I was introduced to banana boats at summer camp. Making banana boats is one of only a few fond memories I have of attending summer camp as a kid. I didn’t have to go to summer camp to learn that I appreciated having a solid roof over …

In my search for an affordable, easy, and good dessert; I stumbled across one of Food Network’s program and saw Panna Cotta. Unfortunately, I was not able to catch all the ingredients needed to make this dessert. So, I checked it out on their website only to find out …

This recipe is very popular in Southern California and it has many variations. My sister and her family make this often, not just for breakfast either. In restaurants all over California, this type of omelet is always on the menu. You can use home-made salsa if you have time, …

I am a big fan of food blogs. One of the food blogs that I think is worth mentioning is that of Ree Drummond also known as the Pioneer Woman. I always have a fun time reading what she posts. Her recipes are not only very easy to make, …

I would like to share a very yummy and easy dish.
Ingredients :
Butter : 1/2 cup
Egg : 2
Walnut : 2 cup
Vanilla essence-1 tsp
baking powder - 2tsp
sugar-2 cup
Maida - 2 cup
Dates - 1 cup
salt - little
Method :
1. Mix butter and sugar and melt it in low flame. When it becomes …

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 really like lemon bars and lemon pies, so when I found a recipe for lemon cookies I decided to try it. I found the recipe in the Favorite Name Brand Bake Sale Cookbook. I’ve made several recipes from this cookbook, and most of them were excellent, …

Palak paneer is the side dish which can be served with the paratha (flat bread)
Ingredients:
Spinach 2 bunches, green chilly paste to taste, salt to taste, cottage cheese 200 grams chopped, butter 3 tea spoons, garam masala 1 tea spoon, the paste of boiled tomato and onion 1 cup.
Method:
Now take …

I remember having fondue on special occasions when I was growing up in the seventies. I loved it because it was fun to dip all kinds of different food into the fondue. Apparently fondue was a passing fad with my family, because I only remember having it …

The chocolate ice creams are the mostly liked ice cream among all the varieties of ice creams. We don’t need to empty our pocket to buy this one from the shop; we can prepare the very tasty chocolate ice cream very easily at home. Just note down the …

I always end up with left over bananas. And since I don’t want to waste food, I always turn them into something else like banana milk shake, banana pancakes and banana bread. Among these, Banana Bread is my favorite. Aside from the fact that it saves my bananas, other …

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 …

Ingredients :
Potato : 1/2 kg
Onions : 3
Ginger - 1 inch piece
Green chillies - 8
Salt
Sugar
Coconut - grated - 1 cup
oil - 2 tbsp
Method:
1. Cut Onions finely
2. Make paste of ginger and chillies
3. Boil potatoes, peel and mash
4. Take three extracts from coconut and keep separately
5. Heat oil in a pan, …

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 …

Potato Salad is my absolute favorite dish and look forward to eating it at family barbecues and functions. A lot of people take turns making the potato salad each year and I wanted to finally learn how to make it myself. Every bodies potato salad is different and has …

With fall right around the corner, Chili is a perfect meal. Pair it up with a salad or even by itself and it is likely to satisfy anyone in your family. For the perfect Chili recipe, follow these easy steps.
First brown a pound of hamburger and drain …

Before we had our two children, my wife and I went to grease and had a great time with great food and great wine. one of our favourite starters was called Avgolemono which means egg and lemon. It is a soup and my wife tried it one night, …

The lemon rice is very tasty recipe, which is made using the boiled rice. This is the easiest rice recipe, which I have learnt and it is also very tasty to eat. It needs very few ingredients and can be prepared in just few minutes
Ingredients: if we …

Cake Icing is not that hard to make. I learned the basic steps and here I would like to share with you guys. I would rate it based from my own personal review and experience making it later.
In order to get that creamy and very soft texture, you …

Every so often I host poker night at my home, and since I take pride in being a good host, I like to provide appetizers for everyone. I usually serve something easy like potato chips and sandwiches, but on one occasion I happened to have a little extra …

Nuts like hazelnuts and other types of nuts are really delicious, if you want to mix them up with a snack like ice-cream. Here is my own made up recipe for Ice Cream with Nut and Oreo Crunchie that I sometimes serve for myself while watching a good DVD …

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 was looking through the recipes on the Campbell’s soup website. I came across the Lemon Broccoli Chicken recipe. It looked easy and sounded like it would taste pretty good.
I browned 3 pieces of chicken breast in 1 tbsp of oil in a pan. The recipe …

Since I live at least half of the year in Alberta, I have learned to cook —˜close to home’ and use some meat that I wouldn’t likely find anywhere other than this province. While I admit that I have not developed a taste for some of the gamier meets, …

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 …

One of our favourite meals is a sweet and sour courgette, and we normally serve it with pork, but any meat will do. We enjoy this dish either hot or cold.
For the sweet and sour courgettes this will serve up to 6 people you will need the following:
900g …

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 …

Ever wonder how gravy can bring so much magic to chicken? It makes kids love chicken more. I thought about that when I was a kid too. The funny thing is, I find gravy so amazing and I must have it with every meal.
When I had kids of …

Recently I needed to bake up some appetizers for some unexpected guests who had arrived right before dinner. I wasn’t sure at first what to prepare, then decided upon a quick bake recipe my Mother had shown me years ago for Cheesey Mustard Puffs. These are somewhat like croissants when …

