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During the warm days of summer, rare is the cook who wants to spend much time in front of a hot stove. Here’s one recipe that’s easy and quick, providing you with a tempting one-dish meal that is satisfying and nutritious and gives you an opportunity to serve lots of those fruits and veggies we all need more of in our diets. This shrimp salad recipe can also be prepared ahead of time, thus giving you the best of all characteristics in the culinary world. Let’s see if you don’t agree!

This recipe serves four, but is easily scaled up or down as suits your need.

Heavenly shrimp salad recipe
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1 head of Hearts of Romaine lettuce
1 pound of salad shrimp, cooked
4 hard-boiled eggs
2 avocados
4 medium vine-ripened tomatoes, cut into wedges
4 tablespoons fresh chopped cilantro (leaves only)
alfalfa sprouts to taste
garlic flavored croutons to taste
1 medium fresh lemon, quartered

1.Chill dinner plates, if desired
2.Divide cleaned lettuce, torn into bite-sized pieces on individual serving plates.
3.Mound ¼ pound of shrimp in the center of the salad.
4.Peel the eggs and slice, arranging the slices around the edge of each plate.
5.Quarter the avocados, remove the skin and portion out half an avocado per serving, forming a border around the shrimp mound.
6.Core the tomatoes, cut into wedges and place between the egg slices, using one tomato per serving.
7.Sprinkle cilantro, alfalfa sprouts and croutons over each salad.
8.Dress with Thousand Island dressing and garnish with a wedge of fresh lemon.

If you wish to prepare this shrimp salad recipe ahead of serving time, place each of the ingredients in separate plastic bags until you’re ready to assemble the salad, slicing the eggs and avocados at the last minute, to prevent discoloration. You can also add a teaspoon of lemon juice to your Thousand Island dressing mix for a little extra zip, if you like. When using frozen salad shrimp, thaw overnight in the frig.

Our shrimp salad recipe is versatile. Don’t hesitate to add or substitute other favorite fruits or veggies your family enjoys. You can even substitute crab or Krab(R) for the shrimp, keeping the rest of the ingredients as listed above.

Any way you cut it, this shrimp salad recipe makes an elegant, filling meal and is easy on the cook. Serve with a basket of garlic-buttered French bread and you’ve got a winning meal everyone will love!

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Spotted Zebra started over 10 years ago as a small home based catering company called Alpha & Omega Caterers. Started by Greg Bold, who at the time was a manager at Café Veneto, it grew from a little sandwich delivery business into a small home catering company.

Encouraged by the success of his business providing fresh meals prepared in daily, Greg ventured out into more elaborate catering, ensuring the same fresh ingredients and service. Within two years, Alpha & Omega could no longer cater from home as proper licenses and fat traps and health and safety regulations needed to be implemented. Purchasing extra equipment to handle the demand from a colleague led to a change in name to SPOTTED ZEBRA and a re-location to kitchens at Kirsten’s Mall in Westville.

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From Westville, our grew from 5 staff members into the ten man crew it is today. Spotted Zebra handles catering for both the corporate and private sectors in Durban and KZN. Our catering ranges from simple hot and cold snack platters to chiq butler style canapés. From the traditional spit braai for 40 friends and family to braai banquets for thousands. From breakfasts to Dinners and everything in between, Spotted Zebra simply loves good Durban food and that really is what we are about!

Easy ground beef recipes are my favorite accomplishment. Lol, for me they are simple as I like ground beef more than most everything else. If I had to choose one food it would be ground beef as it’s tasty and it’s so easy to blend it in with different things.

While I’m not a formally trained chef I have been cooking my own food for over 55 years. My grandmother started teaching me to cook at age 4 and the first thing she taught me was to fry a hamburger on the stove. I stood on a chair to flip the burgers and I learned to stay away from spattering grease. Cheeseburgers are my favorite meal.

If you’re looking for some quick hamburger recipes for the grill here’s a very simple yet tasty recipe you can use as your ace in the hole when you have company but need something easy to make.

As luck would have it this burger recipe for the grill is so simple you can have your guests help and have some fun at the same time. It’s pretty much a no fuss, no muss grill recipe and it’s so simple anyone can make it to perfection.

Soups are to warm your hands when you sit before the heater when it is cold outside and raining, aren’t they? But there is a good reason to make them in the summer too - you get lots of fresh green vegetables in the summer, fresh off the farms. And no matter what kind of vegetable you think of, there are soup recipes to bring out the best in them. It doesn’t even matter if you got overenthusiastic over at the farmers market, and bought too much of something - soups are a great way to get the best out of them even if they are a little wilted. If it is summer and you’re in the mood for a taste of freshness, here is one of my best soup recipes that should be right up your street.

