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Authentic Puerto Rican Food

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My apologies for the lack of recipe. This was made by my MIL's S.O.

Gourmet food recipes : Making the Right Choice

by rose gomes

Gourmet food recipes : Making the Right Choice

Gourmet food recipes  present is the most thoughtful things, which you may do for your family & friends. You can take advantage of making delicious meals in many occasions. These occasions comprise of housewarming parties, holidays and birthday. You may feel a need to thank someone for something that they did. Gourmet food present is a best idea that you can implement. Food has special means to communicate to the people and it is very important to take complete advantage. There are companies who sell gourmet food products and one example is Northwest gourmet present that will inspire you.

Let Us See Examples Of The Gourmet Food Gifts

Gifts are placed in gourmet food basket, which is well thought of and this package will leave people impressed. In order to get these ideas and examples of gourmet food present, it is very vital to search on Internet. Internet can reveal many companies and will direct you in right direction. Also, there are recipes, which you can follow in order to make sure that the results are outstanding. Following is the recipe for gourmet food present and you can do simple salmon burger, which is mouth watering to your recipients. You will require egg, salmon, shallot, cream, lemon zest, pepper, parsley, salt, wheat buns, canola oil, and garnishes.

This is the best gourmet food gift, which you can make and in one bowl, you will have to mix salmon and other ingredients. After mixing them well, form mixtures in parties that you can heat in oil. Five minutes of cooking may do and you have to ensure that you cook in a moderate heat and when you cover that with wheat buns, you are set to garnish. This is one yummy gourmet food gift that is served with tomatoes as garnish. Some other good examples of the food present include grilled chicken and list continues.

There are gourmet food gift drinks and most common drinks that you will do are wines. Oregon wine is popular & you can astonish your friends & family with one good bottle. There are many types of brews that you can get and beers make a good gourmet food present. Inspiration is overwhelming and you will have to look for something, which is perfect for the occasion that you have in your mind. You are certain to make people pleased with good thought & gourmet gifts for foods.

Gourmet Cooking Recipes from Web

Going on internet to search for the gourmet food recipes, can give you a wide range of irresistible and mouth watering recipes that you will be able to print out and try at home for family and friends. The professionals protect lots of recipes on web, however there are innumerable recipes, which you may print out and you can find suited to your family's taste. All these Gourmet  recipes are given by the people who know the need for unique recipes. You can look for any particular kind of food on Internet, and print that out within no time.

Gourmet food recipes present is the most thoughtful things, which you may do for your family & friends. You can take advantage of making delicious meals in many occasions.

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Fast Food Recipes

by Crystl

Fast Food Recipes

Have you ever wondered how all your favorite fast food chains make those delicious items that keep you coming back? How do they make them so addictive?  Have you ever wished you could make those fast food recipes at home? Well guess what? You can! Not only that, but by cooking your favorite fast food recipes at home, you can save time, money, and lots of calories. Most fast food items contain loads of salt, fat, and calories. By cooking them at home, you can reduce the salt and fat content without reducing the great taste you love.

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It's pretty clear that America loves fast food. Every day, millions of people dine at or drive through their favorite fast food joints. Some of the most popular chains include: KFC, Taco Bell, Wendy's, McDonalds, BK and many more. We just can't seem to resist those delicious burgers, tacos, and chicken. But rather than spending , , or dollars each time you hit the drive through, let alone the thousands of calories of unhealthy fats, why not make it at home? You'll save tons of money, you won't have to wait in traffic, and most importantly, you'll save a few belt sizes.

Cooking fast food at home is easy too.  You'd be amazed at how simple most of these recipes really are. Most of the ingredients are probably already in your kitchen. In many cases its nothing more than a specific combination of spices and marinades that make them taste so good. This is what really keeps you coming back over and over. The KFC 11 herbs and spices, the taco bell lava sauce, the Big Mac Special Sauce... This is what we truly crave.

Once you learn how to cook fast food recipes at home, you'll never want to punish your wallet or your waste line again by sitting in that drive through line. Cook all your favorite guilty pleasures at home and live a healthier lifestyle without giving up your favorite foods.

For lots more fast food recipes, check out The CopyCat Cookbooks. They contain over 500 replica recipes from all the most popular fast food and restaurant chains in America.

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Nice Diet Food Recipes photos

Check out these diet food recipes images:

Scraping Vanilla Beans

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Zucchini casserole

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Zucchini casserole made with Maggie's recipe. You can find it on our blog.

Homemade Dog Food recipes

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How To Get Started With Raw Food When You Haven't Got A Clue!

by Cian O'Donovan

How To Get Started With Raw Food When You Haven't Got A Clue!

