I grew up in South Carolina when I was young and so I know a bit about what good southern cooking tastes like. When I find green beans that crunch when I bite into them, I can’t stand it! I’m used to eating mushy, cooked all day long green …

I love a good dip, and this easy to make, serve and eat Black Bean Dip is a must have in every cook’s kitchen! I serve this dip all year round to family and friends everyone adores the flavors and is amazed when I explain how simple …

I like making hamburgers for dinner because it’s not a very time-consuming process, and my family enjoys eating them. Hamburger night is a fairly regular occasion in my household, so to prevent it from becoming too ordinary I like to experiment with different recipes. Recently I found …

The green chilly chutney is something, which is applied to the bread sandwich, and it is also served with the roties, rice or any thing. It gives a spicy taste and normally the taste of the green chilly chutney suits with all kind of snacks.
Ingredients: green chillies …

This is a “fancy” potato dish that I usually make for company, or when I want to have our family dinner look a little special. It takes some extra effort to make, but, in my opinion, it is well worth the trouble.
What you need is several large potatoes, some …

Grits is a staple in the south. It’s a versatile grain that is mostly featured at breakfast, but can be prepared during other times of the day. For example, shrimp and grits are perfect for either lunch or dinner. Or you can make cakes with them and serve it …

The sweet corn is normally every one likes. Most of the people love to have the sweet corn and when it is spiced and hot it becomes much tastier. I have a nice recipe which is really good.
Ingredients: 500 grams boiled sweet corn, black pepper powder 1/4th …

I love anything that has pumpkin in it, so I knew I had to make this recipe for Pumpkin Crunch Cake when I found it. I found it in the Favorite Brand Name Bake Sale Cookbook. I thought the recipe looked interesting, because I haven’t seen a …

This cake is really good and it turns out great. This cake doesn’t take long at all to make and is a great dessert to have around the house. I had learned how to make this recipe a few years back and I now make on occasions when ever …

The next recipe as well as the others I will present here is part of my personal collection of recipes.
It is also a specifically Romanian recipe, This dish, like the “meat in cabbage” (”sarmale”) dish
is not met in the kitchen of any other country. In Romania the highly seasoned …

Ingredients:
10 eggs
4 cups Monterey Jack Cheese
2 cups Small Curd Cottage Cheese
1/4 cup Butter/Margerine
1/4 cup Flour
2 4oz cans Chopped Green Chilis, drained
Method:
1. Beat eggs in large bowl
2. Stir in Cottage cheese
3. Slowly add Flour as you stir
4. Add Butter/Margerine
5. Add Chopped Green Chilis
6. Stir well so all ingredients are blended.
7. …

This recipe takes some time and work, so we only do it for company. While plain mashed potatoes can be rather boring, this dish is unusual and tasty. First, you make regular mashed potatoes (do not use instant mix, make the real thing). While potatoes are being cooked, open …

This is one of the best cookies on earth!!! My mom used to make this on tea parties, yet she always believe coffee is bad for kids so she doesn’t bake this on weekends no matter if we beg her to. But I hang around the kitchen a lot …

Ingredients :
225g red bean paste, 1 cup fresh milk, 1/2cup whipped cream
Method:
1. Slightly whisk the whipped cream, add fresh milk, stir well. Chill in refrigerator for 1-2 hours.
2. Take out the milk mixture, add red bean paste, stir well.
3. Pour the mixture into joystick mould. Put in freezer …

I like this recipe for its truly homemade taste. The ingredients below will make 3-4 servings. You will need:
2 large, skinned chicken breasts (or 3 medium size)
3 medium size potatoes
2-3 cans of mushrooms
1 cup of finely chopped onion
2 tablespoons of butter
1 tablespoon of flour
1 cup of milk
Salt, pepper to …

The thalipet is a very famous south Indian breakfast, which is very healthy and very tasty to eat. All our children and family love to eat it.
Ingredients: finely chopped onion 1 cup, rice flour 2 cups, finely chopped leafy vegetable 1 cup, � cup grated carrot and � …

My sister taught me how to cook a recipe that she actually learned from our mother. She is the eldest in the brood so while I was still young and was only playing she was in the kitchen helping my mother and hence was able to learn all the …

I love potatoes. French fries are my favorite, but I also love a hot or cold potato salad to compliment any meal. My mother taught me how to make this type of potato salad. You will need six white potatoes, one half sup mayonnaise (or you can use real …

It’s not hard to make Moroccan Tomato Soup. I love this recipe at times, especially when I have a sore gums or something. I will make it a point to prepare this recipe. Of course you will need tomatoes for this recipe. And some salt, pepper …

The ingredients required are: 2 cups of Cheddar Cheese Grits (you can just use regular old Quaker Oats Grits and doctor it up with some cheese and butter), Oil for deep frying, 4 wonton wrappers, 8 (or how many people you want to serve) wonton wrappers, 8 medium shrimp, …

This easy chocolate pie is one of my favorite comfort foods, because it combines my love of chocolate pudding and my love of pie. Making it doesn’t require any cooking or baking, and I can make it in less than five minutes, so I think it’s a great …

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 …

I love this dessert or snack, Peanut Butter Cookies very much. My mom and I would have a fun time preparing this and I will always treasure those moments together.
To make this, you will need some peanut butter, flour of course, some form of vanilla essence, sugar, …

