Sunday 23 December 2012

Eggplant with Pickling Spices

Ingredients: (serves 6-8 as side dish)
  1. 12 small Indian eggplants
  2. 3 cup thinly sliced onion
  3. 2 inch fresh ginger, peeled and julienned
  4. 1.5 tablespoon chili garlic paste (or garlic paste + cayenne/red chili powder)
  5. 1 cup grated/pureed fresh tomato
  6. 1/3 cup cooking oil (any kind you want to use) + 4 tablespoon oil (pref. pure virgin mustard oil)
  7. salt
  8. 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
  9. water as needed
  10. fresh cilantro/coriander to garnish
  11. a squeeze of lemon juice - optional

Pickling Spice Mix:
  1. 3 teaspoon saunf/fennel seed
  2. 4 teaspoon mustard seeds
  3. 1/2 teaspoon cumin seed
  4. 1/2 teaspoon kalonji/nigella/onion seeds
  5. 1/2 teaspoon methi/fenugreek seeds
  6. 2-3 red dry chile pepper
  7. 3 cloves
  8. 1 inch cinnamon stick
  9. 1 large pinch of hing/asafoetida

Method:
Heat a pan on the stove. Switch off the heat and place the spices (red chillies, mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds, cumin seeds, fennel seeds, nigella/kalonji/onion seeds, cinnamon and cloves). This process very lightly toasts the spices. You do not want them to be overdone or browned. Cool the spices and grind coarsely; combine with the hing/asafoetida and set aside.
Make ‘X’ ( – a cross) to the flesh of the eggplants, but leave the stems intact. Immerse them completely in a big bowl of salted water and set aside for at least 30 minutes. When ready to cook, remove eggplants and squeeze out the water.
Heat oil (both mustard & vegetable/canola together, if you are using both kind) in a thick-bottomed pan.
Add onions and sauté till light brown. Add grated ginger and continue to sauté for about 7 minutes at medium heat. Lower the heat and add the coarsely ground dry spice powder. Cook for half a minute, stirring all the time so the spices do not stick to the pan.
Combine chili garlic paste with the pureed tomatoes; set aside.
Add the eggplants & cook on high heat till the outside of the eggplants start to brown on all sides. Add grated tomatoes with garlic,  the turmeric powder, red chili powder and salt to the pan and toss well till

Ricotta Fudge with Dried Fruits, Nuts and Chocolate

Ingredients: (makes about 24,  1 inch square pieces)
  1. 30 oz ricotta cheese (2 tubs, 15 oz each)
  2. 1/2 cup almond flour or ground almond
  3. zest of 1 orange
  4. 1/2 cup sugar or as much or as little needed
  5. 1/2 cup dried sweetened cranberries
  6. 30-35 dates
  7. 1/2 cup unsweetened dark chocolate (shaved or chips)
  8. 1/2 cup almonds
  9. oranges extract, few drops
  10. a teaspoon of ghee/or melted butter
  11. pistachio, almond flakes and more dried cranberries for garnish
Note: You may use any kind and combination of dried fruits here. Figs and raisins work well too.


Method:
Place ricotta over a cheese cloth or a fine porous cloth over a sieve. Allow it to sit for about 30 minutes and then press out as much moisture (pressing down with layers of absorbent kitchen towel or paper towels) as possible.
Pulse together dates, cranberries, orange zest, almonds, sugar and chocolate. They should still be coarse.
In a blender/food processor, process ricotta until smooth.
Remove the ricotta from the processor and knead for 5 minutes. Combine almond flour and ricotta cheese.
Place the ricotta in a heavy bottomed or non stick pan over low heat and cook while stirring  frequently until it begins to look dry and forms a solid mass, about 20-30 minutes. It will be a bit sticky, but will start to pull off from the sides of the pan; the consistency will be almost like a bread dough, but still a little wet.
Alternately, you can cook the ricotta cheese in the microwave. Place cheese and almond flour in a microwave safe bowl and cook on high for 5 minutes. Take it out, stir well and cook again; repeat until the cheese starts bubbling and then stir more frequently and cook at smaller intervals until the moisture is reduced so that the cheese starts looking like a sticky dough. Cool and proceed as below.
Switch off the heat and the orange extract and the pulsed sugar and dry fruits. Slowly stir them in. Since the ricotta is still hot, most of the chocolate will melt and mix in.
Remove from the heat and slightly cool. Smear a tray/plate with ghee/butter. Scoop the ricotta mix and place on the tray/plate and flatten it uniformly on the top. Garnish with the nuts and more cranberries.
Allow to cool completely (at least an hour and a half) and refrigerate them. I was able to slice them clean

