Baking is always on my dream list(清单). Today my dream _____(come)true. My parents gave me an oven_____ my 13­year­old birthday gift. I couldn't wait _____(start)to try baking. I made a big cake. _____(one), I put some flour, three eggs, some butter and some sugar into a big bowl. And I mixed them together. Next I _____(pour)the mixture(混合物)into the cake mould(模具)and put the mould into the oven. Then I turned on the oven. Forty minutes later, my cake was done. I cut     it into small pieces with _____ knife and invited my parents to have a taste. They both _____(agree)that the cake was nice. I ate one _____, too. It tasted great. _____it was much too sweet(甜的)because I put too much sugar. It doesn't matter. I will make______(good)cakes next time.

“Nancy, try _____ for us today, ” my mother called. “But I don't know how to cook, ” I said. “Today your father and I will _____ you to cook, ” said my mother. I didn't know _____ it would go, but I agreed.

I saw my mother cook rice before, so I did it easily. _____ when I planned to cook vegetables, I didn't know how to do it. My father asked me to _____ one cabbage and make other ingredients(原料)_____. “Now put some garlic(大蒜)into the pot. Then, _____ some turmeric(姜黄)and put the cabbage. Don't _____ to add some salt, ”   my father said. He stood next to me and told me what I should do. _____ finishing the cabbage, I cooked beef soup. ______, I finished cooking the meal almost two hours later. I ______ the food to my parents. They ate it and said it was ______. At last, it was ______ turn to eat the food. However, I thought it was terrible.

From that day on, I learnt to cook. Although my first cooking was so terrible, it taught me a great ______. I started respecting(尊重)the meals my parents cooked for me, as I learnt that it was not ______ to cook meals.

My family make the best chicken salad. Dad prepares(准备)all of the ingredients and Mom makes the relish. There are a few things that make this chicken salad different from other chicken salads. First, we use fruit jam(果酱)in the relish. You can buy any fruit jam, like banana jam or orange jam. But we have bottles of strawberry jam that my mother made, so we use the strawberry jam. Second, we put some green olives(橄榄). Green olives give the salad an interesting taste and make a big difference. Now let me tell you how my family make the salad.

First, mix up all of the salad ingredients in a large bowl. The ingredients are chicken, tomatoes, green olives, onions and apples. If you like lettuce, you can also put some. Next, make the relish. Please mix the jam, the juice and the salt. In the end, mix the relish with the salad ingredients.

Do you have a favorite chicken salad recipe? Please tell us about it. You can write to greensalad@yahoo. com.

Last Thanksgiving Day, I visited an American friend of _____(my). At his home, he made some banana milk shakes _____ me, and he taught me _____ to make them. I _____(watch)the steps(步骤)carefully. First, he peeled the bananas, cut them into _____(piece)and then put them into the blender. _____(two), he poured yogurt and honey into the blender, added some sugar and mixed them up. Third, he   _____ on the blender. Then he _____(dig)a hole in a watermelon, made it empty(空的), _____(fill)it with the shake and put it in the fridge to make it much ______(cool). After ten minutes, we drank the shake. It was very delicious.

The delicious matoke is one of the_____(最古老的)dishes in the world. A legend(传说)says that Kintu_____(带来)matoke to the earth. Ugandans think that Kintu was the first man on the earth.

How do they_____(烹饪)matoke?_____(首先), people peel some bananas and place them in banana leaves. Next, they steam them for about one hour and then mash them. Finally, they _____(混合)them with some sauce, _____(新鲜的)fish or meat to eat. Do you want to ______(享受)this delicious food?

Fish and apple soup? Yes, and you won't believe how delicious it is. This first came out of a restaurant in Singapore, but it is now very popular as the soup   du jour(例汤)in Chinese restaurants.

How's it _____(go)?Things are fine here. I am very happy every day. Last week on the   Good Cook   on CCTV­2, I learnt _____(make)the kebabs(烤肉串). And I want to tell you _____ to do it.

Before _____(start)to cook, we should have some meat, vegetables and some sauce. Of course, we need tools, too, like skewers(烤肉签), the barbecue(烤肉架)and the charcoal(木炭).

Now you can start! _____(one), cut up some meat and vegetables and put them in a bowl with your favorite sauce. Mix them up. 20 minutes _____(late), put the meat and vegetables on the skewers. Then put charcoal in the barbecue and light it. After that, put the kebabs on the barbecue and cook for 10 minutes _____ 15 minutes, turning them over from time to time. _____(final), take the kebabs off the barbecue and enjoy _____(they)!

I tried this recipe. It is really great! I hope you can have ______ try. Best wishes!

Yours,

Amanda

Apple Strawberry Slush(冰沙)

Wash and peel two _____ apples. _____ the apples into pieces.

Wash strawberries and _____ them dry.

Cut _____ strawberries in half and put them in a _____. Add some sugar and stir. Put the bowl of strawberries aside(在旁边).

Put the apples in a blender; turn it on until there are _____ slices of apples left.

Pour it into a bowl and put aside.

Stir the strawberries and sugar. Pour strawberries into the blender and _____ the blender.

Pour the strawberries into a medium _____ bowl and add the apples. Add the vanilla syrup and stir until _____ mixed.

Put some______ in glasses.

Fill the glasses ______   the apple and strawberry mixture. Then mix ______ all up. Now just put a ______ in each glass and this   ______ Apple Strawberry Slush is OK to ______.

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Chinese dumpling is one of the most important food in Chinese New Year. The people in a family often get together to make dumplings during the New Year's Eve. They may put a coin in one of the dumplings. Because they believe if you eat this dumpling you will likely have a good fortune in the New Year.

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Chinese dumpling is a kind of delicious food. You can make Chinese dumplings with different ingredients. It depends on your taste. You can make vegetable dumplings or meat dumplings. Today I will tell you how to make dumplings.

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Check all the ingredients. You need some dumpling skins(皮)(You can buy them from a supermarket), half a kilo of meat, one onion, two teaspoons of salt and some relish.

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Make fillings(馅). First cut up meat and an onion. Put them in a bowl. Next put salt and relish in it. Then mix them all up.

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Make dumplings. Put some fillings on a dumpling skin. Then roll the dumpling skin and press the sides of the skin hard.

Boil dumplings. When you finish making the dumplings, you can boil them in the water. After boiling them, you can eat them with the sauce and vinegar.