Winter is just around the corner. In fact, it snowed in Michigan yesterday. And in times like this, there is nothing more we want but to stay home, curled up in the couch while watching a good movie and a steaming soup waiting to be devoured. If you haven’t …

Crabs night has become a recent tradition as of late for my family because it’s one of few meals where you can really indulge with your hands without raised eyebrows.
Usually when I cook crabs I do so in a large pot with quite a number of seasonings and spices …

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 …

Most of my friends and family members think I’m a little strange because I’m not a huge fan of ice cream. I don’t dislike ice cream, but it’s definitely not the first thing I would order if I were presented with a list of dessert options. However, …

I was looking for a soup recipe that was suitable for a cold winter’s day that was tasty and satisfying. A friend gave me this recipe originally as a diet soup. Made of mostly vegetables it was very low in calories and quite tasty. Another friend …

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 …

I admit to not really liking duck as far as food goes. I am unsure whether I have just had it so rarely that I haven’t found a dish that I like, or whether the thought of eating an animal that I think is cute is somehow not my …

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 …

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 …

Whenever I’m expecting guests, I buy a carton of eggs and start preparing my famous egg salad. It’s so simple and so easy to make that it always comes as a surprise how my guests love it all the time.
First, boil some eggs, peel it, then dice it. You …

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 …

Sofrito
This is one of the local specialities in Corfu island of Greece.The meat should be pork and not beef for the simple reason that pork meat becomes softer when cooking it. It is very easy to make this dish, although you might find it difficult at the beginning as …

I like the variety in the Oprah Magazine Cookbook. It is a combination of healthy, unique recipes as well as some decadent recipes. It is also a combination of many different types of flavors and styles of food.
I consider this one of my favorite “browsing” cookbooks. …

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 …

I really like imitation crab meat, because I think it’s like having the pleasure of eating seafood minus the burden of preparing it. So I’m always searching for new recipes to make it with. During one of my recent online quests for easy crock pot recipes I …

In my earlier review we came to know about the sweet butter milk which is called as lassi, but now we are going to write about the masala butter milk which is not sweet but it is little spicy and little tangy in taste. Normally this kind of …

Crab Salad. I have made this appetizer for all kinds of parties and family gatherings, and I am asked for the recipe all the time. You will need a pack of imitation crab meat (or real crab, if you are that rich), 2-3 hardboiled eggs, a half of a …

I had baked a Cocoa Fudge Cake for my ex boyfriend before and he loved it very much. And I must say I made a good job at it, though that was around my first time trying out a Cocoa Fudge. If you dislike cocoa, you can also …

I never thought I would be a Tilapia eater. Tilapia is a fish and never knew that until I work for a demo company sampling food. I am a picky eater so if it look gross then I won’t try it. Since I was doing demos I decided to …

For a while, I have been experimenting with a relatively simple although fairly tasty recipe creation that I would like to share. If you like garlic and cheese, I think this recipe may be one that you will like. First of all, you will need bread. Pick any kind …

Beef Pares, which is beef cooked in broth served with stir fried rice and scrambled edd, has always been a comfort food for ordinary folks here in the Philippines and is mostly served in roadside carinderias (small restaurants). It is usually eaten at the start of the day to …

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 …

The following is another great recipe from the Hotter than Hell recipe book by Jane Butel. This one takes a bit of time to cut up all of the vegetables, but the cooking time is very fast. One tip that I have discovered from cooking this is not to …

I like making pigs in a blanket because I think it’s a fun way to cook hot dogs, and they’re easy and affordable to make. The Dollar Tree in my neighborhood has a refrigerated section, and I can get everything I need to make them there. I …

Ingredients:
Cauli flower one medium sized, tomato sauce one bottle, 10 -12 garlic cloves chopped, ginger finely chopped, 2 big sized onions finely chopped, corn flour 2 cups, Soya sauce, salt to taste, Maida flour one cup, and oil to deep fry.
Method:
Now make the small pieces of cauli flower and wash …

South India is very famous for idly and dosas. Anyone visiting South India will not leave without tasting them. Usualy they are given with green chutney and sambar. But there is another variety which is given only in selected hotels. It is called as chutney …