Pnyaj,Tomato diye Posto

Ingredients: (Serves 4-6 as a side)
  1. 2 cups packed sliced onions, pref. red onions
  2. 1.5 cups chopped tomatoes
  3. 1/2 cup white poppy seeds
  4. 2 – 3 tablespoon oil (pref. pure virgin mustard oil)
  5. salt to taste
  6. a pinch or about 1/4 teaspoon sugar (optional)*
  7. 5 hot green chili pepper
  8. 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
  9. 1 teaspoon red chili powder/cayenne
*Note: if you find that the tomatoes you have used are tart, use the sugar to balance the taste.

Method:
Place the seeds on a fine sieve and place the sieve in a bowl of water so the bottom part of the sieve is under water. Soaking them for a while before grinding helps.  Make a paste of poppy seeds, and half the amount of green chillies and keep aside. While making the paste, try to use as little water as possible; grinding the seeds with too much water will scatter them around. It should be a creamy paste.
In a pan/wok  heat mustard oil and fry the onions & tomatoes for about 2-4 minutes and then cover until the tomatoes are cooked through and becomes mushy.
Add the poppy seed paste, salt, sugar (if you are using) and turmeric and mix well; reduce heat, add 1/4 cup water and stir it in. Cover and cook for about 5-7 minutes. Uncover, add the rest of the green chili peppers and saute for 2-4 minutes or until the liquid dries up and the oil separates.
Adjust salt and sugar.
Serve it hot with steamed rice or as a side with parathas or any flat bread.

Saturday 22 December 2012

Healthy Lunch Recipes Will Keep You Going Strong All Afternoon

As I've aged I've taken it upon myself to start eating healthier foods because I feel that I owe it to myself to feel good from the time I wake up until the time I go to sleep. To enjoy your life and receive the same great health benefits that I do on a daily basis, eating healthy is a big part of the game. It is also very important to choose foods and meals that you ENJOY! Taking care of your body by feeding it will put you in good state of mind and is the key to achieving fitness goals such as taking off the extra pounds. Be happy with what you eat and every fiber of your being will show it's appreciation and reward you with by feeling great.

Let's face it, in today's society we are always on the run. Sometimes we don't get a chance to physically sit down and enjoy a meal until late at night. This doesn't mean that you can't be eating right on the go. Eating right on the go is MORE important than ever in this day and age and it's a must to be filling your tank w/ all the necessary food fuels it needs to get you thru the day. Staying focused and energized so you can concentrate on doing your job to the best of your ability will pay you back in dividends as you climb the ladder of success in your professional life.

Make lunchtime YOUR time. Slow down, relax, and enjoy it! Being one of the three most important times you will eat in a day it is a meal that you should take advantage of now! Speaking for myself lunch is my favorite meal as it falls right smack dab in the middle of the day when my body is craving more fuel. By noon time I've usually still got 5 hours left to go in my workday and in my line of work (running a I.T. dept.) I need to stay focused and alert to avoid those mid afternoon crashes. To accomplish this I make sure to have a power packed lunch every single day week. I know many of you (like myself) may not feel you have the time

10 Ways Mycook Induction Blender Can Save Your Time in the Kitchen

What makes Mycook a time saving device? Mycook serves its purpose best to you and to everyone who loves to cook. Your traditional way of cooking consumes and eats all your time in the world which left you no more time for other things need to be done. The outdated time of cooking would mean no guaranteed time for your family, and no extra time for yourself as well.

