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 …

One of my favorite candy bars is the Salted Nut Roll. The following recipe reminds me of them slightly. They sort of taste like them, and they are irresisitable.
First you mix the following together: 1 1/2 cups flour, 2/3 cups brown sugar, 1/2 teaspoon baking powder, …

This is a quick recipe for a tasty appetizer called in our family “Garlic Mushrooms On A Toast.” The dish is good as a quick snack for two, and also works well as an appetite teaser for larger companies.
We use regular champignon mushrooms sold in grocery store, nothing …

I use butter all the time, but I wanted to try to but down on the time it takes by using a recipe I read about using a food processor.
The ingredients are really simple.
Heavy whipping cream- unless you can get your hands on fresh cream, but I think that …

When we visited my Great aunt a few weeks ago she cooked us a lovely meal. My wife knew what it was as she has eaten this type of meat before, but me and my eldest son had no idea. When we had all finished my wife thanked my …

Ingredients:
3 cups of cut chicken, green chilly paste of 1 tea spoon, garlic (optional), some chopped ginger garlic paste, 3 chopped onions, cumin seeds powder 2 spoons, pepper corns 6, salt according to taste, oil 4 spoons, chopped coriander leaves to garnish.
Method:
Now first of all take all the spices with …

Mixed vegetable soup is very nutritious soup and it is a very essential and vital soup for the kids. It is very simple to prepare it.
Ingredients:
Mixed vegetable chopped according to your choice, corn flour 4 tea spoons, sugar 3 tea spoons, salt to taste, black pepper powder to …

I have not come across a cheese dip in the grocery store that makes use of blue cheese, so after some experimentation, I have come up with, I think, a dip that offers up an authentic and potent blue cheese dip. What I start out doing is dump about …

Porcupine meatballs are a great supper and are super easy to fix. You can make them in a snap and they take less than an hour to bake.
Fix take a pound of your favorite ground beef (I like to use 93 percent since it is the leanest, but …

If you like seafood you will love this recipe. It is another ‘mezes’ dish but you can also cook it and enjoy it as a main dish with a fresh green salad and fresh bread. Don’t forget the cold beer or the wine. The difficult part would be to …

Kulfee is a very well know or a very popular ice cream variety in India. It is available all over India and it is also very very tasty and that is why it is popular. But I have a very simple recipe of the kulfee ice cream, …

This is my grandma’s recipe of fried potatoes that I loved when I was little. I’ve noticed that no other way to cook potatoes can duplicate the taste. The process is easy enough, although it might take time since you actually cook the potatoes twice - well, sort of. …

Potato salad is a must on Sundays or any special occasion if you live in the South. There is something about it that just pulls the entire meal together, and it is one of those side dishes that is easy to make and it can be eaten at room …

The sweet corn soup with cottage cheese is of course the favourite for all of us. It is healthier, tastier and the easiest soup to prepare. This soup is the favourite for all my family members and even to me, whenever I get some time I do prepare …

Our family likes potatoes, and I’ve got several different ways of cooking them (alternating just mashed and fried gets old pretty fast). Here is one of our favorites, Potato Patties. They are easy to make, and once the potatoes are boiled it does not take much time at all. …

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 …

Ingredients:
1. Moong Pulse – 250 gm
2. Sugar – 1 teaspoon
3. Red chilli – 1 to 2
4. Green chilli – 2 to 3
5. Garam Masala powder – 1 teaspoon
6. Salt – ? teaspoon
7. Jeera powder – 1 teaspoon
8. Ghee
9. Water
Method:
1. Fry Moong pulse plain without oil or ghee in a vessel on medium flame for 2 minutes and keep it …

Ingredients :
Jeera - 1 tbsp
Lemon - 1
green chillies - 10 g
bengal gram dhal - 20 g
Rice - 400 g
turmeric powder
salt
mustard seeds - 5 g
curry leaves
gingely oil - 3 tbsp
urad dhal - 10 g
Method :
1. Wash rice and cook. Spread it in a vessel and allow to cool.
2. Squeeze juice …

Are you in search of a healthy way to eat chicken? Then take a look at this recipe. It all started when I saw that my quaker oat is expiring soon. I don’t ever want to throw away food, so I took it and divided it into 2. The …

I occasionally buy Lloyd’s barbecue beef brisket which is an easy to prepare (as in stick in the microwave and heat) meal. It’s a change of pace for me, and it tastes good. The last time I purchased it, I noticed a recipe on the back for …

Low Cholesterol Deviled Eggs
Yields: 8 deviled eggs with two halves being a serving
Per Serving: 55 calories, 3 g fat, 3 g protein, 1 g carbohydrate, 210 mg sodium
This is a favorite that I like to double and take to family reunions. The eggs have less cholesterol …

