A Delicious Thailand Snacks - Peanuts Nori Wasabi

Koh Kae is the brand name of a popular peanut snack in Thailand, which are peanuts covered with a crunchy shell; originally the coating was only a coconut cream flavor, but there is now a range of flavors. Koh Kae is sold in cylindrical cans in a variety of sizes. They are also exported to United States of America, United Kingdom, Australia, Germany and other countries where they have also been very popular. They are similar to the Borrelnootje from Holland and the Australian product Tuff Nuts.

If you want to have a taste that unprecedented impact, believe me, this Peanuts Nori Wahhabi Coated is a right and excitingly choice!

It also not expensive that will cost £2.5 and easy to buy some web side (e.g. ebay) and Chinese market sell it.

Pastel de nata

Country of country - Portugal

Time - 30 minutes

Cost - under 5 pounds

Pastel de nata is a delicious dessert for the afternoon tea, by the easy cooking, you can share the nata with your friends.

Please clink the link below for the recipe:
http://leitesculinaria.com/7759/recipes-portuguese-custard-tarts-pasteis-de-nata.html

What 200 calories looks like in various dishes

The average woman has to eat about 200 calories a day for a healthy diet, for men this is even higher: about 2500 calories. For all of you wondering how much that actually is, here are various dishes displaying what 200 calories look like!

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Creamy pasta with salmon

Country of origin - Worldwide

Time - less than 30 minutes

Budget - under £10

Creamy pasta with salmon is an easy to cook, healthy and tasty supper. Salmon is an essential dish for everyone that's doing sport, full of Omega 3!

For the recipe, click here!

Ice Cream 

Country of origin - worldwide

Time - 20 minutes

Cost - under 5 pounds

Do you like ice cream? Of course, we all like it, but we almost buy ice cream in supermarkets or ice cream stores, why don't try to make it by ourselves? 

Here is the recipe for ice cream, try it now. 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/ice_cream

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Fried Rice

Country of origin - China

Time - 10 minutes

Cost - under 3 pounds

Fried Rice is a quick and easy meal but taste great, especially for people who have no enough time to have a regular meal.Here is the basic recipe for Fried Rice:
http://chinesefood.about.com/od/ricefried/r/basicfriedrice.htm

The NUTELLA pizza !

Country of Origin: Italia
 
Total Time: 25 mins

 Cost: Under £5


As we all know , our weakness speaking about food ,it is the nutella !

here we go, a foodie dessert to share out



Preparation time: 10 minutes

  Cooking time: 15 minutes

ingredients:

- 1 pizza dough
- Nutella
- Banana, almonds, etc..

Nothing could be easier

Preparation :

Spread pizza dough generously of Nutella, leaving a margin of 2 to 2.5 cm from the edges.

Garnish as desired with banana slices, slivered almonds ...

Fold the dough in half and weld the edges making patterns.

Place in oven until dough is golden brown at 180 ° C (gas mark 6) for about 15 min.

Warm and enjoy!


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The Chuck's Super Burgers

Country of Origine : USA

Total time : 25 minutes

Cost : £8

Yield: 4-6


Ingredients

Ranch Dressing :
1/3 cup mayonnaise (80 ml)
1/3 cup sour cream (80 ml)
Juice of half a lemon
1 tablespoon honey (15 ml)
1 small garlic clove, very finely chopped
1 scallion, minced
Coarse salt and ground pepper

Patties:
1 pound of medium fat ground beef (450 g)
1 pound of ground veal (450 g)
1 small onion, diced
1 clove of garlic, minced
1 tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce (15 ml)
1/4 cup of ranch dressing (60 ml)
1 tablespoon of capers, minced (15 ml)
1/2 teaspoon of chili flakes (2 ml)
1/2 cup of raclette cheese, cubed (125 ml)
1 tablespoon of vegetable oil for frying
6 slices of raclette cheese

Toppings:
6 hamburger buns, warmed
6 slices of good quality bacon
2 large onions, sliced
1/2 head of iceberg lettuce
1 tomato, sliced
Ranch dressing, relish, ketchup, mustard to garnish

Directions:

Ranch Dressing
1)In a medium bowl, whisk together all the ingredients. Season with salt and pepper. Set aside.


