Recipes Reviews
Slow Cooker Lasagne Recipe
This recipe is actually a Kraft foods recipe that I found a few years back and altered. I love the ease of a crock pot but hate how so many recipes for it taste the same and this one does not taste like it came out of the …
Crostini Recipe
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 …
Cheese Lasagna (recipe)
Cheese Lasagna is a dish to be enjoyed all the time. It is really good and the flavors that is put inside of it really makes it the perfect taste. The process is not long at all and it cooks in about an hour and 15 minutes. It is …
Almond pie recipe
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. …
Pork roulade stuffed with peppers and cheese recipe
Hi,
Today I am going to show you a very simple recipe, pork roulade stuffed with peppers and cheese.
We will need:
- 2 thin slices of pork meat;
- 100 grams of cheese;
- 1 red pepper;
- Fresh parsley and dill;
- 50 gr butter;
- 4-5 dried tomato in olive oil;
- Chili (if wanted);
- Garlic;
- Barbeque condiments;
- Salt and pepper.
First step is to melt the …
Mango Milk Shake
My favorite fruits are mango and I love any desserts or any food made using the mangoes. Here is an interesting milk shake made using the riped mangoes. It is not only very tasty, it is also very easy to prepare which only takes 6-7 minutes to …
Chocolate fruit recipe
I love entertaining and we have a lot of friends and family come over for diner parties. They all love my chocolate dipped fruit. It looks lovely and tastes even better. It is so easy to make all you need is the following.
225g / 8 oz …
Chicken with Lemon and Coriander recipe
I made this recipie quite often and every body enjoys
Preparation time: 25 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Servings : 4
I /1.2 kg : chicken, quartered pieces
to pasts : ground black pepper
2 …
Crab Fiesta Dip recipe
Chips and dip are always a smashing success at any kind of home or holiday party. One dip that I have come to discover, and is always a sure bet for popularity at my home parties, is the Crab Fiesta Dip. It is quick and easy to …
Macaroni Tuna Salad
Macaroni Tuna Salad is a recipe that my Mom and I have been making together since I was a little girl. Now I have the kids help me make it and it is a big hit with everyone that tries it. This recipe is something that we just make …
Tiny Pickled Tomatoes recipe
When I was pregnant with our first child I used to crave anything pickled, my Mom gave me a recipe for Tiny Pickled Tomatoes which I loved, I had the same craving second time around as well.
You will need the following list of ingredients to make the tiny pickled …
Chicken Drumsticks recipe
Friends today I m going to share a recipe with you, which is very good for evening snack, and it is really delicious. It is called “Chicken Drumsticks”. It is really easy to make, and it requires very little and simple ingredients. To make “Chicken Drumsticks”, for 4 people, …
CrockPot Enchilada Casserole Recipe
I first learned about this recipe through the Rachel Ray show. It’s now a Rachel Ray recipe. Rachel was featuring a lady (Stephanie) who has vowed to cook all of her meals in a crockpot for 1 year.
She talked about an enchilada recipe. I …
Spaghetti Sauce, Homemade
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 …
Rabbit recipe
I took my wife out for a meal a couple of weeks ago. My mum and dad came down to our house to baby sit. My wife ordered the rabbit.
I like to cook and never cooked rabbit so as my wife tried the rabbit and liked I decided …
Orange Chocolate Mousse recipe
I asked my mom for some recipes for desserts to serve for guests over the holidays, and one of them that I tried recently, and was a big hit with the guests, was a delicious Orange Chocolate Mousse. The best part is that for a fancy dessert, it is …
Biscuits and Gravy Recipe
One of my families favorite evenings are when we have breakfast for dinner. My girls are not big breakfast eaters early in the morning so this is perfect for a brunch or for us a dinner. You can get creative with this recipe and make …
Hashbrown Picante Quiche Recipe
I don’t like hashbrown. One time I had the occasion to eat it at Shakey’s Pizza because my officemate insisted in trying it. It tasted like old potatoes which was just repacked just to avoid waste. It was awful but since we need to eat potatoes for our potassium …
Tasty Kheer (dessert)
Ingredients:
Half liter milk and some fine quality rice of about 250 grams, and take some sugar(may be 250 grams), now finally take some ghee (4 table spoons of melted butter) and some finely chopped nuts according to your choice to garnish it with.
Method:
Now first of all wash the rice and …
Prawns with Pumpkin Seed Salsa recipe
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 …
Skordalia (potatoes pulp) recipe
This recipe is one of my favorites and it’s very easy to make. In Greece, we usually make this food on 25th March which is a national and religious celebration and the main dish of the day is fish, usually cod. Either fried, boiled or cooked. On that …
Short Ribs Recipe
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 …
Coconut milk soup with cheese
Who does not like to have the soups? I like the soup made of any vegetable and I always have the soup during my dinner. Here is another kind of very interesting soup, which is very rare but is very tasty and healthy one, which is made …
Tart crust recipe
This recipe goes together with the quick and easy custard cream recipe. No need to spend hours making a tart crust anymore.