Here are 10 ways on how Mycook Induction Blender can save your precious time in the kitchen:

• very quick chopping time, frozen foods, meat, fish, and vegetables

• stirring level is very soft just like the chef itself

• can mix everything in second

• can control the time of cooking

• temperature is at your command because it can be adjusted step by step

• provides its own recipe so it is stress free

• can plan meal in seconds

• minimum food preparation

• built in knife so there is no need for one

• very easy to clean and very safe

Mycook solves every problem you encounter during your food preparation and cooking. With this gadget only enjoyable and pleasurable time is there nothing else. Enough time is left for the family and this gives you a healthy and undeniable feeling of good life.
Gadgets are invented to make peoples lives an amazing factor of existence and we are blessed with such technology to make everything be controlled by our hands. Innovation technology makes life easier for all of

Wednesday 19 December 2012

Essentials of All Candle Creating Recipes

Candle making recipes are extremely similar in that they all call for generally the same materials and use the very same tactics. Nonetheless if you are just beginning out you may possibly not know all your alternatives that you have when making candles. Clearly, newbie candle makers don't will need all the advanced components that are utilized in several of the much more elaborate candle generating recipes. It is the function of this quick article to give the fundamental components in a lot of candle recipes.Rookie candle makers only will need wax, wicks, candle holders and a implies to melt the wax. 

Fairly straightforward. To make your most simple candle you simply melt the wax, put a wick in a holder and pour the wax in it. Allow it cool and harden and you are all done.Now what wax do you use? Most newbies start off out with paraffin wax. It is low cost, well-liked, plentiful and effortless to get. Other waxes supply other advantages. Some individuals like all normal merchandise. Soy fits this categorySoy candles have been emerging as a viable substitute to the standard wax selections. Soy candles are created out of a hundred% all-natural soy wax with no any additives. Candles manufactured of soy wax will have a fantastic aroma without having getting to add any kind of fragrance. Knowledgeable soy candle makers can mix the soy wax in several techniques that will give the natural scent a bit of a distinction thus offering the scent a fainter or more powerful aroma.Beeswax is one more popular candle making wax. 

Although it may be a tiny a lot more costly, it provides a lot of wonder benefits. It has a natural sweet aroma, a gorgeous all-natural coloration, and burns, brighter, lengthier and cleaner than a lot of other candles.Given that beeswax is naturally fragrant and has a really pleasant coloration, no dyes or fragrances require to be additional to it. Even so, if you were to acquire beeswax sheets and roll your very own candles, you could acquire these sheets in many various colors.The very last sort of wax that you can use is gel wax. These are the candles that you see that have a seascape or other style in it. Gel waxes can be colored and made aromatic by including fragrance oils.To make candles you want wicks. Candle wicks arrive in a lot of supplies and can be acquired with tabs on the conclude so they are simpler to use when creating candles. When purchasing a wick you need a thing that will burn cleanly. Several individuals desire cotton or hemp wicks. Other individuals say that the wick content is dependent on the type of wax you will be making use

Best Easy Diet Plans: Move with nutritious food items

Most of the people are facing a busy schedule in the life wherein they are not able to find enough time to devote for the personal health care by having a normal balanced diet.Cooking is considered as the activity which is not at all carried out by the people and they mostly depend on the fast food items served in many junk food corners in the city that are rich in fat contents. This is helping you to beat the hunger on one side and also helping you to add on the body weight with the passage of time.It is almost sure that you are not in a position to move on with the perfect health condition without facing any issues with the passage of time and this is naturally helping you to build up lots of issues with respect to the health.This might definitely urge you to move on with the perfect diet plan with the aim of getting rid of the excess fat contents that are actually getting deposited in the body.