If you're new to raw foods you may have noticed that even though there are now hundreds, if not thousands of raw food web sites on the internet, what seems to be lacking is real basic nuts-and-bolts info about how to get going from a standing start. Only too often do books and web sites jump in at step 2 or 3 (food or equipment) before setting the context in which raw food needs to be placed, or explaining how to get going when everything about raw food is new. And what newbies want to know of course is: 'How can I do this?', and when they ask me, apart from recommending my own book, I genuinely struggle to find a written resource to point them to that will take them from the very first basics up (which is why my new book is going to be a life changer).

Now, even if you feel that you're personally beyond what you'll learn about here, this information may well be perfect to pass on to a friend or family member who is struggling to comprehend just what you've been getting so excited about, or who may want to hear it from someone other than you! (Don't worry, mine are like that too!). Either way, the information that follows is well worth a read as you may just get a little boost of much-needed inspiration.

1. Understand what all the fuss is about. The concept of eating raw food isn't new by any means, but it has gained much greater popularity during recent times owing to its unquestionable benefits on health, energy and overall vitality, as well as its ability to basically make us look and feel a whole lot better than we've ever done before. As old as time itself, raw food was, of course, what we ate before fire was discovered (we must have done OK on it to get that far ;) and more recently, thanks to the efforts of pioneering authors such as health researcher Leslie Kenton and others outside of the UK who bravely waved the flag for raw food in the 1980's and beyond, we now find ourselves in an era where raw food is no longer seen as the domain of extreme health "fanatics" but instead merrily making its way into the mainstream media, celebrity diets, healing centers and retreats, increasing numbers of health and nutrition books, products and seminars, as well as featuring more significantly in supermarkets, health food stores and much more besides. And not a moment before time - because when you look at it up close and personal, it really does make a whole lot of sense...

2. So why raw? While I'm the first to admit that the word "raw" is hardly inspiring, if you can get beyond that and see that raw equals pure, fresh, vibrant, enzyme-rich, oxygen-rich, unadulterated, whole organic living nutrition then we'll all be on the same page! But before we get to the whys exactly, and to prevent ourselves from falling into the common trap of seeing raw food as somehow "less than" cooked, let's take a moment to look at what cooked food is, exactly.

Cooked food: Natural food which has been processed and/or heated to high temperatures where chemical changes have occurred and the food has changed from its original state to something which, depending on the severity of its treatment, can end up looking like a very pale shadow of its former self (think of spinach cooked and raw!). While cooked foods may most certainly tantalize the taste buds, this is largely because of their stimulant effects on the body which - in actual fact - doesn't actually "understand" a lot of what it's taken in as many of the chemicals within cooked foods are unnatural and therefore the body sees them as foreign bodies! Indeed, fascinating research in the 1930's showed that when someone eats cooked food without having eaten some raw food first, the body sends the white blood cells (which fight toxins) to the digestive system in order to deal with the perceived "invader". Interesting, don't you think? And while yes, we can glean nutrition from this fractured, denatured "food", every time we cook our food or buy something pre-prepared and cooked in a can, box or bag we lose up to 70% of the vitamins, some of the minerals, all of the enzymes, all of the oxygen, the important plant feel-good hormones and a high percentage of the water - all of which we need to reward us with truly vibrant health. So that's cooked food! Doesn't seem quite as attractive when we look at it that way does it?! Raw food by contrast is replete with everything that enabled it to sprout and grow in the first place - life force, enzymes, water, oxygen, hormones, vitamins and minerals and so much more besides. Untouched, untainted, raw food is quite literally honest food - what you see is what you get. No hidden ingredients, nothing messed around with, just pure delicious fresh live food that we are designed to eat - living food for living bodies. And the good news for you is this: when you start dabbling with more raw food, you don't just understand this conceptually, you actually start to "get it" experientially as your whole body cheers, shifts up a gear and the concept of what real food and nutrition really is about takes on a whole new meaning.

3. What foods are raw? To give you a brief overview of what raw food means in real terms, here's a list of the 20+ different raw food groups: Fresh fruits; Vegetables; Salad vegetables; Leafy green vegetables; Herbs and wild greens; Nuts; Dried fruits; Beans, pulses and legumes (sprouted); Grains (sprouted); Seeds; Sprouting seeds; Indoor greens; Vegetable seeds (sprouted); Edible flowers; Mushrooms; Sea vegetables; Algaes; Oils; Stimulants (e.g. chili, ginger, onion); Spices; Super foods; Flavorings and natural sweeteners (e.g. honey, stevia, carob). Rather more variety than perhaps you first thought? Rather than being limiting, I have found that 99 times out of 100 raw food expands a person's culinary horizons - and if you pick up a good raw food recipe book such as Raw Food, Real World (one of my personal favorites), I promise you'll be blown away at what can be achieved - "burgers", pizzas, live milks, ice-cream, cakes, cookies, smoothies, soups, dips, dressings, lasagnas, wraps, crackers and so much more are possible when you know what you're doing - now we're talking, right?!

