For the holiday season, I have been searching for some different salads and appetizers, something better and more unique than the usual boring fare. I found some interesting-sounding salads, and tried out a few last week. The biggest hit of all of the salads, and the one that I …

Mint chutney is a very healthy side dish for plain rice.Here is my recipe:
Mint leaves -1 cup
Lemon juice-11/2 tbsp
Garlic -2 pods
Ginger-1 tsp chopped
Coconut -1/2 cup
Green chilly-2
Salt-as per taste.
Now grind all these.This is a vey healthy and easy recipe to be done at home.You can also use this chutney …

I made the same meatloaf for my family for years. It was my mother’s meatloaf recipe and the one her mother used before her. I thought it was a fantastic recipe until I tried this one. I love this new recipe because it is new and …

One of my favorite candy bars is the Salted Nut Roll. The following recipe reminds me of them slightly. They sort of taste like them, and they are irresisitable.
First you mix the following together: 1 1/2 cups flour, 2/3 cups brown sugar, 1/2 teaspoon baking powder, …

The onion roti is some thing very special and very different kind of recipe, which is prepared in south India. It is not only tasty to eat, at the same time it is also considered as a healthy food. In India we eat it for a breakfast.
Ingredients: …

My grandmother would usually be the one to always make the hot water cornbread until I decided to learn how to make it one day. It is very good and it is just a little different from the regular cornbread. This one is fried while the regular one is …

Have you ever thought what you can do with cucumbers except for putting them in a salad? If so, here is a recipe of a cucumber-based hot vegetable dish for you. This recipe is not hard to follow, all you do is basically chop your veggies and fry them …

Ingredients:
Cabbage
Carrots
Ham (any kind)
Canned corn
Lettuce
Parsley
Salt, mayonnaise
Chop the cabbage, sprinkle some salt over it and stir. Peel and grate carrots, chop lettuce, snip parsley and add to the cabbage. Dice the ham into small cubes, add into the salad. Open the can of corn, drain, and add some, not very much, …

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 …

I love mussels and I eat them a lot, they are full of flavour and so easy to do. One of the easiest ways to do mussels is with white wine and garlic. They make a great starter.
You will need for this simple recipe
4 5 lb …

The Bangan bhartha is a very special and popular dish in north India and it is liked by most of the Indians. It is very simple and the preparation needs less time.
Ingredients: Brinjol 3 big size, finely chopped tomato one cup, and finely chopped onion 1 cup, …

I was first introduced to coconut shrimp when I lived in the Caribbean. A lot of restaurants in the islands offer it on their menus. I can’t remember the specific restaurant I first tried it at, but I know I was hooked on the taste the first …

In my earlier review we came to know about the sweet butter milk which is called as lassi, but now we are going to write about the masala butter milk which is not sweet but it is little spicy and little tangy in taste. Normally this kind of …

Ingredient:
Lau 500 gm (fresh)
Mustard Seeds 1 teaspoon
Mustard paste 1 teaspoon
Salt 1 teaspoon
Green chillies 4 to 5 in number
Garlic powder 2 teaspoon
Sugar 1 teaspoon
Oil
Method:
Clean Lau with plain normal clean water and slice it into small pieces
Add Oil in a vessel and heat it up on medium flame
Add sliced Lau, Green …

When I was married 5 years back, I got many gifts by my friends relative and my colleagues. I like most of the gifts and I am also using those gifts even now. One of such a good gift is the pressure cooker. My aunty presented …

Ingredients:
Butter-flavored vegetable oil cooking spray
Granulated sugar
Pureed very ripe bananas; about 2 medium small
Fat-free sour cream
Stick margarine, which is softened
Large egg white
Vanilla extract
All-purpose flour
Baking powder
Baking soda
Salt
The steps are simple and is taught by one of my colleagues. Preheat the oven to about 350 degrees and coat an 8-inch square baking …

Ingredients :
Rice - 1cup
Thor dhal -1/2 cup
Tamarind - 1 lemon size
Potato- 2
green peas-1/4/cup
peeled small onion - 1/2 cup
salt
ghee
cashewnut-5
To prepare masala powder
Red chillies - 10
coriander seeds - 2 tsp
fenugreek seeds - 1/4 tsp
urad dhal - 1/2 tsp
gram dhal - 1 tbsp
cinnamon, clove
coconut (grated) - 2 tbsp
Fry all the above masala …

This is a very interesting recipe and something different and yet very nutritious recipe.
Ingredients:
One cup of raw rice, mix vegetable chopped according to your choice, chopped onion one, chopped tomato one, garam masala 1 tea spoon, salt to taste and some green chilly chopped to taste, and finally 4 …

I got this recipee from a trusted baker in my home town Algiers. It is basically a pizza dough that you can prepare in minutes and have your pizza ready in about 25 minutes from the time you started your dough. Befrore knowing this recipee, it used to take …

