Fresh recipes

This is a Mexican drink you can prepared at home by mashing watermelon and adding a little water and sugar, if the watermelon was not ripe enough. The mint and sparkling water are a modern twist to a traditional recipe.

The beauty of meat loaf is that it can be comfort food or luscious entertaining;come to the table warm with vegetables, gravy, and mashed potatoes, or cold, with salad, bread and pickles.

Find all the flavor from Panama in these empanaditas. You can taste the Spanish cuisine influence in this recipe, as well as those from both North and South America.

Gamar al deen are made with apricots which are dried and turn into soft sheets, similar to the fruit leather strips. Those gamar al deen sheets are turned into a delicious Sudanese dessert.

The variety of dosa, hailing from Southern India, is a good case to point the diversity in Indian cuisine. Dosa is a pancake-like food prepared from a batter made with rice and lentils. All varieties of dosa begin like that, but each adds a distinctive twist to this delightful dish.

Here is the recipe for plain dosa, the most simple, and a few examples of dosa variations...

Oatmeal is a great thickener, preferred over flour or pureed veggies. This leek and oatmeal soup is an Irish classic.

Serve cheese puffs warm, with butter.

Corn meal mush is something South Dakota settlers ate frequently.They added molasses and cream when available.

For a traditional American treat, bake some gingerbread.