Patties :

1)Preheat oven at 350 F (180 C).

2)For the patties combine all ingredients except for the cheese in a large bowl and mix well with hands until blended thoroughly.
 Form palm shaped patties placing 2 to 3 pieces of cubed cheese in the center of every patty so that they are entirely covered and in the center of each hamburger patty.
 In a large pan heat vegetable oil on high.
Sear both sides of the patties, about 2 minutes until brown.
Top with the slices of cheese.
Continue cooking in the oven for about 10 minutes, or until the cheese melts from the center of the patty.

3)Place on warmed buns and assemble with the toppings.

Toppings

Heat a pan on medium and let warm up. Add bacon and cook until slightly crispy, about 5 minutes. Remove from pan and set aside on paper towel to drain some of the excess oil. In the same pan, add slices of onion and let cook until caramelized, on medium heat about 20 minutes. Remove and add to the burgers along with bacon, lettuce, tomato and Ranch dressing.

Serve and enjoy

Note: The Ranch dressing keeps for 3 days in an airtight container.

Celebrity recipes - are they actually healthy?

Just read this article, I thought it was too good not to share! See below.

One thing that always annoys me about watching cooking shows is that the chef never seems to pay any attention to nutritional guidelines. I've seen countless shows where the chef has added enough salt to their food to give most people a heart attack!

Another big issue I have is when it comes to protein content. I like to keep fit so I need to keep my protein content up! Far too many chefs plate up a pile of carbs and pass this off as a full meal! Well you're not going to be getting two tickets to the gun show eating that!

This is just my opinion and I think I'm starting to rant, but what do you think? Sound off in the comments!
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/tv-chef-cook-book-meals-are-less-healthy-than-ready-meals-8423190.html

What not to cook naked

This is a really common sense article (click the link). And I know loads of you are now thinking "James, if it's so common sense then why are you posting it?"

Well it'll keep you on your toes if nothing else!
http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2013/02/21/what-not-to-cook-naked/

Bitchin' Kitchen Mediterranean Stew

Country of origin - Somewhere in the med

Time - 1 hour

Cost - £5

Wow what a recipe! Not only is this meal super cheap, so that's the budget sorted, it's seriously healthy to with all the vegetables. It's also really easy to make you basically chop everything up and stick it in a pot.

Here is my attempt

Here is the recipe http://www.foodnetwork.ca/recipes/recipe.html?dishid=10941
I will be making some more Bitchin' Kitchen recipes soon. So watch this space.

If you have any recipes for me to try then don't forget to comment!

Taco Bell Quesadillas

Taco is a traditional Mexican dish that is easy to cook and delicious.

 Country of Origin: Mexico

 Total Time: 25 mins

 Cost: Under £5

 Tips: You can add other kinds of ingredients depends on your taste.


No nonsense, here is the link... Hope you can make a brilliant taco...

http://www.food.com/recipe/taco-bell-quesadillas-78194

ENJOY
Neal.

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Spanish Omelette

Country of origin - Spain

Time - 40 minutes (mostly for the potatoes!)

Cost - £5

The ultimately budget/student recipe. Not only are Spanish Omelettes a very cheap recipe they are also packed with protein. Plus if you use cooked potatoes then you only need 10 minutes cooking time.

Here is the recipe http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2738/real-spanish-omelette. Provecho!

Traditional Chinese Food--Zongzi

Origin of country - China

Time - 90 minutes

Cost - under 3 pounds (But normaly more than one)


Zongzi (Chinese: 粽子) is a traditional Chinese food made of glutinous rice, stuffed with different fillings, and wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves. It is the most popular food of the Dragon Boat Festival. Zongzi is steamed or boiled. When chinese people talk about Zongzi the most famous person be mentioned is Qu Yuan and it's also the Origins of Zongzi. Zongzi are traditionally eaten during the Dragon Boat Festival, which falls on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar (approximately late-May to mid-June), commemorating the death of Qu Yuan, a famous Chinese poet from the kingdom of Chu who lived during the Warring States period. Known for his patriotism, Qu Yuan tried unsuccessfully to warn his king and countrymen against the expansionism of their Qin neighbors. When the Qin general Bai Qi took Yingdu, the Chu capital, in 278 BC, Qu Yuan's grief was so intense that he drowned himself in the Miluo river after penning the Lament for Ying. According to legend, packets of rice were thrown into the river to prevent the fish from eating the poet's body.

