These chili recipes are easy to make and perfect to warm you up on a cold day! Whenever the days get colder, cozy up with a great movie or book, and a fantastic bowl of slow cooker chili. I love cooking chili in a crockpot. All the seasoning and spices build on each other to make something special. My favorite moment is when you open the lid and that rush of steam and chili goodness wafts out....

Welcome to the sweetest Sunday of the year. It’s cookie box day! Now a new tradition here on HBH. Last year I shared just how to create the best holiday cookie box… there’s a lot of great packing tips are in that post, so be sure to check it out. I had so much fun creating last year’s box, that I thought I would do it again this year, but with a couple new additions....

Pausing our usual Favorites post…just this week, to share my holiday cookie box. I know many of you really look forward to the Favorites post so, but I promise, today’s post is worth it…because it’s the sweetest day of the year here on HBH! I could not be more excited to share this year’s cookie box. Without a doubt, this is my favorite box yet (see year one and year two), as I have filled it to the brim with my favorite cookies....

Today is the day! I am finally sharing my 2020 Holiday Cookie Box with you guys. And while some of the cookies are tried and true favorites, there are also some new ones too! And you know? I’ve loved all my previous cookie boxes (see my boxes from 2017, 2018, and 2019). But this year’s box might just be my favorite. For the last three years I’ve done a square Christmas cookie box, but this year I switched it up with a slightly larger rectangular box and I could not love this box more!...

Monday I mean? I know, probably not, I totally feel your pain. In fact my legs even hurt at the moment…too much standing and totally not enough chillin on the couch this weekend, but when the fams in town you gotta do what you gotta do. Mondays after a major holiday like Thanksgiving are the worst. There is really no sugar-coating it, they are just brutal. SO. I’m trying to make things a little better with food....

Indian festive season is around the corner and this is the time when I make a lot of mithai(sweets). This easy malai peda recipe taste about 20-30 minutes to and few basic ingredients. Malai in Hindi means cream or creamy and peda is a popular mithai on festivals such as Diwali & Rakshabandhan. About My Recipe Here in this recipe, I have simplified the process by using milk powder. The mixture of milk powder and whole milk when cooked for a few minutes turns thick like mawa or khoya and eliminates the traditional long process of reducing milk....

You can make this mango panna cotta with fresh mangoes or use canned mango puree. It is a perfect, make ahead dessert for summer season! Each year, as the mango season arrives, I eagerly wait to head to our local Indian store to procure a box of this delightful fruit. This time around, we bought home a carton of fragrant kesar mangoes. While we thoroughly enjoy indulging in them as a post-dinner treat, I reserved a few to make this simple yet exquisite mango panna cotta....

Uthappam is a popular South Indian breakfast made with idli or dosa batter. It is fluffy, soft and thick with a lot of different options for toppings. 5 taste uthappam is my take on the most famous hotel style serving of traditional uthappam recipe with 5 different vegetable toppings on the uthappam. It is served with coconut chutney, onion tomato chutney, tiffin sambar and idli podi. Uthappam Recipe Uthappam is usually made with not so fresh idli batter or dosa batter and it is the best way to use up slightly sour batter too....

There are different ways to make aloo kachoris in Indian cuisine. In this post, I am sharing a family heirloom recipe for soft aloo kachoris. These are a festival favorite in our home with a spicy curry, achaar, green chutney and boondi raita. You can also enjoy these with masala chai for snack time. Imagine kachoris as stuffed pooris. Both these immensely popular indian flatbreads are loved for their delicious texture and flavors....

Who doesn’t love potatoes?! They are the single most versatile ingredient that can be used in any form – make snacks, side dishes, gravies or if you are a mad potato lover like me, you will enjoy a plain boiled one too. Potatoes stay good for weeks when stored properly and don’t take up fridge space. If you have a bag of onions, potatoes and tomatoes – you are probably sorted for a few days....

As cliched as it may sound, I have been looking forward to try Avakaya Biryani since a few years. We make Avakaya – Andhra Cut Mango pickle year after year during summers. I have grown up having Avakaya annam almost all my life and it is one of my most favorite pickles. So you should know my surprise when I found out about Avakaya biryani for the first time in Paradise Biryani outlet....

Aval Kozhukattai is a quick and easy dinner or breakfast recipe made using rice flakes or aval. As these spicy dumplings are hand-made and steamed, this is one of the most healthiest recipes. Aval Kara Kozhukattai is not only healthy, it is also very easy to make – all you need is 20 minutes from scratch. As these are cooked and steamed, they are very light on the stomach and are filling too!...

At my house, seafood recipes are often on the dinner menu. My family loves garlic butter shrimp, shrimp fried rice and these irresistible bang bang shrimp. Whenever I eat at Bonefish Grill, I have to order the bang bang shrimp. Those crispy shrimp tossed in sweet and savory sauce just cannot be beat! We don’t have a Bonefish restaurant locally, so I’ve learned to make my own shrimp at home with fabulous results....

It’s kind of my favorite right now. Full of all my favorite flavors and SO easy to make. I make a lot of recipes… wait, not a lot, A TON, and it’s rare that I’ll make a recipe more than twice. It’s not because I don’t love each and every recipe that I tell you guys about, it’s just that new recipes need to be made, tested and eaten… you know?...

You know, we really love a dutch baby in my family. Or let me rephrase, the women in my family, myself, Asher, and my mom, really love a Dutch baby. My mom more than anyone. Growing up, my mom was the baker. She loved to bake, but cook? Well, not so much. Sweets were her thing! And any kind of slightly sweet, light fluffy, egg, breakfast/brunch item will forever be her favorite....

It has been a while I made my most favorite Indo-Chinese fare. Every Sunday, we end up making one or the other kind of Biriyani and when we are bored of it, we end up making some fried rice or noodles. Recently, I got lucky on an online store and got a bunch of fresh Bok Choy delivered at home. Some of it went into making Thai Style Noodles and the next day, I ended up serving this simple Bok Choy Stir-Fry on the side of Vegetable Fried Rice....

Can you guys believe it? No cheese today. What’s going on? I mean, I did not even add parmesan to the potatoes. Although, that would be pretty stinkin’ good. So even though this meal may be cheeseless, I still love it. I guess I swapped the cheese for the bourbon today. And bourbon on a Thursday? Yeah, it’s still a good idea. With things being so busy lately, I have been in need of super quick cooking, hands off meals....

I am so happy to be sharing this french style apple cake with you guys. The recipe comes from the incredible Athena Calderone and her new cookbook that’s out today, Cook Beautiful. If you are unfamiliar with Athena’s work, I highly suggest you take a look at her blog, Eyeswoon. There you will find beautifully photographed recipes, tablescapes, and stories. I have followed Athena for years now and it’s her love of food and creating beautiful things that have kept me drawn in....

Do you have those family recipes that you make every holiday season without fail? In our family, we have a few, and they’re what I call super “old school” recipes. These are the classics that my brothers love more than anything. And they’re the ones we’ve been eating since I was a kid. You have those recipes too, right? We always do a cheesy potato casserole at Christmas. But a few years ago I decided I wanted to make something new and updated....

Ingredients dark brown sugar salted butter cinnamon large eggs vanilla extract all-purpose flour baking soda kosher salt granulated sugar cream cheese milk vanilla extract powdered sugar What to have in the kitchen: Bowl Baking sheet parchment paper electric hand mixer or stand mixer skillet heatproof bowl small bowl whisk teaspoons/ tablespoons wire rack for cooling Cookies! Tis’ the season! And man oh man, I have baked up a lot of cookies this week....