Greek Cabbage Salad Easy Recipe

This Greek Cabbage Salad recipe is one of those healthy and nutritious salad recipes that I prepare very often. Its is very easy to make and main ingredients include cabbages, sweet red pepper, olives and garlic. This type of salads are usually rich in vegetable nutrition. The easy way to mix all the ingredients is by using a salad spinner but you can also mix it with your hands

Ingredients:
1 green cabbage (coarsely shredded)
1 sweet red pepper (cut into julienne strips)
1/2 cup olives (quartered)
1/2 cup parsley (chopped)
8 ounces feta cheese (crumbled)
2 cloves garlic (minced)
1/2 tspn salt
2-3 grinds freshly ground black pepper from pepper mill
1/4 cup vinegar
2/3 cup vegetable oil
1 tspn ground oregano

Preparation:

1. In a bowl mix well minced garlic, salt, pepper, vinegar, oils, and oregano.
2. Mix all the vegetable and cheese separately (cabbage, sweet red pepper, olives, parsley, feta cheese). You can add other vegetable as well like cucumber, red cabbage etc.
3. Pour dressing on the vegetable mixture and mix well.

Spinach Salad Easy Recipe

Spinach is an iron rich vegetable with other high nutritional values as well. In order to preserve its all nutrients it is better to use it as uncooked salad otherwise extreme cooking results in loss of minerals and vitamins. The main ingredients of this salad are beans, carrots, spinach and mushrooms. Both beans and spinach are great source of iron and on the other hand carrots have lots of vitamin A and C. Mushroom acts as substitute for meat so this recipe is full of nutritional values.

Ingredients:
10 ounces fresh spinach (chopped)
3 carrots (grated)
15 ounces bean
4 ounces mushrooms (sliced)
1/2 cup sliced almonds (slightly toasted)
4 ounces feta cheese (crumbled)
3 tbspn lime juice
3 tblpns white vinegar
1 tblspn soy sauce
1 tspn sugar
1/4 cup canola oil
1/2 tspn sesame

Preparation:

Procedure:
1. In a bowl mix spinach, carrots, mushrooms and beans.
2. For dressing, in other bowl mix well vinegar, lime juice, soya sauce, canola and sesame oil.
3. Pour the dressing on the vegetable mixture and mix.
4. Garnish with feta cheese and almond slices.
Servings:
Spinach salad can be served with any meal.

Apple Pancake Recipe

This apple pancake recipe is one of a healthy breakfast recipe specially for autumn season when different variety of fresh apples are available in the market. In this recipe cinnamon sugar caramel is used for topping you may also use cinnamon butter for more delicious flavor.

Ingredients:

¼ cup butter (melted)
1 egg
1 cup milk
1 cup shredded apple
1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour
1 ¼ tsp baking powder
¼ tsp ground cinnamon
2 tbsp caster sugar

For Topping:

1 cup sugar
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tbsp butter

Preparation:

1. Sift together dry ingredients including flour, baking powder, cinnamon and sugar.
2. In a mixing bowl, whisk milk, butter and egg.
3. Now gradually add dry mixture to the milk mixture and then fold the shredded apple with the batter.
4. Take a griddle and lightly grease it with oil, heat the griddle to moderate temperature and then pour ¼ cup of prepared batter onto the pan. Cook it on slow heat when bubbles starts to appear on the surface turn the pancake and cook from other side. When the pancake becomes light golden brown form both sides take it out on serving platter.
5. To prepare topping cook together sugar, cinnamon and butter until sugar melts completely and then pour it onto the pancakes.

Mexican Cornbread Recipe

This Mexican cornbread recipe is prepared with jalapeno and onion flavor which makes this bread little spicy, while the batter of bread is prepared with cornmeal and flour along with creamed corns hence become corn rich bread.