If you like to try it, please click: http://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/festivals/zongzi.htm

Shredded Pork with Garlic Sauce

Origin of country - China

Time - 15 minutes

Cost - under 10 pounds

Shredded Pork with Garlic Sauce is one of the chinese traditional food, it taste a little spicy but very delicious. There are many different ways to cook Shredded Pork with Garlic Sauce, today I will introduce one of the recipes to cook it.

Click the link below for recipe:
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Shredded-Pork-with-Garlic-Sauce-237523


   

Chinese fried rice recipe

Most chinese people like to eat rice, but only rice is not enough. Consequently, our ancestors invented delicious Chinese fried rice that is enough for lunch.

Country of origin: China

Cost: Under £3

Time: approximately 30 mins

Personal Tips: you can add some ingredients without the recipe depends on your taste, such as ham, chopped carrot and so on.

I always make some fried rice to eat in the UK when I missed my hometown, and if you have no time to make some dishes fried rice is one of the best ways to make food. The link below is the recipe, hope you can make your own Chinese fried rice. Enjoy!!!

http://www.indianfoodforever.com/indo-chinese/veg-fried-rice.html

Griddled Honey Pork

Country of origin - China

Time - 40 minutes

Cost £10-£15 that is mostly for the meat, there's also quite a few ingredients

This may be the greatest recipe I have ever cooked. It's such a tasty dish I would recommend it alot. It's still pretty cheap to so I'd still class it as budget cooking. Definitely a meal to make if you're trying to impress some one. Here is my attempt....

Here is the recipe. Enjoy!
http://www.redonline.co.uk/food/recipes/griddled-honey-yellow-bean-pork

Udon

Country of origin - Japan

Time - 20 minutes

Cost - under 10 pounds
 
Udon is the Japanese noodle, it cooks easy but tastes delicious. I alway eat udon in Japanese restaurant. Today I find a recipe about how to cook udon, let's do it by ourselves.

recipe link:
http://justonecookbook.com/blog/recipes/kitsune-udon/

Belgian Waffles

Country of origin - Belgium

Time - 20 minutes

Cost - £5

Belgian waffles are a typical Belgian dish with international fame. Belgian waffles are served as breakfast, snack or dessert. They are served warm, with powder sugar and possibly with whipped cream or ice cream. Bon appetit!

For the recipe, click here!

South Korea: Dolsot Bibimbap

Country of origin - South Korea

Time - 20minutes

Cost - £10-£15

South Korea: Dolsot Bibimbap is a traditional and famous food of the world. It's Healthy and Eco-friendly. However, it's not expensive as other healthy food that less £12 for 4 people.Come on, make your healthy fashion food!

Ingredients (for 4 people)

-  4 cups (about 800 grams) of cooked rice
- 4 Eggs
- 1 lbs (about  400 grams) of minced tenderloin beef (or ground)
- 2 bunches of spinach
- 1 carrot
- 1 zucchini
- 1/2 lb (about 200 grams) of mushrooms (preferably shiitake)
- 1/2 lb (about 200 grams) of soybean sprouts
-  A few broccoli florets
- 1 small onion, chopped
- Garlic
- Toasted sesame seeds
- Cooking wine
- Sesame oil
- Rice vinegar
- Sugar
-  Soy sauce
- Gochujang sauce
- Salt, pepper

If you like to try new food that famous in other country, click the web side:

http://www.196flavors.com/2012/11/04/south-korea-dolsot-bibimbap/

Fresh Fruit Platter

Country of origin - worldwide

Time - 15 minutes

Cost - under 10 pround

If you prepare a party at home and want to make a beautiful fresh fruit platter, please clik the link below for recipe
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/fresh-fruit-platter-recipe/index.html

Kung Pao Chicken

Kung Pao Chicken has globally became one of the most popular Chinese dishes, because it  is really delicious. This dish comes from Sichuan Cooking that is significantly famous in China. We can see this dish from the pictures below.