4. How to get started. A new but extremely common myth that I'm very keen to bust is that eating raw takes lots of time and energy to prepare. Wrong! I am quite possibly the busiest person I know, and one of the many reasons I choose to eat raw is because when done correctly it's actually the fastest food on the planet. Getting started and keeping it doable is easy when you adopt the pure and simple approach: whole raw foods, prepared quickly, eaten simply and you must only eat the foods you love! This must always be fun, easy and delicious - that's rule number one! Rather surprisingly to those new to raw food, the discovery process of what raw food is really all about is a never ending journey - the kind of journey that everyone I've ever met wished they had embarked upon sooner. So don't wait to get ill, overweight or lethargic before you start tending to your body's dietary needs (like I did) - start your journey to exciting and rewarding pastures new today! These first steps I'm about to outline are very straightforward but will make a massive difference - and even better, anyone can do this!

First, try your best to eat fresh fruit or a dairy-free smoothie for breakfast every day instead of your usual toast, cereal or coffee. Eat or drink as much as you want (of the raw stuff) but keep it clean. What you eat first sets you up for the day - so make sure you step out on high-energy, revitalizing foods rather than charred bread, lifeless sugar-coated grains or caffeine-laden hot drinks! For lunch and dinner, this is so easy. If you can make at least half of your plate consist of fresh living foods (salads, nuts, seeds, sprouted seeds, beans or any of the foods mentioned above in point 3 - but not all of them!!) then you'll be doing fantastically well and will typically start to feel the difference within a matter of days (look forward to more energy, better sleep, clearer thinking and clearer skin). Improve your results even further by drinking as much pure water as possible, eat only when hungry and not beyond full, and keep the remainder of your food as whole and pure as possible (no e-numbers or hydrogenated fats and so forth) and you will feel the benefits all the more. Also, of the raw foods you do choose, make sure that most of them are fruits and vegetables as these are the most nutritious and the highest in water content. Handfuls of nuts just don't work the same - they're very dense and fatty, but in small amounts are very good for you. If you can put most or all of the above into practice then you'll be amazed at the difference!

5. What you need and where to get it. Raw recipe books tend to focus on the more complicated dishes and therefore often fancy foods and equipment are utilized as part of the recipe creation - but don't be put off, raw food prep doesn't have to be complicated or expensive! While it's by no means imperative that you own every kitchen gadget going, it really does help to own at the very least a tabletop blender, a cheap juicer and a basic food processor - all of which you could buy for under ?100 or even cheaper if you visit eBay; but if budget is an issue then a good sharp knife will take you a long way for free! However with the three items listed new and exciting vistas will open up to you, and if and when the time feels right to invest in something more durable and powerful then you'll be amazed at what's available in the health world right now. As for foods, I personally find that I can get most of what I need in the organic section at my local supermarket, and I also visit a local organic farm shop/farmer's market for the really good stuff that no supermarket can compete with in price or quality. If I didn't have a good supermarket then I'd opt for an organic box delivery service which can be wonderful. Most of my specialized items such as truly raw olives (most are pasteurized), nut "butters" (they're made from just pure ground nuts but spread like butter), natural sweeteners and flavorings I buy mail order. But what I do need to emphasize if you haven't cottoned on already is the importance of choosing organic - pesticides are never a healthy option, even if they are on raw food!

6. How to keep it interesting. When you're new to raw food it's easy to assume that salads, soups and smoothies is as good as it gets when you're watching the clock. While it's true that the more elaborate recipes often do take more time and energy, there are always short cuts and whipping up a delicious dressing, dip or even a nut "cheese" or veggie pate takes literally seconds and can totally transform a meal! When you've tasted a fabulous raw food pizza and raw ice-cream (no dairy, no white sugar), there really is no going back!

7. What about eating out? This is one of the most common questions asked - and the answer is - it's completely up to you. You can choose to eat "normally", to make healthier choices than usual or to ask for a juicy salad with all sorts of things thrown in, but above all, enjoy what you eat and feel at peace with it!

8. Does it have to be all or nothing? Not at all. Until very recent times very few people ate an exclusively raw food diet ongoing. In fact most people today still dabble for weeks, months or even years at a time until they feel inclined to "up the ante"! Also, nowadays people tend to talk in percentage terms - such as "I'm 80% raw" which basically means that they eat most of their food raw but not all of it, and they're guessing that 80% is about right in terms of plate space/ meal make-up etc. - but it's not really that important. What matters more is the quality of the food you choose - if 80% of someone's diet consists of nuts, seeds and raw food snack bars then that's never going to be a good thing (way too much fat!) whereas 80% worth of fresh fruits and vegetables is wonderful! What also matters is not just what you bring into your diet but what you leave out. It's no good eating lots of fresh vibrant food if you "balance" it out with take-always and aspartame-ridden diet drinks! Much better to do 50/50 and make all of your foods good healthy choices, and then if you want to adjust the proportion of raw foods then you can do so at any time. All that said, the more raw food you eat, for most people at least (those with medical issues need to take professional advice), the better you will look and feel - and here's why.

