Random recipes - page 395

You may remember my call to arms a few weeks ago , encouraging everyone to make their own gingerbread houses. Well a few people actually took me seriously. Here are the results. . Norway I received a lovely email from @NordicNibbler a

I love cookbooks. Have I mentioned this before? (*wink*) And I love my mom. Were it not for her, I would undoubtedly be a different person without a love for cooking, gardening, decorating, sewing, and generally creat

When I posted this blog this morning, we didn't have the Earthquake. It just happened a few minutes ago while I was eating my lunch in my office at Santa Ana, California. It happened at 11:42 am, a 5.8 earthquake at Diamond Bar and Chino Hills, California

'Koorka' is also called as Sheema Kizhangu/Chivakizhangu in Malayalam. Siru Kizhangu in Tamil and Sambrali in Kannada. I searched a lot on internet about different names in different regions names and uses of Koorka. This is what I got. It is call

All sandwiches in Mexico are not wrapped in Corn or Flour Tortillas (Summa Gallia divisa est.....), but made on a variety of leaven breads called, in Mexico, Tortas, and the bolillo bread is a favorite. It has a crust and texture much like French bread, b

Prawn curries as well as prawn sambal are quite common for us at home, therefore this time I cooked prawns in some sort of Chinese style. Adding pandan leaves gives a unique fragrance. Nothing very complicated or difficult to prepare as I try my be

Pesa (Fish in Miso Soup) Pesa might have originated from a Chinese cuisine as Pesa is Hokkien word meaning ?plain boiled? and it used in define a method of cooking fish meat and not any other meat. But the Philippine version of Pesa is not plain boile

Ingredients: Cabbage - 2 cups( chopped) Channa Dhal - 3/4 Cup Onion - 1/2 cup (chopped) Tomato - 1/2 cup (sliced) Ginger Garlic paste - 1tsp Turmeric power - 1/4 tsp Red chili powder - 1tsp or to taste Coriander powder - 1 tsp or to taste

The folks at Live Gourmet must be doing something right with their marketing as I'm convinced these are fresher than the ones sold individually. Aesthetically, the Live Gourmet butter lettuce are more appealing with their roots attached, and a bit of sa

I caught a rerun of the Sesame Street Quickfire Challenge on Top Chef All-stars last night, and stayed up later than we intended to watch it. The muppets were of course, very cute and funny, but what really enjoyed was watching the chefs' reactions to th

IHOP is a popular restaurant that specializes in breakfast foods such as pancakes, French toast, waffles, and omelets. Here is a IHOP Buttermilk Pancakes recipe that you can make at home. Exact step by step instructions for making famous IHOP Buttermil

Another trick to bake brownies and cupcakes in no time for those of you who's always on run and need a last minute preparation...Or for those lovely romantic men out there who wants to suprise or just pamper their loved ones or just bake it for themselves

I have been wanting to bake a fruity flavored bread for awhile. Its seems like a fresh and delicious idea, but it also sounds like a pretty unusual thing to incorporate fresh fruits into bread recipes. Most of what I've seen are the fruits being placed o

Yeah ! Read it right !! Such weird combination dish names are common when you have criss cross marriage. The original name of the Marwari recipe is BESANWALI BHINDI and the preparation is very similar to the way Maharashtrians prepare the recipe with G

Baking started in a cold oven Baking started in a hot oven We'll be moving to the Pacific Northwest next year, probably sometime in the spring. Considering how costly such a move is bound to be, we have started divesting ourselves of whatever

Another piggy-themed food :)! I was inspired to make piggy-shaped pork steamed buns after I saw Kristy's cute mantou buns a few days ago. The recipe itself is adapted from Maangchi's savoury Jjinppang mandu , because I am not into mantou buns with sw

This porky dish doesn't need much preparation, just let it simmer to cook till the meat is tender. The preserved bean curd ~ 'Nam Yue' adds flavour to the rather bland but crunchy wood ears. For more information regarding the nutrients and goodness of

Spring is finally here and I am excited...excited for warmth, excited for sunshine and excited for the produce such as fresh strawberries! I spent my first day of spring cleaning my and having a home spa day. I thought, why not have a kitchen floor so

Oh!! I miss my cakes so much!! I have not been reporting to my cake blog since the start of the June School Holiday.... seriously, I was enjoying this June School Holiday with my 2 girls to the ultimate :D We went out almost everyday for the past month an

Today I'm excited to be participating in World Nutella Day for the first time! Thanks to Sara Michelle , February 5 is the day to celebrate a love of all things Nutella. I don't remember ever having had Nutella until a few years ago, but I'm so g

I am so glad that this is a short week. For this, it means longer weekend and more rest and quality time with family. Yippee! Although we didn't have much planned up for this Easter holiday weekend, but my little ones are sure looking forward to it...pron

Another incredible Malaysian delicacies which my family loves very much. Even the name itself already tells you how good it is. 'Kam Heong' means the most fragrant delicious, SO, do I need to explain more! Curry leaves are most frequently used in many M

Invited to Easter Brunch I wanted to bring some cake beneath the traditionel chocolate and almond paste eggs and easter bunnies and... Perhaps something healthy? Nuts (so called brain food) are healthy, isn´t it? So the combination with some fruit, here w

This just looks "Spring-y" doesn't it? Kind of Easter-y (but it's now past Easter so we're going with Spring-y) =o) When I saw this recipe I thought my kids would love it. They love marshmallows. Especially my daughter. She could eat a bowl full o