Ingredients:

1 cup cornmeal
½ cup all-purpose flour
2 tbsp baking powder
2/3 cup milk
2 eggs
Salt to taste
2 tsp dried parsley
1 tsp crushed black pepper
1/3 cup vegetable oil
½ cup chopped onion
1 can creamed corn
1 cup grated Cheddar
1 cup chopped jalapeno peppers

Preparation:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Sift together dry ingredients including corn meal, flour, baking powder and salt.
3. Add eggs, milk, oil and creamed corn and mix well to make smooth batter.
4. In a separate bowl, mix cheddar, onion, jalapeno, parsley and salt and pepper and set aside.
5. Take a greased baking pan for bread and pour half of the batter in it, spread a layer of cheddar mixture evenly onto the batter, then pour remaining batter and in the end top with remaining cheddar mixture.
6. Place the pan in preheated oven for 30-40 min. until become done.

Beef Kebab Recipe

Kebabs are not only made of meat but also from vegetables like potato. This is one the most famous kebab dish made from beef. This dish has originated from Indian cuisine and has taken many forms and tastes as well.

Ingredients:
1 Kg mince meat
1 tbspn ginger paste
1 tbspn garlic paste
1 tbspn red chili powder
1 tspn black pepper
1 tspn cumin powder
1 tbspn mix spices powder
6 green chilies (chopped)
Coriander leaves as required (chopped)
2 tbspn raw papaya paste or meat tenderizer
Salt to taste
4 bread slices

Preparation:

Procedure:
1. Soak bread slices in milk and drain out all the milk by pressing bread slices after 10 minutes.
2. Mix all the ingredients and bread slices in mince meat and leave in freezer for 2 hours. [Tip : set 2 hours time on your kitchen digital timer so that you do not spoil your beef by leaving it in freezer for long]
3. On the middle of grill sticks or skewer of oven wrap the mince meat in elongated shape very carefully and if required grease with oil to wrap the meat well.
4. Switch on the grill portion of oven and place the grill stick on it and cook until the kebab become golden brown. Gradually turn the sides in between cooking.
5. After the kebabs have been cooked, slide the kebab from the stick using hands.

Serving:
Serve your beef kebabs with lemon and onion salad.

Note: If you feel that the mixture is thin and difficult to wrap on the sticks then add small quantity of corn flour or plane four in it.

Ground Beef Recipe

Beef quality is very important in making any meat dish. To prepare healthy and tasty meal, use of organic beef is the best way for achieving great results. This is a simple ground beef recipe and can be mixed with different vegetables to give more variation to taste and nutrition level.

Ingredients:
½ kg mince beef
2 onions (julienne)
3 tomato (chopped)
2 potato (cut in small cubes)
1 tbspn red chili powder
½ tspn turmeric powder
½ tbspn cumin powder
1 tspn black pepper
1 tspn mix spices powder (garam masala)
1 tspn dry fenugreek (methi) leaves : crushed

Pinch of nutmeg and mace powder
Coriander leaves
½ cup oil

 

Preparation:

Procedure:
1.In a pan fry onions in oil when onion starts to brown add tomato and mix well.
2.After a minute, add mince beef and mix, the water will start to release from the meat stir it continuously on medium flame for 5 minutes.
3.Now add red chili powder, turmeric powder and salt and leave for 10 minutes until all the water has been dried and oil starts to separate from the meat.
4.In a separate pan, in a very little oil fry potato cubes for 5 minutes.
5.Add the potato cubes and half cup water in the meat and leave to cook for 10 minutes until potato becomes completely soft.
6.Add cumin powder, black pepper, garam masala powder (cloves, cardamom, and cinnamon), nutmeg and mace powder and dry fenugreek (methi) leaves and cook for 5 minutes.
7.When oil starts to leave, add some coriander leaves on it. Ground beef with potato is ready to serve.

Serving:
Ground Beef is usually served with naan or bread.