9. What you can expect. When you choose raw, as we have already seen, you choose "life". Live food will nourish you at a deep level (deeper than any deep-pan pizza will ever reach!) and it will also start to work its magic on your body in a very short space of time. This magic sometimes doesn't look so magical though! Because as the toxins and debris begin to leave your body as the raw food starts to cleanse your system, you may experience some detoxification symptoms such as diarrhea, rashes, pimples (spots), headaches, dizziness, coughing and mucous and other similar discomforts. This is usually nothing to worry about, but it may happen! If it does, keep drinking plenty of water and eat even more simply to speed the elimination process up if your circumstances permit it. But if you feel as if it's all going a bit too fast for you then if you eat something cooked, especially something heavy like meat, potatoes or dairy, then you'll slow it all down or even stop it completely. You can restart again more slowly or leave it for a few days or weeks and go again when the time feels right. On the flipside, the good news is that when this stuff comes out it means that your body is - of course - all the better for it and this will start to become apparent in your face, your body shape and body tone and your energy levels surprisingly quickly. And if you carry on the good work to any degree for more than a few weeks, then you'll find it very hard to go back to your old ways because there's really not a lot of fun to be had there. In fact most people find that very quickly cooked food starts to taste seriously bland and inferior to fresh and raw - especially if they've educated themselves in those delicious raw food recipes I keep alluding to!

10. Taking it further. As mentioned before, the raw food journey never ends, but it does get increasingly rewarding and exciting! Not only is there a whole new world of food and drink waiting for you (which is growing fast), but raw food tends to attract some pretty amazing people and takes you on an exciting adventure in terms of getting more in touch with your body and your whole self generally.

Wherever your interest in raw food takes you, what I can guarantee is that you'll be very glad you took the time to investigate it, because you'll be amazed at how your relationship with food and your body changes and you'll be beyond fascinated at what you discover along the way.

With over 17 years of personal experience of eating a raw food diet, Karen Knowler has been teaching, writing and coaching professionally on raw foods for over a decade and publishes "Successfully Raw" - a free weekly eZine for raw food lovers everywhere. If you're ready to look good, feel great and create a raw life you love get your FREE tips, tools and recipes now at http://www.TheRawFoodCoach.com

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zuza zak's weeknight dinners: liver, onion with mashed potato

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A few nice soul food recipes images I found:

soul food:okara ^-^

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I cooked okara(soy pulp) for lunch, also good for dinner ; ) recently, they say okara is very nice for diet ...using okara we can bake healthy cookies too!!

recipe
...I use mirin instead of sugar.

okara wikipedia

drunken heart - il cuore gonfio di vino

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(di nuovo, per il lavoro delle due immagini precedenti)

Si parlava di amore per il cibo. Quindi: un vecchio libro di cucina romagnola e del Primitivo salentino, a riempire lo spazio vuoto tra due filtri fotografici uniti.
Un'ombra rosso vino su pagine ingiallite.


I know, the idea isn't exactly new, and it is a bit cheesy. To talk about love for food, I used an old italian recipe book, and, instead of the usual wedding band, i filled the space between two hoya filters with Primitivo red wine, from south Italy, for the drunken, heartshaped red glow on the yellowed pages.


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drunken heart on yellow pages (polpettone di tacchino i ♥ u)

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Healthy Food Recipe for a Quick Meal

by lucylarou

Healthy Food Recipe for a Quick Meal

With the heat of the summer and the fact that we have longer days, many times we would like to eat something light as well as later in the evening. Ideally speaking, a quick easy dinner as well as an easy healthy dinner. Here is a healthy food recipe for a quick meal.

Based upon one of my favorite marinades, this healthy food recipe is a quick easy dinner that can be made for 1 or more people (if you are entertaining). What I did earlier this week was prepare halibut over brown and wild rice mixed with dates and served green beans on the side. This easy healthy dinner took no time at all to make.

The ingredients to use for this quick meal are:

1 portion of halibut
Brown rice
Wild Rice
Dates
Green Beans

To start this quick easy dinner, marinate the halibut in a bowl of equal parts olive oil, balsamic vinegar (2 tablespoons each) and a clove or two of garlic. Coat the halibut and place the fish in the refrigerator for about two hours.

In the meantime, follow the cooking instructions on the back of the packages for the wild rice and the brown rice and cook both types of rice separately. When I made this healthy food recipe, I used 1/4 cup of wild rice and 1 cup of brown rice.

Once both sets of rice are cooked, mix them together and add chopped dates. Be sure you check the dates for nuts. Allow the heat of both sets of rice to warm up the chopped dates. Set the rice aside.

Once the halibut is marinated, cook the fish in the oven until tender and flaky but not raw in the middle. To make this a really quick dinner, purchase freshly frozen green beans and heat them up over the stove while you are cooking the halibut.

If the rice has cooled, you may want to pop it in the microwave for a few seconds to reheat it. Set the rice on your dinner plate, then place the cooked halibut on top and then the cooked green beans to the side, and there you have a quick easy dinner using a healthy food recipe.