Take a large piece of aluminum foil, place it into a baking pan and press down so that it takes the form of the pan. Spread some mayonnaise in the middle and put in the ingredients in layers.
1. Potatoes. Peel, cut into small cubes, place into the pan and …

Ingredients :
Bitter gourd - 1/2 kg
Tomatoes - 2or 3
Big onion - 1
Sour curds - 1/4 cup
Turmeric powder
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Garam masala powder - 1/2 tsp
chilli powder - 1tsp
ginger - 1inch piece
coconut - 1/4 cup scraped
sugar - 2tsps
oil
salt
Method :
1. Cut onions, mince ginger, chop tomatoes and keep aside
2. Cut …

I always want to bring out my creativity and introduce to my kids surprising weekend meals. Unfortunately both my kids are boys, and are not really interested in cooking coz they claim it is a girl’s thing. I just let them participate by helping me prepare the ingredients and …

I love to try and cook different things especially fish. Fish is my favourite food and I would to tell you how to do one of my all time favourite dishes, which is, fried mussels and beer. It is so simple to make and it tastes so …

1 kilo prawns, deveined, but with the heads left on
1 head garlic, sliced crosswise
1 tbsp dried chili flakes
1 tsp Cayenne pepper
100 grams butter
1/2 cup olive oil
1/2 cup lemon juice
1 tsp lemon zest
Salt and pepper to taste
Procedure:
Clean the prawns by placing them under the water. Do not remove …

Are you busy like me and need very easy recipes that take less than 10 minutes to prepare and that will be ready when you get home? Then this recipe is for you. A friend suggested this recipe to me last fall and my family loves it. …

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 …

The coco-fried rice is a good and healthy recipe made using the rice and coconut milk. It is very simples and takes only a few ingredients and it is also easy to prepare it.
The ingredients: 2 cups of coconut milk (grind the grated coconut well adding water and …

I make a lot of Mexican entrees, but I’m always unsure about what to serve on the side. I wanted to find a good side dish to serve with tacos and enchiladas, so I started looking for recipes. The Favorite Brand Name Simple 1-2-3 One Dish cookbook …

Well everyone knows how to make a soup. No big deal you will say, but to get a quality soup one needs some experience
and to know a few secrets about it. I used this soup recipe for over 25 years and during this time I have improved it.
I tried different …

HEY THERE!
Have you ever wondered how to make Texas Blue Crab Cakes at home?
Well look no further, I have a recipe for great crab cakes, I make them for my husband and he LOVES them here it is
Ingrediants:
1 lb Lump Crabmeat
(carefully pick through to remove the shell pieces)
3/4 cups …

Another favorite dessert of mine are parfait. I have tried mango and strawberry before but I was looking for something homemade and more exotic rather than traditionally Western. I have tried banana crepe but it tasted sour. I tried Banana Parfait. I got a recipe from a local magazine …

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 …

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 …

Take a large chunk of beef, the shoulder part used for pot roasts, and cut it into very thin slices. The best way to do it is to have the meat not fully thawed; when it is still a bit frozen, slicing is much easier. Preheat a frying pan …

I am so excited about this brand new recipe I have just come up with. It’s called Green Chile Omelet with Green Chile Enchilada Sauce. Do you ever wonder what makes one meal stand out above others? This morning was a Sunday morning, where we kind of kick back …

Most people don’t like taking brinjal but it can be quite delicious if cooked in the right way. I like brinjals and they are one of the many few vegetable I really enjoy. One of favorite item is the Roasted brinjals and I would like to share the recipe …

You may be thinking that a dish as simple as instant grits wouldn’t require a recipe, per se. Well you are in fact - wrong. In fact, making instant grits taste like they’re not instant requires a bit of skill. What you have …

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 …

If you’ve ever dined at a restaurant, you would have noticed the servers don’t just bring you ordinary butter. The butter usually has some sort of herb or spices mixed in to add flavor to your steak, chicken, fish, vegetables, or savory item you’ve ordered from the menu.
Compound butters …

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 enjoy cooking, but really like simple recipes. I don’t have a lot of time or money for complex meals, yet I get sick of the same old thing. A family member got me Simple 1-2-3 One Dish Cookbook as a gift and I have found it to be …

Ingredients:
onion:2
potato: 250gm
Green peas: 100gm
carrot:3no
…