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Recipes for an Old Fashion Economical Meal That's Quick and Easy
Economy, economy, economy! In our election cycle that we have just survived, economy was a word we heard constantly. And the reality is, we are in an economic squeeze. So most of us are looking for ways to prepare more meals at home. But in our busy society, these meals need to be not only economical but also quick and easy. Here are some recipes that should fill that need. Easy Taco Dinner is just what the name implies. It is a tasty, easy, quick, taco tasting meal. Want a ...Read the rest of this entry »
Old Fashion Fall/holiday Recipes (but not Limited to Fall/holidays)
Following are a couple of recipes from my vintage collection. Both of these recipes are often thought of as Fall or Holiday foods. Both, however, are good for anytime. Turkey Dressing can also be used with chicken (or turkey) year-round. During these times of high grocery prices, turkey and chicken are almost always good buys. A meal can be made around either of these poultry items to feed family very economically. Squash is a vegetable that we could eat more of. It is healthy, ...Read the rest of this entry »
Let's Have a Barbeque Party
"A wonderful way to entertain family and friends in an outdoor
setting is with a backyard barbeque party. With proper planning
and the right environment people will be talking about your
party all summer. Important factors to think about when
entertaining are things like the barbeque grill, seating,
lighting, and of course the menu planning."
Today's barbecue choices have never been greater. The designs
and options are wonderful, there really is a barbecue that fits
your individual barbecuing ...Read the rest of this entry »
Comfort Food at Its Best and it is Diabetic Friendly, too
Do you have a craving for some good comfort food? We have a menu here of comfort foods to please anyone and it is even okay for diabetics, too. For the entree we have Tasty Onion Meatloaf. Meatloaf has long been considered one of Americans' favorite comfort foods. This recipe is simple with a lot of the flavoring coming from the package soup and recipe mix. The oats add an extra touch of "good-for-you" to this tasty dish. The Vegetable Casserole can be prepared after the meatloaf is ...Read the rest of this entry »
Healthy Fondue - A Guide To Making Broth and Hot Oil Fondues
A pot of hot oil that you dip meat into sounds downright
barbaric but it can also be heart healthy. Broth and hot oil
fondues are much less decadent than their siblings, cheese and
chocolate fondue but they're just as tasty. If a little care is
taken when selecting ingredients and overeating is avoided, then
both broth and hot oil fondues can become a healthy meal.
Fondue Bourguignonne (also known as hot oil fondue) consists of
diners who cook their own food on long forks in a pot filled
with ...Read the rest of this entry »
A simple meatloaf recipe that's the best to prepare
When you were a kid, your mom never failed to amaze you with her cooking. In fact, your fave treat was that brilliant crockpot meatloaf recipe she cooks whenever there are special occasions in the family. Indeed, nothing is more palatable than to have a crockpot meatloaf recipe on the table. Now that you are a grown up, you would like to learn cooking as well and of course you would like to start with a mouth-watering meatloaf recipe. However, what bothers you is that meatloaf can be advanced ...Read the rest of this entry »
Highly Rated Mexican Food Recipes
Mexican foods are becoming more popular because of its wondrous benefits and scrumptious taste. There are many delicious recipes you can find about Mexican cuisines.
Mexican food recipes are becoming popular to individuals looking for delicious Tex-Mex cuisine. The Mexican diet uses healthy ingredients like lean meat, vegetables, and spices. Some even use corn, maize, tortillas, tomatoes, beans and hot chili peppers.
Below are some of the highly rated Mexican recipes.
Chicken ...Read the rest of this entry »
Quick Fix Christmas Recipes
The holiday season is a time of frenzied activity as each of us tries to work holiday events, parties, shopping and family gatherings into our already stressful schedules. Decorating your home and wrapping gifts will consume much of our time, with little time left over to prepare a counter full of Christmas goodies in the kitchen.
