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 …

Nuts like hazelnuts and other types of nuts are really delicious, if you want to mix them up with a snack like ice-cream. Here is my own made up recipe for Ice Cream with Nut and Oreo Crunchie that I sometimes serve for myself while watching a good DVD …

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 …

The tomato sauce is very commonly used in almost all the houses. Most of the kids love eating it with the bread and even with the roties(Indian flat bread). There are many kind of tomato sauces of many brand available in the markets but all of them …

When it comes to afternoon snacks, TV sessions, picnics, simple dinners, great parties, people would always wish Tempura is served. I don’t know what it is with this food that once you get one piece, you just can’t stop reaching out for more. It is just so good, and …

In what comes next I will reveal as I used you another recipe that is specifically Romanian. This is called stuffed peppers.
Stuffed peppers, like highly seasoned forcemeat balls (mititei), meat cabbage (sarmale) or minced meat croquette (parjoale)
are very common to traditional meals.
I learned to cook stuffed peppers from my …

I am not a big lamb fan, and even when it is prepared by gourmet chefs at fancy restaurants, it is just not my first choice. The only place that I can truly say I enjoyed lamb was in Morocco, because the dishes they cook their generally cook all …

One of my favorite appitizers is the jalepeno popper. But they are so costly to order at a restaurant and even to buy them at the store. So I came up with a really great recipe that is so easy to make.
All you need is a …

I personally love to eat cotton candy and so does my kids. It has been a favorite of mines since being a little kid going to carnivals and functions. There is just something about the taste that keep you wanting to eat more of it. It is very addicting …

The kids who do not like to eat the vegetable for them, the paratha roll with vegetable is the ideal food, which can be prepared for the breakfast. It is very tasty, easy to prepare and takes very less amount of time for preparation.
Ingredients: wheat flour …

Vegetarian cooking is becoming more and more popular as people are becoming more health conscious. One of my favorite vegetarian cookbooks, and one that is perfect for someone who is just getting started in vegetarian cooking, is How to Cook Everything Vegetarian by Mark Bittman, I do not cook …

Ingredients:
Cabbage
Carrots
Ham (any kind)
Canned corn
Lettuce
Parsley
Salt, mayonnaise
Chop the cabbage, sprinkle some salt over it and stir. Peel and grate carrots, chop lettuce, snip parsley and add to the cabbage. Dice the ham into small cubes, add into the salad. Open the can of corn, drain, and add some, not very much, …

Because it is the season for parties and food, I recently began searching for interesting and unique appetizer recipes. I found one that is amazing, and everyone that has tasted it so far was extremely complimentary. I never actually made potato skins before, because I thought they would be …

I tried this recipe out for the first time the other day and I was surprisingly satisfied. We are big on grilled cheese sandwiches around here because it is something that my young children will actually it. I found a way to give it a fun twist and plenty …

If you can secure a fresh piece of tuna from your local market, then you really need to cook up this recipe. It is fairly easy, and very delicious. My family loves tuna, and I buy it fresh from my grocer whenever it is available, simple to make this …

Shrimp with yoghurt? I thought the idea was a bit of a stretch but it was good. I have been exploring middle eastern cuisine and I am loving it because of its low calorie ingredients. Mainly because they loathe pork. When I visited Muscat, Kuala Lumpur, Casablanca, this is …

I love the normal light coffee mixture for this Coffee Cake Recipe. I learned to make this from my late grandma and she was an expert making this. Really missed her so much. She told me that elements of butter or margarine is very important and I …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

With summer fast approaching, you have to try this recipe for Rocky Road Freeze. It is so simple and delicious.
The recipe is as follows:
1 14 oz can of sweetened condensed milk
1/2 cup chocolate syrup
2 cups heavy whipping cream
1 cup mini marshmellows
1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
1/2 cup salted peanuts, …

I was thinking of food I can serve as appetizer or my cousin’s birthday party, and my friend recommended me this recipe for smoky canapes which serves 20 people.
What you need are:
8 ounces of reduced-fat cream cheese (soften them first)
4 ounces of crumbled blu cheese
1 tablespoon of Worcestershire …

The jeera rice is nothing else but the rice with the cumin seeds. This rice is very interesting and it is also very good for digestion as we are using a lot of cumin seeds to prepare this recipe. This rice is liked by most of the …

