The first time I had butternut squash soup, I fell in love with the creamy richness and warming flavour. This was at a fancy restaurant, so I assumed it would be horrifically difficult to make, but I happened across this recipe in a new cookbook I received, and tried …

We just made these for lunch, and they are great! Quick, easy, and fairly healthy. They are also very portable, so they make good lunches for work or university.
Ingredients:
chicken (either the stir fry meat or the pre-packed kind)
red pepper
spinach
hoisin sauce
Tortillas (we like the flavoured kind)
Directions:
Cook the chicken. We like …

Ingredients: wheat bread, fresh mushrooms (champignons), chopped onion, shredder cheddar cheese, salt, mayonnaise.
Cut each peace of bread in half. Fill a shallow dish with cold water and dip each breadstick in it (only with one side, and do not let it soak). Place the breadsticks on a greased cooking …

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 …

I love to cook good food that does not require me standing over it. I enjoy visiting my family during the cooking time! I like to take chicken breasts,(boned and skinned….much healthier this way), and let them bake in the oven with garlic seasoning. I place the chicken breasts …

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 …

We can prepare the very much natural and tastier and nutritional mixed fruit jam at home very easily.
Here are the ingredients:
Take one cup of papaya, cup of banana, cup of pineapple, cup of black grape, cup of orange fruit, cup of apple (all the fruits must be pealed and …

ingredients:
Rice - 1 cup
Water - 1 ½ cup
Turmeric powder- 1 spoon
Green chilli - 5 (long)
Red chilli- 3-4 (long)\
Garlic flakes- 10-12
Cuminseeds- 2 spoons
Chana dal - 4 spoons
Ground nuts- 7 spoons
Mustard- 1 spoon
Curry leaves- ½ cup
Tamarind pulp- ½ cup
Ginger - 1 spoonful small pieces
Oil- 4 spoons
Salt as per taste.
Method:
1.Add …

Ingredient:
Rui Fish 500 gm
Garlic paste 2 teaspoon
Salt 1 teaspoon
Oil
Method:
Clean the Rui Fish well with normal clean water
Slice up the Rui Fish into medium to big pieces
Mix the Garlic paste with Salt
Spread this mixture all over the pieces of the Rui Fish consistently and keep it in a dish for …

Even my little sibling could make this. With the supervision of an adult, in the first place. This is easy for those of us wanting to watch a movie late at night, and after coming back home, feel like wanting to eat a particular snack. No need …

The recipe for Sunshine Cookies (from the Kids Cake Mix Fun and More book) was so easy to whip up and gave an explosive taste of goodness with every bite! These cookies have a refreshing taste of lemon yet a creamy texture of a cookie and are just so …

INGREDENTS:
-2 to three packets of noodles (i use indomie noodles)
-A tin of sardines (the type preserved in oil)
-2 piints of water
-One medium sized bulb of onion
-Green pepper,red pepper.
-1/8 pints vegetable oil
-one carrot
PROCEDURE:
1)Bring some water to boil, and while its boiling, break the noodles into reasonable sizes. put it in …

I have to admit that I’m one of those people who have never been to a state fair or carnival, but somehow I have managed to get my hands on the funnel cake that is served there. There was a restaurant of some sort that used to be located …

One of my favorite desserts is mango float. It is because it is just light and not heavily sugared compared to a full slice of brownie or the ala mode version. It is just light and more so, the only thing sinful is just a small doze of all …

Ingredients:
6 big sized boiled potatoes, 2 big onions chopped, 3 big tomatoes chopped, salt to taste, red chilly powder to taste, garam masala 1 tea spoon, turmeric powder one pinch, sprouted moong dal 1 cup, sugar 1 tea spoon.
Method:
Now take a pan and put some oil for seasoning. Put …

It is not that hard to make Baked Custard. It’s best to serve this type of food menu cold, instead of just being baked.
But at times, I would love the aroma of a baked custard and that’s something unavoidable and I would eat it hot. Custards …

“This is my grand mom’s recipe for Rolling Pudding. It’s the best I’ve ever tasted and it gets rave reviews from everyone I serve it to. Sprinkle with almond n some cherries, if desired for good garnishing”.
SERVINGS 8
INGREDIENTS for rolls:-
12 eggs
24 tea spoon custard
24 tea spoon sugar
5 drops vanilla …

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 …

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 …

We all like to have something that doesn’t take to long to cook. Here is a hearty quick dish. It is very filling & it is pretty cheap to make. You can also have a veg on the side if you like.
Ingrediants:
5 Hot Sausage links (decased)
1 lb Ricotta cheese
1/2 …

Broccoli Stir Fry with Tomato & Boiled Eggs is a recipe that I tried to mix and match when I get the chance to cook a vegetable dish. Broccoli is a very healthy vegetable and I think it is very delicious, especially when I stir fry it. For …