I was searching for some unique and tasty, but non time-consuming, appetizers to serve for company over the holidays. I am a big fan of all shellfish and seafood, and scallops are my absolute favourite. They are naturally sweet and tender, and work well as appetizers and in main …

Milk gravy of one type or another was, and still is, a very popular item with my family. I stopped making it when I got married because my inlaws had never made it and thought it was too unusual for their tastes. But I’ve been divorced for …

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 …

I had never made stuffed peppers until I tried a recipe for Stuffed Green Peppers in the Favorite Brand Name Simple 1-2-3 One Dish cookbook. I thought it was a really good recipe, so when I found another recipe for stuffed peppers in the same cookbook I knew …

Kesari bath is another kind of Indian traditional recipe, which is prepared in most of the festivals and functions. This is very very tasty and nutritional recipe, which any one can prepare as it is very easy to prepare.
Ingredients: sooji (rawa) 1 cup, sugar 2cups, milk …

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 …

Eating good foods is kind of a hobby for me,and I love to cook,and it feels great inside when people appreciate your hard work.So,I want to share a recipe which I invented myself,and I call it “Spicy Egg Delight”.To make it for two people,we are gonna need the following …

I made this recipie quite often and every body enjoys
Preparation time: 25 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Servings : 4
I /1.2 kg : chicken, quartered pieces
to pasts : ground black pepper
2 …

One of my family’s favorite treats is fried Vidalia onion rings. However, I have always had trouble getting the batter and the frying down pat so my onion rings are usually always mushy. I saw this recipe online and I decided to try it to see how it worked. Actually, …

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 …

Here is an idea for your next meal that you can prepare. I am reviewing this food option, Curry Prawns with Ketchup Boiled Eggs and giving some basic cooking tips.
Not everyone hates ketchup. I am a fine with this sauce and there are lots of food ideas …

This sandwiches are served European-style, meaning that you only use one slice on bread and do not cover them up with another one. Of course, you can if you want to.
Prepare regular omelet using 2 eggs and some milk. Cut into pieces a little smaller than bread slices. Toast …

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 …

Top 3 Halloween Recipes
In my opinion, these are the creepiest recipes for Halloween parties. They are easy and fun to make. None of the ingredients are too expensive except for the maybe the one with alcohol and dry ice. That’s the main ingredient for the witch’s brew. This really …

Let me share you the delight of eating Philippine dishes!
I love home made snacks and delicacies and other Philippine dishes. My number one favorite is Pork in Sour Broth (Pork Sinigang). I know how to cook it but my boyfriend’s dad can do it better and I love eating …

My roommate and I were famished one night, when we realized we had an easy solution right before our eyes. All you need to make a large quantity of a filling, nutritious meal is the following:
1 box of dry pasta (I suggest Barilla Plus pasta, the wheat penne)
1 …

If you don’t want to eat prepared spaghetti sauce, this is an easy recipe. It’s healthy, fresh and will make your home smell good. You can use fresh tomatoes if you want. I use canned simply because it is easier. Easy Spaghetti Sauce tastes very fresh and we think …

This is one of the recipes features in Kris Aquino’s magazine from Chef Anton of Thuk Thai. However, the omelet is so plain and it does not have literally meat in it. I have incorporated my own ingredients to it.
Ingredients:
2 eggs
3 ml fish sauce
dash of …

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 …

1 can of mushrooms
1 carrot
1 small onion (or a half of a larger one)
ring noodles (or any other kind of small, fine noodles)
Start boiling the water and, while it is getting to the boiling point, prepare the vegetables and the mushrooms. Dice the onion, peel and grate the carrots. …

I really like jams and I eat them every morning. There’s no better jam than the one made at home. I usually make fig and plums jam, chestnut jam, apricot jam and similar usual jams. About a year ago a friend gave me the recipe for a jam of …

I have loved rice pudding for years and can not get enough of it. I was so happy when I first made it and now I make it any time I have the taste for it. This recipe is fairly simple and easy and it doesn’t take long to …

Well everyone knows how to make a soup. No big deal you will say, but to get a quality soup one needs some experience
and to know a few secrets about it. I used this soup recipe for over 25 years and during this time I have improved it.
I tried different …

When I first had my amaretto sour at the ripe old age of 21, I like Carrie Bradshaw, had found my signature drink.
I love amaretto sours because even though they are alcoholic beverages they don’t taste like one, which is great for someone like me who don’t really drink …

Everyone alive from the 1930’s to 1950’s who lived in America has a handful of campbells soup recipes. They are a uniquely american thing and I love them because they remind me of how grandmas used to cook. I was not born until many generations after the …

Recently I had what some people would call a hankering for strawberry pie. I was craving something sweet, and I was reminiscing about the strawberry pie my family used to get from a small family-owned restaurant in my hometown. Unfortunately, I now live several miles away from …