De-stress your holiday with our Quick Fix Christmas Recipes! You can mix up a delicious beginning for the holiday season with our Christmas Cheese Balls and Christmas ...Read the rest of this entry »
Dutch Recipes and Cuisine
Dutch cuisine is very much influenced by the agricultural produce of the Netherlands and the country's history as a seafaring nation. Fish and seafood (including cod, eel, herring, mackerel, mussels, oysters, plaice, salmon, sardines, soleidae, shrimp, trout and tuna) are all eaten in the Netherlands. Popular meats include beef, chicken and pork.
The colonial past of the Netherlands has also had an influence on the country's cuisine. The Dutch were involved in the Dutch East Indies (Dutch: ...Read the rest of this entry »
Free Barbecue Tips – Ten of the Best Tips for your Garden Barbecue
These free barbecue tips are designed to help you enjoy your forthcoming garden barbecues during the warmer months, and will help to improve both the safety and the quality of your garden barbecue with very little effort.1) Oiling the grill.Prior to cooking, spray or brush on some vegetable oil onto the grill surface, avoiding adding too much. This will reduce the chances of your food sticking to the grill resulting in exposed flesh, and tough food.2) Aluminium foil BBQ tray.Use kitchen ...Read the rest of this entry »
Beef Fajita Salad
Beef Fajita Salad
- 1 (8 ounce) bottle Italian dressing
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- dash hot pepper sauce
- 1/2 pound beef for fajitas, strips or chuncks
- 1/2 cup corn kernels
- 1/2 cup cooked kidney beans
- 1/2 cup red onion, sliced
- 1/2 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
- 1 tomato, chopped
- 6 to 8 cups salad greens
- 2 cups crushed tortilla chips
Combine the cumin, hot pepper sauce and Italian dressing in a
small bowl and mix well. Reserve 1/2 cup of the dressing. In a
separate bowl, add enough dressing to coat the beef
...Read the rest of this entry »
The Art of Cooking Meatballs and Roast Beef
Most people relate meatballs with spaghetti or Swedish meatballs. Of all the Swedish dishes the Swedish meatball is probably the most famous. Meatballs were started as a way to use up leftovers and that is why there is such a variety of recipes. Whatever meat was on hand and a filler that was easily found for the meatballs was used. The type of sauce was dictated by the family's taste preference. The basic Swedish meatball recipe uses two pounds of lean ground meat as a base. Most people use ...Read the rest of this entry »
Experience the Best of Top Shelf Mexican Cantina
Do you live in Arizona but are looking to experience some tasty Mexican cantina? Well you are in luck! Top Shelf Mexican Cantina is now located in Phoenix, Mesa, and Peoria offering their tasty delights to the local community and as well catering their hearts out to satisfy everyone's taste buds.With Top Shelf Mexican Cantina you can stop worrying about deciding your meal plan for your big family reunion and have them do your entire meal plan at a great price. They not only use some of the ...Read the rest of this entry »
How to Make the Best of Your Barbeque
A BBQ is perhaps the most primitive method of cooking food. Our ancestors must have come across this method as a result of some experiment to prepare a wild animal for a meal. By chances or choice, the barbeque became so successful that it is loved and used even today by millions of people across the world.
The art of the BBQ has been broadly divided into three categories. To begin with, the traditional and most popular mode of BBQ is grilling. As most of us know, food is cooked on a grill ...Read the rest of this entry »
How To Enjoy the Season - Easy Tips and Delicious Recipes
b>Take Time to Enjoy the Season
From the first day of winter to Christmas to Chanukah to
Kwanzaa, December is totally filled with holidays to celebrate -
well, except for that first day of winter. And so this article
is also filled with lots of cooking and entertaining tips and
holiday recipes just for you.
With all of this celebrating, we tend to wear ourselves out
pretty quickly. Already this past weekend, I saw people fighting
over a parking space. How ridiculous did that look? And ...Read the rest of this entry »
Healthy Ground Beef Recipe
This healthy ground beef recipe is as delicious as it is
nutritious. This hearty chili has a bold, distinctive flavor
that any chili lover would appreciate.
