I collect many things and one of them is cook books. New cook books and historic one of a kind. Tons and tons of cook books. One of my favorites is The Good Housekeeping Cookbook, Revised Edition, publisher: Hearst Books. You not only get the recipes, but the …

Veal is such a tasty meat and if you are not sure how to cook it here is a very simple recipe that tastes great and well worth a try.
All you need is
1 lb of veal fillet or loin
2 tablespoons of olive oil
10 tiny onions peeled but kept whole
1 …

The recipe for Sunshine Cookies (from the Kids Cake Mix Fun and More book) was so easy to whip up and gave an explosive taste of goodness with every bite! These cookies have a refreshing taste of lemon yet a creamy texture of a cookie and are just so …

This recipe is most enjoyed by the family specially on weekends when everybody is present.
6 pieces beef shank
1 cup tomato juice
1/2 cup lemon juice
1/2 cup dill-pickle juice
1 piece …

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 …

Hey there good people and fellow food enthusiats, I have a splendid little meal here to share with you, hope you find it as interesting as I do and hope you will share this with any and everyone just like I did.
For this recipe, you are going to need …

I like to drink coffee. Cause I’m an insomniac, I find it really helps in boosting my awareness to the world (aka keeping me awake). Lately I’m bored with my Nescafe instant 3-1 mix :D so I tried to make something new. After many trials and errors, I invented …

My adult son, who lives with us, enjoys espresso coffee every day. We don’t have an espresso machine, so, when he is home, he ‘fixes’ his coffee that we do have to make it taste a LOT like the espresso mochas that he likes so well.
With our regular coffee, …

Ingredients: 2 medium sized tomatoes, 2 hot dogs, 3 eggs, 1 small onion, 1/3 cup of milk, parsley, salt, vegetable oil.
Chop onion and fry it in vegetable oil for 2-3 minutes, add diced tomatoes. Slice up the hotdogs, add them as well, stir. In a separate bowl, blend eggs …

Ingredients:
Cooked rice- 2 cups
Yoghurt 1-2 cups
Salt as per taste
Mustard - 1 teaspoon
Garlic - 5-6 flakes
Peppper whole - 8-10 seeds
Cumin seeds- 1 teaspoon
Red chilli - 3-4
Curry leaves - a few
Balck gram split - 1 tea spoon
Sunflower …

I tried a funnel cake for the first time when I went to a city function. I saw a lot of people walking around with it and I heard about it before but never knew exactly what it was. It look good so I definitely wanted to try it. …

Kesari bath is another kind of Indian traditional recipe, which is prepared in most of the festivals and functions. This is very very tasty and nutritional recipe, which any one can prepare as it is very easy to prepare.
Ingredients: sooji (rawa) 1 cup, sugar 2cups, milk …

I love seafood of all kinds, so I am always on the look out for new recipes for meals and appetizers that include shellfish and fresh fish. I also love ginger, and often look for recipes that incorporate this ingredient because it adds a slightly Asian vibe to many …

Pomelo, strongly resembles to a Grapefruit, is a tropical fruit widely cultivated in the Philippines, it has many varieties and the most favored variety is the one that cultivated in Davao City because of its rich taste and juicy buds. But I never shared the same fascination with other …

I was introduced to banana boats at summer camp. Making banana boats is one of only a few fond memories I have of attending summer camp as a kid. I didn’t have to go to summer camp to learn that I appreciated having a solid roof over …

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 …

A lemony-zing that everyone will surely enjoy. These are very simple to make and taste great! You can top with your favorite frosting instead of using the glaze. I make these all the time and use frosting sometimes, they are great if you store in the …

Stuffed Mushrooms
Makes 36 mushrooms
Serving size: 6 mushrooms � Yields 6 servings
These are delicious to eat year round. They go especially well with a garden salad, sliced zucchini or sliced tomatoes for a nice lunch. They are low calorie, low fat and low carbohydrates. This makes a …

Grits is a staple in the south. It’s a versatile grain that is mostly featured at breakfast, but can be prepared during other times of the day. For example, shrimp and grits are perfect for either lunch or dinner. Or you can make cakes with them and serve it …

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 …

Ingredients :
Sugar : 250 g
Maida : 200 g
Eggs - 7
Venilla essence - 1tbsp
butter - 250 g
coco powder - 50 g
Baking powder - 2 tbsp
To prepare icing
Butter - 100 g
Icing sugar - 200 g
Method :
1. Mix baking powder and half of coco powder
2. Mix sugar and butter and beat it …

Collard Greens is a southern tradition that families have been cooking for years. Especially for the holidays like Christmas and thanksgiving I just love making Collard Greens. It has such a unique taste to it and is very yummy. It is fulfilling and you can season it to the …

I found this recipe for Polish Reuben Casserole in the Favorite Brand Name Simple 1-2-3 One Dish cookbook. I decided to try it because I love Reuben sandwiches, and this recipe seemed like a creative way to combine the basic flavors and ingredients of a Reuben sandwich. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