Ingredients:
150g Pancake mix
1 tbsp milk(add a little more if dough is too dry)
40g unsalted butter
How to make:
Preheat oven to 180 C
1.Mix all ingredients together into a medium …
Mixed vegetable soup
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 …
How to Cook Everything Vegetarian by Mark Bittman
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 …
Caldereta recipe
Caldereta is a very popular Filipino dish. Every household have their own versions. MY grandma’s is different from my mom’s caldereta and I myself have my own modified version. Well my version of Caldereta passed the family critiques’ (Grandpa, Papa & hubby) evaluation and it is a hit on fiestas, …
Fried Moong Pulse Recipe
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 …
Thai Red Curry Paste Recipe
This recipe is concocted via trial and error by my mom. She briefed me the recipe and I have tried making this Thai red curry paste before and though this is not my specialty, it is none too bad if I give it a chance. But I’m …
Green Onion Salad recipe
Snip green onion into a bowl, add some finely chopped lettuce (approximately the same amount or less). Dice 1-2 hard boiled eggs and add to the salad. Sprinkle some salt and slightly stir, mixing the ingredients together. Dress the salad with mayonnaise. The salad is served as a side …
Quail in white wine
If you like to experiment with different foods like my self and my wife, than we suggest you try quail. I was always too afraid of cooking quail as I thought it would be hard, but it is not. It is a lovely piece of meat and well …
Prestige pressure cooker
When I was married 5 years back, I got many gifts by my friends relative and my colleagues. I like most of the gifts and I am also using those gifts even now. One of such a good gift is the pressure cooker. My aunty presented …
Cream Cheese Sauce recipe
I planned on cooking pork chops for dinner the other week, and couldn’t decide what to marinate it with. So I looked online for some marinades and instead found a recipe for a cream cheese sauce. I experimented with it a bit, and ended up with this:
Ingredients:
- cup butter
- …
Chicken Fried Rice (recipe)
I love to eat Chicken Fried Rice and I can basically eat it all day. I love the taste, the smell, and everything that is in it. I can never get enough of it. At first when I first had it it was at Panda Express, which is a …
Compound Herb Butter Recipe
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 …
Gambas ( Fried Garlic Shrimps ) Recipe
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 …
Spicey Egg Sandwich recipe
Ingredients:
2 Eggs
Salt
Black Pepper
1 Scotch Bonnet Pepper
Cooking/Vegetable oil
Bread
Butter/Margerine
Cheddar Cheese
Tomato (sliced)
Lettuce
Method:
Preheat frying pan with cooking/vegetable oil
Whisk together - 2 eggs with a pinch of salt and black pepper
Grate 1/2 scotch bonnet pepper and add to egg batter
Fry until golden but not crisp (fry crisp if desired)
Toast 2 slices of bread
Apply butter/margerine, cheddar …
Stuffed Mushrooms Recipe
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 …
Gadbad Ice cream recipe
Gadbud ice cream is a different kind of ice cream recipe, which I have learnt from one of my friend. It tastes too good and also looks little different. This is the ideal recipe for the sweet lovers. Just try it.
Ingredients: vanilla ice cream one cup, chopped …
DIY Fried Ice Cream Balls
One of my family’s absolute favorite foods to get at the fair is deep fried ice cream. I have tried to make it for my kids before and it was an absolute mess. I quit making it for a while, but they started asking for it again so I went …
Sesame Honey Vegetable Casserole Recipe
I usually try to serve vegetables with dinner, but I really don’t put a lot of thought into preparing them. I usually focus more on the main entree. So more often than not, the vegetables I serve are pretty much ignored. I wanted to find some …
Sweet Potato Pie (recipe)
Sweet potato pie is a must serve dish at all holiday functions in my family. I love it and always look forward to eating it on each occasion. There is just something about the taste that just keep me addicted to it and wanting more. I love it especially …
Arroz Cubana Pockets Recipe
I like pocket size viands which gives you controlled amount as to how much you will take. Just like this recipe that was released by Knorr, this is like Shanghai rolls which allows you to limit your bite by selecting a few sizes of rolls. This recipe gave me …
Salted Nut Roll bars
One of my favorite candy bars is the Salted Nut Roll. When I had these bars, they tasted so close to the Salted Nut Roll that this is one of my favorite recipes ever.
Base:
1 package yellow cake mix …
Pan friend chicken and pear salad recipe
Pan Fried Chicken and Pear Salad
This is an extremely simplistic recipe with an amazing combination of flavours to tantalize your taste buds but also substantial enough to leave you feeling like you’ve eaten a good sized main course. Lets start off with a list of ingredients.
You will need ( …
Vegetable Pizza recipe
I use this quick and easy recipe for vegetable pizza for parties and picnics. It really tastes good and your guests will love it. It is real simple to make.
You will need two packages of crescent rolls, two eight ounce packages of cream cheese, three-fourth cup of …
Onion roti recipe
The onion roti is some thing very special and very different kind of recipe, which is prepared in south India. It is not only tasty to eat, at the same time it is also considered as a healthy food. In India we eat it for a breakfast.
Ingredients: …
Tomato Basil Stuffed Chicken Breasts recipe
I made this a couple of days ago for an informal family celebration.
I served it with minted new potatoes and green beans but it would work equally well with a salad.
I felt it needed a sauce since the chicken was a little dry so I made a quick …
Banana & Ginger Soya Smoothie
I’m going through a SERIOUS Banana & Ginger Soya Smoothie phase at the moment - well, it’s more than a moment, it’s more like a couple of months! It’s a pretty basic recipe, only takes a couple of minutes - so I thought I’d share it with the world!
WHAT …
Tuna Fish Curry recipe
Ingredients (for two people)
1/2 kg tuna fish
1/2 apple, peeled & chopped
1 teaspoon of Apple juice
1/2 table spoon coriander powder
1/2 teaspoon cumin powder
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
1 table spoon chilli powder
1/2 teaspoon garam masala powder
1 tea spoon lemon juice
1 onion
1 big tomato
fresh coriander leaves
1 onion - minced
1 big tomato …
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