There are many diet plans available in the market and you should try moving on with the diet plan that is perfect to the health condition without facing any kinds of issues with the passage of time.You might have heard about many people moving on with the process of starving for reducing the body weight and the process is actually creating lots of health issues along with the loss of body weight.It is true that lots of fat content might be deposited in the body and considering these facts you should definitely try your level best to get hold of the best method that has the capacity to get rid of the fat contents from the body with the passage

Making A Perfect Vanilla Slice

Making a thick, rich and creamy vanilla slice might seem to be a herculean task, but it is not. With a little care and some practice, you can easily make a perfect vanilla slice. You just need to get the proper ingredients, and handle them carefully with patience. That is the only trick behind getting the perfect vanilla slice that you can be proud of. It is important not to lose your confidence if it doesn't turn out to be perfect in shape, and remember that in the end it is the taste that matters. If you can't get the shape perfect you can always do better with the next one.

So let us start with the recipe! Here are the ingredients that you will need:


-->Half-a-cup of custard powder
-->Three-fourths of a cup of cornstarch
-->One small cup of white sugar
-->One 17 1/4 package of a frozen puff pastry
-->Five cups of milk
-->Quarter cup of butter
-->One tablespoon of milk
-->One teaspoon of vanilla essence
-->A dash of vanilla essence
-->Two eggs
-->One cup of sugar

To begin with, check that the pastry sheets are thawed, so that they won't break at the lightest touch. In a

Certified Cooking Culinary Education in Arkansas

Nowadays most of the youths choose the option of culinary programs for the best and fantastic future. Main objective of these academies are to enhance the skills of students in the field of cooking. The career opportunities in the field of gastronomy studies are very wide such as restaurateur, wine and spirit critic, food or drink journalists, kitchen supervisor etc so it is very necessary to select best cooking centers as there are various catering academies available for kids. Arkansas gastronomic institutes are famous in all over the world for its excellent education programs. These culinary learning centers also includes various chef courses such as pastry maker, bartender, head chef, food and beverage manager, Diet and nutrition chef, food preparation chef and many more. These center offer hotel facility to youths. These schools offer very thorough gastronomic education to all juveniles, with courses in cookery, pastry arts, and hospitality management. These institutes offer first class training facilities to youngsters.

There are various programs such as professional culinary management, wine certificate plan, commercial diploma courses, food management program, catering management program, and nutrition health advisor offered by Arkansas online sheaf classes. All the chefs of these centers are trained and provide best cooking arts for each student. These institutes not only provide theoretically knowledge but these centers are giving mainly concentration on practically knowledge. After the completion of education the academies for gastronomic studies give placements for the chef students in popular hotels, restaurants and food industries. These schools also offered short term and long term cuisine as these programs are on- campus or regular cooking courses. These learning centers also offer online culinary programs. The online educations are most suitable option for those kids who believe in self learning In these training students learn the most necessary techniques required to become victorious gastronomic professional in the local and international sector.

Sunday 16 December 2012

Heavenly BBQ Chicken Recipes

A person who loves to cook can never refrain from hunting for the BBQ Chicken Recipes.  With the internet offering an interesting choice of BBQ chicken recipes, understand the basics of cooking BBQ chicken before experimenting them. Go for sauces and marinades for grilled homemade all the best taste.

With innumerable BBQ chicken recipes available, you can check this exciting creation that can take approximately 40 minutes to get cooked.  Start the preparation of a pound of whole chicken in one cup soy sauce, 3 tablespoons lemon juice, a head d minced marinated garlic, 1 finely chopped onion, 1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper, sugarcane 3tbsp and half a glass of beer or Sprite.  Keep this mixture refrigerated for about one to three hours.  After three hours, things in the gaps with 2 cups of lemon grass and place it on the grill until golden brown all ready for a delicious lunch.  As a variation to this BBQ chicken recipe, you can go for mustard powder and apple cider along with a bottle of wine replacing the beer.  If you love tortilla chips, then try the smoked chicken with grilled tortillas.

