Sometimes when you do your best spending hours in a fitness club to lose weight and improve your body shape, the result is not worth the effort. You are still in the same form or even have put on 4 or 5 pounds. Why does this happen? Many experts divide a female body into 4 […]
6 Ultimate Protein Sources for Those Who Are on a Vegan Diet
One of the reasons people choose to be vegetarians is their desire to improve their health by staying away from the toxins in pre-processed food, including meat dishes. A vegan diet is rich in fiber, vitamins and antioxidants, it lets you eat enough carbs and does not actually limit fat intake. The only question that […]
2 Irresistible Guacamole Recipes
You don’t need to be a cook to please yourself with the masterpiece of Mexican cuisine – real-deal guacamole! Select the properly ripe avocados (the ones that not too hard and not too soft on pressing), add a pinch of salt, cilantro, onion, don’t forget some chile, a drop of lemon juice and a secret […]
Juicy Beef Stew Recipe
Beef Stew Recipe
2016-12-13 11:20:18
Take your time to prepare a beef stew – it will take quite long (be patient!) but the result is definitely worth the effort. Minutes into cooking, you will smell the delicious meat with vegetables and soon all the members of your family will gather in the kitchen waiting for the dinner to be ready.
Ingredients
- Beef 2 lb
- Flour 2 tbsp
- Olive oil
- Garlic cloves 2
- Stemmed celery 2
- Carrots 4
- Thyme
- Tomatoes 4
- Red wine ¾ cup
- Beef broth 500 ml
- Bay leaves 2
- Worcester sauce
- Salt
- Pepper
- Onion 1
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Instructions
- Heat the oven to 320°F.
- Peel the onion, carrots and garlic cloves. Slice the carrots, chop the onion and the garlic, coarsely chop the celery.
- Dice the meat, roll it in flour and leave it for a while.
- Fry the meat in a big stew-pan with some olive oil for 5 minutes until it gets a brown crust. Put the meat into a bowl.
- Pour some more oil into the pan and fry the vegetables with thyme for 10-15 minutes until they are soft.
- Put the meat back into the stew-pan and add peeled and sliced tomatoes and wine. Wait for a few minutes and pour the broth (or water), bay leaves and some worcester sauce.
- Add some salt and pepper and leave the mixture in the oven for 3-4 hours. The meat should become very soft.
- Serve the stew with mashed potatoes. A glass of red wine will also pair with it perfectly!
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How to Get Into the Christmas Spirit: Step-by-Step Tutorial
Christmas is right around the corner, but it looks like the true Christmas spirit is nowhere to be found! Why is there no Christmas feeling, no sweet anticipation, no magic, just nothing at all? Maybe, there is really nothing special about this winter holiday? No, no, no! You’ve just lost your Christmas spirit somewhere. Let’s […]
Easy Italian Meatball Recipe
Meatball Recipe
2016-12-09 13:03:28
Pizza and pasta are the most popular Italian meals that almost everyone can cook. But did you know that Italian meatballs can be made even easier? Follow these 8 steps and you will get a delicious dinner for your family or friends!
Ingredients
- Minced beef 1 lb
- Garlic cloves 2
- Onion 1
- Egg 1
- Oregano dried 1 tsp
- Fresh parsley 1 tuft
- Parmesan cheese 2 tbsp
- Fresh bread crumbs 4 tbsp
- Canned peeled tomatoes 1 lb
- Cream 100 ml
- Salt
- Pepper
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Instructions
- Mince an onion, parsley and garlic. Beat an egg. Put the minced meat in a bowl and mix it with onions, garlic, parsley, bread crumbs, parmesan, oregano and an egg. Add some salt and pepper.
- Gently mix the ingredients.
- Make 9 or 12 meatballs from the mixture. Put the balls on an oiled baking sheet.
- Bake the balls in the oven for 20 minutes at 320°F.
- While the balls are being baked, blender the tomatoes.
- Pour the tomatoes in a deep sauce-pan. Add cream, salt and pepper.
- Carefully put the balls in the sauce and stir them for 20 more minutes until they are ready.
- The meatballs are perfect with mashed potatoes and slices of avocado. Enjoy your meal!
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The ABC’s of The Ketogenic Diet
You’ve probably heard of the ketogenic diet, but have never tried it because it sounds scary. It’s all about ketosis – a specific condition of the human body when it gets energy from ketone bodies in the blood instead of getting it from glucose, i.e. from carbs you eat. You can reach the ketosis state […]
5 Top Ideas for Healthy Snacks
If you have a look at any healthy meal plans, you’ll find all kinds of breakfast, lunch and dinner recipes in them. Alas, none of these diets will work if you keep chewing common ready-made snacks every now and then. Does it mean no more snacks till the end of your days? No way! Let’s […]
6 Floor-Cleaning Tips You Never Knew
Cleaning the floors in your house or apartment seems to be a very easy thing, but have you ever considered that each type of floor requires special care? This post will give you some very useful tips that can improve your daily household work. Laminate can be damaged neither by paint split on it nor […]
No-Fail Cheesecake Recipe
Cheesecake recipe
2016-11-30 12:30:41
Whenever you need a perfect dessert for kids or adults, you will hardly find anything better than this classic creamy cheesecake! Don’t listen to those who say it’s hard to make it – just follow the recipe, and impress your family and friends with the no-fail delicious and refined treat. Serve it with various toppings like fresh berries, fruit syrup, chocolate ganache and enjoy every bite!
Ingredients
- Digestive cookies (crushed) 1 ¼ cups
- Unsalted butter (melted) 3 tbsp.
- All-purpose flour 1 tbsp.
- Sugar 1 ¼ cups
- Cream cheese (room temperature) 8 oz.
- Vanilla extract 1 tsp.
- Heavy cream ¼ cups
- Egg yolk (room temperature) 1
- Eggs (room temperature) 3
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Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 F and grease a 9-inch baking pan with 1 tbsp. of butter.
- Combine the remaining 2 tbsp. of butter and the crushed cookies in a medium mixing bowl. Mix well, then put the mixture into the baking pan and press it flat to the bottom and the sides of the pan to form a crust.
- Mix sugar and flour together in a separate bowl and set aside. Put cream cheese into another dry bowl and beat it with a mixer, gradually adding sugar to it in small portions. The mixture should be smooth and homogeneous. Then add vanilla and mix well.
- Add cream and the egg yolk, and then add the eggs, one at a time. Make sure there are no lumps in the batter.
- Pour the batter onto of the crust in the baking pan. Bake the cheesecake for 1 hour. It should turn golden at the edges, while its center should be slightly set. After that switch off the oven and leave your cheesecake in it for another hour.
- Take the cheesecake out of the oven and let is sit on the counter for 1.5 hour. Then put it into the fridge for at least an hour. Serve cool.
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