I’ve been on a big breakfast kick the last couple weeks. I go through phases sometimes, and right now I am very much into all the breakfast foods. Last week alone I shared breakfast style potatoes and these (springy) lemon ricotta blueberry pancakes. But this week? It is all about bagels. More specifically, cinnamon crunch bagels. 100% inspired by the Panera Bread cinnamon crunch bagels I used to love so much as a kid (anyone else?...

The first post in this new year 2020 is one of my recent favorites – Homemade Dark Chocolate. Let us start off this year with some sweet but also healthy, alright?! Making chocolate at home has been my interest point ever since I started food blogging. I have three different versions of homemade chocolate and this one is the best one yet, ‘cos it uses Cocoa Butter! The first time I made homemade chocolate I used coconut oil, the only alternative to the cocoa butter....

So you guys know the movie The Parent Trap, right? The 1998 one with cute little Lindsey Lohan. You know when she was still cute and innocent, before Hollywood reeled her in. Well for some reason when I was hiking on Sunday morning I thought of this movie. Honestly, I have no idea why this movie popped into my thoughts, but it did. Maybe it was the seriously frigid temps we have been experiencing in the early mornings (hello -18, you kind of stink!...

I’ve always loved berries and fruit of any kind. Pretty sure you all know this thanks to my obsessive talk about fruit. I’m also consistently finding ways to incorporate seasonal fruit into salsa, pizza, and all kinds of savory dishes. What I haven’t always loved is baking with fruit. Now I know this sounds odd, who doesn’t love baking with fruit? Well, I grew up with a mom who only baked chocolatey things: chocolate cake, chocolate chip cookies, special K-bars (cookbook recipe), etc....

Whelp, I sure hope everyone had an amazing Christmas! This is the first recipe back after the holiday and I’m sharing my family’s New Year’s Eve appetizer. I’m sure I’ve told this story previously, but my late aunt Katie continues to inspire me with her tradition of Mexican on New Year’s Eve. When my cousins and I were kids, we would spend the week after Christmas at the family cabin in Ripley, New York....

Learn how to easily make this vegan & gluten-free chilli garlic sauce recipe in this post. What Is Hot Garlic Sauce? Hot Garlic sauce, as the name suggests, is a sharp & garlicky sauce made with fresh peppers, chillies, garlic & vinegar. The prominent flavors of this sauce are a balance of heat, tang and spicy. If you love sriracha, imagine this as garlicky sriracha, even better, right? I use it extensively to create my favorite dishes like vegetable or chicken in hot garlic sauce....

These truffles are pretty quick to make (takes about 20 minutes active time) and are perfect for edible gifting during Diwali, Holi or the holidays. We love sweets and savories made with kaju, aka the cashew. I go through a lot of cashews during the festive season. Some of my other festive favorites are masala kaju and kaju kishmish ice cream. Kaju Katli, is a traditional mithai (Indian sweet) made from cashew nuts & sugar....

Khubani Ka Meetha is a very popular and traditional dessert from Hyderabad. Qubani or Khubani means apricot in Urdu and Meetha means sweet. Qubani Ka Meetha literally translates to Apricot sweet. Dried apricots are soaked in water to soften up and cooked in sugar syrup until they are juicy. It is believed that this recipe has Nizami influence, like the many authentic and emblematic recipes from Hyderabad. While Double Ka Meetha or Shahi Tukda is a much popular and a known Hyderabadi dessert, it is not very easy to find Khubani Ka Meetha in restaurant menus....

This simple Lemon Pepper Cajun Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo is a favorite with everyone. Classic, creamy fettuccini Alfredo with butter, garlic, and plenty of parmesan. Then topped with crispy lemon pepper cajun chicken. Every twirl of pasta melts in your mouth and the chicken adds a nice buttery, spiciness to every bite. It’s delicious. Sometimes you have those recipes that you just know you’re going to love. I feel like this fettuccine will be that recipe for many of you....