For our spring soup recipes, let’s start out with an asparagus soup. There is a kind of a gourmet quality to this one though. It uses to green garlic. You’ll need to be extra alert over the next visit to the farmers market now for this. You get a great creamy frothy soup that is so colorful, it will gladden your heart. So what you need are these: a pound of asparagus, 6 cups of vegetable stock, a nicely chopped-up bulb of spring garlic, a third of a cup of Parmesan cheese grated up, a couple of tablespoons of flat-leaf parsley, half a cup of cooked pasta, and of course you’ll like croutons.

Get your vegetable stock in the pot, and begin to bring to a boil. Throw in the chopped-up garlic and the asparagus stalks, to have the flavor really come out. Now that you have this broth on your hands, season it with salt and pepper to taste. Slice up the asparagus into little pieces, and bring a boil again. Simmer for maybe five minutes; the idea is to turn the asparagus bright green and tender, but not all squishy. You’re almost ready now.

You will need to put the cheese, the chopped parsley and the eggs all in a bowl and beat them together. You need to make sure that your soup is only simmering and not actually boiling. Spoon out some into this mixture, and keep whisking. Empty it all into the boiling soup, and keep whisking. It should cook for about three minutes; bring in the pasta, and you’re good to go. It should serve about four people, and when you serve with croutons, it should really add some class. Trying soup recipes with fresh produce is a great way to introduce your children to vegetables in the diet; it’s a great way, because admit it, soups are classy.

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Nothing is more relaxing, delicious and enticing than a cup of blueberries during this hot summer. Blueberries are one of those food that is overlooked by many people. They are extremely rich in vitamins and antioxidants. Also, there are many ways to consume blueberries. You can eat them raw or you can process them into pastries, ice cream or anything you like using some blueberry recipes to satisfy your taste buds.

It’s nice to vary our usual menus with something new every now and then. In fact, most cooks are on the lookout for new recipes to keep the family interested in showing up for dinner! Here, we’ve got a terrific salmon pasta recipe that fills the bill. Besides the great taste, this dish is full of ingredients that provide excellent nutrition, including those important antioxidants, fiber and Omega-3s. This salmon pasta recipe not only tastes great, but has a lot of visual appeal. If you enjoy seafood, there’s simply nothing not to like about this one-dish meal. The following recipe serves 4 and is filling as well as being economical. Take a look.

Seafood & Salmon Pasta Recipe
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8 ounces Linguine pasta, cooked and drained
6 ounces of salmon (fresh or frozen, farm-raised or wild)
1 15-ounce can baby clams
½ pound cooked salad shrimp
4 large white mushrooms, sliced
1 medium shallot, diced
¼ pound snow peas
1 sweet red pepper, diced
1 large tomato, diced
1 tablespoon butter
3 slices bacon, cooked and broken
4-5 leaves of fresh basil (or 1 ½ teaspoons dried)
6-8 blades fresh chives (optional)
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon lemon juice

1.Broil or microwave the salmon until done. Cut into bite-sized chunks and set aside in a bowl.
2.Drain the clams, reserving the broth. Add the clams and shrimp to the bowl.
3.Prepare the veggies as noted above. Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add all of the veggies and the clam broth. Saute, stirring occasionally.
4.As the veggies are cooking, fry or microwave the bacon slices. Break the bacon into bite sized pieces.
5.When the veggies are done, reduce the heat to low. To the skillet, add the bacon pieces, salmon, seafood, lemon juice and seasonings. Cover and keep warm.
6.Divide the pasta among four plates. Spoon the seafood and veggie mix over each serving. If desired, serve with a wedge of lemon for each serving.

Dinner is served! Your family or guests will surely be impressed. Don’t be surprised if friends ask for the recipe. The family will most certainly want this dish to be a regular on your menus. This seafood and salmon pasta recipe goes great with a crusty loaf of garlic buttered French bread and a small green salad. To your good health!

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While it is true that macaroni and cheese is the all American food, it is definitely not the healthiest item in the world because it is high in fat and calories. A much healthier option would be to go for the macaroni salad because it does not contain any fat and it is low in calories. If you have a pack of macaroni shelved away somewhere in your kitchen, you are all set to make a fabulous macaroni salad recipe.

