Showing posts with label ingredients. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ingredients. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Ingredients 101

We posted a lot of recipes on the blog without even considering that some of you never cooked before.

For our recipes a lot of things are needed. Many times, I got discouraged while reading through Martha Stewart recipes.....  and gave up. We really want to avoid that feeling...

In order to help you. I thought it might be good to make a list of the necessary ingredients needed to cook. I promise I will not add fancy ingredients such as 4 spices from Tahiti that I saw in Stewart recipe. By the way where to find such ingredient?!!
 
Here is a list of the basic ingredients you need in your food pantry. 
Flour, sugar, oil, vinegar, soy sauce, salt, pepper. It's the basic!!!
In addition, it might be good to add nutmeg, curry powder, paprika, basil, rosemary, chili powder and cayenne pepper. Finally for the ones who like baking, we need baking powder, extract of vanilla bean, corn starch.

Next time you go to the grocery shopping buy what is missing from the list, then you'll handle every recipe.




Bon Appetit !!!!!

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

In the mood to cook!

What's more important than being in the mood to cook. If you drag yourself to the stove, whatever recipe or secret ingredients you have, you'll not enjoy yourself.

Now that you have the idea, ingredients,and time to make something good and tasty, it is the moment to turn the music on !!! Turn it loud !!
I can't make anything without an entertaining music.
As surprising as it seems there are playlists available online to cook. It'll put you in the mood and you'll enjoy the experience.
Here is one of my favorite. It is the secret why I love so much cooking!

 http://www.stereomood.com/activity/cooking%2Btime

Here is some others suggestions :
Rumba Como Quiera (Los Zafiros)
Ship Out On the Sea (The Be Good Tanyas)
Alpha Beta Gaga (Air)
Mi Swing Es Tropical (Nickodemus & Quantic featuring Tempo)
Aye Mama (Chief Osita Stephen Osadebe)
Cook of the House (Wings)
Aaj Mera Jee Kardaa (DJ BNX & Giraud Anthony - from Monsoon Wedding)
I Feel It All (Fiest)
Wadjo (Ex-Centric Sound System)
Cyrandeiro (Cyro Baptista)
Dawn of the Dead (Does It Offend You, Yeah?)
Lake Michigan (Rogue Wave)
Have fun, cook and dance !!!!