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Quail can be prepared and eaten in just every class of restaurant, from the most hidden country cafe, to the most upscale city restaurant. In the southern and southwestern parts of the United States, quail hunting, cooking, and eating is an annual tradition enjoyed by many.

Here is a classic quail recipe that prepares the quail using ingredients and techniques from those regions.

Honey Roasted Quail Recipe

8 quail, plucked, cleaned, and trimmed

Marinade:

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1/4 cup honey

1/2 teaspoon dried thyme

Juice of 2 fresh limes

2 cloves garlic, minced

2 fresh serrano pepper

1 fresh jalapeno pepper



Dressing:

4 cups worth of day-old cornbread (make cornbread from a box if needed)

1/2 stick unsalted butter

2 stalks celery, chopped

1 medium onion, chopped

2 fresh serrano peppers

1 fresh jalapeno pepper

2 cloves garlic, minced

1/4 cup chopped pecans

1 teaspoon dried thyme

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 egg, slightly beaten

1 1/2 cups unsalted chicken stock

Combine all the ingredients for the marinade in a sealable, glass container. At about 8 to 12 hours before cooking, pour the marinade over the quail in a glass dish, cover, and refrigerate. Turn quail over occasionally. Remove the quail from the refrigerator and let stand at room temperature for about 30 minutes.

Preheat your oven to 450 degrees F. Grease a large baking dish and the rack of a roasting pan. Crumble the day-old cornbread into a medium bowl.

Melt the butter over medium heat in a heavy skillet. Add the celery, onion, serranos, jalapenos, and garlic. Saute the mix briefly until they become soft. Mix in the chopped pecans, the thyme, and the salt, heating for another minute or so.

Spoon the vegetable mixture over the cornbread, add the egg, and mix lightly. Stir in 1/2 cup of the chicken stock.

Separate out 1 1/2 cups of the dressing to stuff the quail, and reserve it. Add more chicken stock to the rest of the dressing, to the point that it is moist, but not soupy. Spoon this into the baking dish.

Put the dressing in the oven, covered, for 25 minutes, at about 15 to 20 minutes ahead of the quail, so that both are done cooking and can be removed at the same time.

Fill the cavities of each bird with a few tablespoons of the reserved dressing. Do not pack it in. Place the quail on the rack of the roasting pan, and roast for 8 to 10 minutes, until birds are well browned.

Remove the dressing from each quail cavity. Serve two quail per person, with a combination of the dressing that was inside the bird, coupled with that in the baking dish, and serve on the side.

Breakfast is certainly the most important meal of the day and this is perhaps the reason why people are encouraged to have a good breakfast which is necessary to give you your daily required of vitamins and minerals which increases your mental concentration throughout the day.

A smoothie always enhances a breakfast meal. For this reason, chefs and cooks have experimented with the recipes of different smoothies and tried to make them all the more tasteful and delicious. There are many advantages of breakfast smoothies. Some of them have been specified below:

1. Breakfast smoothies help people lose weight. This is a natural process and one without any repercussions.
2. Breakfast smoothies are an easy way to consume the required 5 portions of fruits and vegetables each day.
3. Green smoothies have high concentration of antioxidants and phytonutrients which provide defense against aging and many other diseases.
4. Breakfast smoothies increase the release of energy and also enhance the digestibility.
5. Smoothies also make the skin clearer and beautiful so you have a glowing appearance.
6. Breakfast smoothies can sometimes the stomach full for longer durations and hence reduce the cravings.

Below are two delicious recipes for breakfast smoothies. They are easy, quick to make and yet delicious. Try them for yourself.

1. Banana Strawberry smoothie:

Ingredients Required:

1 chopped banana
1 cup vanilla yogurt
1 cup of Strawberries
Ice cubes

Equipment

Blender
Knife
Ice cubes

How to prepare:

Place into your blender a chopped banana, i cup of strawberries and pour in the vanilla yogurt. If you like the taste of strawberry, you may add a one or two strawberry more to get a major strawberry flavor. Now add to ice cube and blend it well for 2-3 minutes. The banana strawberry smoothie is ready to be served. Enjoy!

2. Tropical Fruit Smoothie:

Ingredients required:

1 chopped Mango
1 cup of Kiwis
1 chopped Pineapple
Vanilla yogurt

Equipment

Blender
Knife
Ice cubes

How to prepare:

Everybody loves the taste of tropical fruits and therefore it is only a good idea that they be included in the recipe of a tropical smoothie. Take the mango and peel and slice it with a knife, take a few kiwis, pineapple and chop them and pour them into the blender. Next add a cup of vanilla yogurt and ice cubes. Blend for 2-3 minutes or until smooth. Enjoy!

Hope this article will help you with your recipes of breakfast smoothies and in turn will benefit your health. As mentioned before, including a smoothie in your breakfast is not only easy and delicious, it is also healthy. So don’t hesitate to make a smoothie, try out these recipes today.

Chinese food is one of the most delicious types of cuisine available to enjoy today.

Vegetarian is a healthy meal that your family and every one of us should take more. You can label one day every week as vegetarian day for the whole family. It will lead you to a great healthy diet. Below are 2 simple and healthy vegetarian recipes.

