When you are making bake recipes like biscuits, which call for baking soda as an ingredient, it is important to test the baking soda first. If the baking soda is old and not activating, any recipe will turn out poorly. You can test the baking soda by mixing ¼ teaspoon of it with 2 teaspoons of vinegar.

If the baking soda is still good, it will bubble immediately. Using old baking soda in biscuits means that they won't rise properly, and the same is true for baking powder. To test this, you should mix 1 teaspoon with ½ cup hot water. If it's still good, this mixture will bubble immediately. Its also important to understand that in bake recipes, there is an important difference between using baking soda and baking powder. Baking soda has approximately four times the leavening power of baking powder. A good rule of thumb is that you need about one to two teaspoons of baking powder to leaven one cup of flour.

A new application launched for iOS promises to keep you healthy by providing healthy pizza recipes. The application has been made available by KenigArt by the name of iPizza HD 1.0.1.
The application gives the most healthy and low caloric pizza recipes. All of the pizza recipes are under 300 calories and combine taste with health. The recipes were chosen after a long process of selecting the most popular and healthy pizzas. There is a step-by-step process given to explain the recipe.
The application provides in detail the pizza recipe, the ingredients and a picture of the finished pizza. These pizza recipes are simple and most of them turn out to be cheaper than the pizzeria.
This application is available on the App Store in the lifestyle category for $ 0.99. It requires an iphone OS 3.0 or later. The application is also available for use on the ipad and the itouch.

As this week marks the beginning of Lent, there are many people who will be abstaining from meat and dairy products until Easter. Hearty vegan dishes make a great alternative for these folks, and there are some especially flavorful Lenten bake recipes form the Mediterranean, that are inspired by Middle Eastern and North African flavors as well.

Baked beans with mint, peppers and tomatoes is one of these excellent recipes that requires a long, slow and gentle cooking, resulting in a thick sweet sauce and very soft beans. All you need is 1 pound of borlotti or pinto beans, rinsed, and picked over, then soaked in 2 quarts of water for six hours or overnight. You add to this 1 dried or fresh hot red chile pepper and salt to taste.