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Wednesday, February 29th, 2012 | Food and Beverage |
flautas
Published by: Quepasa Recipes
1 lb ground beef
12 corn tortillas
1 tbsp powdered bouillon
a pinch of cumin
a pinch of pepper
a pinch of powdered garlic
oil
Servings: 4
Preparation Time: 15 Min.
Cooking Time: 20 Min.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR FLAUTAS
knead the meat together with the bouillon, garlic, pepper, salt, and
cumin. Shape small pieces of meat as cylinders. Roll them up with the
tortilla tightly; you can use a toothpick to secure them if necessary.
Heat the oil and fry the flautas ...
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Tuesday, February 28th, 2012 | Food and Beverage |
Cuban Cuisine is a fusion of Spanish and Caribbean cuisines. Cuban recipes share spices and techniques with Spanish cooking, with some Caribbean influence in spice and flavor. A traditional Cuban meal would not be served in courses; rather all food items would be served at the same time. The typical meal could consist of plantains, black beans and rice, ropa vieja (beef), Cuban bread, pork with onions, and tropical fruits. Black beans and rice, referred to as moros y cristianos (or moros for ...
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Monday, February 27th, 2012 | Food and Beverage |
If you can boil water you can make a quick and tasty pasta salad with very basic ingredients. All you need is pasta, vegetables, dressing and any other ingredients you may have handy.
Whatever type of pasta you have in your cupboard, from spaghetti to rigatoni or even that old box of macaroni and cheese, you can create a great salad in the time it takes the pasta to cook and cool. The first thing to do before you start cooking any noodles is to look through your kitchen and decide which ...
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Sunday, February 26th, 2012 | Food and Beverage |
Its not always easy being a vegetarian. I found that most foods taste bland until you get the hang of cooking without meat. I cooked with meat so long that I felt lost when my doctor told me to stop eating meat, especially beef. Here are two really yummy recipes for the vegetarians that my friends and I put together. Give them a try. I think you will agree that they make being a vegetarian a lot more enjoyable.
MUSHROOM BURGERS
1 pound fresh mushrooms, sliced
1 large onion, minced
2 slices ...
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Saturday, February 25th, 2012 | Food and Beverage |
Yum Cha at home nestled inside the heart of Chinatown, amidst the bustling kaleidoscope regarding people, internet business VIPs' and also pleasant occupants, all of us give you a one of a kind food expertise ' whether it is with regard to lunch or dinner. And after this, caused by well-liked need, we are pleased to mention how the palate may be elevated that include some sort of a lot bigger repertoire that should appeal to each of our customers' every culinary drive.
Yum Cha Home is very ...
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Saturday, February 25th, 2012 | Food and Beverage |
This article contains tips on cooking in your microwave. I have found that most people have a microwave but very few people use it to its fullest potential. The ideas in this article use Tupperware's Oval Cooker. However, I am sure you can adapt them in any microwave safe cookware.
Corn on the Cob
Remove husks from the corn and place the corn in the oval cooker with the collar and cover. Cook on high in microwave for two minutes per ear. If using Tupperware's Oval Cooker you will not need to ...
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Friday, February 24th, 2012 | Food and Beverage |
Juicing With Whole Foods
Juicing with whole foods can be a natural remedy for many ailments. These natural whole foods are available almost everywhere today. Most of the supermarkets offer a very nice selection of organic fruits and vegetables. You can grow many of these wonderful whole foods in your own organic garden. Juicing with these whole foods is an easy and proven way to improve your health with this natural remedy.
It is unfortunate that most people in the world don't eat right these ...
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Thursday, February 23rd, 2012 | Food and Beverage |
If you want to make a difference this Valentine, try cooking that special meal for your loved one. Express your Valentine wishes in a different way by preparing a theme valentine recipes. Or you can do it together, isn't that a great way to kickstart a great romance or rekindle an old one.
Strawberries In Red Wine
* 3/4 cup Fresh Strawberries
* 1 1/2 teaspoon Sugar
* 1 teaspoon Orange Flavored Liqueur
* 1/2 teaspoon Cognac
* Red Wine
For each serving, spoon 3/4 of a cup quartered fresh ...
