Ingredients Olive oil Garlic Raw pine nuts Rushed red pepper flakes Kosher salt and pepper 8 ounce jar of marinated artichoke hearts Penne pasta Fresh spinach Mascarpone cheese Parmesan Cheese Brie Lemon Fresh basil Jalapeño Kitchen Supplies: Airtight container medium skillet pot for boiling water slotted spoon serving bowls Watch the How To Video Here: I am aware this pasta is kind of an indulgent Wednesday recipe, but it is SO worth it!...

This fun indian fusion chai tiramisu recipe is super easy and quick to make. No raw eggs and no alcohol! You can make it a day or two in advance. In case you are not familiar, tiramisu is a coffee flavored classic talian dessert. Traditional tiramisu has layers of coffee dipped ladyfingers (savoiardi biscuits), egg yolks, cocoa powder, liqueur and mascarpone cheese. My family absolutely loves tiramisu and I love making it because eggless tiramisu are a breeze to put together....

It’s Christmas cookie time again, and along cookies recipes such as stained glass cookies and cream cheese spritz cookies, these Christmas monster cookies are on my must-make list every year. You’ve heard of monster cookies, right? Those oatmeal-peanut butter-M&M-chocolate chip delights? This is a holiday version of the popular classic and I have to say, I like it even better than the original version. It’s a must make Christmas recipe!...

Murungai Keerai or drumstick leaves are my new found love. I dont know why I started trying it out so late (yet not so late) but they are a power house of a lot of nutrients and taste very good too. Just when I had finished my stash of drumstick leaves, Amma came with another fresh batch of these leaves. She had tried making Murungai Keerai Adai, more like dosa and wanted me to taste it....

There are a lot of us in this house (but you already know this). We like our chocolate (again, I am sure you have figured this out by now). Creaming butter, whipping cream, melting chocolate those are all second nature to me. I could do them in my sleep. So to say that I am excited for all the holiday treats (cookies, cakes, cupcakes, tarts, sweat breads, and truffles) that I have yet to make is an understatement!...

It’s always the simplest of recipes that I end up loving the most. This chicken and rice dish is just that, and I’m so excited to share it. I hope the recipe finds its way into your kitchen all fall and winter long – it’s that perfect. I love creating more one-pot, sheet pan, or crockpot recipes for you all. Anything simple and easy is what I’m all about. When I was dreaming up this recipe, it started out a little more complicated than the recipe I’m sharing today....

Guys, Christmas is exactly one week from today…what?!?! How did we get here? How is it already practically Christmas and how is 2016 almost over? I am honestly just in shock. I have no idea where the year went, but I am excited to be ending it on a high note. My cookbook is just about finished…well, technically I won’t be done until January, but the majority of it will be done....

Parchment Baked Roasted Red Pepper Salmon – super easy, so fresh, and incredibly flavorful! Everything is cooked together in a parchment paper pouch creating an almost mess free dinner. Flavorful roasted red pepper and sun-dried tomato sauce is spooned over each fillet before being wrapped up and roasted in parchment paper. Potatoes sit underneath the salmon catching all the yummy flavor and creating an all-in-one dinner. Who doesn’t love that!...

Hey, hi everyone! Happy August 1st! Today marks the start of back to school month here on the blog. I’ve decided that no matter how old or young you are, August just always feels like back to school month. And even though I’m no longer in school, I feel like it’s time to one, buy school supplies, two, get organized…and three? Eat all the PB&J muffins we can. This back to school theme really just means that I have some recipes planned for this month that would be perfect for taking on the go, packing for lunch, as well as quick dinners for busy weeknights....

I absolutely HATE being cold, but yet I continue to make frozen treats. Frozen treats that when I photograph, make me shiver. For some reason every time I shoot any kind of ice cream my hands end up molding the ice cream into a cone, or sandwiching it between cookies, or even stuffing it into tacos. It’s like I have never heard of utensils. I mean, sure I have them……....