Country of origin: China (Sichuan Province)

Cost: under £5

Time: under 30 mins

Tips: best eat with rice (You can see from the pics)

If you are interested in cooking this delicious Chinese dishes, you can start to do it yourself follow the recipe of the link below.

http://chinese.food.com/recipe/kung-pao-chicken-40339

Finally, hope you can do it!!!

High Tea - Scones 2

Country of origin - England

Time - 25 minutes

Cost - under £5

I know I've already posted about scones, but I've been attempting to perfect them, and I'm proud of my latest batch! I made a slight change to the recipe and along with the butter milk I added a dash of regular milk which made the dough easier to mix and seems to have made the scones a little fluffier on the inside to. I also bought a cookie cutter so they look a bit prettier to. Enjoy.

Here is the link again
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/buttermilk_scones_99091

Prawn Sushi with Pickled Cucumber

The delicate of Japanese food is the most famous element in the world. But Sushi is easy to cook, and it is very delicious.

Each Sushi cost less £1.5 (It's depends on you, If you use other material)

Normal food material: Germany pickled cucumber, rice, sea sedge, sausage, prawns, wasabi paste and soy sauce.

If you would like to make Prawn Sushi with Pickled Cucumber, click the link below to start

http://www.donnahay.com.au/recipes/prawn-sushi-with-pickled-cucumber

Chocolate and Nut Brownie

Look this dessert, do you want it?

It is so easy to cook that everyone can make it in 45 minutes.

Cost: much lower than shops.

Country of origin - Britain

Tips: Do not make a lot, this is dessert that is .




If you would like to make DIY Chocolate and Nut Brownies, click the link below to start...
http://www.foodnetwork.co.uk/recipes/chocolate-and-nut-brownie.html

Omelette

Country of origin - Worldwide

Time - 15 minutes

Cost - Under £5

An omelette is an egg dish that is cooked in butter or oil with a frying pan. Sometimes it is filled with cheese, vegetables, meat or a combination of these. An omelette is a very easy and quick to prepare dish that is very nutrious as well.

Delicious Chinese tea eggs

Tea eggs, also called marbled eggs, are distinctive looking and easy to make. Serve them as a snack or with a dim sum lunch, for breakfast Easter morning or during the Chinese New Year season.

These eggs are tea eggs.

Cook time: 2 hours

Cost: under £5.

Ingredients: 6 eggs , 3.5 cups cold water or as needed, 1 teaspoon salt, 2 tablespoons soy sauce, 0.5 cup brewed black tea, 2 star anise, broken into individual pieces and 1 cinnamon stick.

Tips: (You can put more eggs with more other ingredients)

Preparation: 

place the eggs in a saucepan with the water, making sure that there is at least 0.5 inch of water above the eggs. Cover and bring to a rolling boil. Remove the saucepan from the element and let the eggs stand in the hot water for 15-20 minutes, until they are cooked. Remover the eggs and run them under cold running water to cool (Reserve the water in the pan).

Tap the hard-boiled eggs gently with the back of a spoon, to make a series of cracks all over the eggshells, while making sure the shell remains intact (if the shell does come off, do not worry- it just means that egg will have a darker color than the others).

Bring the water in the pan back to a boil. Add the salt, soy sauce, brewed black tea, star anise pieces, and the cinnamon stick. Add the eggs. Simmer, stirring occasionally, for 2 hours. Turn off the heat and let the eggs sit in the hot liquid until ready to serve. Serves 6.

Nutritional Breakdown: 6 servings

Each serving contains: Calories 91, 4g Carbohydrates (1 percent of daily total, based on a 2,000 calorie diet), 7g Protein, 5g total fat, 2g Saturated fat, 212 mg Cholesterol, 2g Fibre and 774 mg Sodium.