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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012 | Food and Beverage |
An omelet or omelette is a breakfast food that consists of an egg based wrapper around a filling of your favorite foods. Omelets are very easy to make and require little time to create. Always be sure that your fillings are pre-cooked or able to be finished in the time available.
Basic ingredients needed for one omelet:
2 eggs
Oil, non-stick spray, butter or margarine
Salt and/or pepper (optional to taste)
Filling
Suggested fillings for an omelet:
Ham, cheese, green peppers and onions
Chopped ...
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Tuesday, February 21st, 2012 | Food and Beverage |
Did you know that the turkey you thawed on the kitchen counter, instead of in the refrigerator, could now contain bacteria levels high enough to harm human life, even though you can't see, smell, or taste it?
There's nothing better than a home cooked meal during the holidays. But, with all the special effort that goes into making one, your holiday meal could be ruined if the food has not been stored, prepared, or cooked properly.
Food experts agree that the safe handling of food should be a ...
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Monday, February 20th, 2012 | Food and Beverage |
Everyone who has ever juggled home, family and kids knows how
difficult it is to create healthy meals when pressed for time.
Cooking healthy, delicious meals can be difficult, but some
advance planning can allow you to make the most of your cooking
time.
One way to cook healthy meals that are easy to prepare is to
plan your meals around several key foods that can be prepared in
large quantities and used in several different recipes on
consecutive nights. This method of making meals last is ...
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Sunday, February 19th, 2012 | Food and Beverage |
Planning healthy meals can be difficult and time consuming, but
with some advance planning and some basic knowledge of
nutrition, it is easy to create a week's worth of healthy meals
that everyone in the family will love.
The key to creating healthy, delicious meals for the family is
planning, planning and planning. Planning the week's meals ahead
of time is the best way to create meals you can be proud of,
while keeping cost and time commitment to a minimum.
Convenience devices such as slow ...
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Saturday, February 18th, 2012 | Food and Beverage |
While some fat in the diet is necessary, and it would be a
mistake to try to eliminate all fat from the diet, most people
simply eat too much fat. Cutting back on fat is an important
part of creating a healthier diet and lifestyle.
There are a number of good reasons for cutting back on levels of
dietary fat. Those reasons include:
Lowering levels of dietary fat helps in weight loss
and weight management. Fat contains twice as many calories per
gram as protein and carbohydrates, so ...
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Friday, February 17th, 2012 | Food and Beverage |
Here is a nice easy meal you can make while you are at work!
Ingredients 1 can (10 3/4 oz) condensed cream of mushroom soup
with roasted garlic 1/2 cup beef broth 4 large red potatoes, cut
in 1 inch chunks 1 1/2 cups bagged baby carrots
MEATBALLS 1 lb lean ground beef 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/3 cup seasoned dried bread crumbs 1 large egg 2 tablespoons
chopped fresh parsley 1/2 tsp each salt and pepper
Garnish: chopped parsley
Directions 1. Stip soup and broth in a 3 qt. or ...
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Thursday, February 16th, 2012 | Food and Beverage |
You open the cookbook and see a recipe title or a photo that
tempts your tastebuds. Then you start to read the recipe,
realize the preparation is more difficult than you first
thought, and put the book back on the shelf.
Sound
Familiar? Well here's a simple guide to help get you started:
1. Abbreviations for Measuring
Tsp. = teaspoon
Tbsp. = tablespoon, which equals 3 teaspoons
C = cup.
Tip: Get a set of measuring spoons. The set will usually
have 1/4 tsp., 1/3 tsp., 1/2 tsp., 1 teaspoon ...
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Wednesday, February 15th, 2012 | Food and Beverage |
Managing leftovers is a challenge we all face! Throwing food
away is just like throwing money away. With a little
time,organization and using a little ingenuity, leftovers can be
dealt with efficiently.
Be sure to refrigerate leftovers promptly and use them within
one or two days or freeze. If you have any doubt about whether a
food is still safe to eat, throw it out!