A delicious sweet that is must and should in one of the Indian festivals is before you.All you need to have to taste this sweet:
1.Rice - one cup
2.Green dal (split)- ½ cup
3.Coconut pieces- ½ cup
4.Green cardamom-4
5.Sugar-3/4 th cup
6.Ghee-4 table spoons
7.Cashews and kissemess
Preparation:
1)Wash the rice and drain all the …

The dry fruits salad is something very different and very special recipe which can be prepared for a very special moments or it can also be prepared when we invite some very special guest to our home. This recipe is very rich in calories and is also very …

Ingredients :
Capsicum - 1/2 kg
Coconut - 1 cup (grated)
Tamarind - lime sized
salt
oil - 3 tbsps
To season :
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Asafoetida - 1 pinch
cloves - few
jaggery - as desired
turmeric powder - a pinch
Fry in a teaspoon of oil and powder the ingredients given below:
Red gram dhal - 1tsp
Bengal gram …

This recipe for Hawaiian Strawberry Pie is very delicious. It takes awhile to make, but is definitely worth the wait. The pie makes 6 to 8 pieces depending on how small you cut the slices.
6 oz graham cracker pie crust
2 cups sliced strawberries (preferably fresh)
3 oz package strawberry …

Recently I needed to bake up some appetizers for some unexpected guests who had arrived right before dinner. I wasn’t sure at first what to prepare, then decided upon a quick bake recipe my Mother had shown me years ago for Cheesey Mustard Puffs. These are somewhat like croissants when …

Palak paneer is the side dish which can be served with the paratha (flat bread)
Ingredients:
Spinach 2 bunches, green chilly paste to taste, salt to taste, cottage cheese 200 grams chopped, butter 3 tea spoons, garam masala 1 tea spoon, the paste of boiled tomato and onion 1 cup.
Method:
Now take …

Pizza Dip
Ingredients:
1. 8 oz Ricotta
2. ¾ cup Mayonnaise
3. 1½ cup Mozzarella, divided
4. ¼ cup Parmesan
5. ¼ cup Chopped Pepperoni
6. 1 teaspoon Garlic powder
7. 1 teaspoon Italian Seasoning
Method:
1 Mix all ingredients well, holding back ½ cup Mozzarella.
2. Spoon into ovenproof dish,
3. Sprinkle with remaining Mozzarella.
4. Bake 30 minutes or until …

A very famous Filipino recipe, this is one of the best main dish for me because it saves a lot of money and its very healthy, a dish full of vegetables you can add pork if you want make the taste more palatable. It is very simple to cook …

This is one of the best type of cupcake for me ever. It is called Black Forest Cheese Cupcake and the steps aren’t that complicated if you practice for a few times. Here we go yeah.
You will need some nice amount of cheese and it could be any …

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 …

Phad Thai is a very popular Thai dish, and easy to make. I learned to make it at the Koh Chang Thai Cooking School on Koh Chang, Thailand.
Phad Thai Sauce:
1/3 cup coconut sugar(or palm sugar) (If you cannot find either, try brown sugar)
3 tbsp fish sauce
3 tbsp tamarind juice
2 …

Ingredients:
Take one kg chicken which is cut in to pieces, half cup of black pepper corns, half tea spoon turmeric powder and salt according to taste. 5-7 cloves of garlic and some curry leaves, 3 tomatoes chopped and one big onion sliced, one tea spoon coriander powder, 5 cloves, …

Although I am trying to eat more vegetables, plain old boring green salads are not my favourite way to incorporate healthy food into my meals. I am therefore always on the lookout of new salad and cooked vegetable recipes. I also bought the chickpea salads at the deli counter …

I found this recipe for Watergate Salad on the back of a bag of Kraft Jet-Puffed Miniature Marshmallows. I needed a dish for a potluck dinner I was attending, and initially I was planning on making a sweet potato casserole with the marshmallows. The recipe looked interesting, …

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- …

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 …

I would like to share a very yummy and easy dish.
Ingredients :
Butter : 1/2 cup
Egg : 2
Walnut : 2 cup
Vanilla essence-1 tsp
baking powder - 2tsp
sugar-2 cup
Maida - 2 cup
Dates - 1 cup
salt - little
Method :
1. Mix butter and sugar and melt it in low flame. When it becomes …

This is a Pasta and Chicken Salad I have been making for many years now. I make this for parties and barbeques we host or go to. All my family and friends know I love making this and eating it as well, so it is constantly requested. …

This is like one of the dish that I find to have a special place in my heart. I have tried this recipe and would like to share with everyone out there. I choose to serve my Oaxaco Tacos with my favorite beans or salsas. I …

Spaghetti Sauce is one of my favorite recipes to make and I’ve honed over twenty years. I had thought at one time about selling this sauce but I would rather share it I think. This sauce is called Spaghetti Sauce but you can use any type of …

Ingrediens:
Slice of Bread
Red pepper
Vegetable oil
A pinch of Salt
It’s easy to cook and it’s tasty. Also, this could be one quick breakfast. You only need the ingredients which I have stated above and 5 free minutes before you rush to work. First, spread oil on top of a slice of …