I like to save even more time cooking dinner in the summer and often will prepare my combination rice serving ahead of time and refrigerate it. I make a couple of servings and then take it out for this dish or another quick meal that I may cook during the week.

I hope you find this healthy food recipe for a quick easy dinner enjoyable. What is so great about this easy healthy dinner is that it takes no time to make and is easy to clean up. Until next time, remember the Budget Bash mantra: make it simple, delicious, stylish, fun & economical to all!

With over 15 years in the special event industry, Andrea has now taken her knowledge and experiences and incorporated this information into an easy-to-read book called Budget Bash - Simply Fabulous Events on a Budget. You can talk to Andrea via Twitter @awynningevent or learn more about wedding and special event management by visiting awynningevent.com.

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Spotted Dick or Spotty Dog – English Pudding Recipe

by VeganWarrior

Spotted Dick or Spotty Dog – English Pudding Recipe

Many food stuffs are synonymous with iconic English Dishes. We in England may have strange names for our quality food but at least we don't eat Pets like the french who eat Horses, Frogs and Pet Birds. I thought as Spotted Dick is an Iconic English Recipe and pudding I thought I would tell its history.

Spotted Dick is a steamed suet pudding containing dried fruit (usually currents) commonly served with custard. Spotted refers to the dried fruit (which resemble spots) and dick may be a contraction or corruption of the word pudding (from the last syllable) or possibly a corruption of the word dough or dog, as "spotted dog" is another name for the same dish with the use of plums rather than currants. Another explanation offered for the latter half of the name is that it comes from the German word for "thick", in reference to the thickened suet mixture.

Food historians generally agree the first puddings made by ancient cooks produced foods similar to sausages. We English claim pudding as part of their culinary heritage. Medieval puddings black and white were still mostly meat-based. 17th century English puddings were either savory (meat-based) or sweet (flour, nuts & sugar) and were typically boiled in special pudding bags. The "The Pease Porridge" most of us know from the old nursery rhyme was most likely a simple boiled pudding of pease meal. By the latter half 18th century traditional English puddings no longer included meat. 19th century puddings were still boiled but the finished product was more like cake. These puddings are still traditionally served at Christmas time. Plum Pudding (aka Christmas pudding) is a prime example. Modern steamed puddings descend from this tradition.

Ingredients

5 oz (75g) Self raising Flour

5 oz (75g) Chopped Suet

3 oz (50g) Fresh White Breadcrumbs

4 oz (75g) Raisins

4 oz (75g) Currents

3 oz (50g) Brown Sugar

Pinch of Salt

1/2 teaspoon Mixed Spices

1/2 pint (300ml) Milk

Pkt. Of Birds Custard

Method

Put all the dry ingredients into a bowl and mix them together well. Now add the Milk and mix to a fairly soft dough.

Put the mixture into a greased 2 pint (1.2 litre) pudding basin and cover with kitchen foil, making a pleat across the centre to allow the pudding to rise. Tie the foil firmly in place with string, forming a handle across the top so that you can lift the pudding easily.

Bring a large pan of water to the boil and place an inverted saucer in the bottom. Lower in the pudding basin and let it boil, covered, for 2 hours, filling the pan with more boiling water as the level falls.

Remove from the pan by the string handle, unwrap, turn out on to a heated dish.

Open pkt of Birds Custard and follow instructions on pkt.

Serves 4.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary the earliest documented reference is a recipe for "Plum Bolster or Spotted Dick", in Alexis Soyer's The Modern Housewife, or, Ménagère (1850).

My family tree has been traced back to the early Kings of England from the 7th Century AD. I am also a direct descendent of Sir Christopher Wren which has given me an interest in English History which is great fun to research.

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Summer Dinner Recipes - 5 Budget Meal Planning Ideas for June

by stephycupcake

Summer Dinner Recipes - 5 Budget Meal Planning Ideas for June

When the weather heats up, the last thing you want is to be spending hours in a hot kitchen!  But with a little meal planning, you can produce an array of inspiring summer dinner recipes, as well as summer picnic recipes, summer dessert recipes and healthy breakfast recipes.

Make the most of simple chicken recipes

Instead of roasting one chicken, do two oven baked whole chickens at the same time - one lot of washing up, but a number of chicken leftover meals.  This month, the  chicken is roasted with a garlic, orange and rosemary rub.  This can be oven roasted or cooked on the barbecue.  There are three great recipes for leftovers:  an updated version of Chicken a la King, with roasted red bell peppers and toasted almonds or a Chicken and Pasta Bake.  Then there is a delectable Phyllo Triangles recipe filled with chicken and nuts.  Still in barbecue mode, there is a great Chicken Kebabs Recipe.  

