Monthly Archives: September 2010

Pasta Recipe With Shrimp, Eggplant, Garlic And Tomato Sauce

September 29, 2010
By Melanie Mendelson
Pasta Recipe With Shrimp, Eggplant, Garlic And Tomato Sauce

Ingredients For Shrimp Pasta Recipe: 2 lbs peeled and deveined shrimp, tail off 1 lb pasta 2 medium eggplants 1 can (14 oz) chopped tomatoes 6 garlic cloves, minced 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil Salt and pepper to taste Directions For Shimp Pasta Recipe: Bake the eggplants in 375 F oven for 45 minutes,...

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How To Cut A Melon

September 22, 2010
By Melanie Mendelson
How To Cut A Melon

Cut a melon as soon as you get it from the store.  Melons don’t ripen once picked, so don’t wait to cut it.  If you are too lazy to cut a melon, it will deteriorate with time.  At the end, you’ll end up cutting it anyway, but the melon won’t taste as good as it would if...

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Yellow Rice Recipe

September 16, 2010
By Melanie Mendelson
Yellow Rice Recipe

Yellow rice is made from the usual white rice.  Yellow rice side dish gets its yellow color from the spice turmeric. Yellow rice looks impressive, but it is extremely easy to make! Ingredients For Yellow Rice Recipe: 2 cups of white rice 3 cups of water 1/2 tbsp vegetable oil 1/2 tsp turmeric 1/2...

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Chicken Salad With Grapes Recipe

September 14, 2010
By Melanie Mendelson
Chicken Salad With Grapes Recipe

Grapes are quite an unusual ingredient in a savory dish, but are perfect in a chicken salad.  When you bite into this chicken salad, grapes produce bursts of juicy flavor that enhances the taste of the chicken. Chicken salad is a great way to use leftover chicken.  If you don’t have leftover chicken, you...

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How To Keep Deli Lunch Meat Fresh Longer

September 11, 2010
By Melanie Mendelson
How To Keep Deli Lunch Meat Fresh Longer

I often get freshly sliced lunch meat from the deli.  I love to make sandwiches with fresh roast beef, turkey (especially honey-roasted turkey), ham, salami and other types of cold cut deli meats. Before I discovered a new way to keep the lunch meat fresh, the lunch meat would only stay fresh in my...

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Sausage Jambalaya Recipe

September 10, 2010
By Melanie Mendelson
Sausage Jambalaya Recipe

This jambalaya recipe is very easy, and you can get all the ingredients in advance.  I like to save this recipe for the end of the week, when it’s almost time to go grocery shopping.  The only item that’s not always on hand is the sausage – the rest of the stuff is from...

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Cinnamon Dolce Latte Recipe

September 6, 2010
By Melanie Mendelson
Cinnamon Dolce Latte Recipe

Are you a fan of Cinnamon Dolce Latte from Starbucks?  Here’s the recipe for a homemade version of cinnamon dolce latte. To make Cinnamon Dolce Latte at home, you need: Coffee beans (2 tbsp) Cinnamon (1/2 tsp) Filtered water (1 cup) Milk (half of the coffee mug) Sugar (1 tbsp) Coffee maker Coffee grinder...

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How To Cook Shiitake Mushrooms

September 5, 2010
By Melanie Mendelson
How To Cook Shiitake Mushrooms

I really like shiitake mushrooms.  They have so much more flavor than white button mushrooms! The caps of the shiitake mushrooms have a soft tender texture, while the stems are tough and chewy.  I don’t like the stems, so I discard them before cooking. Here’s the picture of whole shiitake mushrooms: When I cut...

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