To prepare, you will need chicken breast, tortilla chips, red onions cut into four, a few jalapeno slices to your taste, black olives and the BBQ sauce along with the shredded Cheddar cheese. Start the process by smoking the chicken.  Place the chicken on the top rack of the grill and under a low flame.  Always place a pan of water and wood chips to use while smoking the chicken.  When the chicken is done, slowly drag a fork along the meat to pull out strands of chicken from it. After shredding the meat from the chicken, take a baking sheet.  Spread tortilla chips on the baking dish; put the black olives, jalapenos and the diced onion into it.  Sprinkle the cheddar cheese at this point and then shreds the meat.   Bake it in the oven on 375 degree Fahrenheit until the cheese melts and turns brown and crusty on top. Add a touch of barbecue sauce, tortilla chips in the oven-smoked chicken mixture just before serving. One of the most sought after BBQ

Filipino Recipes

A collection of sweet morsels is created from glutinous rice, while halo-halo is a popular dessert based on layers of sugared fruit, gelatin, custard, and crushed ice.

Binagol, also known as binangol, is a sweet delicacy originating from Leyte, an island in the Visayas. There are several variations of this recipe, some works by using chocolate flavors and some with nuts and butter. This recipe is the less complicated version, even though.

The Taro root combination is contained in polished coconut shells, therefore the title binagol from the root word "bagol", a visayan phrase which literally indicates coconut shells. Because of the abundance of coconut trees in this tropical place, you will unquestionably discover many types of delicacies utilizing coconuts as packaging. Cooking this recipe may possibly be a tiresome approach but the concluded product is worth the work.

Substances:

one cup rich coconut milk (from two medium coconuts)
cups raw gabi or Taro root (shredded)
cup brown sugar
can complete cream condensed milk
four egg yolks
wilted banana leaves
4 medium coconut shells (cleaned)
string for tying

Cooking Directions:

Incorporate shredded Taro root, coconut milk and brown sugar. Put in a thick-bottomed pan and cook around medium heat for about 6 minutes whilst stirring continuously. Decrease heat to small and go on cooking for 10 far more minutes.
Add the condensed milk and cook for a further 20 minutes more than reduced heat, stirring constantly.
Fill the shells with the cooked mixture. In the middle, make a properly and drop 1 raw egg yolk for each

Popular Street Food in the Philippines

Everywhere in Metro Manila you could always find kiosk or small establishment in every corner that sells street food. Street has become so popular for the Filipino for the reason that we use to have quick snacks. Aside from the immediate availability of Filipino street food, this kind of food is so affordable that makes it so popular for all walks of life. Here is my list of ever popular Filipino street food.

Fish ball: Fish ball is so popular as it always be there for a long period of time. It is usually offered using a push cart with built in kerosene stove to fry fish ball. It is usually soak from vinegar with soy sauce, chili, onion and sugar. Aside from vinegar dipping, another kind of sauce for fish ball is a thick sweet and sour sauce; it could be spicy or just plain.

Balot:  Balot is another popular street food in the Philippines, but aside from Philippines there are other Asian countries that eat Balot as a delicacy. Balot is a fertilize duck embryo that is boiled and eaten in shell. For some balot might be a strange kind of food but for us Filipino it is part of our culture.

Penoy : It is a unfertilized duck egg, it is cook and eaten the same way with balot. It is usually sell along with balot and eaten along with vinegar or salt.

Tokneneng / KwekKwek: Tokneneng  or kwek kwek is a hard boiled duck or quail egg, the egg is deshell and being covered with a batter with an orange food coloring then fry. It is usually eaten with a mixture of vinegar, cucumber, onion, ground peppercorn and salt as a sauce.

One day Old Chick : It is rejected newly hatched chick in poultry farm. It is usually fry and dip in vinegar as a sauce

Adidas: It is a barbeque chicken feet and soaked from vinegar. In Philippines we usually call chicken feet as adidas

Inihaw na Bituka and chicken head: You could also find a lot of vendor selling chicken and pig intestine as barbeque, it is usually precook adobo style but without water before grilling, chicken head and also cook and sell as a street food.

