shasta720@att.net asked:


I need a web site that is free for me to get meal recipes. So i can lead a better life. I would greatly appreciate it if you could get back to me ASAP. Thanks

ROBBY

Allison Merlino asked:


Cooking and Nutrition have been incredibly hot topics over the past couple of years. Other hot topics such as anti aging and fitness exercise are discussed in correlation with cooking and nutrition on a regular basis. At the same time the rise in Cooking Television Shows has been exponential. This craze has resulted in a cooking channel! A channel devoted to a plethora of cooking shows! These television shows often have associated websites where their recipes are cataloged and made available.

Technology has allowed us access to these websites and recipes at a moments notice but in order to organize and keep your favorites on hand it may be necessary to create a file or use a software package. I have researched and will offer a review of a few software products that I recommend. These products will allow you to import, catalog and print your recipes in a variety of convenient formats.

1. MasterCook Deluxe 9.0 by ValuSoft

Product Features

• Meal-planning software with 8,000+ recipes and 100s of international recipes

• Thorough search capabilities; expert nutritional analysis

• Professional tips, cooking for a crowd, and essential cooking techniques

• Enjoy 400 savory baking recipes with step-by-step instructions

• Print shopping lists for single recipes or entire menus, or download to PDA

2. Cook’n for Every Holiday by DVO Enterprises

This instructional computer software includes 582 recipes, recipe manager, menu planner, and more!

Product Features:

• Search thousands of recipes in seconds–just tell it what you have on hand

• Adjust recipe serving sizes automatically

• Demonstrate preparation techniques with video clips

• Display hundreds of full-color food photos

• Organize your own recipes

• Print your recipes on decorative 3×5 cards

• Create weekly menus

• Make grocery shopping lists

• Analyze the nutritional value of your recipes

Recipe Manager:

• Organizing your family recipe collection in the computer is easy with Cook’n. You already know how to put in your recipes, that’s because Cook’n’s recipe window looks just like a recipe card. And, “Quick-Fill” editing does much of the typing for you.

• Cook’n has simple cookbook-like chapters and categories that make it easy to find your recipes fast.

• Cook’n’s Recipe Manager makes entertaining a snap. Simply select the number of guests you will be serving and enter it into your favorite recipe. Cook’n calculates the new ingredient amounts for you.

Menu Planner:

• Build your own weekly and monthly menus

• Drag and drop meals to make your menus

• Combine recipes and food items to make complete meals. Then, drag and drop meals to make your own weekly or monthly menus.

Grocery Shopping Assistant

• Compiles your family’s shopping list automatically

• Organizes shopping list items by aisle

• Converts to package sizes (e.g., tablespoon tomato paste to 8 oz. cans)

• Calculates your grocery cost

Personal Home Nutritionist

• Analyze the nutritional elements of recipes and menus (even the ones you add!)

• Choose between brands to satisfy dietary needs

• Cook’n will analyze the nutritional value of any recipe or menu (even the ones you add!). Easy to read…Cook’n nutrition facts window looks just like the label on a can.

• Cook’n has nutrition facts from the labels of 10,000 food products. You can choose between different brands to see what the nutritional effect is.

• Now you can plan menus based on dietary needs and tastes. Prepare one delicious meal for the entire family.

3. Home Cookin: Recipe Software by Mountain Software

Product Features:

• Easy to Use Interface - Home Cooking uses a simple tabbed interface that is easy to operate while providing all the features you use most. You can create as many chapters as you wish. Home Cookin will keep everything sorted alphabetically so you can quickly browse through your collection, and find your favorites easily.

• Easy Recipe Entry

• Import and Export Capabilities - Thousands of free recipes can be found on web pages, newsgroups, and various mailing lists. You can easily add these to your collection by importing them into Home Cookin. Most standard formats are supported.

