Apr 22, 2009

Healthy simple pancake for school snack


Takes few minutes to make.

Instead of letting my son have biscuits and other snacks from the shop I count on making something too from the kitchen can be pancakes, chapati or even mini pizzas.
He loves them and he keeps asking for more

Pasta factory: Easy simple quick Italian homemade pasta

Easy simple healthy pasta recipes to brighten your recession worries here

In my family recession is a kind of everyday life, but one thing is sure we have continued to enjoy our simple healthy and easy Italian recipes all made at home in the super hot Bangkok.

How we do that? Follow all the secrets of home made pasta and all other Italian simple pastas you find all from my kitchen. If a girl from the slopes of Mt.Kenya can do this I am sure anyone can do.

Easy simple healthy pasta recipes to brighten your recession worries here

simple home made pasta

Kameil luxury shoes

Here I come Moms with news getting to us from Kameil Shoes. Kameil Shoes is a developing brand, you can join them on facebook if you absolutely want to be among the first to get hold of a pair before the rest of the world.
Kameil shoes will also be exhibiting in London fashion week for those of you who are willing to attend.
Another detail arriving from Kameil Shoes is that the collection will be on offer worldwide through online stores. Get on the line now and be among the first customers to appreciate the design and quality of luxury shoes.

Don't be left out join Kameil Shoes on facebook and catch the wave worth checking out!
Not only facebook but also can join them in other social networks.

Apr 20, 2009

Cheap Dinner from under 10 dollars

Cooking in recession.

Many people out there including me are looking for ways to bring cheap food on the table. I cultivate herbs and some vegetables on my small balcony. When I was in Italy I had vertical garden on my small balcony as well.

All the same there is a way you can save on food, cook it fresh from your lovely kitchen and enjoy with family. From the web I found these recipes try them


"Campbell's Dinners Under $10

See some recipes from Campbell's that can be prepared for less than $10.
Pace Texas 2-Step Chicken

Prep : 5 min.Bake: 20 min. Makes: 4 servings

4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
1 1/2 cups Pace Picante Sauce or Thick & Chunky Salsa
3 tablespoons packed light brown sugar
1 tablespoon Dijon-style mustard
3 cups hot cooked regular long-grain white rice

1. Place the chicken into a 2-quart shallow baking dish. Stir the picante sauce, brown sugar and mustard in a small bowl. Pour the picante sauce mixture over the chicken.

2. Bake at 400°F for 20 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through. Serve with the rice.
French Onion Burgers

Prep: 5 min. Cook: 20 min.Makes: 4 servings

1 lb. ground beef
1 can (10 1/2 oz.) Campbell's Condensed French Onion Soup
4 slices cheese
4 round hard rolls, split

1. Shape the beef into 4 (1/2 inch-thick) burgers

2. Heat a 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat. Add the burgers and cook until they're well browned on both sides. Remove the burgers from the skillet. Pour off any fat.

3. Stir the soup in the skillet and heat to a boil. Return the burgers to the skillet. Reduce the heat to low. Cover and cook for 5 min. or until the burgers are cooked through. Top the burgers with the cheese and cook until the cheese is melted. Serve the burgers in the rolls with the soup mixture for dipping."

Apr 19, 2009

Frittata with zuchhini: Good for a light meal


FRITTATA CON ZUCCHINE
This is a recipe from a friend of family
4 persons you need the following:

INGREDIENTS

Zucchini (small) 150 g.
Vegetable stock (just enough)
Small onion
3 eggs
Parmesan (ground)
Salt
Olive oil

Wash, dry and cut the zucchini. Chop the onion finely.
In a pan, heat half glass of vegetable stock, mix the vegetables and cook at medium heat until the zucchini are not very cooked. Beat the eggs, mix 1 spoon of parmesan and salt.
Pour the eggs on the zucchini and mix well with a spoon. On the same pan, heat well the olive oil and add in the zucchini egg mixture. Cook at medium heat and help it by covering the pan after some time turn the frittata and complete the cooking.

From wikipedia:Zucchini (pronounced /zuːˈkiːni/ in North American and Australian English) or courgette (/kʊǝrˈʒɛt/ or [kɔːˈʒɛt] in New Zealand and British English) is a small summer squash. Along with some other squashes, it belongs to the species Cucurbita pepo. The zucchini can be yellow, green or light green, and generally has a similar shape to a ridged cucumber, though a few cultivars are available that produce round or bottle-shaped fruit.

In a culinary context, zucchini is treated as a vegetable, which means it is usually cooked and presented as a savory dish or accompaniment. Botanically, however, the zucchini is an immature fruit, being the swollen ovary of the female zucchini flower.

Shipping worldwide: coconut cream powder, curry paste

Ingredients shipping worldwide:

I have lived in different parts and one of the challenges I faced when it came to making Thai food was the ingredients especially coconut milk and curry pastes.

I imagine you might love to try some Easy Simple Thai dishes but without the above 2 difficult you can improvise.

Now through this blog you can visit the special Ingredients corner shop and you can buy various ingredients that might be difficult to find in your area.

