Saturday, April 20, 2013

Cabbage Stir Fry

Many people like to eat exotic foods. Today, we will visit India and make a common dish of India: Cabbage stir fry. The cabbage stir fry is made up of different spices and cabbage. Lets's begin!


Ingredients

  • One cup of cabbage ( chopped)
  • Salt (as per taste)
  • One pinch of mustard seeds
  • One pinch of asafoetida powder
  • Chili powder (as per taste)
  • 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
  • One teaspoon cumin coriander powder 
  • One boiled potato (peeled and chopped)
  • Two teaspoons of oil
  • Two teaspoons of water
Steps 
Cabbage Stir Fry
  1. First, heat up a non-stick pan on the stove and heat up the oil. Put mustard seeds cumin coriander powder and asafoetida powder in the oil. Be careful, the seeds can pop out!
  2. Second, put cabbage in the pan and mix. Then, mix the potatoes with the cabbage.
  3. Third, put chili powder, salt, turmeric, and stir the mix quickly.
  4. Next, pour the measured water over the vegetables and mix thoroughly.
  5. Last, keep the cabbage stir fry for 5-8 more minutes and serve hot!!!!!!
I hope you enjoy this common Indian dish!!

Friday, April 12, 2013

Baked Vegetables

Everybody loves eating tasty foods which are healthy. This recipe is a great way to get kids to eat vegetables with a smile! This dish has a variety of different vegetables and the main ingredient: cottage cheese. The cottage cheese will have different spices, which make the whole plate flavorful. Let's start!

Ingredients

  • One small slab of cottage cheese
  • Two onions
  • Two green peppers
  • Two half boiled potatoes (peeled and cubed)
  • Two tablespoons of oil
  • Salt (as per taste)\
  • Chili powder (as per taste)
  • Garlic paste (as per taste)
  • Chili paste (as per taste)
  • Ginger paste (as per taste)
  • Lemon juice (as per taste)
  • Chili flakes (as per taste)
  • Two pinches of turmeric
  • One teaspoon of curry powder
Steps

  1. First, cut the cottage cheese into small cubes and place them into a bowl.
  2. Then, add all the spices and pastes into the same bowl (salt, turmeric, chili powder, curry powder, ginger paste, etc...)
  3. Next, cut all the vegetables into big chunks and add them into the same bowl.  Then, put the measured oil in the mixture. 
  4. Fourth, mix thoroughly for 2-5 minutes. Marinate the mixture for two hours.
  5. Fifth, preheat the oven to 375 degrees fahrenheit.
  6. Sixth, put foil on an oven plate and drizzle oil on it.
  7. Seventh, bake for 40 minutes. But, while it is cooking, mix the vegetables around, so it can be crisp.
  8. Let the vegetables cool for 5 minutes.
  9. If you want, put the cottage cheese and vegetables on a stick and...
ENJOY!
A Crispy Mixture of Vegetables and Cottage Cheese
There are many other vegetables you can add to the vegetables like: carrots, sweet potatoes, mushrooms, or broccoli.


Friday, April 5, 2013

Blueberry Muffins

Everybody loves dessert, especially when it is low in calories. The blueberry muffin we will be making and delicious and healthy. This dessert is made with an alternative recipe. Instead of having lots of butter, sugar, and other unhealthy ingredients, these muffins have a good amount of everything. 
Food Facts: The blueberry muffins that we will be making today are a total of 150-250 (depending on size) calories. Other, store-bought muffins are usually 450-550 calories. This is why we are making homemade blueberry muffins. Let's begin!!

Ingredients
  • One cup of sugar
  • 1/2 cup of oil
  • Two eggs
  • One tablespoon of vanilla essence
  • One tablespoon of baking soda
  • 1/4 tablespoon of salt
  • Two cups of all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup of milk
  • Two cups of blueberries
  • Muffin oven tray 
Steps
Homemade fresh blueberry muffins
  1. First, preheat you oven to 375 degrees fahrenheit.
  2. Second, put the measured flour, baking soda, sugar, and salt in one big bowl. (Mix fully)
  3. Third, add milk, eggs, vanilla essence and oil into the same bowl and mix properly.
  4. Next, put blueberries into the muffin mix and mix.
  5. Then, apply oil onto the oven muffin cups.
  6. Sixth, pour 1/4-/1/2 cup of mix into each muffin cup.
  7. Seventh, bake for 15-20 minutes (or 20-25 minutes, if you have a bigger batch.
  8. Lastly, when the muffin are golden-brown, let them cool for 3-5 minutes and...
ENJOY!! See you next week!