Give Vegetable Salad Recipes a new spin

Get creative with salads and fresh seasonal produce.  There are two spinach salad recipes:  one a Spinach Salad with Feta, Beetroot and Toasted Almonds (with Basil Dressing) and the other is a Warm Spinach Salad with Slivered Lamb and Roasted Butternut.  You need very little lamb steak for this recipe.  Similarly, you need a small amount of steak for the refreshing Beef Stir Fry Recipe - the bulk of the recipe is made up with healthy vegetables, so it is light and nutritious.


Start the day with Healthy Breakfast Recipes

Start your day with a Raspberry Smoothie Recipe or a Corn Muffin Recipe (this is also great with a barbecue).  For a more decadent breakfast, you could serve Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins.

Have some Summer Picnic Recipes up your sleeve

Again, Corn Muffins are ideal for a picnic.  And what about Baked Scottish Eggs or Chicken Liver Pate?  A Roast Vegetable Quiche or Meatball Sub Recipe? All are easily transported and make a change from the usual sandwiches.

Summer Dessert Recipes

What would summer be without ice-cream?  And more specifically ice-cream by way of Cassata Cake? You can make the most of summer berries by incorporating raspberries in the Easy Apple Crisp Recipe.  And, of course, there is an easy Fruit Salad Recipe.

You can download your free meal plans and recipes at June Meal Planning.  Save money, time and your sanity!

Fiona Lesley has had over 20 years cooking for family and friends.  She shares her recipes, tips and techniques at www.easy-meal-planning.com

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Stifado - Greek Food Recipe

MORE FREE RECIPES: greekgourmand.blogspot.com Selected traditional and regional Greek food recipes along with reflections relating to the culinary practices, customs, facts, and history of Greek cookery and gastronomy. Like cooking? Learn to cook the Greek way.
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Nice English Food Recipes photos

A few nice english food recipes images I found:

Arroz al horno vegan

Image by La.blasco
En vez de arroz he usado avena. La morcilla es vegana y en vez de costilla lleva seitán.


[Recta (con carne) en castellano ]
[Receta de morcilla vegana]
[English recipe with meat. (I used seitan and vegan meat instead) ]
[English recipe Vegan]

Arròs al forn vegan

Image by La.blasco
La morcilla es vegana y en vez de costilla lleva seitán. Se me olvidó ponerle el colorante amarillo, por eso el arroz se ve blanco :(


[Recta (con carne) en castellano ]
[Receta de morcilla vegana]
[English recipe with meat. (I used seitan and vegan meat instead) ]
[English recipe Vegan]

Cool Jamaican Food Recipes images

Some cool jamaican food recipes images:

Jamaican fricasee chicken, sorta

Image by wynlok
Aug. 13'09
Vinnie told me about making this recipe but for some reason my sauce was not dark!
I used red peppers instead of "sweet pepper" and even added more soya sauce - I didn't know how to scale up because I didn't know the weight of the chicken I used. It was delicious nonetheless with the light sauce.

Jamaican Ox Tail with Chapati

Image by She Who Shall Not Be Named
Both my parents are from Jamaica. They both have their accents, and while mom can turn hers off and on, dad sounds like he just got off Air Jamaica about 5 minutes ago. :) It wasn't until I got to college that I had American "soul food." And why would I? I grew up on some of the best Jamaican food, by THE absolute best Jamaican cook..my mom. :)

This dish is basically braised ox tails with lima beans in a rich and flavorful sauce. You would serve it with rice and peas (similar to red beans and rice, but not saucy at all), or dumpings (much different than what most Americans are familiar with). Since I suck at making both, I decided to borrow from India and several African countries and make chapati.

I don't have a recipe for the ox tail (typical with good island cooks, it's always a little of this, and a little of that), but I did find a recipe for the chapati from The Congo Cookbook and it's a solid recipe. Enjoy. :)

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Food recipes produced from yam tied in nylon as recipes. (file name: DSC_1498_n)

The basics of Feng Shui

by katsommers

The basics of Feng Shui

The art of Feng Shui is believed to date back as far as 4000 BC and hails from ancient China. The belief behind Feng Shui is that positive Qi travels throughout the world and into your home, bringing luck and prosperity on you and your household. As Qi can be transported on the wind, it is blocked by water and the positioning of your furniture; therefore Feng Shui is considered very important in many aspects of interior design to allow the natural flow of Qi.

How your house is laid out, the positioning of doorways, which way they open, where your furniture sits and where your stairs end in relation to your front door are all aspects of interior design that affect your Feng Shui. Positive energy needs to be allowed to flow though your home while negative energy is blocked.

Feng Shui experts are often consulted by the rich and famous, because sometimes serious redevelopments are required in homes in order to maximise the Feng Shui of the property. For example, doors may need to be moved, which can be expensive.

There are cheaper forms of Feng Shui that can be practised however. Mirrors are very popular to deflect positive energy back into the home, and woks can be used to dissipate bad vibes so there are some simple changes in your interior design and home layout to help maximise your positive energy flow.How your house is laid out, the positioning of doorways, which way they open, where your furniture sits and where your stairs end in relation to your front door are all aspects of interior design that affect your Feng Shui. Positive energy needs to be allowed to flow though your home while negative energy is blocked.

