I love meatloaf because I think it’s a classic affordable meal. Although I love making it and eating it, I don’t think there’s one perfect recipe for it. I think meatloaf is a dish that’s meant to be experimented with, so I’m always looking for different meatloaf …

Pimento Cheese Dip
Yields about 1 ‘ cups of dip
1 cup dry curd low-fat cottage cheese
1 cup nonfat plain yogurt
1 four ounce jar pimentos, thoroughly drained
1 teaspoon onion powder
cup shredded sharp Cheddar cheese (approximately 2 ounces)
Place all ingredients except Cheddar cheese in a food processor or blender. Cover and …

The spinach contains a lot of iron content and it is very good for our health. Those who are lacking the iron content in the body for them the spinach is the best and the natural medicine
Ingredients:
Spinach one bunch, boiled potato chopped 1 cup, salt to taste, black …

This is a simple meal for a quick meal, a before or after meal and something you can also eat for lunch any day. It is another vegetable-filled enjoyable meal developed by my wonderful mother. She taught me and now I am going to enjoy teaching you. You should …

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 …

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 …

I have another interesting vegetable salad recipe, but here we are only using the tomatoes. The tomatoes contain a lot of C vitamin and they are very good for our health too.
Ingredients: red tomatoes 3 big size sliced, salt to taste, chat masala to taste, white …

I am a fan of Chowking Spicy Chao Fan, but because I live far from Butuan city where the only Chowking fast food chain is located in our province, I decided to create my own version of Spicy Chao Fan so to satisfy my occasional craving.
Chinese Chao …

As a recently turned vegetarian I am always on the lookout for recipes that will make my dinners a little bit more exciting and help me keep away from the boring, flavorless slump of steamed vegetables. Also, I am very nutritionally conscious and therefore keep a close eye on …

Blueberry & Avocado Smoothie is a healthy beverage drink that I love to make during those really hot weathers that appear humid too. I don’t normally buy it outside that much because I find it a bit of a waste of money. Unless I have a strong urge …

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 …

Ingredients :
Pineapple - 1 (raw)
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Oil - 3 tbsps
Salt
Grind together :
Coriander seeds - 1tbsp
pepper - 6
cumin seeds - 1tsp
red chillies - 5
mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
fenugreek seeds - 1/4tsp
Fry all these spicees in a tsp of oil till golden brown in colour. Add 1/2 cup grated …

I just invented this new wrap sandwich to help my energy levels out. And I am so happy with the even energy this wrap gives me, I had to share it!
Ingredients:
1 can of Pink Salmon, drained
A good handful of fresh spinach leaves, chopped
2 to 3 TBS of your favorite …

Milk gravy of one type or another was, and still is, a very popular item with my family. I stopped making it when I got married because my inlaws had never made it and thought it was too unusual for their tastes. But I’ve been divorced for …

Carrot halwa is a very nutritious and tasty indian sweet dish. Carrot is very important for growing children. For children who do not like to eat carrot either raw or cooked, you can try giving this sweet dish and they will ask you more.
Ingredients required:
Carrot - 1/2 …

As a former bartender, I think I sometimes take it for granted that drink recipes that may seem simple to me aren’t as commonly known to the general public. I think the pina colada falls into this category. I think the first thing you should understand is …

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, …

If you love onion rings and do not want the added calories of the grease they are fried in, here is a recipe that is everybit as good taseting, but baked instead of fried. I got this recipes out of a health magazine several years ago and have used …

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 …

Ingredients :
Rice - 400g
Coconut (grated) - 1 cup
urad dhal - 2tbsp
red chillies - 3
ghee - 1tbsp
mustard seeds
cashew nuts - 10
curry leaves
salt
asafoetida
Method :
1. Fry grated coconut, red chillies, urad dhal in ghee till it becomes golden brown.
2. Wash rice and cook it. Allow it to cool.
3. Fry mustard seeds, asafoetida, …

Ingredients:
1. Prawn – 250 gm.
2. Lau – 500 gm (fresh and sliced)
3. Mustard – 1 teaspoon
4. Salt – 1 teaspoon
5. Green chilli – 4 to 5
6. Tamarind powder – 1 teaspoon
7. Ginger paste – 1 teaspoon
8. Jeera powder – 1 teaspoon
9. Sugar - 2 teaspoon
10. Oil
11. Water
Method:
1. Add oil in a vessel and heat it up
2. Fry Prawn on medium flame …

Cinnamon Apple with Ice Cream is yummy and tasty and something that I would always prepare for dessert whenever I have a craving for apple and cinnamon! Yes, that’s right and you can make this easily in the comfort of your own home.
You will need some apples; around 2-3 …

There are 3 cuisines that I love —“ Asian, Italian and Japanese. The last one I must confess is something that I still am eager to learn. For me, Japanese cooking is somewhat complicated and requires long hours in the kitchen. Also I have to brush up on certain …

