The Free Recipes Site

OK, OK, I know… deep fried foods aren’t very healthy for us! But aren’t they often just so delicious? Hey we all have to cheat a little now and then. Try these two great recipes and see if you agree that they are worth cheating on that diet…
Deep Fryer Sopaipillas
Ingredients:
Olive oil
1 cup all purpose flour
1/2 [...]

Here’s some great soup recipes to warm you up on a cold winter’s day… and they’re sized just right for 2 people!
BEAN SOUP
Ingredients
1 cup of beans
1 quart of water
ham bone
1 pint of milk
1/2 teaspoonful of butter
Directions
Boil the beans fifteen minutes. Boil with the ham bone three hours. Rub through a gravy strainer, add hot milk [...]

This week, I have a few delicious side dish recipes–all using apples, which are easily found this time of year–to round out your collection.

Apple Coleslaw

Ingredients:
1 small head of cabbage, shredded or thinly sliced
1/8 teaspoon cloves (if desired)
1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
1 large apple, cubed
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 cup mayonnaise or sour cream
1 teaspoon grated orange peel
1 [...]

It’s that time of year again, when even the “never-really bakers” like me bake cookies… for the holidays! Home-baked cookies make great holiday gifts. They’re also a wonderfully easy dessert to serve to guests and party goers. And have you ever participated in a cookie swap? What fun!
So, here’s a few cookie recipes to get [...]

Today’s selection of recipes are culled from different countries around the world for a bit of ethnic flair.
I hope you enjoy them…

Chicken Marengo (Spain)

Ingredients:
1 whole frying chicken, cut into pieces
4 cloves garlic, crushed
2 T olive oil
1/2 sm onion,thinly sliced
1/4 tsp. thyme, dried or 1/2 tsp. fresh thyme
1 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. black pepper
1/2 c dry white [...]

Do you like chicken wings? Love them? Yeah, me too! Today, I have 3 different types of chicken wing recipes for you…
I like to say that I come from the land of the original chicken wings, fondly known as “Buffalo wings.” That recipe was first formulated in a bar in Buffalo, NY in the 1980’s. [...]

Amish cooking has become ingrained into traditional American cooking.
Chances are, when you were growing up your grandmother or your mother prepared a dish or two that was based on a traditional Amish recipe without you even knowing it. All you knew was that you found it to be delicious.
I finally traced the roots [...]

Today, we’ve got a couple of scrumptious free chicken recipes for your cooking fun! Do you like southern cooking, that down-home style? If so, you’re going to love this first recipe…

Garlic Fried Chicken

Ingredients:
2, 2 1/2 pound frying chickens cut in pieces
2 tablespoons of lemon juice
1 cup of sour cream
1 clove of garlic, grated
1/4 teaspoon [...]

Here’s a great free recipe for a vegetable dish made from zucchini from your garden or your local grocery.

Ingredients:
4 c. thinly sliced zucchini
1 tbsp. water
1 tsp. salt
3 tbsp. grated parmesan cheese
1 sm. onion, chopped
2 tbsp. margarine
Freshly ground pepper
Directions:
Put all ingredients except cheese in skillet. Cover and cook 1 minute.
Uncover and continue cooking and turning with [...]

Here’s a free dessert recipe for your cooking pleasure…
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cups shortening
5 tablespoons ICE water
8 cups apples [peeled & sliced]
1/4 cup granulated sugar
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp nutmeg, ground
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 tsp cinnamon, ground
Topping:
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup butter
1 large paper bag
Vanilla ice cream
Directions:
Preheat the [...]