Quick and Easy Family Recipes

Easy Cannoli Recipe

August 31, 2010 by Shelly

Looking for quick Italian desserts? Try this easy cannoli recipe. It’s a ricotta cannoli recipe. The recipe takes minutes to make. Save yourself time and buy the shells. Or better yet, buy a cannoli kit or two. 3 Easy Steps 1) Buy ricotta, powdered sugar, vanilla extract and chocolate chips. 2) Mix desired amounts according [...]

What are Easy Moroccan Recipes?

August 28, 2010 by Patricia Fioriello

Easy Moroccan recipes consist of a very diverse cuisine, with many influences, due to the interaction of Morocco with the outside world for centuries. The cuisine of Morocco is a mix of Berber, Moorish, Mediterranean, and Arab influences. It sounds very exotic. Characteristic flavoring ingredients in easy Moroccan recipes include lemon pickle, cold-pressed, unrefined olive [...]

9 Favorite Indian Food Recipes

August 21, 2010 by Patricia Fioriello

For some, favorite Indian food is characterized by mouth-watering dishes in thick gravies while others associate their favorite Indian food experience in an Indian restaurant with strong spices that provoke tears. The truth is that the Indian cuisine is full of contradictions and trying to draw a picture of a favorite Indian food is hard. [...]

Learning About Japanese Food Dishes

August 14, 2010 by Patricia Fioriello

Japanese food dishes are based on combining their staple foods typically rice or noodles, with a soup and okazu, dishes made from fish, meat, vegetable, tofu and the like — to add flavor to the staple food. These are typically flavored with dashi, miso, and soy sauce and are usually low in fat and high [...]

How to Make Easy Mexican Cookies

August 7, 2010 by Kristin Paulus

Learn how to make easy Mexican cookies. Polvorones de Canele, also known as cinnamon cookies, are easy to make and delicious especially if you love desserts and have a sweet tooth. Hosting a summer party, a special celebration or a Mexican fiesta? Try a Mexican dessert recipe that represents the culture and easy to make. [...]

How to Define Gourmet Vegan Food

July 31, 2010 by Patricia Fioriello

It is difficult to define gourmet vegan food as a particular type or style of cooking, as there are so many different dishes from various regional cuisines that can be made suitable for vegans. The uniqueness of gourmet vegan food is in that it uses no animal products, such as meat, dairy, or eggs. This [...]

French Toast Bread Pudding

July 10, 2010 by Kasie Castleberry

Ingredients: 4 tablespoons softened unsalted butter 6 or 7 slices white sandwich bread crusts left on (I use a quick home made challah bread because it stands up really well to the custard soak) 1/4 cup sugar mixed with 2 tsp ground cinnamon 5 “large” eggs 5 egg yolks 3/4 cup sugar 3 3/4 cups [...]

Cucumbers and little well-known approaches to avoid type 2 diabetes

June 30, 2010 by Suzanne Ault

Do you think you’re cool as a cucumber? Not only is the cucumber known for it’s capability to cool down the body, it has additionally been seen to help with jaundice, diarrhea, epilepsy, sore throat, conjunctivitis (redness of the eye) and swelling of extremities. Frequently you should attempt to deseed the cucumber as the body [...]

Learning About Raw Foods Cooking

June 26, 2010 by Patricia Fioriello

Before we can delve into raw foods cooking let us first establish what exactly is this, relatively new trend, referred to as ‘raw foodism’. Raw foodism (or rawism) is a lifestyle promoting the consumption of uncooked, unprocessed, and often organic foods as a large percentage of the diet. Raw foodists typically believe that the greater [...]

Authentic Indian Cooking

June 19, 2010 by Patricia Fioriello

Authentic Indian cooking is characterized by the use of various spices, herbs and other vegetables and sometimes fruits grown in India and also for the widespread practice of vegetarianism across many sections of its society. India’s religious beliefs and culture have played an influential role in the evolution of its cuisine. Authentic Indian cooking has [...]

15 Favorite Japanese Food Dishes

June 12, 2010 by Patricia Fioriello

Thinking of Japanese food dishes the first thing that come to mind is sushi and the second, raw and uncooked food. But, believe me, Japanese food dishes are a lot more than that. Here are some common and favorite Japanese food dishes. Ramen – Not to be confused with the instant ramen, “real ramen” generally [...]

Easy Cooking with Food Processor

June 5, 2010 by Patricia Fioriello

The Food Processor is a very handy machine that helps you prepare half of your food by an easy technique. When you use the food processor, you save time and do your cooking in a hassle free process. The Utility of Food Processor Different vegetables and fruits require different kinds of blades for cutting them. [...]

Top 10 Favorite Thai Food Recipes

May 31, 2010 by Patricia Fioriello

Thai food is well known for diversity of ingredients, complex spiciness and intricate flavors and aromas. Many Thai food recipes are even prepared with a blend of herbal ingredients that are purported to have health benefits. The following list is a top 10 favorite Thai food recipes that you must not miss. The consideration and ranking is based on [...]

The Fresh and Spicy Flavors of Thai Food

May 27, 2010 by Patricia Fioriello

If you are culinary enthusiast, on mention of Thai food what tends to pop into your mind first? Let me guess…satay with peanut sauce, a spicy red curry and probably a tangy green curry!!! That’s because Thai cooking places emphasis on lightly-prepared dishes with strong aromatic components. It is known for being spicy. Balance, detail [...]