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 …

Growing up, whenever we had meatloaf, I frowned. I really could care less for it. But now that I am grown up, I long for my mothers meatloaf. I have never found her recipe, but came up with this one after countless tries at trying to …

This is my favourite recipe for making guacamole and was given to me by a friend of mine. This recipe I am about to give you is a very easy and very quick guacamole. It is really tasty and I would really recommend it. It goes great with …

Chicken and Bacon Fajitas are really good and even more fun to make it. It doesn’t take long at all to prepare or make it and it turns out really good. Lots of family functions people have made this recipe and it now becomes a family tradition to make …

My kids wanted to make some ornaments today, but we didn’t have any clay so I made my own. I followed the following recipe, and I have to say that I was very impressed by it. It was easy to make, did not make a mess, uses …

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 …

The paneer pakodas are a very interesting snacks, which are preferred to eat in the evenings with the cup of tea. The paneer is nothing else but the cottage cheese. Any kind of recipies made using the cottage cheese is very tasty. This recipe is really …

Kankur 250 gm (peeled)
Garlic powder 2 teaspoon
Red chilli powder 2 teaspoon
Sugar ? teaspoon
Salt 1 teaspoon
Garam Masala powder 1 teaspoon
Pulse cake few around 50 gm
Oil
Water
Tez patta 1 to 2
Method:
Add oil in a vessel and heat it up
Fry Garlic powder, Red chilli powder, Sugar and Tez patta on medium flame for 5 …

My whole family loves ribs; but are excessively fussy about the marinade they are cooked in! However I stumbled across the very simple basis for a marinade and now have tweaked it to my personal perfection.
Take equal amounts of lemon juice, soy sauce and clear honey (about 2 to …

A neighbor of mine gave me a whole pumpkin when he arrived from their province. Thinking of the different ways on how I could cook it and as to how many recipes I’d be able to make with a whole pumpkin made me have a research …

I have always loved Rice Krispie bars, but growing up my mother added a twist to them. On top she would put caramel and chocolate and they were to die for. You have to try this recipe for yourself and you will see why I went gaga …

After visiting Italy and Croatia last year, I developed a taste for antipasto. I found that the small servings of antipasto before a meal were perfect appetizers, and so out of the ordinary. I tried to find various recipes of dishes I had sampled in Europe, but this recipe …

I am of the opinion that a meal that contains eggs can be eaten at any meal, at any time of the day. Eggs used to have a bad rap because of the cholesterol it supposedly contains; in reality, eggs are high in protein and low in fat and …

If you are a fan of peanut butter or chocolate silk pies, and want to try something different for the holidays - this pie is an excellent choice. An extra bonus is that it is a no bake pie, so you don’t have to worry about doing your pie …

I made this dip from one of the Favorite Recipes books, and it was a major hit on Super Bowl Sunday. The dip is similar to a nacho salad except you have to bake the cream cheese, chili, and shredded cheese and then you add the other toppings afterwards.
Since …

With the holidays coming up friends and families usually gather around, waiting for the holiday meal to be served. What can you do to sate all those watering mouths that are anxiously awaiting your perfect dinner? Serve a very simple, and extremely tasty cheeseball.
To make the perfect cheeseball you …

The next receipe I will present to you is less specific Romanian, but very often found on the Romanian feast dinner tables
of Easter and Christmas. Of course sponge cakes (’cozonac’ in Romanian) can be bought also from the store but using my recipe
described below that I tried and perfected …

2-3 boneless chicken breasts
1 can of cream of mushroom soup
½ or 2/3 cups of instant rice
1/3 cup of water
salt
Place chicken breasts on a greased frying pan (if they are frozen, that’s okay, do not thaw). Fry them on low heat for about 10 minutes, turning over occasionally. Sprinkle …

Procedure to prepare a very tasty seafood is before you. Prepare and taste it.
Required Ingredients:
1. one cup of prawns(peeled off)
2. two big onions
3. one medium sized tomato
4. 3 green chillis
5. 5 garlic flakes
6. 1 inch ginger piece
7. 2 cloves
8. small piece of cinnamon
9. 2 green cardamom
10. 2 tea spoons …

I am a big fan of southern-style cooking, but have to admit that it is usually full of fat and is generally fried, calorie-laden and full of grease. But it tastes so good! When I lived in the US, grits were a big thing with the locals, so when …

Gobhi Manchurian is the favourite evening snack for my children. And it is also the favourite snack for all the children. Here is the recipe not it down.
Ingredients: cauli flower finely chopped 2 cups, tomato sauce 1 cup, salt to taste, black salt 1 tea spoon, …

The butter non-is an Indian roti (flat bread) which is normally prepared for the breakfast. It is prepared with the flour and any kind of side dish can be served with the butter non.
Ingredients: white flour 2 cups, water to prepare the dough of this flour, slat …

Grilled eggplant offer a smoky option to say a rich goat cheese. I love grilling options, and that includes eggplant. My best advice would be to look for eggplants on the slender side, around 3-4 inches in diameter at their widest point. But for instance, my …