Home-Made Non-Alcoholic and Delicious Cocktails...

Holidays are a great time for families and friends to get together to celebrate. Unfortunately, more and more families are affected by alcohol abuse these days. Rather than just offering alcoholic beverages, try one or more of these home-made non-alcoholic and delicious cocktails. Peach Julius (Makes one serving) Ingredients: 1 cup frozen or fresh peach juice 2 ounces milk (whatever percentage you prefer) 1 teaspoon...

Mexican Food Your Kids Will Love...

The increased number of Mexican people in the country has seen an increase in Mexican restaurants. Perhaps your family has one particular restaurant they like to visit. You can make some Mexican food your kids will love by using some of these recipes. Tacos One of the most popular Mexican dishes is tacos. Home-made tacos are easy to make with spiced ground beef, fresh vegetables, and cheese. What’s not to love? To...

Three Super-Easy Slow Cooking Recipes...

Slow cookers, or crock pots, are wonderful tools in any home kitchen. Not only do they allow you to make a wonderful meal, you don’t even have to be present the entire time it’s cooking! You may want to try one of these three super-easy slow cooking recipes if you’ve never used a slow cooker before. One meal commonly prepared in a slow cooker is pot roast. While this meal is often traditionally prepared in...

Chilli Popcorn Movie Snack...

Ingredients: 2 tbsp vegetable oil 1 cup popping corn 6 tbsp butter 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper 1/2 tsp hot paprika 1 tsp salt Method: In a large, heavy saucepan heat the oil, add the popcorn, cover and cook until corn stops popping. Arrange popcorn in a serving bowl. Meanwhile, melt the butter in the saucepan, stir in cayenne pepper, paprika and salt and pour over popcorn. Mix well and enjoy this snack with the whole family...

Nutty Broccoli Chicken Stir Fry...

Ingredients: 1 tbsp soy sauce 2 tsp rice vinegar or white wine vinegar Juice of 1 small orange (or freshly pressed orange juice) 1 tsp brown sugar 2 tsp cornflour 2 tbsp vegetable oil 3oz unsalted cashew nuts 1 medium onion, thinly sliced 1 large skinless, boneless chicken breast, cut into bite-size pieces 9 oz small broccoli florets 1 red bell pepper, cored and thinly sliced 5 oz sugar peas In a wok heat the oil and add...

Children’s Favorite Turkey Burgers...

Ingredients: 2 tbsp olive oil 1 large onion, finely chopped 2 garlic cloves, crushed 3 oz oats 1lb ground turkey 4 oz dried apricots, finely chopped 1 large carrot, grated 1 egg, slightly beaten Method: Preheat oven to 400?F. In a frying pan, heat 1 tbsp of oil, then saut? onions until translucent. Add the garlic and saut? for another minute, then add oats and fry for another few minutes. Pour into a bowl and set...

Creamy Three Fruit Salad...

If your like me getting healthy stuff in your little ones isn’t always the easiest thing to do. Yes this does have some sugar the way I tend to look at getting them to eat fruits and veggies is yes dips and some sauces have some sugar in them however it does not remove the vitamins and minerals that they contain. So for me its ok as long as its a treat and the rest of the meals and snacks are less in the bad stuff. This...

Starting the Day With Oatmeal...

Did you know that, oatmeal is one of the easiest and most nutritious breakfasts you can make. If you can boil water or have a microwave oven, you can certainly make oatmeal within minutes. Here are a few tips on how to make oatmeal. The next time you shop at your local supermarket, take a look at the different kinds of oatmeal available. You will find boxes of regular and flavored oatmeal. If you choose a box, it...