Eggplants with Sesame Sauce

Serves 4

2 vegetable, 1 ½ fat, ¼ sugar
Protein 10g
Fat 14g
Carbohydrate 35g
Total Calories 300

5 eggplants
2 Tbsp sesame seeds
1 tsp sesame oil
1 Tbsp light soya sauce
Chopped coriander and spring onions
¼ cup water

Boil eggplants in a pot of hot water until skin wrinkles. Cool the boiled eggplants under some running water, drain and remove skin. Cut them into large sections and set aside. To make sauce, brown sesame seeds in the oven or pan and then pound until very fine. Blend the sesame paste with the rest of the seasoning into a smooth consistency. Mix the sauce into the eggplants and garnish with chopped coriander and spring onions. Serve hot or cold.

Malaysian Vegetable Stew (Sayur Lodeh)

Serves 4-6

3 meat, 3 vegetable, 2 fat
Protein 42g
Fat 33g
Carbohydrate 45g
Total Calories 640

20 small prawns (shelled and deveined)
2 firm bean curd (towkwa) (cut into 8 pieces)
10 shallots
5 red chillies
2 tsp turmeric powder
½ cup coconut milk
1 cup water
1 tsp salt
2 cups long beans (cut into 3cm lengths)
3 cups cabbage (cut into bite sizes)
1 bunch water convolvulus (kangkong) (cut into 3cm lengths)
2 cups beansprouts (tailed)
2 green chilies (sliced lengthwise)

In a food processor, grind shallots and chilies until very fine. Bring coconut milk and water to a boil in a pot and add pounded shallots, red chilies, turmeric and salt. Leave to simmer for 5-10 minutes and then add prawns and bean curd. Increase heat, add long beans and cabbage and let it boil for 1-2 minutes. Lastly, add kangkong, beansprouts and green chilies and bring to a boil again for another minute before turning heat off.

Indonesian Tamarind Vegetables (Sayur Assam)

Serves 4-6

4 vegetable, ¼ sugar
Protein 20g
Carbohydrate 65g
Total Calories 340

1 large onion
4-5 cloves garlic
2-3 red chilies
5-6 cups stock or water
2 cups string beans (cut into 5cm lengths)
1 tomato (sectioned)
2 cups cabbage (cut into bite sizes)
3 green chilies (halved lengthwise)
2 cups beansprouts (tailed)
½ cup tamarind juice
1 tsp sugar
Salt and pepper to taste

Put onion, garlic and chilies in a food processor and chop coarsely. Simmer the chopped mixture in the stock for 15-20 minutes and then add the vegetables, saving the beansprouts to be added last. Season with tamarind juice, sugar, salt and pepper. Cook the vegetables for about 5-10 minutes or until just tender. Add beansprouts, cook for another minutes. Cool well before serving.

The Abs Diet does not dictate you the food that you should steer away from. Instead, it tells you the right foods to eat. There are no promises of losing weight the fastest time possible. What it gives you is a long-term weight loss and maintenance plan which could change the way you live.

Here are some of the foods that you can eat while on the abs diet. These foods are very easy and simple to prepare. They will be ready for less than six minutes:

o Tofu Strawberry Banana Shake
Here’s what you need: a block of soft or silken tofu, a chilled banana, a cup of crushed pineapple with juice, half a cup of soy or skim milk, four pieces of strawberries
This is what you shall do: Draw off the water from the tofu and slice it into chunks. Slice the banana. Combine all ingredients and mix them in a food processor. This can be prepared in five minutes and can serve one person.

o Trout treat
Here’s what you need: a tablespoon of oil, cornmeal, pepper, salt, parsley and a big fat trout
This is what you will do: Heat the oil over medium heat. While it heats, sprinkle the flesh of the trout with salt, pepper and cornmeal, saut

There are so many people who are facing health problems in this day and age. Some of the ailments like heart attacks, high blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes are so very common nowadays.

Most people want to remain healthy and fit and fine and yet they are clueless as to what they should be cooking in a healthy way to remain fit. This is an articles to give you some tips on what to eat and what to avoid in the best interest of your health.

Cooking healthy is not rocket science but you must consider various aspects of cooking. In fact, getting into healthy cooking also means staying out of stress. You can get many low calorie ideas and also recipes in various books and also online. This gives you access to many finger licking dishes. While these are low on calories, you will not know so as these are so very tasty and delicious to eat too.

Adding fruits and vegetables is always better as you need to avoid desserts that are fattening and also red meats. The oil you cook in should also be looked at. You need to substitute saturate fats oils with olive oil as olive oil has so many benefits for health. Meals that are high in sodium and very sugary should also be avoided. Chicken and fish are white meat and are better for eating. You can also have nuts and beans in order to enjoy healthy cooking.

Always prefer homemade food to processed food from outside. Processed foods are very high on cholesterol as well as fats. If you cook fresh at home you can make sure that ingredients are proper for your health.

Instead of fried food that is heavy you should prefer grilled food. Grilling of chicken or fish makes it quite delicious without the need for fats. If you fry the chicken or meat, you fry it in a pan of oil which adds too much cholesterol and fats which are so very harmful to health. You can also decide to bake food instead of grilling as it does not call for much fat either.

Eating barbeque meals is also great if you want tasty meals. Without added oil also it is quite delicious. You do not need any saturated fats as well as cholesterol to be added to your meal. Spices are also good as they add to the metabolic rate.

If you watch what you cook and eat today, you will be much healthier in the future and also avoid many health problems quite easily.