Thursday 4 December 2014

Favorite Recipe Using Alfredo Sauce Mix

I know you all had great holidays. Did you ever try  to make Alfredo sauce mix on your own or brought them from stores or have you ever found them in your nearby  grocery stores? If not then you should try it after all it saves your time in preparing recipes for dinner or breakfast. May be like me every day you also don’t have enough time to cook lunch or dinner meals from scratch. This alfredo sauce mix can be a great solution while making a delicious meal in short time. I had found this amazing Alfredo sauce mix while doing shopping for goods for the thanksgiving day. 

This sauce is extremely versatile and believe me, in my family everyone liked this lobster bisque when I cooked.

So, let’s cook this delicious and simple recipe lobster bisque where Alfredo sauce mix has been used.It is easy and quick because its cooking time is unbelievable only just 10 Mins which is equivalent to listening a favorite songs via Wi-Fi speakers


Ingredients:  
  • 1 Tbsp. I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!® Spread
  • 1/3 cup finely chopped celery
  • 1/3 cup finely chopped carrot
  • 1/3 cup finely chopped onion
  • 1/8 tsp. ground cayenne pepper
  • 1 Tbsp. tomato paste
  • 1/4 cup white wine [or dry sherry]
  • 4 cups chicken broth
  • 1 package Knorr® Alfredo sauce mix
  • 1 lb. fresh cooked lobster meat
  • 1/2 cup light cream

Method:
  1. Heat I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!® Spread in large saucepot over medium heat and cook vegetables and cayenne pepper, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are tender, about 5 minutes. 
  2. Stir in tomato paste and wine, cook 1 minute. Add broth and bring to boil over high heat. Reduce heat to low and simmer 10 minutes.
  3. Meanwhile, prepare Knorr® Alfredo sauce mix Knorr® according to package directions, using ½ cup light cream instead of milk.
  4. Stir prepared Alfredo Sauce into saucepot. Stir in lobster and heat through, about 2 minutes.


Hope this amazing French soup recipe will delight you like other soup recipes do. After reading this do not forget to share it with your friends so that they can get benefit of this delicious recipe using Alfredo sauce mix. 

Tuesday 30 September 2014

Soup Recipes - Serve with Love

In my family everyone loves soups very much as these are versatile and can be made using many different ingredients. In order to meet my family demands I generally spend most of my time looking for easy soup recipes. They can be served at different mealtime occasions and are perfect as starters or healthy snacks. Varied meat soups are there such as chicken, fish or vegetables which are being used as main ingredient and also served at dinner or lunch time.

Some soups such as fruit soups, iced melon soups are served as cold and are good for hot summer days as they are light and refreshing.Many different varieties of soups are there all over the world made with many different lovely ingredients, such as Italian Minestrone and Thai Chicken Noodle Soup.

These are quick and easy to make, as you just need to add a base of onion, celery, good quality stock with herbs or spices. A food processor or a blender is must at home as this saves your lot of time and energy for making the soup puree.

Let me discuss here about different soup recipes:



This recipe called a comforting and healthy autumn sweet potato and corn chowder one. It is perfect for most of the chilly evenings and is nice on chilly winter day. Autumn’s are about to arrive and there is a great chill in the air go for some great fall favorites such as this autumn corn chowder.    



This is another soup recipe which I love to make and serve hot. This is a warm and hearty chili made up of beef with two bean types using ancho that over medium heat. Simply let the beef brown on all sides in the vegetable oil.



This is my husband’s favorite. It is a savory soup which uses a garden glut and made with caramelized onions. It is a rich-tasting soup that melts-in-your-mouth onions. If you cook onions for a long time it actually makes its flavors to come out

    

Monday 8 September 2014

Vegetable Recipe – Gateway to Healthy Eating

Being a mom of two kids who are picky eaters it becomes quite tough for me to decide what to cook for them. For some unknown reason, children do not like to eat vegetables at all. They literally make faces when you serve them a vegetable dish. There are many ways to cook vegetables and make surprising recipes with them which can encourage your children to eat.

The key to it is just find creative ways in which vegetables are used to turn them haters to lovers.
In my earlier posts I have mentioned Sweet Potato Halwa – Vegan Indian Pudding 

This recipe is simple to make and can be prepared in just 10 minutes. It is enriched with potassium, calcium and other vital nutrients.Vegetables provide the necessary vitamins and minerals to everyone.

Let me discuss here one such vegetable recipe:

Broken Lasagna With Zucchini-Tomato Sauce



Total Time: 30 min   | Prep: 10 min   | Cook: 20 min  | Yield:4 servings   |  Level:Easy

Ingredients 
  • Kosher salt
  • 2 large zucchini (about 1 3/4 pounds), coarsely grated
  • 12 ounces lasagna noodles (not no-boil), broken into bite-size pieces
  • 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 2 cups cherry tomatoes (1 cup whole, 1 cup halved)
  • 1/2 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest
  • Freshly ground pepper
  • 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese, plus more for topping
  • 1 small bunch chives, cut into 1-inch pieces
Directions

1.Take a large pot of salted water and then boil it. Also, toss the zucchini with 1/2 teaspoon salt in a colander set over this large bowl. Let it stand for 10 minutes, gently squeeze out excess moisture from it.