Kikiam and Squid ball/ Chicken ball: Kikkiam, chicken ball and squid ball is also cook and sell along with fish ball. We usually eat kikiam, chicken, squid ball with hot and spicy sweet sauce

Sago’t Gulaman: It is a popular Filipino drinks that always offer in the street. It is a gelatin drink with arnibal

Bake Delicious Christmas Cake

Christmas cake is an internal part of the traditions performed on the Christmas day. Christmas cake is mainly a fruitcake served on the Christmas Eve in countries like United Kingdom, Ireland, Japan, Philippines and other commonwealth countries. Well, to make an event or celebration more special, a cake is an exciting option as it adds more charm and joy to the celebration. Similarly, the Christmas cake is a must on Christmas day because Christmas is a very important festival. Christmas recipes for every family may differ. Are you looking for Christmas cake recipes? You may get hundreds and thousands of Christmas cake recipes on the web but it completely depends on your taste and requirement of which recipe you pick to cook for your family on the Christmas Eve. Everyone has a different taste and liking and especially taste and choice of vegetarians completely differ from the choice of non vegetarian. Innumerable collection of cake recipes can be easily found online. All you need is a computer with an internet connection and you are all set to begin with your first step.

The first and the foremost step towards finding the best traditional Christmas recipes is search, search and more search till you get the best output. There are various websites that offer cookery books on affordable rates. You can get them at discount rates too during the Christmas season and make you Celebration more special and joyful. Moreover, rushing at the last minutes when it comes to cooking can spoil your meal but search the web for last minute cake recipes can help you a lot. Many websites also provide the last minute cake recipes under the category of last minute cooking recipes. For people who do not have much time to spend in the kitchen cooking meals during Christmas can pick some last minute cooking recipes and begin with their celebration. Lots of hints and tips are also added to the websites for the visitors to help bake the

Friday 14 December 2012

Truffles in Cooking

Truffles have been considered a delicacy by gourmets for many years.  As such, these highly sought after and hugely expensive items need to be used properly in order to get as much flavour as possible, without damaging the flavour of the entire dish or making the truffle taste too light for the dish.  Careful attention to the details of execution in preparation should be paid in order to use these little spores properly in your recipes.

It is important to remember that we eat not only with our mouths, but also with our nose.  In fact, the olfactory senses are far more acute than are our taste buds.  Therefore, it is paramount to utilize the ingredients in such a way as to accentuate the aromatic qualities of the truffles.  Whether you use white truffles or black truffles it is paramount to plan your meal and recipes accordingly. 

Your recipe should tell you what to do with the truffles in order to achieve the best combination of taste and aroma.  However, one should note that because of their unique flavour profile, the other ingredients in the recipe must also be of a high quality in order to accentuate their flavour not overwhelm the truffles.  These other ingredients are to play a supporting role in the dish, rather than to take center stage. 

Foods that are high in fat content tend to work well with the earthy taste of truffles.  Things like cheese, butter, foie gras, eggs, and cream all tend to help accentuate both the aroma and flavour of the spores.  Other fats can also be used, things like olive oil, canola oil, and even animal fats rendered from meat.  Pork fat tends to work very well with truffles, but one must take care to use unsmoked and uncured animal fats.  Things like bacon, ham, and prosciutto tend to have very strong flavour and can mask or hide the subtleties of the truffles in your recipe.

Because of the expense and the strength of truffles, they are typically sliced very thin before use.  This helps

Solution Restaurant Recipes Reviewed

These recipes contain selection of cakes, bread, chicken, meat, turkey and greens. These recipes are emailed to the subscribers on a every day basis. One can also entry the website in this web page. Once again, folks from all in excess of the globe produce in this blog site. RSS News Feed has also been enabled on this blog page to be certain that all subscribers are informed timely of any new recipes or replies to any queries posted on the web page The web site also advertises a gift retail outlet exactly where a single can obtain kitchen products and solutions this kind of as coffee mugs, aprons, chef hats as properly as t-shirts but there is no sort of obligation on the subscribers.

