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I love cheese cake a lot but because of the calories that even a small slice carries, I prefer to satisfy myself by just gazing wistfully at it. So when one of my friends from India requested me to give her a recipe for a western dessert, I immediately thought of a making a cheese cake recipe, but something special that you could eat guilt-free...
San Antonio is the second largest city in Texas and seventh largest city in United states. It is a very popular tourist destination. One of the main attractions of San Antonio is the River Walk, situated in the down town area of this picturesque city, lined with numerous shops, bars, and restaurants...
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Blog - Cooking trends and styles
As people are becoming more conscious about eating more healthy food, they are now paying more attention to what grocery items they buy. You want to provide your families with the best that is available in the market, s o when it comes to buying fruits and vegetables, it's hard to beat organic stuff...
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The Easter is approaching and when I think of Easter it reminds me of deviled eggs. I have had loads of these from my residents when I used to work for the Apartment Management industry...
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Working on an article which will discuss techniques on cooking for a party - think 'efficiency' making dishes quick and fast, 'crowd-pleaser's' typical party favorites and 'versatility' - dishes that go along with any occasion, fewer dishes in larger quantities. This article will cover scaling up or down to your estimated number of guests- how to do the math, and most important - the 'presentation'- your guests are going to wonder if you have a hotline to a 5 star restaurant!
I haven't been getting too much time to cook as a lot of my time has been absorbed by editing of the food videos. But today I finally got down to making the funnel cake video and they came out really good. I will be soon putting them on the site.
I traveled to India in December 2009 and had several opportunities to eat some really interesting dishes. While in India I went to my home town Kolhapur and had this famous Kolhapuri Misal pav at one of my friends canteen. I had meant to write about this a long t ime back but just didn't get on to it. This was a dish worth mentioning here...
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I had eaten this amazing funnel cake a couple of months back on a board walk. Amazing stuff but also expensive. I just thought of trying my hands on these and then I also wanted to make them egg-less so that the vegans could enjoy it too....
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I picked up these real juicy looking lamb chops from the store today. Actually I had been looking at them for a while but was not sure what to do with them. I finally mustered some courage today and bought it. I have been thinking that I must do something good with them as they are slightly expensive too. I don't want to make any curry out of them as they are way to elegant to be wasted in a sloppy curry. In fact I still haven't figured out what to make out of them. Maybe I will do a little more brainstorming to see what i can do with them
I made the chicken burger video today with absolutely no changes. The burgers that I had made the other day had come out so good that I didn't want to make any changes to it. Came out really good this time too.
I had been speaking to my sister off late and she told me that she wanted a recipe on Eggplant Parmesan and that she wanted to make this dish for some party. Also this had to be completely vegan. Well I was just thinking of the numerous recipes that I have come across but none of them were appealing to wow!! the party crowd. I thought I had to do something that will impress her guests. Then when I was glancing through one of my old dessert books, I saw a recipe in which they had used a spring pan. This gave me a great idea, and I thought I could use this spring pan for the Eggplant Parmesan dish to make it look really pretty. I had one of these spring pans lying somewhere at home. I wasn't still sure how this was going to work out but had a vague idea of using sliced eggplants. So I will probably try my experiment on this tomorrow.
I have been wanting to eat a home made burger for long time. Today was a perfect bright day to try my hands on them so I quickly finished my early morning chores and then went grocery shopping...
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I finally got some time on the weekend to buy some more lamb chops. So today I finally got down to making the video for these lamb chops. There were a few changes that I made to the dish that I created before. First I added some fresh mint and rosemary to the marinade, second I let the lamb chops marinade for an hour before cooking them, third I deg-lazed the nice left over lamb bits on the grill pan with wine to make a nice sauce and lastly I grilled some tomatoes to go on the side with the lamb chops. With all these changes it was a win win dish.
Okay so the thought for the day was lamb chops. I finally got down to making the the dish today. I wanted to use my everyday ingredients that are pretty much there in my pantry....
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The weekend was great and after a good break I thought, today would be a good day for making a video of Eggplant Parmesan. I did most of the things as I had done when I made this dish before, except a few changes here and there. I used 2 eggplants this time instead of one. Then I seasoned and grilled the eggplant until they were done, before lining them on the spring pan. Then I created an extra marinara sauce to create an extra layer in the dish. Lastly I replaced the yogurt with ricotta cheese which did not make too much of a difference to the dish except that ricotta is more creamier than yogurt. So if you want to try out using yogurt to make it more healthier, then you are not loosing much. This time the dish was perfect. Also my sister loved the recipe as it looked and tasted good.
Well today I wanted to try out and see how I could make that impressive Eggplant Parmesan recipe. So I went to the store and bought eggplant and a few other things with different colors and textures. I bought some bell peppers , tomatoes and some yogurt. Sin ce I was only experimenting I didn't buy a whole lot of things and thought of using some of the things that I already had at home...........
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I have been working on my videos and recipes for almost an year now. There were so many occasions to write about and so many things that I needed to pen but at times I was too busy, and on other maybe be a little lazy. I can't do much about the time that is lost but at least begin on this path and then let it flow. Today I had been to the grocery store and saw this delicious looking cheesy Lasagna on there freshly made lunch specials..........
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I finally made the Lasagna video today and will be soon putting it on my website. The only thing different that I did while making this video is that I used a cast iron pan to make the lasagna. I think it made a good difference to the dish as it gave it a nice smokey flavor. So if you can, then try using a cast iron pan for this dish.
Everyday Cooking
Today I made a dish which is a favorite of many of my friends and family. I made Salmon Fish Fry with a family recipe for frying fish. This dish is very easy to make, fast to cook and tastes amazing.