Thanksgiving week is here and that means the holiday craze is beginning! Yes! Watch the How-To Here: Christmas Potpourri from Half Baked Harvest on Vimeo. Here’s the thing, every year I always make these grand plans in my head to do all my favorite holiday things. Like all of them. Cut down the family tree, decorate the tree, make sugar cookies, decorate the house, make gingerbread houses from scratch, send out christmas cookies to everyone, find the best gifts, watch ALL the Christmas movies, go for a snowy sleigh ride, make hot cocoa with giant marshmallows and loads of whipped cream, go ice skating, make the most grand Christmas dinner – with the table set all cute and festive....

Menthi Kura Pappu is a simple and delicious Andhra style methi dal tadka, a tempered lentil curry made with Methi Leaves/Fenugreek Leaves. By nature, fenugreek leaves are slightly bitter. But when cooked with moong dal, it makes for a tasty side dish is delicious with hot rice & some ghee. Obviously, this is a humble family recipe that is quite common in any Andhra or South Indian household. But it is also extremely comforting and super easy to make....

This sharbat is super easy to make and needs just a few ingredients. Check out other refreshing summer drinks like aam panna, mango shikanji, rose falooda, thandai and DIY masala chai concentrate. Old Delhi is truly a street food paradise for anyone looking to try the real taste of Delhi cuisine. Be it daulat ki chaat during winters or this mohabbat ka sharbat during summers, the streets always have something delicious to offer to anyone who visits....

Deepavali/Diwali is just around the corner isnt it? Can’t believe we are in November already, time seems to be flying so fast 🙂 For me, Deepavali would be incomplete without murukku or janthikalu. We would be eagerly waiting for amma to prepare this savory snack and munch it hot-hot out of the oil. She used to make a big dabba full of murukku that would last until deepavali. Diwali is such a happy festival – the joy of making many sweets and savories, buying new clothes and waiting for the crackers!...

Summer calls for special cool drinks. Curd/Yogurt happens to be one of the easiest available stuff in every Indian household. Neer Mor or Majjiga is one such simple, healthy summer cool drink recipe. Neer Mor literally translates into watery buttermilk. With the intolerable heat of the summer, our body loses a lot of water content. To keep up with the dehydration - Neer Mor, Majjiga been the age old mantra for many many years....

Like ice cream… in 5 different flavors… all in one post!!! I mean, does it get any better??? Probably not. There is literally a flavor for everyone. Fruity, chocolatey, creamy, sin worthy. PERFECT. Here’s the deal. The idea for making ice cream 5 different ways has been in my head FOREVER, but I wanted to wait until closer to the 4th of July to share it with you. And guys, the time has come!...

And since chocolate plus banana is honestly one of my favorite combos, I decided to make a Healthy January recipe out of the two. You guys are so very welcome. 🙂 In all seriousness, while I may hate these photos, I LOVE this bread. In fact it’s possibly my favorite banana bread recipe. It’s so quick, so easy, so healthy and so good! Wow, that was a lot of SO’s, but honestly, this bread is amazing....

In my head, I intended to share a salad today, but mac and cheese was more what I was in the mood for. We’ve entered into that time of year between winter and spring when most days are pretty cold. And even though spring is top of mind, it’s still very much winter. I have salads I’m excited to share. And while I still plan to post them soon, it was cold and snowy....

I could not be happier about the return of pomegranates, and I am celebrating them with this pan roasted pomegranate glazed salmon. Have you ever seen such a pretty piece of salmon? It’s the pomegranate arils, they get me every season, SO pretty! Today I am going to attempt to jump right into the recipe because one, I have so much to say about it, and two, I need to go respond to everyone’s kind comments from the last few days (THANK YOU!...

During the warmer weather months I’m all about the salads, including caprese salad, tomato avocado salad, and this hearty Italian panzanella. One of my favorite parts of summer is all the fresh produce in season. Panzanella salad is my very favorite way to showcase summer tomatoes, and it also happens to be super easy to prepare! How do you make panzanella? The first step is to prepare your bread cubes....

This post is sponsored by Emmi Cheese. Are these not just the cutest, sweetest, little handheld tarts? I created them completely on a whim one night, certainly never thinking of ever sharing the recipe. But after the first bite, I knew this was a recipe was a keeper. These savory peach tarts are mouthwateringly delicious and beyond easy to throw together at a moment’s notice. All you need is few pantry staples…puff pastry, cheese, and honey....