Though there are many recipes detailed on the website Key Restaurant Recipes, if one particular nonetheless demands to look at a little something thoroughly different and exotic, a single can constantly go forward and acquire the cookbook presented by this internet site. This guide features the mouth-watering recipes from your favourite restaurants like as KFC, Red Lobster, Chillies, The Cheesecake Factory and the Olive Garden. Just picture all people wonderful treats correct on your dining table. I will need to mention all over again at this stage that shopping for this cook guide is totally optional. The unlimited, life time access to these recipes is provided to individuals subscribers who buy this cookbook. In addition, a book of solution sauces is also offered to the subscribers, free of charge of value, in addition to the cookbook. In truth, there are other bonus presents to be added to this record which include many other guides- manual to master the art of grilling instruction to tasty food for diabetics manual to make American comfort and ease food guideline to recipes for exceptional occasions and a unique cookbook with fantastic recipes for the youngsters. I will

Sinigang na Manok second the best

Because I started composing a very healthy and helpful tips and recipes made only from Philippines which makes many different types of dishes, what I’m going to do today is to continue create more about this healthy and beneficial stuff. You may think whatever you want for this stuff but it will surely benefit us. I started it with a chicken recipe so called tinola, so I will just increase my recipe creations that chicken will be involved. Now, do you know about the so called “Sinigang na Manok” by the Filipino country men?  Well this is the second to the best chicken recipe for me, I don’t know what others think but it is really one of the best things we have here in the Philippines. Having a very good quality of food/dishes, so again, you should try it. So, what do we need then?

Ingredients:

Chicken, quartered till it’s cube-sized
½ cup of tomatoes, sliced or quartered
¼ cup onion, sliced
radish, chop
1 tablespoon of salt or patis, to add some flavoring

Tuesday 4 December 2012

Discover more all-around Cooking For Two

We all love to consume wonderful foods which are given to us in stunning displays. Even though it is not too difficult to create meals for groups of four  it takes a bit of ingenuity to make a meal for only two people. Today's supermarkets  specialty food shops and ethnic food stores all appear to have produce and meats  poultry and fish in quantities for big families. This fact alone sometimes makes cooking for just two difficult.

For your creative cook or home chef these large sized food servings can present endless opportunities in making a multitude of dishes that may tempt the palette of even a weary partner. One other delightful fact about cooking for two is you can plan meals to not only taste good but also to appeal to the sensuous side of your nature.

As you've take into consideration the preferences of ones partner you might want to test the culinary waters by looking into making a small side dish of the new recipe that you are dying to try out. When you are aware that the meal continues to be fully appreciated then you can certainly be bolder and more imaginative within your cooking for just two.

There are numerous avenues you could explore which may have cooking recipes which will catch your fancy. From these it is possible to pick the different dishes that you want to have in the meal and get the required ingredients to produce your cooking for just two masterpiece. The best place to find intriguing recipes from various parts around the globe is at cookbooks. The current cookbooks will feature dishes that you know something about and they're going to likewise have other dishes interesting dishes whose name may tempt

Finding the Chef in You

Now it’s easier than ever before to know what you can cook with the ingredients available to you. Visit our website and enter the name of any ingredient in the ‘keyword search’ box and click ‘go’ and instantly you will be guided to several mouth-watering recipes that you can prepare in a jiffy. Even when you know what to cook and are in desperate need of something unique and at the same time tasty, go for an advanced search in our website. You can search specifically in our ‘popular collection’ section which has everything for every occasion or festival─BBQ & Picnics, Desserts & Baking, Gluten Free, Healthy, Holidays & Festivals, Kid’s Recipes, Quick & Easy, Salads, Slow Cooking, Value for Money and Vegetarian.  

Whether you want your breakfast to be tasty or your lunch to be awesome, your snacking to be great or your dinner worthwhile, we have just the right thing for you if you just go through the menu falling under the segment, ‘meal occasions’. For different taste buds, we have Asian, Indian, Italian/Mediterranean and Mexican cuisines.