2.Next add pasta to this boiling water and stir it to prevent it from sticking. Let it cook for about 12 minutes. Keep reserved 1/2 cup of the cooking water, then drain the pasta.

3.Temporarily, in a large skillet heat butter over medium-high flame. Now add the cherry tomatoes and let it cook for 4 minutes until blistered and slightly softened. Next stir in the zucchini and lemon zest and cook, also crush the tomatoes with a wooden spoon, till zucchini turns crisp-tender for about 4 minutes. Let it season with salt and pepper.

4.Finally transfer the zucchini-tomato mixture into a large bowl. Toss it with pasta and cheese. Stir in half of the chives and about 1/4 cup of the reserved cooking water, add more of it to loosen. Dash it with salt and pepper. Divide it among bowls and top with more cheese and the remaining chives.


I generally look for new vegetable recipes over the internet for my kids. This way I feed them with something new every day. Thanks to internet which has so many delicious recipes available. 

Tuesday 12 August 2014

Spinach Vegetable Quiche Recipe

Like other moms, my concern has always been what different and nutritious to cook for my kids. Growing children need protein, vitamins and minerals in their diet which helps in their overall brain and body development. My kids do not like to eat vegetables such as spinach, peas, and carrots at all. So I always try to use them in pizzas, pastas, noodles and rolls. But that cannot provide the entire nutrition of vegetables as in pastas and pizzas only small quantity of them is added. I always used to look for something wherein I can cook vegetables as the main ingredient. I came to know about vegetable quiche recipe which can be served as a light dinner, breakfast, brunch or lunch.

The origin of quiche is from Mexico. It is an open pie and anything like meat, cheese, vegetables such as tomato slices etc. can be used for garnishing purpose.


Monday 11 August 2014

Try this scrumptious & tempting chicken fried rice recipe

Chicken fried rice with its origin from Chinese is one of the most loved and extremely popular food found across the world. Actually it is not very difficult to make the fried rice and many other ingredients can be added to it. Fried rice can be made with other types of meat but chicken is usually the one which everyone likes.

This dish is made worldwide and each country has its own recipes and different methods of cooking it. One tip for making chicken fried rice dish is to use chilled rice. If freshly cooked rice is used it will not only give it a good texture but will make it tastier. Also another tip is that let the rice chill the whole night to let it get rid of excess moisture and make it firmer and hence less easy to separate. 

Monday 21 July 2014

Chicken Casserole Recipes with Chicken Breast

I have a confession to make here. I think I am in love with summers. I love everything about it- the beaches, the game days, backyard parties, beautiful colors etc. I love almost everything expect for the fact that I have to go to the kitchen and cook food for my family. I want a genie who can cook anything I want, without me leaving the sight of my couch.


But of course, that is not possible. All the ladies know that fact that we have to go and cook delicious food for our family. But we also know that we have some tricks under our sleeves which helps us in kitchen. 

Hence, my post is dedicated to all the busy mothers who have to cook food for their family. I will be sharing the collection of chicken casserole recipes  which I have collected over a period of time. Hope these chicken recipeswill save some of your time in the kitchen.

Baked chicken breast with bell peppers- if you are health conscious and does not like to eat anything fried than this recipe can be your perfect companion. You can also add some of the vegetables of your choice but bell peppers gives a complete balance to this dish which is required. This recipe is perfect for a weekday dinner because it is one pot as well as not too laborious. You can also adjust to the seasoning of the dish as per your taste, my family likes to eat this dish hot. To get the recipe of this dish, click here.






Green bean, potato chicken casserole- this dish has very straight metrics, 5 ingredients and 1 hour. Nothing more, nothing less until of course you want to complicate the easy going flavors. This dish is good for the people who hates to eat anything spicy and the addition of beans as well as apple makes it perfect for the kids. You can replace butter with margarine, if you desire because that will make the dish healthier. Click here to get the recipe of this dish.



Doritos Chicken Casserole Recipe- this is a Mexican dish and the flavors of this dish are amazing. I mean, I have learned this dish quite some time back and I never felt that there is a need to alter or perhaps experiment with the flavors because everything is just so perfect. You can cook this dish for lunch as well as for dinner and it takes about 40 minutes to cook including the prep time. As I said above, adjust to the hotness of this dish as per the preference of your family. To get this amazing recipe, click here.


These are just some of the chicken casserole recipes and I like these recipes because they are hassle free. I mean, you really do not have to do much and strain your utensils. These all are mostly one pot dishes which can be cooked easily.
Cook these dishes at your home and let me know what you feel about them.