Shrimp with yoghurt? I thought the idea was a bit of a stretch but it was good. I have been exploring middle eastern cuisine and I am loving it because of its low calorie ingredients. Mainly because they loathe pork. When I visited Muscat, Kuala Lumpur, Casablanca, this is …

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 …

This version of Vegetable Lo Mein is my own creation after trying out several other recipes. It’s a vegetarian main dish that tastes very delicious and is also healthy. This recipe makes enough for a family of 4-6 people. Cut down on the amounts of all ingredients if you …

Zucchini mash is a side dish that can be served hot or cold. You will need 3-4 zucchinis, small ones, the size you can normally buy in a store; if you grow your own and let them grow large, you might need only one. The other ingredients are:
4 medium …

One recipe that I have found to be very effective in feeding a large family as well as having an explosive taste that everyone can love, is the Pepperoni and Cheese filled Monkey Bread. For those who don’t know what monkey bread is, it is a type of bread …

Ingredients:
Take 5 big sized tender or green color mangos; now take 2 cups of sugar or according to taste for sweetness. Salt to taste, 3 spoons of cumin seeds, 3 spoons of cardamom seeds, 2 spoons of poppy seeds, and red chili powder according to taste.
Method:
Now take all the …

Who doesn’t love spaghetti? We all do. It doesn’t matter if you’re a kid, or an adult. Spaghetti will never go out of fashion. What is with this food that people crave about? Well actually, it is how it’s cooked. You wouldn’t want to finish up a poorly cooked …

Cool Banana Pops make for a refreshing and tasty treat during the hot summer months. You will need a banana, popsicle stick, some peanut butter, and a bowl of nuts. First, take a banana and peel it. Cut the banana in half. Then, take a popsicle stick and insert …

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. …

Growing up, I hated it when Mom served us Spanish Rice for supper. I always grumbled when she made it but ate it anyway. It was always good. Now I long for those days of having her Spanish Rice. I follow this recipe and it …

Ingredients :
Rice - 400g
Coconut (grated) - 1 cup
urad dhal - 2tbsp
red chillies - 3
ghee - 1tbsp
mustard seeds
cashew nuts - 10
curry leaves
salt
asafoetida
Method :
1. Fry grated coconut, red chillies, urad dhal in ghee till it becomes golden brown.
2. Wash rice and cook it. Allow it to cool.
3. Fry mustard seeds, asafoetida, …

I am a kind of person who needs lots and lots of vitamin C cause i could get cold easily. During these rainy days (Indonesia), I have to consume lots of vit C and i don’t like eating supplement or any vit C in a tablet kind (even effervescent …

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 …

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 …

A neighbor of mine gave me a whole pumpkin when he arrived from their province. Thinking of the different ways on how I could cook it and as to how many recipes I’d be able to make with a whole pumpkin made me have a research …

This is a delicious combination of chocolate and cheesecake together. It is very easy to make and will tastes great. This quickly became a family favorite with my family.
For the filling you will need two eight ounce packages of cream cheese, one-half cup of sugar, one tablespoon …

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, …

As an eligible bachelor, shopping for me is not an activity I perform with all that much conviction, as I nearly always just pop into the shop in question, get exactly what I want (without really comparing prices too much), pay and get out.
Naturally, certain things that would be …

This is a great appetizer I have made for parties and other get together for years. It has gotten to the point when I am invited to an event, I am asked to bring my tuna stuffed jalapenos. These are actually great for people who do not even like …

Growing up, whenever we had meatloaf, I frowned. I really could care less for it. But now that I am grown up, I long for my mothers meatloaf. I have never found her recipe, but came up with this one after countless tries at trying to …

Here is another recipe for an egg lover. Take a can of French green beans (regular can be used to, but I prefer French), open it and drain. Fry the beans in vegetable oil for 2 minutes, stirring once in a while. Add eggs, 2 if you are using …

I love the combination of cheese and chicken in my pizza recipes at times. Pizza is something that is not hard to make at all, if you have everything right, then you are set for it. Now here we go.
You need some good amount of cheese, and before …

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 …

I love the taste of Chocolate Chip Muffins Recipe very much. This is something that I had quite a bit of a time to make because of the fact that there are lots to be taken care of.
Like for instance, you need to use very fine flour …

The coconut burfee is a sweet dish to prepare which the main ingredient we need is the grated coconut. It is one of the most liked sweet dish at my home. Just note it down.
Ingredients: the ingredients are very simple which are like this: grated coconut …