In today’s health conscious society, seafood has taken a premier spot in our daily menus. When you compare the cost of a steak or roast, seafood now ranks high, in terms of economy and nutrition. We find new and delicious alternatives to chicken and beef. Just five years ago, fish such as tilapia, orange roughy, swordfish and Chilean bass were not as readily available in the supermarkets. Now, we have a large and varied choice of seafood in the grocery stores. We’re also aware of the many health benefits of eating seafood. Nutritionists and doctors alike are recommending at least two servings be included in our menus each week.

Cooking seafood is so easy and convenient, you don’t even have to know how to cook in order to enjoy this healthy food from the oceans. Due to the current popularity of seafood, many companies are offering frozen seafood fillets in convenient single serving, microwaveable packets (usually four servings to a bag), with a number of gourmet sauces already in the bag! Nuke and serve! It couldn’t be easier.

Alternatively, when cooking seafood fillets, you don’t need to be an expert sauce maker should you buy a plain fillet. There are a number of excellent bottled sauces, salsas and easily made sauces in packets – like hollandaise – with which you can adorn your fillets. The simplest of garnishes is a thinly sliced piece of fresh lemon, topped with a sprig of fresh dill or tarragon for an elegant meal presentation.

When it comes to raw shellfish, cooking seafood is almost foolproof. You get a better price on raw shellfish than an already cooked product, either fresh or frozen. It’s a matter of labor costs. While you do have to do the cooking and shelling, the savings is significant enough to make some pricey shellfish affordable and worth the extra labor. In the case of cooking seafood of the shellfish family is so easy, even a child can do it, with proper adult supervision. How can you tell when shellfish are done? With shrimp, crab or lobster, it’s done when it turns a bright pink. With hard-shelled seafood, such as clams, mussels and oysters, you simply boil them in a quantity of water. When the shells open, they’re done. Those that do not open, should be discarded.

Fresh or frozen, cooking seafood fillets in the microwave is both the quickest method and produces a juicy result. Just follow the instructions on the packet, or ask your seafood counter staff for microwave times. It’s far easier to over cook in the frying pan, under the broiler or on the grill.

When cooking seafood on a shishkebab, such as shrimp skewered with veggies such as pineapple, mushrooms, bell peppers and onions, it’s better to go with the already cooked product. The veggies will cook so quickly, under the broiler or on the grill, that you’re essentially just warming the shrimp as the veggies caramelize a bit. Again, quick and easy.

Cooking seafood is so easy, with a versatility not found in most meats, not to mention the healthy and delicious results, it’s an economical menu choice, you really don’t need to be a cook to enjoy your two servings a week!

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There have been some problems noticed with this grill. The grill is sensitive to wind and the holes in the burner can get clogged up, especially when there’s a lot of liquid pouring off the grill surface. Despite the issues noticed, it still cooks great and is worth the money.
t takes about 5-8 minutes to reach 400-450. Buy yourself a Grill Surface Thermometer so you know when the grill is ready to use. It sits on top of the grill grate. link:OvenChek Cooking Surface Thermometer Don’t bother buying those fancy BBQ grill tool sets. They are too long. Regular sized tongs and food flippers will work just fine.
This weber portable grill makes a fine choice for outdoor cooking.

Many decades ago, if you didn’t have the time to spend baking homemade bread, the supermarket choices were pretty dismal, a loaf of bread was either the spongy, white stuff kids used to squeeze into an unappetizing ball with a few drops of water, or ‘French’ bread that wasn’t the real thing, but just a reasonable visual facsimile of what French bread should be. Certainly, today, that’s no longer the case. You can find breads you never heard of, at virtually every supermarket.

Oh, how I wish I’d invented the bread making machine! Whoever came up with the idea was a visionary of culinary appliances. When this wonderful appliance came on the market, I let my husband know that this little kitchen gadget would be welcomed enthusiastically at any upcoming gift occasion! Lo and behold, when my birthday rolled around, there it was, beautifully wrapped, with an accompanying book of bread machine recipes. Since then, I’ve created many astonishing breads. Admittedly, not all were great successes with the family, but probably 90% have garnered applause.

When I first started using the bread maker, I meticulously followed the instructions of the book’s bread machine recipes, thinking that any deviation might just ruin the bread. The results were always good. One day, browsing in the bookstore, I spotted another book of bread machine recipes on the bargain table. Eager for some new stuff to try my hand at, I bought the book.