Feng Shui experts are often consulted by the rich and famous, because sometimes serious redevelopments are required in homes in order to maximise the Feng Shui of the property. For example, doors may need to be moved, which can be expensive.

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BBQ Rub Recipe

by Mamooli is caught a cold

BBQ Rub Recipe

A good bbq rub recipe is the foundational ingredient for cooking great barbecue.  While bbq sauce can be important, sauce should complement the meat, not BE the flavor.  A good dry rub will permeate the meat and can be the difference between average barbecue and fantastic barbecue.  There are several core spices that make up a great dry rub.

Core Spices

Paprika

Paprika is the spice that makes up the bulk of most good bbq rub recipes.  Paprika is made from sweet red peppers that are dried and powdered.  Most often, paprika originates from Hungary, but today great paprika can come from Spain.  The author tends to prefer 'sweet Hungarian paprika'.  Paprika tends to give barbecue its beautiful red color.

Chili Powder

Chili powder is a typcially a spice mix primarily made from chili peppers (red, ancho, cayenne, and chipotle). Some mixes will include other spices such as black pepper,mace, coriander, turmeric and others.

Salt

Salt is obvious! Care must be taken because you can easily add too much salt to a rub. Smaller cuts such as ribs or chicken are easy to oversalt. Also, be careful with rubs that are high in salt content if you plan to let the rub cover the meat for long periods of time. High salt rubs can turn the meat ‘hammy' if allowed to blend with the meat too long. I prefer to use kosher salt or sea with my rubs, but you may want to run it through a spice grinder if your other ingredients are finely ground.

Sugar/Brown Sugar

Brown sugar is typcially a large percentage of the bulk of rib rubs, but is common in many all-purpose rubs. The amount of sugar will depend on how sweet you want your barbecue. It may be necessary to dry out brown sugar to avoid clumping if you are planning to store the rub for some time. Also, be careful with rubs high in sugar because it can easily burn.

Garlic Powder,Onion Powder,Black Pepper

Add to taste, and these ingredients exist in almost all bbq rub recipes.

Secondary Spices

Cumin

Not a common household spice, but a favorite of the author. Cumin is in the parsley family and has a great aroma. If you have eaten Indian or Persian food, you have had an abundance of this spice. This is a core spice for many Mexican and in nearly all Tex-Mex dishes. I love this spice and often have to hold back to keep from putting too much in my rubs. A little known fact is that cumin is the 2nd most used spice in the world (to black pepper).

Coriander

This is another great spice with an identity crisis. Most of the world refers to it as coriander, but in America it is called cilantro, yet, it is also referred to as Mexican parsley, as well as Chinese parsley. Whatever you want to call it, add it to your barbecue rub. But,make sure to use ground (dried) coriander. Cilantro leaves have their purpose, but its sweet, citrus like taste of the leaves is better left for other dishes. This is another spice often used in Asian, Indian and Mexican dishes.

Cayenne Pepper

This is the one to add some heat to your bbq rub recipe.  Go easy with this one unless you like your rub with some kick. Too much kick is possible even for those who dig very spicy rubs. I made the mistake of using fresh ground cayenne for the first time at a barbecue competition…and the judges must have thought it was a hot buffalo wing eating contest. I enjoyed the ribs, but the judges scored me VERY low on taste.

Mixing

Basically,mix your ingredients together and put on your favorite cut of meat and cook to your pleasure. A few hints. Keep in mind that ribs have a small surface area, so a little rub goes a long way. Just the opposite effect with an eight pound Boston Butt or 12 pound beef brisket. With the bigger cuts,more rub is better. Also, sweeter rubs seem to do better with ribs and chicken and less sweet for bigger cuts (they cook longer and could burn with high sugar content).

Some cooks will use what is called a mustard slather. They will literally slather Barbecue Rubs yellow mustard on the meat and then apply the rub. The mustard slather tends to bind the rub to the meat so that it will not fall off. I have tried it with mustard and without and cannot tell any appreciable difference.

Here is a great rub base for starting your own rub.  Please experiment!

Basic Barbecue Rub Recipe

5 parts Paprika
3 parts Chli Powder
3 parts Brown Sugar (more for ribs)
2 parts Kosher Salt
1 part each Black Pepper,Onion Powder, Cayenne Pepper
Part can be any measurement – cup, tablespoon, teaspoon

Remember to Experiment with other spices

Commercial Rubs

There are some OUTSTANDING commercial rubs on the market that could save you the pain of making your own. A few names to drop.  Bad Byrons Butt Rub, Billy Bones, Lotta Bull, Texas Rib Rangers and HomeBBQ.com.

