

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. …

Growing up, I hated it when Mom served us Spanish Rice for supper. I always grumbled when she made it but ate it anyway. It was always good. Now I long for those days of having her Spanish Rice. I follow this recipe and it …

I am generally not a big dessert fan, to either make it or eat it. I usually eat too much dinner to have room for dessert, and as well, I don’t have time to make a lot of desserts. I also find many desserts to be too sweet and …

The lemon rice is very tasty recipe, which is made using the boiled rice. This is the easiest rice recipe, which I have learnt and it is also very tasty to eat. It needs very few ingredients and can be prepared in just few minutes
Ingredients: if we …

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 very simple recipe but very healthy.
Ingredients
Cabbage : 2 cups (grated)
Coriander leaves
Coconut (grated) - 1/2 cup
salt
green chillies - 3 nos
lemon juice - 1/2 tsp
Mustard seeds
Method :
1. Grate cabbage
2. Add nicely cut coriander leaves, salt, grated coconut
3. Fry mustard seed and green chillies in little oil
4. Add this …

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, …

Pork chop is one of the best parts of pork. Though belly is my ultimate lunch partner if there are no calories to worry, I still occasionally try pork chop. One piece of pork chop is not sinful to one who is counting the calories. You can grill it …

I love entertaining and we have a lot of friends and family come over for diner parties. They all love my chocolate dipped fruit. It looks lovely and tastes even better. It is so easy to make all you need is the following.
225g / 8 oz …

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, …

The coconut masala is also called as the coconut chutney and it is used to eat with the bread, brown bread and even with the plane rice. This recipe is not only simple it is also a nutritious food as we are using the grated coconut to make this …

Ingredients:
Corn Flour about 1/4 cup
Onion - 1
Crumbed bread -1/2 cup
Vegetables of your choice.It may be
Potato - 3
Carrot - 2
Beet Root - 1/2
Salt - little bit and upto your taste.
Chilly Powder - 3/4 tsp
Green Peas - 1/2 cup
Oil–vegetable or corn
If needed Cashews
Procedure :
1.Cook the potatoes.
2.Peel the skin of the …

There are many versions of this kind of Chicken Potato Salad in the internet or in various cookbooks. However, this one is a personal favorite. The combination and ratio was passed on from my great grandmother’s kitchen to our family’s youngest generation’s. In making our CHICKEN POTATO SALAD, you …

Tomato curry is a very special and different all purpose kind of side dish which is very very yummy. It needs very less amount of ingredients and is very healthy recipe. Not down the ingredients.
Ingredients:
Tomatoes 6 big size, onions 4 medium size, 8-10 cloves of garlic, green …

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 …

You will need 1 can of salmon, 1,5 cups of cooked rice, and 1/3 cup of finely chopped onion, some salt and mayonnaise.
Cook rice and let it cool off. Open the can of salmon, drain. Carefully remove bones and pieces of skin and cut the salmon into small pieces. …

To prepare this delicious curry to take with hot plain rice , you need to have Pakodi (available in Bakery, sweet stalls, hotels) or you can prepare it at home.
Preparation of Pakodi
1.Take 250 gm of Bengal gram powder (basin) and mix it with enough water and make loose …

Peach is a great dessert to have for all occasions. In my family we look forward to having peach cobbler at holiday family functions. Peach Cobbler is very good especially with some nice vanilla ice cream. You can eat it warm when it is freshly out the oven or …

I would like to share with you a very simple delicious and very quick Thai-style corn soup; it makes a great starter or an easy lunch. This recipe takes less than ten minutes to prepare and cook. The ingredients here serve four people.
You will need
Half a teaspoon of sesame …