By the time I’d gone through the second book, I realized that there are only so many variations on bread dough and whatever you chose to add, be it fruit bits, nuts, cheese or vegetables, the constant among all the bread machine recipes was that a certain ratio of dough to additions was maintained. This ratio is also relative to the wetness, dryness and weight of what you chose to add. For example, I found that you can hardly add too much cheese … if you love the taste of cheesy breads and the recipe calls for 2 cups of cheese, you can add 3 cups if you like, without altering any of the other ingredients and amounts. On the other hand, too many nuts or dried fruits can make for a loaf that doesn’t rise properly. In short, I discovered that bread machine recipes were pretty flexible, mostly a matter of a little experience, some imagination and a dose of common sense.

Almost every bread machine has push-button settings, allowing you to set the size of the loaf, the type of crust, specify whether your concoction includes fruit or nuts and whether you want to stop at the ‘dough’ stage or go on through to a completely automatically-baked bread, ready to eat. Stopping at the dough stage allows you to make authentic pizza dough, or a rolled cinnamon loaf.

You can see how using bread machine recipes, modified with ingredients that suit your tastes perfectly, can revolutionize your available choices in freshly baked breads. As I said, my own inventions have, for the most part, met with approval. I’ll tell you which was, hands down, my worst experiment: marinated artichoke heart and diced tomato bread. Not good. My thinking was that these favored ingredients were good in salads, so why not? Now, my salad has a side of bread. Guess there’s no such thing as a bread salad!

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There can be no doubt that ice cream is extremely well liked - a situation that is especially apparent with the quantity of outlets, and in particular ice cream stands, to be found during the summer time at the beach, by the pool and at theme parks and other places of entertainment.

During the warm months you can find ice cream on sale at just about any time and any place - along with a great many diferent flavors.

Ice cream is invariably fun to enjoy away from home, and is also an increasingly popular choice at home - and making homemade ice cream has grown to be popular also, not least because of the opportunity to follow an enormous number of receipes or experiment and make your very own.

Making ice cream might seem to be time consuming but the ice cream makiing process isn’t that difficult and doesn’t require much time as you might think. Additionally it is an effective way of spending time with your kids and having some family fun.

Nowadays there are plenty of different kinds of ice cream makers to pick from - and they are comparatively cheap. Some of the less costly models are noisier and can take quite a while to produce ice cream, The more pricey models contain built in compressors - although generally pre freezing just isn’t required these days. You can also choose between a hand cranked or electric motor mode, the majority of which turn off automatically once the ice cream reaches the proper consistency. Some new products enable you to produce batch after batch of ice cream, which makes it possible for you to make a good amount very quickly

Should you be thinking about buying an electric icecream maker start thinking about which functions you want, ensure it’s got a good guarantee and that you can easily maintain and clean it. It’s a lot of fun making your ice cream, and I am sure you will have fun using it.

I’ve never been the biggest coffee fan. Sure, I like the taste of coffee ice cream well enough - who doesn’t? - but the drink itself always left me jittery and unfocused. Not to mention it tended to set off my acid reflux disease, an altogether unpleasant experience.

Then I went to Italy. And my sweet lord, is the coffee there something to write home about.

My girlfriend and I went there with her folks for a week, and we made a driving tour of the northern part of the country. Our favorite spot - one that was want to return to - was a little village called Tremezzo, which overlooks Lake Como. It is one of the most popular resort spots in all of Europe, and when you go you get treated like royalty. Including getting the best cup of coffee you’ll ever have in your life.

Since then, I’ve become a fan of coffee and have scoured the world and the web for the best coffee drink recipes. Some are better coffee drink recipes than others, but if you look hard enough, use quality ingredients and are willing to experiment a bit, you’ll find coffee drink recipes that are made for your tastebuds.

One of my personal favorites is the Cafe Don Juan. It’s a blend of different coffee drink recipes, and a blend of flavors, that are designed to stimulate all the taste buds in your mouth. The recipe itself calls for a number of different ingredients, but there’s nothing too complex about it.

First, you’ll need three quarters of an ounce of dark rum. You’ll also want an ounce of Kahlua - which is coffee flavored liquor - and 5 ounces of hot coffee. Take a coffee cup, and rim it with lemon juice and sugar. Then fill the cup with the coffee and the two liquors. Finally float some whipped cream on top, sprinkle with a bit of grated dark chocolate, and serve. It’s a wonderful blend of the sweet (sugar, Kahlua, whipped cream), the bitter taste of the coffee itself along with that of the dark chocolate, and the nice citrus bite of the lemon juiced rim.

