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Food and Drink » Recipies | By Mayoor Patel @ Friday, 8th June 2007 @ 1:17 AM

For anyone who has ever experienced a taste of this smooth and fizzy type of tea, you may be surprised that you can actually brew make your own Kombucha tea at home. Here are some guidelines to help you prepare your own tea that you can enjoy whenever you like. Your main ingredient is going to be a Kombucha culture that you can buy at health food stores. You will also need water, black or green teabags and some distilled vinegar of any type. First you will need to prepare the bas... more...

Food and Drink » Recipies | By Mayoor Patel @ Friday, 8th June 2007 @ 1:12 AM

You may have heard of several diet plans that include the use of some sort of green tea product. Some of these diet plans are balanced and sensible. Other plans make some claims that are too good to be true. Here are some specifics of what you can expect from a solid tea diet plan, as well as some hints on how to tell when you are being scammed. The fact of the matter is that a legitimate diet green tea regimen will not promise you over-night results. While green tea can aid the dieting p... more...

Food and Drink » Recipies | By Jim Brown @ Thursday, 7th June 2007 @ 10:48 PM

Measuring Cups can be used on a variety of cooking ingredients. Some of the common ingredients a cook measures in preparing food consists of : Water Milk Juice Flour Sugar When measuring in bulk using a measuring cup , your measurements may not be measure correctly. This may happen if you are trying to measure chopped vegetables or shredded cheese. If you should inquire this problem a kitchen scale is recommended. Liquid Measure: Measuring ... more...

Food and Drink » Recipies | By Eldon Beard @ Wednesday, 6th June 2007 @ 11:47 AM

If you enjoy a hot, fresh tasting salsa as I do, you will love this recipe. It is not hard to make, and will please any true hot food lover. Use it with tortilla chips as a dip, or add to other foods to enhance flavor and add some heat. Use it in tacos and other Mexican food dishes as you would a hot sauce. This recipe makes about three cups, and is quite hot and spicy. Do not be afraid of the number of peppers in this recipe. Coring and seeding the peppers retains the flavor and provide... more...

Food and Drink » Recipies | By Mayoor Patel @ Wednesday, 6th June 2007 @ 11:27 AM

Black tea is a variety of tea obtained from the Camellia sinensis plant. Of the four different varieties of teas produced from the plant - namely White tea, Oolong tea, Green tea, and Black tea - Black tea is the most popular. In fact, black tea is part of the basic tea mix that is commonly sold in supermarkets, which makes it the default tea of choice in most homes and restaurants. The tea owes its dark color to the fact that it is allowed to fully oxidize. This gives this tea its stro... more...

Food and Drink » Recipies | By Mayoor Patel @ Wednesday, 6th June 2007 @ 10:47 AM

Although you can easily find chai latte tea at the specialty cafe's and coffee shops it is easy to learn how to make it at home for yourself. But before you can do that you need to know how to make chai tea. It is a black tea that has added to it certain spices to make the particular flavor that has become so popular in the United States in recent years. Most often it is ginger root, cinnamon, cardamom and cloves that are added to give it taste but sometimes other spices are put in as well.... more...

Food and Drink » Recipies | By Eldon Beard @ Tuesday, 5th June 2007 @ 12:25 AM

For busy cooks wanting to prepare a tasty and healthful meal, with minimal preparation time, a roast prepared in your crock pot with vegetables is hard to beat! After a few minutes preparation, you simply flip on your crock pot and about 12 hours later, you have a delicious meal. The best part is that this hearty meal cooks, without you having to tend to it, while you work or sleep. Following are seven tips for preparing the perfect roast in your crock pot. Tip One - choose a good... more...

Food and Drink » Recipies | By Corina Clemence @ Sunday, 3rd June 2007 @ 12:32 PM

When you cook love radiates from your heart, seeps into the food and gives it the magical quality that ignites the soul. When you serve an elegant meal do it with some beautiful candles, good champagne or wine if you like, and a warm and loving smile. Cream of Zuchinni soup with tarragon Ingredients: 1/2 teaspoon of crushed peppercorns 2 sprigs of tarragon washed and drained 1 large tablespoon creme fraiche 1 chicken bouillon (stock) cube 500 g small courgettes (zuc... more...

Food and Drink » Recipies | By Eldon Beard @ Friday, 1st June 2007 @ 1:27 AM

This hearty and dense corn bread is delicious when served with chili, stew, or soup. Enjoy with any meal where a spicy (but not overpowering) bread is desirable. Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups yellow cornmeal, divided 1 1/2 teaspoon gourmet black pepper 1 teaspoon seasoning salt 1 teaspoon onion powder 1 cup boiling water 1 package fast rising yeast 1 teaspoon sugar 1/4 cup hot water 1 tablespoon olive oil 1-2 cups bread flour, divided How to make hearty... more...

Food and Drink » Recipies | By Eldon Beard @ Wednesday, 30th May 2007 @ 12:35 AM

For a delicious treat, try this delicious concoction of mashed banana, pineapple, pecans, and cream cheese icing. It has been famous for years and is a very popular and satisfying dessert. While this sweet and flavorful three-layer treat may look difficult to prepare, in fact it can be finished in about an hour. It is an excellent choice for family gatherings and other occasions. It is easy to prepare, freezes well, and serves many. Guaranteed to please. No-one seems to know for sure how ... more...