Ingredients:
Eggs 3, onion chopped 2, tomato chopped 2, red chilly powder and salt according to taste, turmeric powder one pinch, butter 2 table spoons and coriander leaves to garnish.
Method:
Now heat the pan and put the butter and melt it. After which take the chopped onion and fry it. …

The payasam is a sweet dish, which is an Indian traditional sweet dish. It is prepared using the sweet potatoes. This recipe is very tasty. I do prepare it normally during the festivals as it takes less time for preparation.
Ingredients: sweet potato ½ kg which is scraped …

I was looking for some lower calorie pasta recipes after the usual over-indulgence of the holidays, and I found a few, including the following one. This one replaces half of the pasta with thin strips of zucchini, and uses low-fat ricotta cheese. This is about 280 calories per serving …

I’m a huge fan of pizza in general, and I love to experiment with different homemade pizza recipes. I’ve been hooked on Boboli pizza crusts for years, but until recently I didn’t think to check their website for recipe ideas. I used to top my Boboli crusts …

Bangan means bringol. It is a very tasty recipe made of brinjols.
Ingredients:
Brinjol 5-6 big sized, onion 2 big chopped, tomatoes 3 medium chopped, coriander leaves chopped, red chilly powder and salt to taste, one tea spoon of coriander seeds powder and one tea spoon of cumin seeds powder. …

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 …

I love to prepare the different kinds of ice creams at home. Recently I had joined the cookery classes and there I learnt the different kind of ice creams. Now I am going to write the recipe of vanilla ice cream.
Ingredients: fresh cream one cup, vanilla essence ½ …

My adult son, who lives with us, enjoys espresso coffee every day. We don’t have an espresso machine, so, when he is home, he ‘fixes’ his coffee that we do have to make it taste a LOT like the espresso mochas that he likes so well.
With our regular coffee, …

I am a huge soup fan; I love eating it, and I even enjoy making it, because I always make a huge batch, freeze it in one or two portion sizes, and pack it for lunches for my family. I find that most soups taste even better after being …

I would like to provide the recipe for Bhel puri which is a famous North Indian chat food (or) fast food.It is quite simple to make Bhel puri because it involves no cooking or no boiling.
First of all,few cups of puffed rice should be taken in a bowl.Few coriander …

I would like to take a moment to tell you about my favorite recipe for home made macaroni and cheese. This recipe is very easy and not very expensive to make. The most important thing is to follow the directions closely and to make sure to stir …

When traveling in Spain, I fell in love with the salsa that was served at the tapas restaurants that I ate at. It had a different flavour than the Mexican-style tomato salsa, and when I got home, I searched very hard to find a recipe for it. I was …

Tuna Casserole. Tuna Casserole is a tasty and filling dish that is very easy to make. You will need 1 pack of egg noodles, 2 cans of tuna (in water), 1 can of peas & onion, and 2 cans of cream of mushroom soup. Boil the noodles and drain. …

2 lbs of lamb meat
1 large onion (or 2 small ones)
10 slices of wheat bread
Vegetable oil
Salt, pepper
Cut the meat into small pieces, add chopped onion, some salt and pepper, stir and let it sit for 2-3 hours. Place the bread in water, take it out and press it hard …

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 …

Since I came up with this recipe myself, and I know how good this tastes, I would rate my Beef Stroganoff a 10. I’m gonna teach everyone how to make it, and I’m sure you’ll give it a 10 as well. I am sharing this great recipe knowing I …

Over the holidays, I spent a great deal of time searching out unique appetizers that I could serve for company during the seasonal dinners and parties. Loving seafood like I do, I especially looked for appetizers that used seafood or shellfish, and I managed to come up with several …

Whenever I go to Japanese restaurant, I always order chicken teriyaki. However, to save my money, I try cooking it by myself. The ingredients include 300 grams of chicken, 6 tablespoons of teriyaki sauce, 1 teaspoon of soya sauce, 1 teaspoon of oyster sauce, 1 tablespoon of …

I love this dish very much and this is considered to be one of the must-have for me and my family whenever we have the extra bucks to purchase some seafood prawns.
First of all, get some large prawns or medium-sized ones in the supermarket. Make sure that …

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 …

Basundi is a traditional sweet dish, which we Indians prepare very often. The main ingredient of this recipe is milk. This is rich in calories and also in proteins. This is best sweet dish for the kids.
Ingredients: milk 2 litres, sugar 2 cups, saffron one …

The recipe called fried brinjol with curd is very nice and it gives different taste, which is very good. it can be a very good combination with the bread, roti, paratha, and even with the plane rice
Ingredients:
Brinjol 2 big size, curd 2ups, salt to taste, green chilly paste …