Keep your leftovers in a section of your fridge that you
designate only for leftovers. Then it's easy to see what ...
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Tuesday, February 14th, 2012 | Food and Beverage |
Imagine having an award winning chef prepare an exclusive dinner just
for a client and his guests. All of client's personal tastes as well as special
dietary needs are taken into account for the planning of client's dinner.
Freshest and finest delicacies from the area as well as spectacular treats from
around the world can be requested. Five courses of gourmet dining can transform
a client's dinner into memories that will last a lifetime. This is the ultimate,
intimate, and exclusive ...
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Tuesday, February 14th, 2012 | Food and Beverage |
If you only had $300 a month to spend on groceries for a family
of four, could you do it? What sort of food would make the list
and what would stay tauntingly on the store's shelves?
Whatever your reason for having a tight budget, the truth is
that going to the grocery store without a plan is a BIG budget
breaker. And sadly all that cash ends up vanishing into our
stomachs and then...let's stop there.
Could you save $25 a month on groceries? How about $50 or $100?
Possibly you could cut your ...
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Monday, February 13th, 2012 | Food and Beverage |
You've read your recipe. Now it's time to go shopping for all
the ingredients to create your culinary masterpiece.
Make a list of what you need. Do you have any ingredients in
stock? Do you have enough for your recipe? Are the ingredients
still fresh or have they spoiled? List what you're missing and
how much you need. If you're just cooking for one or two, don't
get the family packages of perishables unless you can freeze the
extra and use it up before it gets freezer burn. Most dry ...
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Sunday, February 12th, 2012 | Food and Beverage |
Another day, another dinner to prepare. Are you having a
difficult time finding easy to prepare meals that can satisfy
your growing family?
You want to give your family the best, but time is in short
supply and preparing a healthy meal has become a chore. Too
often take out or frozen dinners have to do. Is there a way to
combine healthy eating with convenience?
Yes! New methods of cooking and easy to prepare staples can
change your eating habits and lead to a better eating style for
your ...
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Saturday, February 11th, 2012 | Food and Beverage |
My husband has MS, and I have Diabetes. Researching health
issues has become a "hobby" of mine. I am always interested in
health issues. I am especially interested in soy because I am
constantly looking for protein to balance my diabetic meals. I
am not a meat eater, although I am not a vegetarian either. I
believe that knowledge is my best defense.
Soy milk (also called soymilk, soya milk, soybean milk, soy bean
milk, or soy drink) is a beverage produced from soybeans.
Although its English ...
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Friday, February 10th, 2012 | Food and Beverage |
The Columbia Restaurant is the nation's largest Spanish
restaurant and Florida's oldest at 100 years old. Started in
1905 by Cuban immigrant Casimiro Hernandez in the burgeoning
cigar capitol of Ybor City Tampa, they now have 7 locations in
Florida as well as their own cigar factory and store, where they
make the "Gonzalez y Martinez" brand of cigars.
I was on the West coast of Florida recently and decided to visit
two of The Columbia's locations. On my way driving up the coast,
I stopped in at ...
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Thursday, February 9th, 2012 | Food and Beverage |
Taco Salad
1 pound lean ground beef
1 tablespoon chili powder
1 head iceberg lettuce, chopped or shredded
1 bunch romaine lettuce, chopped
3 large tomatoes, diced
1 green bell pepper, diced
1 red bell pepper, diced
1 bunch green onions, chopped
1 (4 oz.) can jalapeno peppers or 3 to 4 fresh ones,
finely chopped
1 (15 oz.) can red kidney beans, drained
1 (15 oz.) can garbanzo beans, drained
1 (12 oz.) bag shredded Cheddar cheese, divided
2 (14.5 oz.) bags corn tortilla chips, crushed
2 cups ...
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Wednesday, February 8th, 2012 | Food and Beverage |
Lobster wasn't always a top dish....