Food and Drink » Recipies | By Eldon Beard @ Monday, 28th May 2007 @ 12:39 AM

If you want a delicious recipe that will be a definite pleaser, this is it. You will likely make many new friends when you prepare and share this recipe with others. This cake is very moist and holds up well. If you cover it with plastic wrap, or store it on a cake plate with a tight fitting cover, it will last for days. Most likely, though, you will not have leftovers of this cake for long. Here are the ingredients you need to make the Five Flavor Cake. Shop wisely and purchase the best ... more...

Food and Drink » Recipies | By Low Jeremy @ Friday, 27th April 2007 @ 12:29 AM

Ceasar Salad is undoubtedly the most popular of all the salads. Hence, the name fitted for royalty. It has gained popular acceptance mainly because it has the taste and texture you can actually enjoy. In other words, it does not taste like most healthy food should. Listed below are two amazing recipes and takes on the well-loved salad. CEASAR SALAD (From Recipe Source.com) 4 ounces anchovies 3 tablespoons Dijon mustard 2 ounces garlic -- chopped... more...

Food and Drink » Recipies | By Low Jeremy @ Friday, 20th April 2007 @ 12:32 AM

Cucumber salad is particularly ideal for those long, hot afternoons. Very ideal for the dry summer seasons. While summer is still far away for most countries, it would be wise to stock up on these great cucumber recipes that are guaranteed to cool you down. BALINESE CUCUMBER SALAD RECIPE Ingredients: 3 tablespoons peanuts, dry roasted, coarsely chopped 1 cucumber, European OR 1 large regular cucumber 1/4 sweet onion, large, such as Vidalia 3 tablespoons rice vinegar<... more...

Food and Drink » Recipies | By Low Jeremy @ Friday, 13th April 2007 @ 12:21 AM

Most of the people know only one thing about fruit salads; and that is how to eat them. How could you eat something that you know nothing about? Well, aside from the fact that they are delicious? A fruit salad is a delicious dish with different kinds of fruit, sometimes served submerged in their own fruit juice, or lathered with syrup. It is oftenly served as an appetizer, if not that, dessert. Eitherway, fruit salads are definitely delicious, you can have them for both appetizer and des... more...

Food and Drink » Recipies | By Low Jeremy @ Friday, 6th April 2007 @ 12:22 AM

What is great about either tuna or chicken salads is that there is hardly any wastage (unless of course, the cook has already messed up the salad big time). Should the preparation for these salads exceed the expected consumption, they can be recycled the next day as a sandwich. Just throw in maybe feta or mozzarella cheese, place it on any bread of your choice, pop it in the oven and you are ready to go with a totally different dish. For your convenience, I have compiled the following mu... more...

Food and Drink » Recipies | By Bob Alexander @ Wednesday, 21st March 2007 @ 1:22 AM

Vacation meals should be fun to prepare and delightful to eat! In addition, leisure meals should be easy to prepare! I'm pretty sure that's a law in most parts of the country, especially on the Gulf Coast. No one wants to spend their vacation time slaving over a hot stove. Dinner is even more difficult when you have to serve twenty or more people. Each year our extended family gets together for a family reunion of sorts, sharing the costs of renting a couple of houses on a b... more...

Food and Drink » Recipies | By Jude Wright @ Thursday, 1st March 2007 @ 11:26 PM

Kitchen vocabulary is full of different words for different functions. Here's a list of those you need to know. Terms Applied to Food: Cube. Cutting food into cubes means to cut them in about 1-inch square pieces. Dice. To dice foods, means to cut up into smaller cubes - between 1/4 and 1/2 inch square. Chop. To chop means to cut food into smaller pieces than the dice. The pieces don't need to be perfectly square but should be fairly uniform in size. ... more...

Food and Drink » Recipies | By Corina Clemence @ Tuesday, 6th February 2007 @ 6:07 PM

When you cook for Valentine's Day, love radiates from your heart, seeps into the food and gives it the mystical quality that ignites the soul. When you serve your Valentine an elegant meal do it with some candles, good wine or champagne if you like, and a loving smile. The real aphrodisiac is you! Cream of Courgette soup with tarragon Ingredients: 500 g small courgettes (zucchini) firm and a shiny green 1 chicken bouillon cube 1 large tablespoon creme fraiche 1/2 ... more...

Food and Drink » Recipies | By Charles Kassotis @ Monday, 5th February 2007 @ 7:07 PM

The benefits of Goji berries are very well known to many and more and more people are becoming aware of the health benefits of Goji berries. It is available to one and all in fresh, dried or in juice form. Let us try to have a look at some of the Goji berry recipes which could let you enjoy this delicious as well as highly beneficial fruit. Most of the Goji berry recipes dont need any cooking and are very simple. So, you can have Goji trail mix which involves mixing Goji berries with othe... more...

Food and Drink » Recipies | By William Smith @ Friday, 2nd February 2007 @ 10:43 PM

You belong together, if you like chocolate at all. You can find a variety of scents (and flavors?) from several different suppliers. Certain Candle offers scents to make your mouth water and one that'll have you reaching for a cold, tall glass of milk: Chocolate Chip Cookie. It's always a favorite with the chocolate-loving crowd. Perhaps you'd like to relax with some peppermint cocoa...or just daydream while you sniff. If you can crave it, you can probably find it. ... more...