• Meal Planning - The meal calendar makes it easy to plan your upcoming meals. Locate your desired recipes, then add them to the calendar. Add personal notes if you plan on eating out, want to indicate a holiday, or to reference recipes in other cookbooks. When you are ready to prepare the meal, you can access the recipe quickly from the meal calendar.

• Grocery Management - The Home Cooking grocery manager will make quick work of preparing your grocery shopping lists. Start a new list, select the items you need, and print. A cost estimate is calculated as you select each item, so you’ll know ahead of time how much you’ll be spending on your groceries. The printed list is compact and sorted by store and location to make your shopping trip as easy as possible.

Websites provide us with recipes at a moments notice but in order to organize and keep them handy and get the most use of them it may be necessary to create a file or use a software package. I have provided a review of a few software products that I found to be of good quality. These products will allow you to import, analyze, catalog and print your recipes in a variety of convenient formats including a grocery list!



ROBIN

David asked:


For everyone who has ever stared at a package of chicken at four o’clock in the afternoon trying to figure out what to do with it for dinner, there is another option besides dousing it in bottled bbq sauce or lugging out the same old cookbooks. The option that is becoming increasingly popular with cooks everywhere is to turn to online recipes. By spending just a few minutes on sites like www.online-recipes.org, a cook can quickly find a way to make that chicken appealing.

As a matter of fact Nielsen’s NetRatings, determined that the most popular food related activity online is searching for recipes. Of all the people who shop online, at least 60% of them also use recipe sites to find online recipes. The trend is moving from cookbooks to online recipes. Many people have a computer nearby or in their kitchen and using it to find recipes is smart and convenient.

There are several benefits of using websites dedicated to online recipes for day to day cooking:

• There are thousands of recipes to choose from instead of just the few in a cookbook

• The recipes are often submitted to the sites by everyday cooks who use the recipes often, therefore its easy to find family friendly recipes - very important for the family cook staring at the chicken at four o’clock in the afternoon

• The recipes are free

• Many sites allow ratings and comments on the recipes that are submitted. Those who have tried the recipes can make comments and suggestions that are helpful when choosing a recipe

• Some sites for online recipes allow the user to search by ingredients - so if along with that chicken there are fresh mushrooms and scallions in the refrigerator also, a recipe can be found using all ingredients

• Some sites allow the number of servings a recipe produces to be adjusted and then the ingredients are automatically changed accordingly, something no cookbook could ever do

• In addition to recipes, sites for online recipes usually have cooking tips, food definitions (need to know what paella is?) cooking method explanations (how do you blanch a green bean?) and helpful information for amateur cooks

• Searching by categories such as Mexican, Kid Friendly, Diabetic, etc. is a feature many online sites have - searching in a category can save a lot of time

• Some sites have a shopping list feature - the ingredients for a recipe or several recipes can be listed and printed out to take to the store

In addition to getting day to day recipes from online recipe sites, these sites are very helpful when planning a special occasion meal. With the holidays quickly approaching, choosing to plan a meal using recipes found online can save a lot of time. www.online-recipes.org can help with this task. By searching for recipes for turkey, sweet potatoes, kugel, latkes, lasagna, fish, side dishes and more, an entire holiday meal of recipes can be found in a short period of time. A word of caution - new recipes should be tried once before serving them to guests. Nobody likes a dry kugel.

In addition to helping cooks find new recipes, these sites also allow home cooks to share their recipes with the world. There is a growing trend for cooks to put their recipes online, sharing generations old or new recipes with others. Many people who have been looking for a recipe just like their great-grandmother’s lost applesauce cake recipe now have a resource to find it or one that is at least very similar.



JASPER

Ralph Serpe asked:


Do you need easy Italian recipes that you can cook up fast that are delicious and inexpensive?

Below are three very simple Italian recipes that do not require much time to prepare and only use several ingredients that you may even have on hand.

This is the beauty of Italian cooking. You do not need a ton of ingredients to cook up a delicious meal.