Seriously it is. I already have a Thanksgiving post lined up! Anyone one else getting ready for the holidays? Or am I the only crazy exited holiday freak out there? In my defense there is a lot of people in my family which means lots of food! I actually was not even planning on posting these little guys, but they just turned out so cute that I had to share!...

Tis the season for orzo salads, pesto chicken, and lighter, but still delicious, quick and easy recipes. And I am in love with this one. It’s funny because this recipe originally started out as a chicken club sandwich. Yep, not even close to a salad. I was really struggling with the club sandwich recipe, so after two full days, I decided I wanted to switch gears. But I loved loved the flavors of the club sandwich....

Typically, pindi chana is a dry preparation, however I like to make it slightly saucy to scoop with indian flatbreads. This is one of the easiest chickpea curry that you can make make on a weeknight or serve for weekend breakfast. Canned chickpeas work great, read my instructions on how to use later in the post. Chickpea dishes such as dry kala chana (made from black chickpeas) or pindi chana, which omit onions and garlic, offer a refreshing departure from the typical onion-tomato curry base that I make commonly for curries....

We all need recipes that are simple, easy to make and are delicious with hot rice. Today’s recipe of Poondu Milagu Kuzhambu is one such recipe. If you overlook the humongous task of peeling the garlic, there are no other vegetables and there is zero chopping. This Kuzhambu, Garlic Pepper curry gets done in less than 30 mins and is perfect with hot rice & a dollop of ghee. As it happened, we were out of all vegetables and our fridge was empty – a common sight ever since the lockdown....

This post is sponsored by Mezzetta®. Happy day before Thanksgiving! I’m sure we’re all either busy in the kitchen prepping food, decorating for Christmas, or just taking this day to chill before all the fun festivities and delicious food tomorrow! Personally, I’m a bit of a last-minute party closer. So I’m always looking for a good, easy appetizer the day before any holiday, but especially Thanksgiving. I can prep and plan all November long for the turkey, sides, and dessert, but I somehow manage to forget the appetizers....

Somehow it’s already the last Saturday of October. No idea how this happened, but it’s here. Meaning Halloween is this week (are you dressing up?). And Thanksgiving is just a few short weeks away. It’s a little overwhelming, but also so very exciting. I’ve been dying to share today’s cocktail since the start of October, so I’m very happy the day has finally come to tell you all about this pumpkin filled drink....

Ever since I started food blogging properly in 2015, I have posted quite a few chutney recipes. Breakfast is one of the most favorite meals of my day and I look forward to the chutneys more than my idlis/dosa. Lucky for me, my family is the same way. All through my childhood, amma treated us to some amazing chutneys for our daily breakfast so much so that the husband calls us a ‘chutney family’....

When I’m looking to surprise my family with an impressive meal, I turn to breakfast recipes such as a Dutch baby pancake, fluffy overnight yeast waffles, lemon sour cream waffles and these beautiful and delicious red velvet waffles. Red velvet treats are always a hit, whether it’s a red velvet heart cake, red velvet brownies, red velvet cookies or these delicious red velvet waffles. This is the perfect festive breakfast for Valentine’s Day!...

And I’m back with another chicken and orzo dinner. I hope you’re not over these types of recipes that we here clearly find so delicious. But this is a special one. It’s inspired by my mom and her love of soup, chicken, and noodles. I wanted to create an all-in-one dinner similar to the dishes we would make when I was growing up in Cleveland. This time of year always makes me think back to those days....

Noodles need to be extra saucy…they do. Especially noodles in a curry based sauce, because oh my gosh, so much flavor. Do you agree?! Please tell me you do because I am so excited to share today’s recipe with you guys. It’s become a GO-TO. It’s quick, easy, delicious, almost vegan, and also happens to be healthy. Cool. Cool. It’s been a while since I did a good curry, so I decided make a summer curry inspired by two things, the ingredients growing in gardens (or found at the market) and the ingredients hidden deep within my pantry....