Ingredients :
4 small bowls warm cooked sushi rice, 75g Japanese roasted eel, 3-4 pieces Japanese dried seaweed
Sushi Rice Seasoning : 1.5 tbsps sushi vinegar, salt
Method :
1. Mix sushi rice well with seasonings. Cut roasted eel into 4 pieces, set aside.
2. Divide the sushi rice into 4 equal parts. Put …

This is one of my mom’s favorite cooking. I love indulging myself with these rich and cake-like brownies. Ingredients are simple and as follows:-
Butter-flavored vegetable oil cooking spray
Prune puree or prune baby food
Light corn syrup
Fat-free milk
Vanilla extract
Granulated sugar
Large egg whites
Large egg
All-purpose flour
Unsweetened cocoa powder
Baking …

I have this receipe from about 13 years ago. I learned how to cook it for the first time from my mother in law, shortly after I met my wife. I needed a special cake for dessert at a certain festive dinner of my family and I recognize …

The paneer (cottage cheese) paratha is a very very tasty recipe, which is liked by most of the kids especially. Those who are calorie conscious for such people it may not suit, but for kids it will prove to be a very tasty and a nutritious food.
Ingredients: …

I am a huge fan of cashews and anything sweet. So when my aunt gave my mom this recipe several years ago, it became one of my favorites. And it is so easy to make.
First you mix the following together: 1 1/2 cups of flour, 3/4 …

I have always had a love for baking stemming back to my childhood. I’m guessing it came from the Mennonites in the family, as they are very well known for their cooking and baking. I tried many banana bread recipes before I found the perfect one. I use this …

South India is very famous for idly and dosas. Anyone visiting South India will not leave without tasting them. Usualy they are given with green chutney and sambar. But there is another variety which is given only in selected hotels. It is called as chutney …

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 …

A lemony-zing that everyone will surely enjoy. These are very simple to make and taste great! You can top with your favorite frosting instead of using the glaze. I make these all the time and use frosting sometimes, they are great if you store in the …

I love makeing gifts for my family and friend. A day in the kitchen with my kids makeing Chili Salsa from the tomatoes, peppers, and onions we have grown in are garden can’t be beat as a gift to my children in family values. This recipe is easy and …

2-3 boneless chicken breasts
1 can of cream of mushroom soup
½ or 2/3 cups of instant rice
1/3 cup of water
salt
Place chicken breasts on a greased frying pan (if they are frozen, that’s okay, do not thaw). Fry them on low heat for about 10 minutes, turning over occasionally. Sprinkle …

Shepaka, as the name may suggest is a mix of Shepherds pie and Moussaka. The beauty of it, as with many recipes, is it’s flexibility, being able to add or swap parts of the recipe and also the way of cooking it.
It is a layered dish and you must …

I don’t always get to eat good sorbet outside. They are either too sour, too sweet or too runny, so I decided to take matters to my own hands. Let me share a recipe of strawberry with everyone who is reading this.
Ingredients that you will …

This summer season we had plenty of mango crops. Out of which, we have chosen most sour and tasty mangoes that will give more longetivity to the pickle. Normally mangoes will be green in color and might weigh in between 400-1500 grams. We have selected one of the best …

Family Living Hooray for Sweets 75 Easy Recipes is sold at the Dollar General for a $1 each. It is but one of several mini cookbooks full of simple inexpensive recipes that they sell. Having purchased a couple of the books in the series the Hooray for Sweets is …

My girls and I are in the process of makeing Christmas ornaments for our tree as well as gifts. As a child my sister and I had made these with our mother. Of course we no longer had the ornament dough recipe, so I went online. There were so …

Black Pepper Fried Chicken is another nice dish that I love making. I learn this from my friend, when I was down at her place the other day. She gave me some interesting tips and I have followed that since.
You will need bread crumbs, a bit …

I am a vodka freak. I love cocktails and better news is, I love making my own cocktails than ordering it in a bar. I get to choose my own ingredients and other things that I want to put inside my glass. The result is one happy me. I …

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 � …

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 …

Sofrito
This is one of the local specialities in Corfu island of Greece.The meat should be pork and not beef for the simple reason that pork meat becomes softer when cooking it. It is very easy to make this dish, although you might find it difficult at the beginning as …

I like organizing potluck dinners with my friends. Potlucks ease the burden of one person doing all of the work, and I think they’re a great opportunity to try different recipes. Recently, I signed up to bring the dessert for a potluck dinner I was attending. …