The key with cooking great Italian food is to use fresh quality ingredients, like fresh herbs and fine olive oil. And the number one most important ingredient in any type of cooking is of course Love!

Enjoy and Buon Appetito!

EASY ITALIAN MARINARA SAUCE RECIPE

Here is a great recipe for marinara sauce using canned tomatoes. This marinara sauce is delicious over your favorite pasta, on top of pizza and over mussels and shrimp. The beauty of this sauce is that it can be used with a number of other recipes, so it’s a great starting point in Italian Cooking and it is very easy to make.

You can use either fresh or canned plum tomatoes for this recipe, however using fresh tomatoes requires more time and preparation, so I prefer to use canned. If you do plan on using fresh tomatoes, make certain the tomatoes are ripe and in season.

For the canned tomatoes, I prefer Rienzi brand tomatoes. I have tried a number of different brands of canned tomatoes and Rienzi has the best flavor amongst the supermarket brands, in my opinion.

Marinara Sauce Ingredients:

1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil

4 garlic cloves, peeled and chopped (More or less depending on how much you like garlic)

1 35 ounce can of whole plum tomatoes with liquid

Salt to taste

Crushed red pepper to taste (You can use black pepper if you wish)

10 - 12 fresh basil leaves , torn

1/2 teaspoon of dried oregano

Directions:

1) Open your can of tomatoes and crush them by hand into a bowl and set aside.

2) Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add your garlic to the oil and cook until soft and lightly browned. Be sure to watch the garlic to make sure it doesn’t burn.

4) Carefully add the tomatoes along with their liquid into the pan with the garlic and oil. Use caution when adding the tomatoes to the hot oil. The oil can splatter. Add the oregano.

5) Stir the mixture and bring to a boil. Season with a bit of salt and red or black pepper. Lower the heat so that the sauce is reduced to a simmer. Break up the tomatoes as it cooks with a spoon until your sauce is chunky. You want the sauce to simmer until thickened, about 20 - 25 minutes.

6) Add your fresh basil a few minutes before the sauce is done. Taste the sauce and add more salt or pepper if needed.

7) Serve over your favorite pasta.

EASY ITALIAN PESTO SAUCE RECIPE

Let’s learn how to make pesto sauce.

This is another very easy and delicious recipe that can be served over your favorite pasta, grilled chicken, mussels or as a topping for pizza. For those of you who want your basil pesto sauce without pine nuts, you can leave them out or substitute the pine nuts with walnuts.

For a nice variation on this recipe, try adding sundried tomatoes to the pesto mixture before blending for a delicious tomato pesto sauce.

This recipe should only be used as a guide. Not everyone has the same preferences. Some do not like a lot of garlic or olive oil flavor for example, so it is recommended that you experiment until you find the right recipe.

Pesto Sauce Ingredients:

4 cups fresh basil leaves

3/4 cup chopped walnuts or pine nuts (the nuts can be lightly toasted in a dry pan before blending for added flavor)

2 cloves garlic, peeled and chopped (more or less depending on your taste)

1/2 cup of grated Parmesan cheese

1/2 cup of extra virgin olive oil

salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

Add all ingredients to a food processor or blender except olive oil. Add a little oil at a time and process until sauce reaches desired consistency. Ready to serve in your favorite dish.

EASY PASTA WITH GARLIC, OIL AND FRESH HERBS

This is another quick and easy Italian recipe with only a few ingredients. It is important that you do not burn the garlic with this recipe otherwise it will become bitter.

Ingredients:

1 pound of spaghetti

3 - 4 garlic cloves chopped (more or less, depending on how much you like garlic)

1/2 cup reserved pasta water

1/4 Cup of Chopped Italian Flat Leaf Parsley

1/4 cup of chopped fresh basil leaves

6 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil

Salt to taste

A pinch of red pepper flakes (more or less depending on how spicy you like it)

Directions:

1) In a large pot, bring about 6 quarts of salted water to a rolling boil. Add the pasta and cook for about 6 - 8 minutes or until al dente. Drain but make sure you reserve about 1/2 cup of pasta water.