Kevin Moore is a barbecue hobbyist and occasional competition barbecue cook.  He enjoys writing about bbq, cooking bbq and most importantly eating great barbecue.  Many backyard cooks are intimidated by the process, but it can be very easy and fulfulling with the right tools.  For additional tips, tricks, techniques and recipes check out CookingGreatBBQ.

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Copy Cat Raw Food Recipes - How To Make Almond Milk

by ConnieC

Copy Cat Raw Food Recipes - How To Make Almond Milk

If you've thought about eating a healthier diet a good way to do it is by substituting some raw food recipes for some of the daily cooked food recipes you use now. This is just another way to look at copy cat recipes.


Although most people think a raw food diet consists of eating fruits and salads and maybe a handful of nuts and seeds, the raw food diet is much more than that. You can prepare dozens of copy cat recipes, those that mimic the standard American diet fare you are probably used to eating.


For example one of the best raw food recipes that is easy to make is almond milk. You can easily make your own almond milk cheaply, at home, to substitute for harmful cow's milk and boxed soy and rice products. Soy milk and other boxed milks are highly processed. Although a better alternative to cow's milk they still do not have the health benefits you get from a nice tall glass of homemade almond milk.


Making almond milk is relatively easy and doesn't require any unusual ingredients. You can use dates, honey or agave nectar for sweetener and still keep it in its living or alive state.


To make almond milk you only need about a cup of raw almonds. Make sure not to buy or use roasted almonds. You soak these overnight in pure water, drain and put in a blender along with 3 cups of pure filtered or spring water and blend for about 2 1/2 minutes. Then pour into a nut milk bag, sprout bag or fine mesh strainer. Squeeze tightly if you are using a bag. Pour into a glass jar, add your sweetener and refrigerate.


Almond milk will keep for up to five days or so. Use it on sliced strawberries and bananas in a bowl, drink as is, add nutmeg for an eggnog flavor etc. Use it wherever you would use other milks.


Of course it can be used on cereal, muesli, granola in a bowl if you still eat those. At the least try to incorporate it into your diet. It'll vastly help improve your health. This is especially true if you eliminate cow's milk and other dairy products. Raw food diets are the healthiest diets and help you lose weight naturally.


There are many other copy cat raw food recipes you can make with living foods that will replace the cooked foods in your diet. If you're a mom with young kids or teenagers, you will be greatly benefiting your kids' diets with almond milk and other great living food recipes. They will never know the difference and their overall health will benefit. There are many other simple and easy raw food recipes you can fix for breakfast, lunch, snacks and dinner.

For more raw food recipes, raw food diets, losing weight with raw foods, curing breast cancer, arthritis, fibromyalgia, sinus, digestive and sleeping issues, acid reflux, headaches, allergies, etc. see a nurse/raw food expert's: http://www.RecipesRaw.com

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Indian Food - Butter Chicken Recipe - Murgh Makhani

To see the text & photo version of this recipe click here jeenaskitchen.blogspot.com Chef cooks an aromatic & delicious butter chicken curry. This video recipe helps you learn how to cook butter chicken the easy way.

Recipes & Cookbooks

A few nice food network recipes images I found:

Recipes & Cookbooks

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Taken when I visited some of my New York City colleagues at the Food Network offices in Chelsea Market (5/22/06).

Spanish Style Pork Chops with Chorizo and Roasted Red Pepper Sauce

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This is a recipe from Rachael Ray and the Food Network.

2 tbs olive oil
4 large, boneless center-cut pork chops, 1.5 inches thick
1/2 tbs paprika
Salt and pepper to taste
1/4 lb chorizo, casing removed, finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 small yellow onion, chopped
1 tbs chopped thyme
1 (16 oz) jar roasted red peppers, drained
1/2 cup flat-leaf parsley
1/4 cup dry sherry or dry white wine

Preheat oven to 375F.

Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the olive oil. Season the chops with the parika, salt and pepper, both sides. Place the chops in the skillet and sear the meat, about 2 minutes on each side. Transfer the chops to a cookie sheet and place in the oven for 8 to 10 minutes.

Grind the peppers and parsley in a food processor until smooth (or don't, like me).

Meanwhile, return the skillet to the cook top over medium heat. Add the chorizo and cook, stirring frequently , for 2 minutes. Add the garlic, onion, thyme, salt and pepper. Cook for 3 more minutes.

Add the wine to the sausage and stir, then stir in the peppers and parsley. Cook for another 2 minutes.

Remove the chops from the oven when done. Top with the sausage & onion mixture. Serve with vegetable and/or potato of your choice.

I used 1 tsp dried thyme, about 2 tsp dried parsley and I left the red peppers a bit chunky. The chops themselves were great, but the sauce made them all the better.

We just added some mixed vegetables and had a great meal.

Our Thanksgiving Turkey

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We made this big bird with a food network recipe. It was Sara and mine's first ever bird, and we did a bang-up job, if we do say so ourselves. Not a morsel was left - the dog and cats got the bones. It's stuffed with onions and garlic, and basted with herbs and butter. Tada!