I am always searching for ways to make vegetables more interesting, especially during the holiday season when I have company for dinner or have to take a dish or two to friends’ houses. I was so tired of the usual veggies and dips, so I began to search out …

I first heard of Quiche was during the episode of “Friends”, the sitcom. Then I saw it at Starbucks one time. Then just lately I saw it outside the label of a famous corned beef. A quiche is a baked flan or tart with savory filling. It is like a …

Paneer paratha is another very interesting recipe. Paneer is nothing else but the cottage cheese. Note down the ingredients.
Ingredients:
Cottage cheese grated 1 cup, onion chopped and fried - cup, salt to taste, coriander leaves chopped, black pepper to taste, oil 3-4 spoons, wheat flour 2 cups.
Method:
First of …

Peel the egg plants and slice them into circles. Put some salt on each one and wait for 30 minutes - this will make the juice come out and help to get rid of the bitterness. Drain the circles, roll them in flour and fry in vegetable oil. In …

The Lassi is a very famous and popular north Indian drink which is prepared using the buttermilk or even with the curd. It is the ideal drink to have in the hot sunny days. This takes very few ingredients to prepare and it also takes just a …

We call this dish “Porcupines” in our family, because these meatballs have rice in them and, well, kinda look like cute little porcupines. You will need:
1 lb of hamburger meat
1 egg
1/2 cup of instant rice
1 can of tomato soup
some water and salt
Thaw the meat, add the egg, rice, 1/3 …

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 …

I have searched every health food store I could find in 3 different states to find a sweet and sour sauce with no refined sugar, no preservatives, no high fructose corn syrup, etc. I sadly concluded there was no such sauce… until I found a recipe for one …

One of my favorite foods to cook would have to be lasagna. I love it! There is nothing better than pasta, cheese, and meat. If you are looking for something fairly easy to cook for dinner one night,then you should try this recipe out. It doesn’t take long either. …

My famous turkey tacos are just that. I guess, famous amongst my friends and family is more accurate. Everyone who has had them always comes around for more. So, I hope you will try them and let me know if you enjoyed them too. Here …

As much as I enjoy slaving away in the kitchen, there are days when I come home tired from work and just need my favorite comfort food to snack on while checking out the latest on the television scene. When I say comfort food, I mean tortillas and anything …

I like spaghetti so much! Specially when the pasta is really just right! Al dente as what some call it. In this recipe, tuna is used instead of ground pork or beef, and this sure is healthy. I didn’t use real chicken stock instead I just …

I have always been intimidated by the thought of making a cheesecake, pies I have a handle ok, but cheesecakes seemed daunting. While thumbing through a Taste of Home holiday cooking magazine I ran across the picture of a delicious looking cheesecake and the recipe promised that it …

I never thought I would be a Tilapia eater. Tilapia is a fish and never knew that until I work for a demo company sampling food. I am a picky eater so if it look gross then I won’t try it. Since I was doing demos I decided to …

The Carrot masala is another easy and interesting recipe, which is not only healthy, it is also very tasty. It is a side dish and it can be used with bread or roti or even with the plane rice.
Ingredients: Carrot 4-5 grated, garlic cloves 9-10, salt to taste, …

Potato paratha is the very famous Indian break fast which not only very easy to make, it is also very tasty.
Ingredients:
Boiled potato 2, 2 cups of wheat flour, salt to taste, green chilly paste to taste, oil 2-3 spoons.
Method:
Pell off the potatoes and mash it, now add the salt …

I found this recipe for Watergate Salad on the back of a bag of Kraft Jet-Puffed Miniature Marshmallows. I needed a dish for a potluck dinner I was attending, and initially I was planning on making a sweet potato casserole with the marshmallows. The recipe looked interesting, …

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 …

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, …

For many homemakers, the secret of perfect cheese pancakes is still inaccessible. For a long time, it remained a mystery for me, too. How make delicious cheese pancakes quickly and efficiently not spread out on the pan?
I tried different recipes, studied the quality of cottage cheese and the cooking process, …

Carrot delight is a sweet dish and it is the favourite dish of almost all the Indians. The Carrot delight is also called as carrot halwa and is prepared in most of the occasions. It is nutritious, healthy and a very tasty dish. It also takes …

Chocolate Sponge Cake taste is light, airy and definitely delicious. To make this, you will need to make sure your vanilla essence is present. This is extremely important.
Use an all purpose flour for making this and also get your eggs ready as well, some sugar and …

Preparation of this mouth watering dish is very easy. All that you need
1. Boneless chicken - 400 gm
2. Rice —- one cup
3. Medium sized onions -2
4. Cloves -2
5. Garlic flakes -4
6. Cardamom -2
7. Ginger - 1 inch piece
8. Cumin seeds-1/2 teaspoon
9. Biryani powder(available in market)-one and half teaspoons
10. Chilli …

The vada pav is the very special chat recipe of the state called maharastra in India. It is a kind of fast food. The procedure is quite simple and it is also easy and ideal food to prepare it for the teatime to serve it to the …