2) While the pasta is cooking, heat 4 tablespoons of olive oil over medium heat in a large skillet. Add the garlic and saute until light brown in color. Remember to pay close attention to the garlic to make sure it doesn’t burn. Remove from heat.

3) Stir in fresh herbs, red pepper flakes, and few tablespoons of the reserved pasta water. Mix until combined.

4) Transfer the drained pasta to a large serving bowl and mix in the remaining olive oil and pasta water.

5) Add the garlic and herb mixture into the pasta and mix well.

6) Taste and add salt and red pepper if desired.

7) Serve immediately. Top with grated cheese if desired.

There you have it. Three great easy Italian recipes that you can whip up in a flash and please everyone. I hope you enjoy these easy italian recipes. Happy Cooking!



ARMANDO

cindy j asked:


My mother is on a strict diet of low fat and sugar free, do you know of any good meal recipes with low fat and no sugar (she can have splenda, so any splenda recipes are fine)
Thank you, it is greatly appreciated

JEROME

Abhishek Agarwal asked:


Emeril Lagasse, the Professional Chef

Emeril’s famous phrase on his TV show is ‘kick it up a notch’. Food lovers around the world love him as a simple man who enjoys food and loves to share his recipes with all those who are interested in cooking. He

has a fund of recipes that he shares with everyone on his TV show.Those who would like to add to their recipes and everyone who loves to cook can go to Emeril’s TV show, which has a fund of the most delicious, tasty and mouth-watering recipes. Emeril does not go for low fat dishes - his dishes, apart from being flavorful and absolutely outstanding, are rich and irresistable. On his show, you will realize how much he enjoys cooking and loves good food.

Emeril’s Live Cooking Shows

Emeril enjoys interacting with people, so he has live shows in many locations, and people can see him and his cooking in person. If fortune favors you, he may come to your town and you might be able to be a guest

on his show and taste his excellent dishes.There may be reasons why you cannot watch his TV show - maybe it’s a

time factor, or work issues, in which case you can browse around book stores, and you will find his books with all his favorite recipes. They can also be found on the internet. As you go through the internet, you

will be able to get as many recipes as you wish, and if you are entertaining, what better way is there than to go on the internet and take your pick of his recipes.

As you go through Emeril’s recipes, you will find that he does not confine himself to any particular type of food. He covers a wide range of food, and adds his own personal touch - he likes flavor and spices, his

favorite phrase being ‘kick it up a notch’. He chooses appetizers, main courses, desserts and starters, and they are all worth trying and sampling if you get a chance to see him live.

Entertaining can be fun, and Emeril’s shows provide entertainment as well as the most mouth-watering recipes. He is a people person, and enjoys interacting with his guests while providing them with all the tips

necessary to make the recipe a huge success.There are any number of recipes to choose from, and your friends who are food lovers, may also be watching Emeril’s show. They may be able to give you some tips based on

his recipes, and you could both exchange notes, and perhaps try out some of his recipes together, as it’s always more fun doing exciting things together. This way, you can help each other and exchange ideas, and

maybe use your own techniques to produce a delightful and innovative dish.



CARLTON

drhammons65 asked:


low fat recipes and fat free recipes that have less than 5grams of fat and less than 400 calories

HOMER

me asked:


Hello. I really want some sugar free recipes for cookies cake browinies, ect but I still want them to have a good taste. I also want to know if anyone knows of any sugar free chocolates, candies ect that taste good that you can buy at a regular store.
I mean completely sugar free all these recipes so far have ingredients containg sugar like angel food cake, chocolate chips, graham crackers, ect.

TED

Mia Bilkins asked:


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MAX

tony e asked:


I am trying to publish a cooking book and I need more recipes ideas. Where can I go to get free recipes ideas that I can use in my book?

CYRIL