Recipe of food for Christmas

Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way...... ....ho ho ho! Its Christmas time !!!!

For the past two weeks I am so busy buying gifts for everyone that I don't even had time to call up my friends to make a plan for this holidays. Just today I finished sending ecards to all of my near and dear ones . I found some nice ecards at http://www.free-egreetings.net/christmas.html There is another site having collection of friendship related funny ecards - http://www.funny-friendship.com/

Yesterday one of my guy friends arranged a gathering of friends at this home and I had a great time over there.
My buddy loves to cook. And he loves trying new dishes. This time he treated us with two different food items. At first I was a little 'scared' to try this new items as in the past we had the experience of disastrous dinners because of his experiments in cooking.

But this time the “Cheese Sticks” and the salad was yummy!! I jotted down the recipe from him as I am surely going to try this at home this weekend. However he did not reveal where he got this recipes.
I felt I must share with all of you people so that you can try it too !!

Salad
Ingredients: 200 gr. of cooked red beef meet or non-spicy ham or white chicken meat
*4 eggs ,
* 2 medium carrots,
* 3 medium potatoes,
* 1 medium apple,
* 2 big pickles,
* 1/3 of cucumber,
* 1/3 of a tin of green peas,
* 1/2 of an onion,
* 3 table spoons of mayonnaise,
* 2 table spoons of sour cream.

Cooking:
1. Boil unpeeled potatoes and carrots; hard-boil eggs.
Let all of the above cool down to the room temperature.
2.Chop onion.
3. Peel potatoes and carrots. Cut meat, potatoes, carrots and cucumber into small cubes of even size (with an edge approx. 7 mm).
Add salt to your taste. Stir.
4. Peel the apple. Cut it into small cubes of even size . Add to the salad.
5. Cut pickles into small cubes of even size. Add to the salad.
6. Peel eggs, Separate a yolk of one egg, put it aside for later decoration.
Add to the salad.
7. Add green peas.
8. Mix mayonnaise and sour cream in a separate bowl. Pour over the salad. Stir.
9. Decorate with sliced yolk, green onions, or parsley.
It will take some time for mayonnaise and sour cream to penetrate and flavor the salad.
Give it at least half an hour before serving

Cheese Sticks
Ingredients: 1 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 cup butter
3 tablespoons ice water

1. Preheat oven to 400*F (205*C).
2. Combine all ingredients,except water, with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add water and mixing will.
3. Form into strips with a cookie press. Bake on an ungreased baking sheet for 8 to 10 minutes. Serve warm or cold.
Makes about 28.

I hope just like me you will also found these food to be mouth-watering.

Meanwhile I was surfing the inter net for some unique food which I can sum up quickly . And there are number of sites giving recipe of sumptuous food. The site which I liked most is http://www.fatfree.com/recipes/snacks/ Most of the these foods are low in fat or fat free .There are other quality sites like http://www.nativetech.org/recipes/index.php , http://www.igourmet.com/americanfood.asp and http://www.foodnetwork.com/

If anyone of you do have some other great recipe please share it with me

Hope all of you will have a Holly -Jolly Christmas!! Merry Christmas!! Happy Holidays !!

What is Friendship?

I was just surfing the the internet when I came across the quote by Oscar Wilde "Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend's success." It was a telepathy- I have been thinking of meaning of “true friendship”of late and now I get this 'definition'.

The reason for me to contemplate about “real friendship” are the series of events that happened to me in the past few weeks. I have realized that just like any other relation the color or rather the degree of friendship changes with time. One can be your best friend today who shares all your joys and pains.But not necessarily it will remain the same for life. Even without any reason, the bond of friendship can be lost.

We all know the proverb “ A friends in need is a friends indeed”. True. But what Oscar Wilde said has a great significance. I think many of us has experienced that the friends who supported us in our lows gradually creates a distance with our success.


So who is true friend?
Definitely someone who is non-judgmental, compassionate, forgiving and more than anything else can understand you even if don't say a word. A friend is supposed to be the one who points your mistakes but supports you when you need it: friend is the one with whom one shares the darkest secrets, the joys as well as the tears. Life without friends is almost incomplete.
But to remain best of friends, we have to work on the relationship. We cant take friends to be granted, though often we do so with our best of friends.

True friendship can result in great comfort and support;. Ideally friendship should be unconditional but like all other relationships in the worldit is a give and take situation. Sometimes we are on the receiving end, while other times we are on the giving end of the relationship. Our preoccupation with other things in life should not make us forget to keep in touch with our friends. Often we loose our best friends as we get too busy with our own life that we forget to notice what is happening in their life. And loosing a friend is a bigger loss than losing a precious gem .Because, after all
A friend is someone we turn to
when our spirits need a lift.
A friend is someone we treasure
for our friendship is a gift.
A friend is someone who fills our lives
with beauty, joy, and grace.
And makes the whole world we live in
a better and happier place.
- Jean Kyler McManus -

Its just my small attempt to define friendship.Please share your views