For the Love of Cooking!

Home-made Strawberry Jam

2011-03-10T16:15:00.003+05:00

Hello!

last month was the month of love, and red could be seen everywhere, really every where; specially when valentines day is near, which was celebrated here with all its color, as its elsewhere, but for me its was a gloomy span, not that I abhor love, but a very loved one deserted us & left this world, it was my beloved grandmother, which is the reason i was so long away from my dear blog. She was 95 and still great, and talking about love and talking about her one thing came to my mind, gorgeous red lovely home-made strawberry jam.

she was very good and gifted with preserves and pickles. The recipe that I'm going to share today is hers and one of my personal favorites, its really simple and I'm sure you are going to --- love it!

Homemade Strawberry Jam

Ingredients:

450 g fresh strawberries, hulled

400 g sugar

Garfield's Extra Cheese Lasagna

2011-01-29T19:52:00.004+05:00

hello, and hows every one today? I can tell I'm feeling very good except for the few sneezes which are a direct result of being in contact with minimum one drop of rain, forgive my physique mixed with physics, its just that I love rain enormously but cant stand the after effects, but a good dish always brings the better in me, so today I'm going to share with you "Garfield's lasagna", as you may know (and if you don't know let me tell ya) that this week we are celebrating cartoon special and once again there was a tie between poll results i.e Garfield's Lasagna and Scooby's Surprise Snack, but since Garfield was on the top of the list; I decided to go with it. One thing more I totally adore cheese so you may find this recipe a little bit deviant from classical lasagna but then again.... isn't it supposed to be Garfield's Lasagna..... Enjoy!

Garfield's Lasagna
Ingredients:

Salad Croutons with Italian dressing

2011-01-22T19:52:00.004+05:00

phew! winter is finally over in this part of the country, and wonderful spring flowers are to be seen every where, but this has nothing to do with the amazing and refreshing recipe of Salad croutons with Italian dressing,

By the way who said stale bread is useless?? why you might wanna think again... after trying this recipe, that is to say.I learnt about it as man learnt about fire, in simple words by accident, it happened so when i was browsing through the internet for some bread recipe but found this instead as a redirect and blah blah blah and without further adieu here's Salad croutons with Italian dressing.

Salad Croutons with Italian dressing

Ingredients:

salad crouton with Italian dressing

1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
baby tomatoes or fresh tomatoes cut into small cubes
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
5 slices white bread, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

For Italian dressing:

Chicken Noodle Soup

2011-01-15T19:52:00.003+05:00

Hi, hope you are very well and good, about me... still in my quilts, freezing with cold, and sneezing, what next-- treat!!.... hot delicious chicken noodle soup from my darling sister. there cant be anything wonderful than a wholesome bowl of some good tasting broth specially when you are sick..... hope you like it...

Chicken Noodle Soup

Ingredients:

Chicken broth - 3 cups
Water - 1 or 2 cups
Chicken thighs - 400g (cut in small chunks)
Carrots - 2 (thinly slice)
Egg noodles - 1 cup
Frozen corn - 1 cup
Thyme - 1 teaspoon
Salt and pepper

Method:

Chicken with Honey Sauce

2011-01-08T07:52:00.017+05:00

Hello again!

Today is 8th January, which means (indirectly) the starting of the second week and time for a new entry in my blog, that is the yummy and juicy recipe of "Chicken with Honey Sauce", which is also the lucky winner of last week's poll, unfortunately there was a tie between the "Indian Dosas" and "Crispy Onion Rings" therefore they are subjected to be entered sometime later in near future; on cafe 7 n 8, by the way you didn't mention how did you like the cake??

As for the honey sauce chicken, truly its as tasty as its simple; I made it a few months back on my sister's birthday, and it turned out just... yummm... If you don't believe me try it for yourself.

Chicken with Honey Sauce

Ingredients:

3 kg frying chicken, cut into pieces

2 cups flour

Chicken with Honey Sauce

1/2 cup bread crumbs

4 tsp salt

1/2 tsp pepper

1/4 tsp paprika

1 1/2 cups butter

1/2 cup honey

1/2 cup lemon juice

Method:

welcome...

2011-01-01T10:46:00.005+05:00

Hello & Welcome everyone,

Hope all of you out there are in very good health and wish you all a very happy new year.

I have started this blog because of my LOVE for COOKING and to share some of the most distinct tastes and dishes from around the world that I have personally tried and liked, and since there couldn't be any better time to start this blog or to share the irresistible recipe of classic chocolate cake than on new years eve, so here it is...

and I almost forgot to mention, at the end of the blog is a short poll to determine which recipe would you like to have next week, please participate and continue polling and help me reach the ninth cloud by leaving a comment or two, do tell me how did you like the recipe and the blog as well, so till then tata and take care :)

Classic Chocolate Cake

Ingredients:

1 1/3 cups (200g) plain flour

2 tbs    cocoa
1 tsp    baking powder
1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
200g    good-quality dark chocolate, chopped
225g    unsalted butter, softened, chopped
1 cup (220g) caster sugar
1 tsp   vanilla extract
4 eggs
1/2 cup (125ml) milk

Method: