Cookbook Tips - Why you should create by your own

Most people have recipes that they have collected over the years and have put aside to use again at a later time.

These could be hand written, cut out of a magazine or ripped out of a newspaper. They are then put in a box or folder and this is put in a cupboard or drawer.

Some may even get lost. If you create a cookbook you can get all these recipes together and organize them in some way. You can then have this cookbook in the kitchen to make it easy and quick to find your favourite recipes.

You will then use them more often and they will not get lost or forgotten.

Most people have recipes that are family favorites. Recipes that they had as kids or learned from their parents or grandparents.

Maybe their own kids have favourite things they eat. When you create a cookbook and base it on family recipes, you can keep those recipes

alive and not have them lost to the family. You can collect recipes from all parts of the family and you can share them with all of the family.

You can add your own features to the cookbook as you add your recipes. You could add pictures of the food or of the region or area that the recipe comes from.

You may just want to add family pictures if that is what you would like in the book.

You could also add comments about the history of the dish or tips on how to make it that you have picked up over time.

You can also choose a cover to make it more appealing.

It is a popular way to raise funds for many groups or organisations. Particularly in these modern, electronic times.

You could create a cookbook based on a theme of the organisation, getting recipes from members, and then sell them to raise money. It may

be home cooked meals, budget meals or an ethnic theme.

A cookbook is something that nearly all people enjoy. A personal cookbook as a gift will be appreciated for what is in it and for the thought that goes with it.

You could match the recipes to the recipient or you could share your recipes with them.

You could also make it a mixture of both. As they say, it is the thought that counts.

If you create a cookbook you create a unique thing that may reflect your tastes.

You can fill it with your favorites and find them quickly when you need them. You can also give it away as a personal or family gift, having made it suit the people you give it to.

Coconut Pasta and Shrimp

1 (12- to 16-ounce) package vermicelli pasta

1 package pre-breaded shrimp (18 to 24)

4 tablespoons butter

1 (12- to 16-ounce) can cream of coconut

1 (12-ounce) can evaporated milk

1/4 cup cornstarch

Cook pasta and shrimp per directions on packages. While they are cooking, melt 4 tablespoons butter in a small skillet. Add cream of coconut and bring to a light boil. Stir in about 1/2 can evaporated milk and bring back to a light boil. Stir in cornstarch and cook until thickened. Add additional evaporated milk to thin, if needed. Stir 1/2 coconut sauce into cooked and drained pasta. Place a serving of pasta on each plate, top with 3 to 4 shrimp, and serve additional coconut sauce on the side for dipping shrimp. Serves 4.

Easy Cake Recipes - Layered Coconut Sour Cream Cake

First take following things,

2 cups sugar

1 white cake mix

1 (16-ounce) carton sour cream

12 ounces coconut

12 ounces whipped topping

Make 2 (8-inch) cake layers using the package directions. When completely cool, split each layer to create four layers. Combine sugar and sour cream; add coconut and mix well. Reserve one cup sour cream mixture and spread the rest (in thirds) between the cake layers. Combine reserved sour cream mixture with whipped topping and frost cake. May be served immediately, but I highly recommend placing in an airtight container and refrigerating 3 days before serving.

Note: If you have only a yellow cake mix, that will work also. At Christmas, I take cup coconut and add red food coloring to half and green food coloring to half and sprinkle both over the top of the cake for a delightfully festive look.

Healthy Tomato Juice Recipes

Add okra to your tomato juice recipes and see the tremendous effect to your health.

Now why we have to add it in tomoto juice?

(1) It can stabilize blood sugar by curbing the rate in which sugar can be absorbed in the intestinal tract.
(2) It also has the ability to help the heart become healthy
(3) It binds cholesterol and bile acid and helps it pass through the liver in order to get eliminated in the body.
(4) It can help a person reduce the chances of depression, weakness and exhaustion.
(5) It is also good for sore throat, irritable bowel syndrome and is also rich in Vitamin C and has high anti-oxidant properties.
(6) It can help reduce the chances of forming cancer cells in the body.


Okra and Tomato Juice Recipes

This recipe can be prepared easily and is best to be given during hospitalization as substitute for carbonated drinks and caffeine and is a drink

designed for patients who are suffering from heart problems, high cholesterol, diabetes and other problems in the gastrointestinal tract.
What you need for this -
5 Tablespoon vegetable oil/ olive oil
1 celery rib, make sure to slice it in thin strips
1/2 onion, slice in thin strips
1 jalapeño chilli, seeded, sliced thin (You can remove the jalapeno chilli if you are suffering from ulcer and hyperacidity
3 garlic cloves, sliced thin
1 tablespoon tomato paste
2 Tablespoon red wine vinegar
1 1/2 cups chicken or vegetable
1 teaspoon minced fresh rosemary (rosemary adds fragrance and additional taste)
1/2 to 3/4 pound fresh okra
5 plum tomatoes, diced
Salt and pepper

Let's cook -

1. Make sure the pan is well heated before adding 3 tablespoons of the vegetable oil or olive oil, use a large sauté pan, shallow pot and choose

medium-high heat. When the oil is already hot, sauté the onion, together with the jalapeno chilli and celery for about 2 to 3 minutes, stir twice.

Add the garlic and sauté for another two minutes.

2. Mix the tomato paste, broth and vinegar and stir them together, bring it to a boil and then add rosemary and a pinch of salt.

3. While the sauce is still boiling, slice the okra into diagonal pieces.

4. Use another pan and use high heat for two minutes. Add the oil and make sure to get it really hot. Add the okra and spread it out in one

layer in the pan. Let the okra get brown for a minute. Do this for 2 to 3 minutes.

5. After the okra is done, add the sauce, dice the tomatoes, reduce the heat, cook for 5 minutes and be exact about this. This dish must never

be overcooked, use grinded black pepper and salt, and add according to taste and serve this dish with rice.