Cashew Chicken
My mom is always trying new recipes and then sending them to me.
She sent me this Cashew Chicken Recipe and the first time I made it
for my family they both said it was Ok. Well I really liked how easy
it was to make and I thought …

I am one of the few people in my family that loves stew more than almost anything. I find that stew, while usually time-consuming, is nutritious, delicious, and fills me up. I also love the fact that I can spend the time to make a stew, and then freeze …

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 …

Ingridients:
Milk-1cup,
All purpose flour-1cup,
Bread powder-2cups,
Eggs-3,
Curd-1/4cup,
Baking soda-1tsp,
Sugar-11/2cups,
Raisins-50gm,
Butter-1/4cup
Vanilla-1tsp
Method: Mix baking soda in curd and keep it aside for 10-15 min.Beat egg and butter with sugar powder well.Mix it with the flour slowly.Add breadpowder and curd little by little.Add milk,mix it well.Add ground fruit.Add essence as vanilla or add powdered cardamom.
Grease the tray,pour …

Here is a simple and tasty way to serve up a flavorful dessert item after lunch or dinner. It is a dessert that can be made in fifteen minutes or less and is on the light side. Here is what you will need: white bread, cinnamon butter, cinnamon spice …

Ingredients :
Gram flour : 1 cup
Rice flour : 1 cup
Ghee - 2 tbsp
Cooking soda - 1/4 tsp
Chilli powder - 1tsp
Onions - 3 nos
Green chillies - 4
salt
Curry leaves and coriander leaves - 2 tbsp
Oil
Method :
1. Add salt, chilli powder, to gram flour, rice flour and mix well.
2. Mix ghee, and …

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 …

I love the Weight Watchers Tomato and Basil Chicken and for a while they were on special offer in my local supermarket so I bought quite a few. However, they are back at full price now and I have had to devise a cheap and similarly low fat …

Hi guys, here is another Indian easy to prepare and very very tasty recipe, to prepare which u need not to be experienced. Any one can prepare it in minutes and either u can eat it hot or chilled. Ingredients and the method is give below and one …

I don’t know what really makes a Spanish Scrambled Eggs. It is very special, this menu because there are lots of chili elements in this recipe, unlike the normal scrambled eggs.
First of all, get around 4-5 eggs and beat them together. Beat it nicely, gently and in one …

If you’re having a hard time deciding what to serve on the table for dinner, or if everybody’s complaining how you serve the same foods on the table, then I think it is time for you to try making something new.
There are tons of recipes you can get from …

Wonder what it would taste like if you mix fish and fish together? Here in this simple to make dish, I shall list down the steps and in my personal review, I think it scores a 7-8, depending on your type of taste-buds. I am not really that …

I love the Mango Graham cake my mom makes. If there’s an occasion or if we just want something sweet for merienda (mid-afternoon snack) or a dessert after dinner, we make this cake. It’s very easy to do since you donâ◚¬◞¢t need an oven to bake it. For this …

I love to cook and I find it highly pleasurable, especially when people enjoy my cooking. One of my husband’s favourite dishes that I do for us if we need something quick is vegetable omelette. For this dish you will require the following ingredients to serve 2 …

Onion pakode are the snacks which are very delicious and very crispy. It is an ideal snack to serve with the tea in the evening. The taste is very good and it is also very easy to prepare.
Ingredients:
Onion slices one cup, gram flour 3/4th cup, red chilly powder …

To prepare this delicious curry to take with hot plain rice , you need to have Pakodi (available in Bakery, sweet stalls, hotels) or you can prepare it at home.
Preparation of Pakodi
1.Take 250 gm of Bengal gram powder (basin) and mix it with enough water and make loose …

Everyone likes a nice potato salad in the summertime, which is fast approaching. However, in my house we never do things the same way as everyone else and I picked up this cooking habit from my mother.
This is a great healthy recipe (for those watching their waistlines…) and …

I am a huge mushroom fan, and I am always looking out for recipes with various kinds of mushrooms in them. This recipe is a real great find. It is easy to make, takes very little time, and works well as an appetizer or a side dish. Everyone who …

For those who enjoy making 30-minute recipes and who are on the look-out for versatile dishes to experiment, you may like to try Del Monte’s Pineapple Fried Rice recipe. It is a complete meal in itself.
Ingredients:
1/3 pc Chinese Chorizo diced (2 ½ tbsp)
3 Cloves garlic, finely crushed
1 …

Pizza Dip
Ingredients:
1. 8 oz Ricotta
2. ¾ cup Mayonnaise
3. 1½ cup Mozzarella, divided
4. ¼ cup Parmesan
5. ¼ cup Chopped Pepperoni
6. 1 teaspoon Garlic powder
7. 1 teaspoon Italian Seasoning
Method:
1 Mix all ingredients well, holding back ½ cup Mozzarella.
2. Spoon into ovenproof dish,
3. Sprinkle with remaining Mozzarella.
4. Bake 30 minutes or until …

Pecan Pie is a fun and rewarding tasty treat that I love making no only for special occasions bu as well as when ever I have the cravings for it. It is really good and quite different from other pies but in a good way. The pecans make it …