Maybe you or someone you love is not too found of chili, well I
challenge you to take out a spoon and try this dish. You will be
immediately licking your lips and that will be followed with a
definite YESSS!. It is worth a try.
Ingredients:
1 lb. lean cut ground beef 1
tbsp. extra virgin olive oil 2 cups red kidney
beans 2 tsp. chili
...
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Tips for Grilling Organic Beef
There is nothing wrong with cooking a steak or hamburger inside the house, using your stove. But let's face it: summertime is grilling time, and there's nothing quite like the taste of juicy organic beef that's been grilled to perfection in the great outdoors. We sometimes get asked whether there's a special technique for grilling organic grass-fed beef, as opposed to conventional beef. The answer is no. But you should be ready for a steak that looks and tastes different than what you may be ...Read the rest of this entry »
Beef Consommé with Choux Puffs
Beef Consommé with Choux Puffs
20 to 30 black peppercorns
4 large egg whites, reserve the shells 1 lb plum tomatoes,
quartered
1 5-6 ribs of celery, cut to fit in stock pot
½ 1b lean ground beef
1 Tbs salt
6 Cups beef stock
Celery leaves, for garnish
Diced tomatoes, for garnish
Whisk egg whites until foamy, then add in egg shells,
peppercorns, chopped tomatoes and celery. Stir in beef and salt.
Place beef stock in a stock pot or heavy saucepan. Whisk in the
egg white/beef mixture. Heat to a ...Read the rest of this entry »
Homemade Beef Jerky
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Even though our forefathers didn't know it, lean fresh meat
jerky is low in cholesterol and fat and very high in protein,
making jerky a nutritious and wholesome snack. Jerky is an
excellent energy food when camping, biking, skiing, or anytime
you want a light snack. 3 lbs. meat (not ground meat)
2/3 cups Worcestershire Sauce
2/3 cups Soy Sauce
1 tsp. Black Pepper
1 tsp. Garlic Powder
1 tsp. Onion Powder
1 tsp. Salt
2 tsp. smoke flavoring
2 tsp. Tabasco Sauce
Mix all marinade ...Read the rest of this entry »
Christmas Recipes
Christmas recipe serves: 6
calories per serving: 490
preparation time: 30 minutes
cooking time: 2 hours 15 minutes
suitable for freezing (after step 4)
Christmas recipe ingredients:
* shallots or small onions, 225 g (8oz)
* streaky bacon, rindless 225 g (8 oz)
* pheasants, oven ready, brace
* salt and pepper
* oil, 30 ml (2 tbsp)
* butter, 50 g (2 oz)
* garlic cloves, 2
* Madeira, 300 ml (10 fl oz)
* beef stock, 600 ml (1 pint)
* thyme, fresh (sprig) or dried (pinch)
* bay leaves, 2
* juniper ...Read the rest of this entry »
Best Type of Tips: - You are Always Looking for Cooking
If you are as busy as most people you are always looking for ways to feed your family in convenient, fast, yet not-too-expensive ways. Try the following suggestions:1. Cooking several meals for the week at one time. It may take a few hours of your time up front but will pay off in the long run when you come home each evening and have a meal ready to eat in a short amount of time. Try cooking a roast and using part of it as a main meal and then using some for sandwiches, beef stroganoff or as ...Read the rest of this entry »
The Best Cuban Foods and Recipes
Cuba is a country that has a blend of different cultures and the Cuban cuisine reflects it. Cuba is famous for its lovely beaches, diving, and lifestyle and dancing. But, in spite of the influences of various countries like Spain, China, Africa, Portuguese, France and Arabic, Cuba has been successful in creating a unique flavor to its cuisine. Visitors to Cuba are fascinated by the cuisines of Cuba.Cuban food makes use of local root vegetables like yucca, malanga and boniato. Cuban food also ...Read the rest of this entry »
Enjoy the Fall Harvest with Delicious Squash Recipes
Autumn is harvest time. You can certainly enjoy these tasty
squash recipes any time of year, but they seem particularly good
as the weather cools down and we go back to using our ovens
again. Time to cook delicious comfort foods.