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 …

It was Sunday yesterday and everyone was at home. Sunday is my favorite day of the week because I get to spend it with my family. We sometimes go out but more often we stay home and just watch TV or put on a DVD. Since everyone was in, …

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 …

This is a recipe that is taught by my mom and I love trying this out whenever I am bored. This recipe uses 6-inch tortillas, not the big burrito size though. The serving is up to 4.
Ingredients needed:
1 cup raw green pumpkin seeds, hulled
Salt
1 teaspoon chili powder …

Here is an idea for your next meal that you can prepare. I am reviewing this food option, Curry Prawns with Ketchup Boiled Eggs and giving some basic cooking tips.
Not everyone hates ketchup. I am a fine with this sauce and there are lots of food ideas …

One of the first few dishes I have learned to cook when I got married was Chicken Curry, which also now happens to be my husband’s favorite dish at home.
The first time I cooked this dish for dinner I religiously followed the recipe I saw on the Internet. Eventually, …

Here is a recipe that can be called so to speak the queen of cakes. It is the fruit tart, which I cooking always when I
want something sweet. Tasty and easy to prepare, the tarts are a delicious desert in my opinion, both for those who follow
a diet and …

I just love Burrito Wraps very much. The flour-taste, the tortillas, I should think and the juicy and nice meat inside are just so, so awesome. I love Burrito Wraps of any kind; be it a home-made one or the ones which I buy from restaurants or at …

I received a recipe recently from my sister for a new tasty way to prepare homemade chicken nuggets for my kids. When I tried it, I couldn’t believe how good it was. More importantly, my kids loved it so much they are begging me to make it …

Using carrots we can make a very interesting and nutritious subji (side dish). Which takes very less ingredients and is very tasty to eat. Try it.
Ingredients:
Carrots half kilo, onion 2 big size chopped, tomato 4 medium size chopped, 10-12 cloves of garlic, turmeric one pinch, salt to …

If you love to grill or you simply hate the clean up of cooking, you will love these Burger Foil packets. They are a cinch to make and clean up is a breeze.
To start, tear off fouur sheets of foil, making sure they are good sized. They …

Do you need an easy, no fail recipe to impress someone then this is it. All you need is a large pot, a stove and some simple ingredients. I found this recipe a year ago and have served it to so many people, including those who have …

I love potatoes. French fries are my favorite, but I also love a hot or cold potato salad to compliment any meal. My mother taught me how to make this type of potato salad. You will need six white potatoes, one half sup mayonnaise (or you can use real …

Kulcha is another kind of Indian flat bread, which is preferred by most of the Indians as a breakfast. This is very soft and also looks very attractive. It is very thin and round in shape. The kulcha can be served with any kind of side …

This recipe for homemade fries is one of my guilty pleasures. It’s the result of my experiments using recipes I found online for making fast food fries at home. My original goal was to try to duplicate a recipe I found for making McDonald’s fries at home. …

I like organizing potluck dinners with my friends. Potlucks ease the burden of one person doing all of the work, and I think they’re a great opportunity to try different recipes. Recently, I signed up to bring the dessert for a potluck dinner I was attending. …

“Shahi Paneer”, which means “Royal Paneer”, is an Indian vegetarian dish with quite a huge fan base as any Indian food lover would testify. Strictly vegetarian dish with an absolutely great taste that too with a whole lot of nutrients. The following is the recipe for preparing Shahi Paneer.
Ingredients:
Paneer …

Thor 2 (fresh)
Mustard 1 ? teaspoon
Green chillies 2 to 3
Sugar ? teaspoon
Salt 1 teaspoon
Oil
Water
Method:
Peel the fresh Thor and slice it up to fine pieces
Add two cups of water in a vessel and add Thor in it
Add a little bit of salt and boil it on medium-high flame for 5
Minutes
Take the …

Greek cuisine is world wide famous for its flavours and the healthy diet that constitutes. I am a big fan of it myself, I can admit; huge variety and great flavour combinations. A dish that I really enjoy, especially during the winter time, is the one known in …

I really like jams and I eat them every morning. There’s no better jam than the one made at home. I usually make fig and plums jam, chestnut jam, apricot jam and similar usual jams. About a year ago a friend gave me the recipe for a jam of …

I have tried looking for recipes of finger foods. I have this quest to be well-rounded in terms of my cooking skills. I patterned this recipe from Cosmopolitan magazine.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup olive oil
6 large garlic heads, peeled
24 1/2 inch thick slices baguette, cut at a 45-degree angle
1 …

This is a really easy recipe that I usually prepare in 10 minutes when I have an unexpected guest or a last minute “pot luck” inviation. People who taste this pie usually think I bought it from a pastry store or I had it done by an expert cook. …

Being from the far north of the country, I love to learn about the southern style of cooking and there is no better way to learn than by watching Paula Deen. On her show, Paula’s Home Cooking, we are taken into her own home kitchen, and sometimes into …