Now you can enjoy your Thai food from your kitchen.
Order now.
coconut milk in powder easy to ship


Penang curry paste

Funny glass...er...must have gadget

We went to have an afternoon fruit shake at the seaside restaurant and guess what kind of glass was presented.
Oh, lovely and pretty unique glass, glass in shape of a lady the pictures tell it all.
Now Im going in search of this glass, interested in a set let me know.


must have glass for singles

must have glass for singles

Apr 14, 2009

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Business opportunity: Village coffee franchise

In trying to find how I can make this blog even more interesting and resourceful for my readers heres introducing Business opportunity corner:
The first business opportunity is Village coffee

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Pizza easy and simple with topping of recession choice

ready pizza on the table
pizza getting into the oven


Yesterday I had some ham in the fridge I bought in carrefour supermarket here in Bangkok. I thought that I would try the new easy simple italian pizza topped with ham and guess what I added some olives too. I do not believe how a girl from slopes of Mt.Kenya could really love these small green and black fruits. I love olives on my pizza.
See my step by step pizza making with pictures in my older posting here

You can also check some other posts related to pizzas from my kitchen here

Recession Corner

Share your recession recipes, stories and jokes with us

eg. I read that it was a joke that recession has become too bad that shops are now selling single cigarettes.

Home made easy simple recession ravioli italian recipe

ravioli

If I can make homemade pasta ravioli in Bangkok you too can make it anywhere in the world.
Get the recipe here in my previous post: only remember you can substitute mortadella with spinach depends on what you have in your fridge.


More previous pasta recipes easy for everyone to make

If you need some extra help in making pasta, homemade pasta, pizza or other recipes featured in this blog please just mail me.

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Apr 10, 2009

Recession easy simple italian recipes ideas

Recession is bringing in some wonderful news from around the globe. One of them is people are going back to home cooking.
I'm thinking myself of giving some simple cooking lessons for simple and easy italian dishes

The benefit is you learn some recipes and bring home what you cook
Im calling for first students interested around Bangkok area

It's true chocolate beats recession

Chocolate beats the recession





Now CNN has the same idea.


chocolate recession recipe here

Latest post on step by step Chocolate tea cake: Anti Recession recipe

step by step simple easy chocolate cake making you follow this and I promise you you have perfect results

Apr 8, 2009

Simple easy and quick italian recipes: Fight fat with fat?

Fight fat with fat? The newest obesity theory suggests we may one day be able to do just that.

Just like good and bad cholesterol, there apparently are good and bad types of body fat. Scientists until recently believed this good fat, which spurs the body to burn calories to generate body heat, played an important role in keeping infants warm but by adulthood was mostly gone or inactive.

Read this here

Extreme Diet corner: Angelina Jolie collapses on salt set



I have read news around the web about how Angelina Jolie collapsed on Salt set. Is it exhaustion or extreme diet. Whatever here is a delicious spinach, parmesan and cottage cheese cake that will give you some energy to get back to the set Angelina Jolie.

Here is the link to recipe



spinach cake

Apr 7, 2009

Easter in times of recession

Easter egg or no Easter egg tell us what you are doing



Some say this Easter is going to be like any other Easters others doubt wherever you stand, you can have a simple easy and quick recipe that will leave your pocket with extra coins.
Some few questions on this Easter:

1) Are you going to celebrate this Easter with chocolate bunnies and candies and lots of Easter baskets filled with yummy treats or you are going to give that extra to someone in need? Let us hear through comments what you are going to do.

2)Painting up some Easter eggs already?


For those of you who want to try some easy simple Italian recipe here you go.
easter simple recipe

chicken sliced thin, stuffed with ham, rosemary, garlic and sage.

Then I fry on the pan like you can see and of course add some white wine to the cooking but if you are in recession like me add some broth will work well too!
Serve with potatoes, bread whatever you like.
Happy Easter to you all!

Apr 6, 2009

Product Recalls: Parents bookmark this site

Tip of the day: Be informed.

Just found out a a very useful website for you parents out there. I think parents should book mark this page about product recalls.

http://www.parents.com/product-recalls/

Apr 5, 2009

Health benefits of...tomato

Health benefits of tomato



Every now and then my mother in law asks me if we are eating enough tomato in Bangkok and the answer is always yessss!

What are the reasons that makes her ask? The health benefits associated with this vegetable.
1)Lycopene in tomato contains antioxidants this may help in prevention of prostate cancer and some other forms of cancer, heart disease.

2)Antiaging

Note that Lycopene increases with temperature, I guess this is why my mother inlaw says make sure you eat a lot of cooked tomato.

This Easter make tomato your best friend and you do not have to have 10 acres of land to cultivate your juicy healthy tomato even in your balcony is enough to have 3 or 4 plants of this important fruit full of healthy benefits.



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Greatest dream: Vegetables cultivated from my backyard. While I lived in Romania this dream was realised. This picture shows some of the vegetables from my kitchen garden.
You too can do it, you can get help from the above e-book on how to cultivate healthy tomato.

fresh vegetables

Apr 2, 2009

Chocolate tea cake: Anti Recession recipe

step by step simple easy chocolate cake making



Heres pictures details of how to mix and make your own homemade simple easy chocolate cake that everyone will love.

The ingredients and recipes will find in earlier chocolate cake mix here

egg yellow mixed with sugar





Melt the chocolate with butter


step by step simple chocolate cake making


Add chocolate butter mixture to the sugar mix


step by step simple chocolate cake making

Add baking powder melted in little milk



step by step simple chocolate cake making

Add flour to the chocolate mixture


step by step simple chocolate cake making

Beat the egg whites



step by step simple chocolate cake making

Add beaten egg whites to the mixture


step by step simple chocolate cake making


Ready for the oven


step by step simple chocolate cake making

Please if you cannot make this Im sorry I can't help you more