I admit to not really liking duck as far as food goes. I am unsure whether I have just had it so rarely that I haven’t found a dish that I like, or whether the thought of eating an animal that I think is cute is somehow not my …

My mom taught me the recipe for Deep Fried Omelette Bread. It is very easy to make this actually. I cook up this whenever I feel a bit hungry and needing something of a light snack. First of all, take at least 1-2 pieces of bread …

The sambar is the recipe of the kind of side dish, which is mainly used to eat it with the plane boiled rice. It is also eaten with the idly (for which I have given the recipe in my earlier reviews). The sambar is the mostly liked …

Vanilla milk shake is so simple and it is very very easy to prepare. It is the favorite drink for all the members of my family. It hardly takes a few ingredients but still it is very tasty and ideal drink to have it in the hot …

Ingredients:
Take 8-9 medium sized potatoes and boil them, chop 3 big sized onions. 4-5 green chilies finely chopped a pinch of turmeric, 4 table spoons of refined oil, cumin seeds � tea spoons, 2 tea spoons of sugar and salt according to taste.
Method:
Now first of all peal off the …

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 secret of this recipe comes from a professional chef who had told me one simple thing: in order to make sure your ribs turn out soft, you need to boil them first. So, here is the process: boil the ribs for 30 to 45 minutes, depending on the …

Triple Chocolate Turtle Fudge is the absolute best fudge on earth! It is worth the wait of three hours to fully enjoy the dreamy taste this delight will induce on your sweet tooth. Add rocky road ice cream on the side and you’ve got a rich person’s choice of …

It is good to surprise your family, or if you are so fond of throwing out big dinners, your guests, with exciting, yet amazingly delicious recipes once in a while. Not only you stir up the excitement in everybody’s dining experience, yet also give room to try new foods …

This recipe for Chocolate Velvet Pie came from the Favorite Brand Name Bake Sale Cookbook. I passed over this recipe many times before making it, because nothing about it really stood out. The cookbook didn’t have a picture of it, and it just seemed like a really …

I had never heard of Chicken Continental until I heard Naomi Judd mention it on the television show The Talk recently. I love finding new recipes for everyday foods like chicken, so I looked up the recipe on the Internet. I was surprised to find the 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 …

Ingredients :
Potatoes - 5, Onions-3, Fresh curds-1 cup,Ajinomoto-1/2tsp,green chillies-3,salt-as required,red chilli powder-1 tsp, oil-enough to deep fry,bengal gram flour-2 tbsps,baking powder-1/4 tsp, garam masala powder-1/4 tsp
Method
1. Cook potatoes in pressure cooker till half cooked.
2. Peel outer skin and dice into big cubes.
3. Sprinkle little salt, baking powder and bengal …

Carrot halwa is a sweet dish, which is again a very nutritious and rich recipe. This sweet dish is best for the growing kids and even for elders.
Ingredients:
Carrot grated 2 cups, milk 2 cups, sugar 2 cups, fresh cr�me 1 cup, cardamom powder for flavour, edible color.
Method:
First of …

The mushroom Manchurian is another favourite recipe of mine, which I prepare every once in a weak. My parents love it too. The soft and juicy mushrooms give a great taste when it is deep-fried and spices added. Just try this recipe which I hope u …

I am a total chocolate FIEND and I love chocolate cream pie. I am also a diabetic. I have looked around a lot and I have only found one place that sells sugar free chocolate cream pie: Walmart. When I first saw the pie, I …

I don’t tend to want to hate my food, but I really find this recipe, Red Beans and Rice not to my liking.
However, my family whole family love to eat this; I don’t know why. Minus me, of course. But my late grandmother (from one side …

The mixed vegetable palaw is very commonly prepared rice, which is liked, by most of the Indians. This rice is not only spicy and tasty it is also very nutritious as it is made using the boiled vegetables.
Ingredients: basmati rice 1 cup, mix vegetable chopped in …

I know that many of you people like to eat Macaroni with cheese, so for you I want to share a very easy to make recipe of “Macaroni cheese”. Like I said that it is easy to prepare, and it is too much tasty, specially kids loves to eat …

Ingredient:
Brinjal 250 gm (fresh and big)
Salt 1 teaspoon
Garlic powder 2 teaspoon
Oil to fry
Method:
Clean the Brinjal well with normal clean water
Slice the cleaned Brinjal into medium square pieces
Take Garlic powder and Salt in a dish and mix it together
Spread the Garlic powder and Salt mixture all over the sliced Brinjal …

Alfredo Sauce is very good and tasty and it goes down very smoothly in the mouth. I like to eat it with certain types of breads or even on certain Italian foods. It goes well with a lot of food and the great thing about it is that it …

This recipe Wholemeal Bread Chocolate Ice Cream is perhaps one of the easiest snack or dessert to make. This was taught by my boyfriend and I have picked up the tab since from him and he loves it every time I make this for him.
First of all, get some …

I found a recipe actually it was mailed to me. I was so excited to try this one is was chicken nugget casserole. All I had to do incase you want to try it was to place frozen chicken nuggets in a baking pan pour spaghetti sauce over the …