The succulent shellfish started out branded as a scavenger,
bottom feeder and food for the impoverished. However, thanks to
the progress of modern transportation, lobster could be shipped
from Canada to the upper northern states to become the luxury
food we now appreciate. These days the finest restaurants take
pride in their lobster recipes and Surf and Turf presentations.
Besides being a versatile and delicious meal, shellfish such as
lobster, shrimp and ...
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Tuesday, February 7th, 2012 | Food and Beverage |
Here is a simple method to make fantastic Sausages and cabbage
rolls! Try it when you have time...
Ingredient:
4 ea Large Cabbage Leaves 1/2 lb Bulk Pork Sausage
1 ea Large Beaten Egg 1/4 c Water
1 c Apple Chopped (1 Med) 1/3 c Apple Juice Or Cider 1/3 c
Cornbread Stuffing Mix 1 ts Cornstarch 2 tb Apple Juice Or Cider
1/2 ts Instant Beef Bouillon
Method:
Remove center vein of cabbage leaves, keeping each leaf in one
piece. Place leaves in a shallow baking dish. Cover with vented
clear ...
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Monday, February 6th, 2012 | Food and Beverage |
"Tis the season for venison!
Hunting season opened the week before thanksgiving in Virginia.
Since we are in North Carolina, why does it matter when hunting
season opened in Virginia? I was born and raised in Virginia. My
parents still live there and my dad hunts ALMOST every day of
the season. He killed 2 deer already and having visited over the
holiday weekend, we brought some home to freeze. I feel very
fortunate to have a resource (Dad). It's better than store
bought and cheaper too.
I grew ...
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Sunday, February 5th, 2012 | Food and Beverage |
If you can imagine beef noodle soup for breakfast, then you
decidedly want to try Pho, a Vietnamese dish that has been
around for nearly 100 years. I find my site is more and more
leaning towards ethnic dishes that are loaded with big, bold
tastes, and that make eating what it should be - an experience!
Pho (pronounced "phir" in English) is influenced by the Chinese
and French cuisines, and was believed to have originally derived
from a French soup, "pot au feu",(pot on fire)which ...
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Saturday, February 4th, 2012 | Food and Beverage |
There has been a big push toward healthy eating in the last
couple of decades. This trend may be bringing longevity and
healthy lives but something has been lost, the traditional meat
and potatoes meal.
Here is a newer version of a time honored tradition that is
tasty and satisfying. The lemon addition to the mashed potatoes
is a surprisingly delicious twist.
Marinated Beef Tenderloin with Lemon Herb Mashed Potatoes
Marinated Beef Tenderloin
2/3 Cup Vegetable Oil
¼ Cup White Wine Vinegar
¼ ...
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Friday, February 3rd, 2012 | Food and Beverage |
Once-A-Month Cooking By Christine Abela oamc@geckogully.com
Every evening, all around the world, the same dilemma faces many
homemakers. What can be prepared for tonight's dinner with a
minimum of fuss that will be filling and nutritious?
With a little forward planning, you can have a month of meals
waiting in the freezer, ready to be thawed and heated. All you
need to do is add simple side dishes or a salad.
This approach is known as Once-A-Month Cooking (or OAMC for
short). The basic ...
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Thursday, February 2nd, 2012 | Food and Beverage |
My favorite meal is meatloaf because whenever my mother made
meatloaf my father would pull out of a drawer a cardboard cut
out of a duck's head and a pair of wings. To the delight of the
hungry children - we were 4 - he would announce, "Children, your
mother has made us mock duck. Mock duck has come to us" and grin
at my mother. I thought that mock was a special type of duck
that only my family knew about and that may be my mother caught
in the ravine behind the house. It was sort of like Santa ...
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Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 | Food and Beverage |
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Hamburgers, one of my earliest backyard grilling memories. Our
Family would get together, usually on the weekends, and have a
hamburger and ice cream supper as we say here in Texas. I can
fondly remember sitting on top of the old ice cream freezer
while my Dad, Uncles and Granddad took turns at spinning the old
hand crank attached to the water soaked wooden ice bucket.
Today, the hoodless grill would resemble a throw away variety
you would take to the beach, ...
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