Most chinese people like this kind of eggs because this is easy to cook and with salty tea flavor. Believe me that it is really delicious. Finally, hope this can help you know more about Chinese food and if you have any questions about Chinese food just comment this blog.

Neal

Pancakes

Country of origin - Global

Time - 25 minutes

Cost - under £5

As it's pancake day, this wouldn't be a very good blog if we didn't cover pancakes. They taste great even if they aren't the healthiest food, but as some of you will be giving something up for lent then I think you can justify having them. Here is a link to a pancake recipe, remember you can top your pancakes with whatever you want!
http://britishfood.about.com/od/pancakeday/r/pancakes.htm

Minced Pork Congee with Preserved Egg

Country of origin - China

Time - 90 minutes

Cost - under 5 pounds

British people like toast, fried egg, milk, bacon for their breakfast, but in china, most of people like porridge for their breakfast. Porridge in china is also cooked in different ways and different flavors.Today I want to introduce my favourite porridge - Minced Pork Congee with Preserved Egg

For the recipe click here!

Fajitas

Country of origin - Mexico

Time - 25 minutes

Budget - under £5

Fajitas is a traditional Mexican dish. You can prepare the fajitas with strips of grilled meat, fish or poultry. A good fajita is probably one of the simplest, yet tastiest, dish that one can prepare. Fajitas can be heavy or light, healthy and nutritious.
Combinations for a good fajita are only restricted bij imagination. The possible combinations are enormous.

For the recipe click here!

Salty cake - goats cheese, bacon dices and tomatoes

Country of origin - France

Time - 45 minutes

Cost - £7,5

One on the famous dish as we call it back in France "grandma's recipe"

easy to cook, recquire only 20 minutes to prepare .

You can also replace the tomatoes by cucumber.

As a tip, you can all find them at a rock-bottom price in a Aldi store.

-Preheat the oven th 6 (180 ° C).

-In a bowl, mix the flour and baking powder, add the eggs and oil and whisk in the milk.

-Cut tomatoes into cubes, removing the seeds and goat cheese.

-Add to preparation. Add salt and pepper and mix.

-Fry the bacon in the pan 5 minutes.

-Add them to the cake batter with the chosen's herb.

-Pour into a greased loaf pan, bake 45 min.

-Watch the end of cooking. If necessary, cover with aluminum paper.

-Check the cooking with a dry knife

 

Ideal as a starter,with a salad or pre-dinner drink.

 Leave to cool then reheat before serving.

 

                                                   

Red Bean Soup

Country of origin - China

Time - 90 minutes

Cost - under £5

Red Bean Soup is one of the traditional soup in china and  it tastes a little sweet. In my family, my mother always cook it for me because she said this soup is good for people to enrich the blood. Now I am missing this soup, so I cooked it by myself on weekend. LOOK,  this is my opus, if you want to try it ,please click the link below for the recipe.

http://chinesefood.about.com/od/chinesesouprecipes/r/redbeansoup.htm

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Chicken Fried Rice

Country of origin - China

Time - 15 minutes (I used cooked chicken, would be slightly longer if you had to fry the chicken to.)

Cost - £5-£10 (Most of that is the chicken!!!!!)

As a tribute to Chinese New Year and being one of my favourite dishes ever! 
This is from my own recipe. Here are the instructions...
1.Boil your rice and peas seperately
2. Fry your onions and mushrooms together. 
3. Add your rice to your frying pan for 5 minutes, then add a beaten egg and stir everything together with your chicken.
4. Enjoy.
Very easy and very tasty.

High Tea - Scones

Country of origin - England

Time - 25 minutes

Cost - under £5

With plenty of inspiration from Nigela Lawson and some patriotism from the England Rugby team, here is my second attempt at making scones. It's a very simple recipe, only takes 25 minutes(ish). Not very healthy I know, but it's proof that men can bake! Please click on the link below for the recipe.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/buttermilk_scones_99091