Have you ever known exactly what you want to cook, but searched and searched through all of your cook books and had no luck finding that tender morsel that has been making your mouth water all day? Having to settle for something else is so disappointing, isn’t it? Or have you been to a restaurant and fell in love with a dish or a dessert, but don’t have the money to go there to enjoy it all the time? Well, I have got the answer for you, and that is internet cooking recipes!
You know all the advantages of computers and the internet by now, but let me run through them real quick just to emphasize my point. First it is paperless, you don’t have the clutter of cookbooks and cards and other random loose cooking recipes that you have collected over the years.
Second, the search is so much better than paging through each paper recipe, all you do is simply type a small description of what you are thinking and the computer spits out several cooking recipes that match your request. Other things are the incredible access that you gain when you have the internet at your disposal. You can get recipes from the chef’s themselves. You can get recipes from any country in the entire world directly. You can even find the secret recipes from the famous dishes at restaurants that you crave. Sounds like it is worth it to make the switch, doesn’t it? Even if it would cost you a little money!
Well, the cool part is that many if not most of the cooking recipes on the internet are free. You simply have to search on one of the main search engines, and you will get more options than you can handle sometimes. You can often download the text so that you can have it on your computer filed away in an organized fashion for the next time you feel like making that dish. Often, too, there is contact information for the person who posted the recipe on the internet for you to contact if you have a question about a certain ingredient or a change that you are thinking about making.
There are sites that if you pay a reasonable one time membership fee or a small monthly fee will allow you access to award-winning restaurant dishes and dishes from famous chef’s as well as popular international dishes that are translated into English for you. If you are serious about cooking, it is certainly worth checking out all the wonderful cooking recipes that are available to you.
Many cookbooks these days are long on dazzle and flash, and short on good recipes that we can instantly trust and love.
New York Times best-selling author Phyllis Spellman Good gives us recipes that include ingredients we already have on hand or can easily buy-recipes that are easy, foolproof and will make our families smile.
A good series of slow-cooker cookbooks, “Fix-It and Forget-It,” sold more than 6 million copies! Now, her new “Fix-It and Enjoy-It! Cookbook” (Good Books, $15.95) offers readers even more tried-and-true, welcome-home recipes for stove top and oven cooking.
A collection of more than 675 recipes submitted by at-home cooks from around the country, the “Fix-It and Enjoy-It! Cookbook” features mouthwatering favorites such as “10-Minute Meatloaf” and “Frozen Mocha Cheesecake.” Each recipe includes its prep and cooking times.
Here’s an appetizer recipe taken from the new book:-
Cheese and Shrimp Strudel
Makes 16-18 slices
1 half of a 17.25-ounce package (1 sheet) frozen puff pastry, thawed
11/2 cups (6 ounces) shredded Swiss cheese
1/2 cup sour cream
1/4 cup thinly sliced green onion
1 cup (4 ounces) cooked shrimp, chopped, or 4.5 ounces canned shrimp, rinsed, drained and chopped
1 egg, beaten
On a lightly floured surface, roll the thawed puff pastry to a 10″ x 18″ rectangle.
Place a rectangle of pastry on a lightly greased, large baking sheet.
In a medium-sized bowl, stir together cheese, sour cream, onion, shrimp and half the beaten egg (about 2 tablespoons).
Spread the mixture length-wise down half of the rectangle. Brush edges of pastry (using pastry brush) with some remaining beaten egg.
Carefully fold dough over the filling and seal edges with the tines of a fork. Brush top and sides of strudel with remaining egg.
Bake at 400 degrees for 20-25 minutes, or until golden brown.
Remove from oven and cool 20 minutes, before slicing. With a very sharp knife, slice slightly on the diagonal.
A cookbook with detailed directions, including prep and cooking times, can help even novice cooks navigate the kitchen with confidence.
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