Black Angus Garlic Cheese Bread Recipe

Ingredients:

1 loaf french bread
1/2 cup butter
1 cup shredded jack cheese
1 cup shredded asiago cheese
1 cup mayonnaise
1 bunch green onions, chopped
2 cloves garlic, pureed

Preparation:

Split french bread loaf into halves horizontally. Mix butter, cheeses,
mayonnaise, green onions and garlic in a bowl, blending well. Spread the
cut side of bread with spread. Bake at 350 degrees for 7 minutes, then
place under broiler about 3 minutes longer. Cut into slices and serve.

Cumin Rice Recipe

Fried rice are popular in different parts of world . There are many ways to prepare fried rice and each recipe has its unique method. These cumin fried rice are common is South Asian Cuisine. To cook fried rice always get the best rice available in order to get best results . ( TIP : For healthy rice recipes , use brown rice )

Ingredients:
4 cup/ ½ kg rice
1 ½ tbspn salt
5 tbspn oil
3-4 cloves
2 cinnamon sticks
3 cardamoms
2 bay leaves
1 tbspn cumin seeds
2 tbspn white vinegar or lemon juice
8 cups water or as required Preparation:
1. Heat oil in the pan put cloves, cardamoms and cinnamon sticks in it and roast them for 2 minutes.
2. Add rice in the pan with hot boil water, salt, vinegar or lemon juice, bay leaves and cumin seeds. To check the correct quantity of water, dip your finger to touch the rice level and water level should touch the first line of your finger. Other method is take water exactly double the quantity of rice i.e. if 2 cup rice, then you put 4 cups of water.
3. Stir all the ingredients and cover the pan to cook on very high flame until bubbles starts to come. It takes approx. 5-8mins.
4. After rice starts to boil, reduce the heat to minimum and let the rice to cook completely for 10mins more.

Fantastic Roasted Chicken Recipe

Ingredients:

900g/2lb chicken, preferably organic
1 large lemon
8 slices prosciutto or Parma ham, thinly sliced
1-2 cloves garlic, peeled and finely chopped
2 good handfuls of fresh thyme, leaves picked and
finely chopped
salt and freshly ground black pepper
115g/4oz or ½ pack softened butter
1kg/2lb 3oz potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks
1 large celeriac, peeled

Preparation

Preheat oven and an appropriately sized roasting
tray to 220c/425f/Gas 7
1 Wash your chicken inside and out, and pay dry
with kitchen paper. Using your fingers, part the
breast skin from the breast meat.
2 It's important to try to push your hand gently
down the breast, being careful not to rip the skin.
3 With a peeler, remove and chop the fragrant
yellow skin of the lemon, keeping the peeled lemon
to one side.
4 Tear up your prosciutto and add to a bowl with
the lemon skin, garlic and thyme.
5 Season and scrunch it all into the butter. Push
this into the space you have made between the
meat and skin - rub and massage any that's leftover
in and around the bird.
6 Slash the thigh meat to allow the heat to
penetrate a little more, which makes it taste better.
Halve the peeled lemon and push it into the cavity.
Put your chicken in the hot tray and roast in the
preheated oven for 20 minutes.
7 While the chicken is cooking, parboil the potatoes
in salted water for 10 minutes and drain. Cut the
celeriac into irregular chunks around the same size
as the potatoes.

Coney Island Dogs Recipe

Ingredients:

1 pound Ground Beef, Lean
1 Small Onion, Chopped
2 Tbls. Prepared Yellow Mustard
2 Tbls. Vinegar
2 Tbls. Sugar
1 Tbls. Water
1 tsp. Worcestershire Sauce
1/4 tsp. Celery Seed
1/4 tsp. Tabasco Sauce
1/4 cup Catsup, Approximate (Use enough to keep mixture loose)

Preparation:

In salted skillet, over medium heat, brown ground beef with onion,
breaking up meat with fork to crumble fine. Drain off fat.
Add mustard, vinegar, sugar, water, Worcestershire sauce, celery seed,
and Tabasco sauce. Mix well. Add enough catsup to keep mixture loose.
Reduce heat to low, and simmer (uncovered), for 35 to 40 minutes. Makes
enough sauce for six to eight medium weiners.