Variety should be your specialty as your guests will become bored of trying the same thing at your place and so will be you. Try something different everyday. We will be your guide in preparing several rice recipes, lamb recipes, beef recipes, seafood recipes, egg recipes, chicken recipes and pork recipes. We have gluten free recipes such as Creamy Korma Chicken Curry, Creamed Spinach, Egg fried rice, Fish in Sweet Curry Sauce and many more for the people allergic to gluten consumption. 

Anyone trying these out will keep on smacking his lips and pining for more. If you are a health conscious

Sunday 2 December 2012

Combat Obesity With Healthy Asian Recipes

There is no doubt that obesity is an ever-increasing trend in the United States. These days it is extremely common even though very worrying to see obese children. The reality that increasing numbers of people are following unhealthy diets and don't exercise is a major cause of obesity. Instead of participating in activities at the playground or participating in sports like basketball or football kids these days spend their spare time sitting in front of the television or the computer or playing games on their PS3 or other game consoles. To add to this their diets almost certainly is made up of sodas, burgers, chips, cookies, ice cream and a variety of other high calorie and unhealthy foods. It is no wonder that they become sick while very young and hardly ever live past 50.

Obesity occurs when you eat a lot of calories but don't burn them by taking exercise. Although the biggest component that causes people to become overweight is the environment, with the appropriate perseverance, the problem can be avoided. Your chance of obtaining dangerous diseases, such as diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, stroke, arthritis, sleep apnea, gallbladder disease, and cancer, raises if you are or become overweight. This is exactly why as early as now, take care of your body by having a healthy diet and do regular workouts. On the other hand, if your child is obese or overweight, you can take a positive step and make your whole family exercise eating healthy foods daily, and you can begin an activity for the complete family which promotes movement of the body, which can become your child and the whole family's exercise routines.

Currently the Asian diet is fast becoming the diet of choice amongst many people who're trying to find a good way to reduce and maintain their weight lost. The benefit of the diet is spreading largely by word of mouth via those who have tried the diet and found it to be useful. They are passing on the recipes to family and friends and speaking about the results they are getting from practicing Asian Fitness and Exercise. This is

A Quick Dinner Recipe Frees You From the Kitchen Faster

Stir Fry is the best way to create your own quick dinner recipe using ingredients you have on hand.  It’s also a great way to create healthy meals using fresh ingredients and free yourself from the kitchen faster than following a written recipe would ever allow.

In the video that accompanies this recipe, you’re able to look directly over my shoulder as I create  Chicken Stir Fry Over Quinoa, using just two pans, one for the quinoa and another to steam and then stir fry the ingredients

Here’s what you’ll need to follow along:
(I don’t believe in measurements, cook for your taste and number of guests)

1 cup chicken broth or water for steaming
carrots, bias sliced
Asparagus
Sesame oil
Onions, sliced for stir fry
Chicken breast, cut into strips
Shitake mushrooms, sliced
Soy sauce
Fresh or dried ginger
White pepper

2 cups chicken broth
1 cup quinoa or rice or pasta or beans


My Man Pans wok has a steamer insert, so with some chicken broth simmering below, I can add carrots and asparagus, to par-cook them in a moist fashion and later return to the stir fry.

Stir Fry uses direct, conductive heat, and simply stir-frying the carrots and asparagus won’t cook them all the way through before they burn on the outside.  So, to assure everything is cooked to the same doneness, the hardest items are cooked under steam first.

Steaming uses indirect, convective heat and is the best way to treat vegetables.  Obviously, cooking in a moist fashion will not dry items out like the direct heat of stir fry.  When the items are softened, but still firm to the touch or bite, I can remove the steamer insert and prepare the pan for direct heat.

Asian Stir Fry is pretty much the same as French sauté, it begins with heating the pan and adding some kind of fat.  In this case, the flavor profile calls for sesame oil.  Whether stir fry or sauté, this direct heat method of

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