This versatile and universal marinade works a treat with any meats, tiger prawns, tofu, in fact anything that needs spicing up! You can use it immediately, for example on chicken wings, or you can marinade a whole roast in the fridge for up to 24 hours.
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Makes enough marinade for a serving for [...]

For those who’ve heard of sweet potato pie for years, but never tasted it, this is a great recipe for the Southern classic.
Makes One Pie Prep Time: 15 minutes
Bake Time: 1 hour Chill Time: 2 Hours
2 cups mashed sweet potatoes* or yams
1 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup BeeHive or Crown Golden Corn Syrup
2 eggs
1/2 cup brown [...]

Like a Slice of Spongy, Moist Cornbread Dunked into a Bowl of Perfectly-Spiced Piping Hot Chili. Short on prep time, short on clean-up time, but long on flavor.Serves: 6 Prep Time: 20 min. Bake Time: 30 min.
Batter
Mazola Simplicity canola or olive oil cooking spray
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup yellow cornmeal
2 envelopes Fleischmann’s Quick-Rise yeast
2 tablespoons [...]

Everyone will go bananas over this quick and easy treat. You’ll discover sweet banana taste and plenty of delicious walnuts in every bite. 
Serves: 9
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Bake Time: 30 minutes
BatterMazola Simplicity canola or olive oil cooking spray
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 envelopes Fleischmann’s Quick-Rise yeast1/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
1/4 cup butter or margarine, [...]

The key to campfire cooking is to keep it simple and make it good. Campfire cooking is usually done on camping of backpacking trips, where hungry hikers need plenty of calories to keep their energy up. Campfire cooking is no time for low-fat, low-calorie cuisine.
There are several methods of cooking campfire food. With a little [...]

Cooking over an open fire, providing even heat to the food was always a challenge and certain foods were just not able to be prepared over a flame. Until Dutch oven cooking made it to Europe in the 1700’s there were limitations to the type of cooking available, but since then, food items were not [...]

Home is where the hearth is.  If outdoor country cooking is fun and heart warming, it is because of its simplicity and down-to-earth methods of cooking.  The tradition of country cooking is associated with nomadic tribes and early settlers of North America.  Over the years these have been refined and modern techniques have simplified the [...]

Cooking can be a chore for those of us who do it every day and bringing kids in to the equation is only a recipe for confusion and messes. However, this need not be true. Cooking can teach your children invaluable lessons and you never know they might grow up sooner than you think and [...]

The Chinese culture has contributed many wonderful things to the rest of the world. Without a doubt, the most noticeable would be their food. Many people in the western world have come to love Chinese cooking, and a big reason for this is their unique use of various sauces in the preparation of many of [...]

As people in other parts of the United States begin to appreciate southern cooking, there is little known, by northerners, about its history. As people in the south are well acquainted with French and even Chinese food, southern cooking remains a mystery to most of the country. Traditional southern food remains a major part of [...]

Butternut squash is a delicious winter squash that tastes like a cross between pumpkin and sweet potato. Cooking butternut squash is very popular in Australia and South Africa and is often substituted for pumpkin in Australia. Butternut squash is a very healthy fruit that is a good source of fiber, vitamin C and A, potassium, [...]

Colonial recipes were known for being very innovative and delicious.  The cooking traditions of the colonial times did not end there—they live on through historical sites and reenactments.  Additionally, recipes that have been passed down for hundreds of years also allow colonial cooking to live on.  Some might have changed over the years, but many [...]

If you have been enjoying Tom Yum Het soup in your favorite Thai restaurant why not try it at home– it is so fast and easy. You can omit the noodles and serve it over cooked rice in bowls or add diced cooked chicken, shrimp or tofu.Preparation Time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 8 minutes
2 cups reduced [...]

Cooking contests are a fun way to see if everyone else likes your recipes as much as your family does. Food and cookware companies use cooking contests to promote their products, and the prizes are well worth winning. Whether you enter a new recipe or a family favorite in a cooking contest, whether your thing [...]

We all love to see professional chefs at work.  It is amazing to watch their creativity, skill, technique , and innovation in action, whether it is right in front of you or on a TV screen.  Because of the many cooking channels that have now made it onto television, it is possible to watch professional [...]

Many people find themselves living alone for any of a number of reasons. It could be that they are a young person just striking out on their own. They could be a college student living in a dorm or apartment. They could even be some who was recently divorced or widowed. Living alone has it’s [...]

Cooking for a crowd can be daunting, but with the right equipment and adequate preparation, you can pull it off. Whether you are cooking for as few as ten or as many as a hundred people, the key is to be safe, organized, and prepared.
Play It Safe
You should be aware of the health risks associated [...]

It doesn’t matter how talented you are—if you don’t have the basic cooking equipment, then you will not be able to cook anything!  Cooking equipment has changed over the years, and now it seems like there are so many gadgets on the market.  Some of these gadgets might actually be useful, while others might just [...]

Over the years a picture of French food has emerged that is far from the reality of French cooking. The idea of French cooking as fussy, involved and too complex for the home cook is completely untrue. While it is true that French people love their food, two hour lunch breaks are a sure testimony [...]

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Stay Fit By Cooking Light Recipes
Recent studies have shown that vitamins and minerals are more significant than they were previously thought to be, and that some foods and nutrients help fight illness and diseases.  Fruit, vegetables, grain and seeds are not only in rich in vitamins and minerals [...]