Today I want to share a recipe with you, which I just love to eat, and this dish is very famous in Bengal. It is called “Aloo Posto”.”Aloo” means potato, and “Posto” means poppy seeds. And this dish is a fine combination of both potato and poppy seeds. And …

I learned to make this particular simple dish, Egg Salad Mix before and it is really easy and yet convenient to make. Here I go. You will need around 3 eggs or more, depending on the number of servings that you want.
Boil 3 eggs and after boiling, peel …

Parmesan Cheese Grits are, in my opinion, one of the most perfect ways to start the morning.This tasty dish is a great alternative to potatoes or mac and cheese. It is very easy to make and easily doubles. I love this simple dish for its flavor and texture. It …

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 …

I love the combination of cheese and chicken in my pizza recipes at times. Pizza is something that is not hard to make at all, if you have everything right, then you are set for it. Now here we go.
You need some good amount of cheese, and before …

Capsicum is a very nutritional vegetable and it is very good for our health. I know many recipies which can be made using the capsicum, here is an interesting recipe and I hope u will like it.
Ingredients:
Capsicum 250 grams chopped medium size, 2 big onions chopped medium size, …

I started liking potatoes when I first encountered mash potatoes as a side dish. It tasted really good and it complemented the taste of the steak that I was eating. I have encountered one of the recipes which gives me different variation to mashed potatoes. I thought at first …

Ingredients:
4 Lbs Beef Short Ribs
1/4 cup olive oil
1 cup peeled chopped carrots
1 chopped yellow onion
4 cloves minced garlic
3 tablespoons tomato paste
14 1/2 ounces of diced tomatoes in juice
1/4 cup cider vinegar
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 tsp dried mustard
1/4 tsp allspice
1 to 2 cans beef broth
Heat oil in pan and brown …

My mom use to make the sweet quit often as its quick to make and tasty to eat .Now I make it for my children too
cooking time :10 min
preparation time : 15 min
Ingredients
coconut crushed :1 cup
sugar …

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 …

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 …

Tomatoes are powerful antioxidants that help protect our body against free radicals. It is a vegetable that is anti-cancer so I always make it a point to include tomatoes in my diet. I get my daily dose of lycopene by eating ripe red tomatoes. If you are one of …

If you want a very tasty meal, listen up. Make HOBOS for yourself and you will be enjoying a great tasting meal.
HOBOS are so easy to make, and there a few variations. You can add ingredients to make each HOBO a special meal for every member …

I love eating Chocolate Tea Cakes. You can do this recipe in your free time, and it is not hard to make at all.
I mix my own favorite flavor of chocolate and you will need quite a bit of flour, eggs, milk, margarine, fine, white sugar which …

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 …

Mushroom soup is my favourite soup. I love to eat a lot of mushrooms and the soup made of the same is also very tasty. Even my kids love it. Mushroom is also a healthy food which carries all the nutrition values. This is very easy …

Here is an easy way for you to make some great salmon patties. First take a can of salmon and toss it in a bowl and take out the small white bones (some people eat these as they are really soft, but I prefer to pick them out). …

The French fries are my all time favourite snacks, which I just love to eat at any time. I like it because these fries are so crispy, tasty and delicious to eat. With the tomato sauce it tastes simply great. I have the recipe of making …

Ingredients:
Kabuli chana- 1 cup
Finely shopped onion pieces- two spoons
Black pepper powder- ½ spoon,
Chilli powder- ½ spoon
Lemon extract- 1 spoon
Coriander leaves- a few finely chopped.
Salt as per taste
Preparation
1.Soak kabuli chana(white big size) overnight.
Take pressure cooker and add chana,salt,pinch of turmeric powder and water and let it cook for 6 to …

Chocolate ice cream is every ones favorite ice cream. And it is very simple and easy recipe to prepare at home.
Ingredients:
1 liter milk, sugar 1 cup, chocolate bars 3,
Method:
First of all boil the milk and reduce it to half and now add the sugar and wait till it …

Are you tired of the usual spaghetti dinner? Do you want another way to feed your family pasta? I do. So I made this Penne and Meatball recipe to make a little twist on my family’s favorite dish. It is easy and very simple. All the ingredients are easy …