It is, admittedly, a little more complex than other coffee drink recipes (most of which call for dumping a shot of bailey’s into whatever swill you just got from dunkin’ donuts), but it’s worth the time and effort if you really want to enjoy a top-notch drink.

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The GT Xpress 101 grill finally gives you a fast and easy way to cook meals and still have flavorful food that tastes great and that the who family can enjoy. There are countless Gt Xpress 101 recipes online to help you create fast and easy meals.

You’ve seen the Redi-Set-Go grill on the TV infomercial/commercial from Gaiam Media hosted by Cathy Mitchell. GT Xpress 101 lets you cook a wide variety of recipes. Make desserts, sandwiches, cinnamon rolls, stuffed chicken breast, omelets, angel food cake, stuffed salmon, rice, and so much more. And there is no need to clean the GTXpress101 in the sink or dish washer; just a quick wipe of the machine when the cooking is done.

The Xpress 101 uses 2 deep, non-stick wells for cooking recipes. When you use the GT eXpress 101 cooker there is no need to pre-heat. No more waiting around for a big oven or grill to heat up means more free time for you. Find more great GT Xpress 101 recipes at our website.

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IF you are looking for some new great tasting vegetarian recipes for your slow cooker then I may have an interesting site for you. It also has more recipes and information on crock-pots and slow cookers you might enjoy.

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About Thai food recipes

Some particularly popular Thai food recipes include pad Thai, tom yum chicken, green and red curries, and satay skewers.

A pad thai is one of those Thai food recipes that is easy to recreate at home. It’s basically a noodle stir fry with some different meats, eggs, and flavors mixed in.

It has quite a sweet taste, which you can counter by adding some lemon or lime, or a savory garnish. Pad Thai noodles and sauces can be found in most supermarkets, but if you wish to make your own, you’ll need a mix of tamarind, brown sugar, fish sauce, and chilli sauce.

These can be mixed in after you’ve fried up the meat. While you’re frying these ingredients, soak some rice noodles until soft, and then stir them in with the rest of the ingredients.

There is no big secret to learning how to make easy potato salad recipes. But there are a few things that will help make the process easier. If you want to get a free and easy potato salad recipe, just follow the links in this post. Potato salad is simply the best crowd pleaser there is at any kind of social or family get-together. Potato salad is really good all year round. It can substitute as the vegetable, or it can be a salad dish too. It can be made ahead of time, making it possible to save time before an event.

Learning how to make easy potato salad just means trying out your favorite recipe and making it several times. You can adjust the quantity while you are practicing. Once you have it down, you will be ready to serve potato salad to guests or carry it to a gathering. Potato salad travels well too. It does not spill and will stay cold for several hours.

Making easy potato salad starts with a good recipe. Again, follow the links here to get a great free potato salad recipe that turns out great every time! One tip is to boil the potatoes with the skin on. Learn how to make potato salad with mayonnaise and please just about everyone! Once you see how easy it is to use this potato salad recipe, it will become your trademark recipe. Everyone will all want your potato salad recipe, so get ready to share!

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Any type of nut makes a great snack. Not only do they taste wonderful, they are usually much better for you than things like chips or pretzels. But don’t limit yourself to just snacking on nuts, there are some other easy and delicious ways to use them in meals.

Gourmet nuts are very versatile, not only as a snack but in your favorite recipes as well. Nuts are one of the most nutritious foods you can offer. They are packed with protein, fiber, potassium, and many other needed vitamins and minerals. When used in cooking, though, they aquire a whole new dimension. Creative chefs make use of many types of gourmet nuts in appetizers, main courses, and desserts. But it doesn’t take a skillful chef to whip up some interesting delicacies including almonds, cashews, macadamias, pecans, and more.

You can use nuts for baking, as a crunchy coating for fish or chicken, or add them to stirfry recipes or even your breakfast cereal. The sky is the limit to what they can be used in.

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Most people today are aware of the necessity of a healthy, well balanced diet. And where do most of us fall short? Fruits and veggies. Produce is expensive and most of us are put off when told we need 5-9 servings a day in order to be adequately nourished. But a simple fruit salad fits in to any menu, at breakfast, lunch or dinner. A half cup serving of fruit next to a bowl of whole grain cereal and a cup of milk makes a quick and nutritious meal to start the day.

Take a few minutes to learn more about the benefits of a fruit salad and how you can make it a bigger part of your daily healthy diet. A similar article (at the East West Editorial blog, which researches and reports on information for today’s consumer lifestyles) discusses how even the right broccoli recipes can change your mind about meal planning and healthy eating.