Either of these recipes can be made with a variety of squashes.
I have just listed the squash I prefer to use. They are so easy.
They just bake alongside a roast beef or chicken or anything
else you may have the oven turned on for. And they are a great
part of any ...Read the rest of this entry »
Amazing Appetizer Recipes Make Parties Memorable!
So you need some great party ideas, huh? Why not start with some
excellent appetizers first?
It's true! Perhaps, you may find this idea so simple that you
might overlook this phase. But hey! :) Is there such a "great"
party without delicious food?
Food should always be the center of any party! It's no secret;
everybody loves eating!
So are you ready to get started? Put your hat on! We are going
to build that menu from scratch! On your marks... ready...
Goooo... :)
Marinated Chicken Wings
1 ...Read the rest of this entry »
Why Do Make-Ahead Recipes Work So Well To Reduce Your Dinner
One of the 'tricks' I find most useful for hosting stress-free
dinner parties is to make some of the recipes ahead. I find that
too many last minute jobs can overwhelm me, so I plan ahead to
eliminate as many as possible.
The more dishes you can prepare a day or some hours before
guests ring your doorbell, the more you reduce your stress. Here
are some reasons:
· You avoid a last minute crisis if preparation takes longer
than you thought it would.
· If you like to cook, you'll have the ...Read the rest of this entry »
Mexican Recipes - World Class Dishes In Your Kitchen!
Here are two **Must Try** Mexican recipes! They are HOT, tasty
and so easy! Chiles Rellenos Meatballs
- 12 small potatoes, or 2 large baking potatoes
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 pound ground
beef
- 1/2 pound Anaheim chili peppers
- 1/2 cup
yellow onions -- minced
- 4 eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon
salt
- black pepper -- to taste
- garlic salt --
to taste
*Anaheim chilies, roasted, peeled and diced.
Peel and boil potatoes until just tender. Let potatoes cool. In
a large bowl break up potatoes to make a lumpy ...Read the rest of this entry »
The World's Five Best Burger Recipes. Really.
Nothing is better than a good burger cooked on an open grill. Here are five recipes that can help you produce burgers that will delight your friends and family.
Grilled Inside-Out Southwestern Cheeseburgers- Serves 4
Next to my wife and my mother, Betty Crocker is my favorite woman. This recipe came from her website, bettycrocker.com.
Here's what you will need:
1 1/2 lb lean (at least 80%) ground beef 2 tablespoons finely chopped onion 2 tablespoons drained Old El Paso chopped green chiles ...Read the rest of this entry »
Easy Spaghetti Recipes
Spaghetti has always been a favorite family meal. My teenage
daughter will eat leftover spaghetti for breakfast, lunch, and
as a mid-afternoon snack. Not everyone loves spaghetti so much
that they will go to that extreme, however, and the same meals
can getting boring after awhile. Here are some ways to jazz up
this old favorite:
Italian Sausage Spaghetti
2 lbs. Italian sausage 48 oz. spaghetti sauce 1 (6 oz.) can
tomato paste Green pepper, sliced thin 1 lg. onion, sliced thin
1 tbsp. ...Read the rest of this entry »
Ground Turkey Recipes
Our family has recently made the switch from ground beef to
ground turkey. With ground beef more than $2 a pound, we had
basically quit eating hamburger for quite some time. On a recent
trip to the grocery store I noticed that ground turkey was HALF
the price of ground beef, about $1 a pound. I decided to give it
a try, and our family loved the ground turkey. Honestly, you
can't even tell the difference in taste, and it is very low fat.
There is almost no fat to remove from your pan. Here are ...Read the rest of this entry »
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