I found this recipe for Oatmeal Butterscotch Cookies in the Favorite Brand Name Bake Sale Cookbook under the “Chock-Full of Chips” section. At the time, I wanted to make cookies, but I wanted to make something a little unusual. I usually make oatmeal cookies with raisins, and …

Here are the following steps to make pizza on a peel. First of all, sprinkle a teaspoon of cornmeal evenly over the pizza itself. This method is recommended by my friend and I think it is a fine way of the method of peel and stone. …

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 …

Phad Thai is a very popular Thai dish, and easy to make. I learned to make it at the Koh Chang Thai Cooking School on Koh Chang, Thailand.
Phad Thai Sauce:
1/3 cup coconut sugar(or palm sugar) (If you cannot find either, try brown sugar)
3 tbsp fish sauce
3 tbsp tamarind juice
2 …

The palak paneer is the recipe made using the cottage cheese and the spinach. This is the side dish, which is served hot with the plane boiled rice, or even with the roti (that is Indian flat bread). It is very spicy yet tasty.
Ingredients: spinach 3 …

If you can secure a fresh piece of tuna from your local market, then you really need to cook up this recipe. It is fairly easy, and very delicious. My family loves tuna, and I buy it fresh from my grocer whenever it is available, simple to make this …

Do you want to grab a light snack but you want it as tasty as possible? I have come across this recipe which is ideal for the diet conscious. This is the healthy sandwich that every who are on the process of loosing weight needs.
Ingredients:
4 pieces …

The upma is the very easiest break fast which can be prepared just in 20 minutes without any kind of preparations done before for this recipe. This recipe is not only easy it is also a kind of tasty and enjoyable food along with some pickle.
Ingredients: sooji one …

This recipe, Cocoa Milk Cake is very yummy and cocoa taste-like that I am already salivating just thinking about it. I think young teenagers would even find making this easy and interesting. Here are the basic rules.
You need flour, of course and depends how much that you want …

Do you like eggs? If you do, there are never too many ways to cook them, right? Here is one more. You will need 3-4 medium sized tomatoes, one small onion, 3 eggs, some salt and vegetable oil. Dice tomatoes and onion, mix them in a frying pan, add …

The story behind this recipe is that I was out with friends at a Greek restaurant, and they ordered saganaki for an appetizer. My friend said that when she traveled in Greece many years ago, this dish was her favourite, and since then, she looks for it whenever she …

The jeera rice is nothing else but the rice with the cumin seeds. This rice is very interesting and it is also very good for digestion as we are using a lot of cumin seeds to prepare this recipe. This rice is liked by most of the …

I just love Burrito Wraps very much. The flour-taste, the tortillas, I should think and the juicy and nice meat inside are just so, so awesome. I love Burrito Wraps of any kind; be it a home-made one or the ones which I buy from restaurants or at …

Idly is the famous breakfast in south India and it is served with the chutney made of grated coconut.
Ingredients:
Take 3 cups of idly rawa, one cup of urad dal (white gram) and one cup of rice flakes and soak all of them separately. After 3-4 hours now grind …

I love chocolate cakes, and this dark chocolate cake mix has proved to be very good. The mix comes in a 18.25 oz box, with a protective plastic bag inside. The cake is very easy to make; the clear directions are given on the back of the box. Basically, …

The Greek “mezes”
The Greek kitchen is very well known all over the world for its healthy ingredients in a great variety which derives from fresh local products. Pure olive oil, olives, dairy, herbs, vegetables in season, honey, seafood and fish are the components to create a complete and healthy …

I love Enchiladas, so I am always trying new things. This is how I like to make my Chicken Enchiladas. They are nice and spicy! If you have read my other recipe reviews you know I love spicy food. So these for sure hit the spot.
So what do I …

I do not know why it took me so long, but I finally figured out to make my Beef Burgandy in the slow cooker. I had always done this on the stove top before. My husband loves my Beef Burgany recipe, he is actually the one that suggested I …

The bhel puri is the Indian favourite or popular fast food, which is very spicy and tasty to eat. I have a very simple and tasty recipe of this bhel puri, which can be, prepare whenever we think of it.
Ingredients: corn flakes deep fried 2 cups, …

There is a backlash these days against eating pâté, but I must confess that I haven’t yet jumped on that bandwagon. I serve and eat it as a treat, usually once of twice a year during the holidays, and more often than not, my guests are all over it. …

Vegetable ingredients: red cabbage, lettuce, one small red onion, several radishes.
Dressing: combine 6 tablespoons of olive oil, 1 teaspoon of mustard, 1 teaspoon of honey, and some salt, pepper, and garlic powder.
Finely chop the cabbage, place it into a salad bowl and add the dressing. Leave for 1 hour. …

I am a huge port fan, but I had never done anything but drink it before I found this recipe. I was looking for a more nutritious dessert recipe to serve over the holidays, because I was sick of shortbread and other traditional but boring desserts. I also happened …

Here are the steps in order for you to make Prawn Balls Coated with Potato.
Get some olive oil, some egg whites; around 3 or 4 in all and cornflour as well. If you have other forms of options for the type of flour to use for the …

Around 7 in the morning is always the busiest hours for most of us. I wake up a little before 6 in the morning to prepare breakfast for my little kids and make them packed lunches too. I have to take a shower and make sure I am ready …

Roti Canai is like a pancake type or a flat type of bread and it is being made into something crispy and definitely delicious. In Singapore at least, it is called Roti Prata. And Roti Canai is more for a Malaysian term.
This is very, very easy …