Chilly winter nights deserve a good cup of hot chocolate. This homemade mix is easy to make and extremely rich.

Ingredients

1 cup white sugar
2 Tablespoon cornstarch
3/4 cup semi- or bittersweet chocolate, roughly chopped
1 cup cocoa powder, any kind you like
1 cup nonfat dry milk powder (...

I know that this is a crazy concept, but sometimes you have leftover caramelized onions. I have two favorite things I like to do with these amazing leftovers, quiche and French onion soup. If you don't have leftovers this recipe has you covered with steps to make caramelize onions.

Yield: 4 lar...

Serves 4-6

Ingredients

1 large onions
2-inch piece fresh ginger
1 whole cinnamon sticks
1 whole star anise (1 tsp anise seeds)
2 whole cloves
1 tsp whole coriander
3 cups beef broth
1/2 Tbsp soy sauce
1/2 Tbsp fish sauce

Serving ingredients

4 oz dried rice noodles
2 scallions...

Serves 4

Ingredients

1 cucumber, peeled and chopped
1 red pepper, deseeded and chopped
1 green pepper, deseeded and chopped
1kg ripe plum tomatoes, cored and chopped
2 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
2 spring onions, trimmed and finely chopped
75g stale crusty white bread, chopped
2 -...

This is a rich sweet way to eat your garden fresh tomatoes. When I make this with my students, the ones who don't think they like tomatoes instantly change their minds and slurp down their soup!

Ingredients

5 large beefsteak tomatoes (approx. 2 lbs)
1/2 large onion, large chop (about 1/2 cup)...