It is super creamy due to use of the cashew yogurt and fine ground almonds, you can skip the powdered nuts though if you wish. Also,you can switch up to oat milk yogurt or any nut free yogurt in case of nut allergies. The spices in the masala are usual indian kitchen spices, you can deep fry the tofu before adding it to the base. The curry is super quick to make and pairs beautifully with rotis or rice....

It seems I have been posting a lot of sweet recipes of late. More like sweets galore! 😀 But then, no celebration is complete without sweets. And for someone like me with an immense sweet tooth, I am always finding reasons to make sweets! Today is the third auspicious Friday of the holy month of Shravan. And I couldn’t resist sharing another sweet recipe. Last Friday I posted Chakka Varatti recipe, a jackfruit preserve made with jackfruit puree, jaggery and ghee....

It’s easy… Full of all the good things in the world… And delicious… SO DELICIOUS… Cheat’s Brown Butter and Salted Maple Pecan Sticky Buns! WATCH HOW-TO VIDEO HERE: And guys, these are sticky buns like no other. Plus, they only take about an hour from start to finish. Yep, I’m keeping things EASY all week-long, cause when it comes to the days leading up to Thanksgiving, all recipes need to be EASY....

When I’m looking for an easy dessert to please a crowd, I turn to chocolate covered Oreos, cake mix cookies, and these beautiful cheesecake stuffed strawberries. I’ve been all about the berries this summer, and pretty much every time I go to the grocery store, I buy a giant carton of strawberries. Strawberries are obviously great as is, but when you stuff them with cheesecake and add a sprinkling of graham crackers, all of the sudden you’ve got an easy no-bake dessert....

Brunching our way into the weekend with this Chipotle Huevos Rancheros Bake with Mango Salsa. Happiest Thursday everyone! I know it’s not quite the weekend yet, but hey, Thursday is the new Friday, right? Right, right…. If you could not tell, I’m super excited the weekend is almost here. While I’m loving these productive first weeks of January, and feeling a little more refreshed and inspired after a great week in the kitchen, I’m still looking forward to some weekend chill time....

Ingredients: Salted pretzels Butter, melted Vanilla extract Brown sugar Instant espresso powder Cinnamon Semi-sweet or dark chocolate Flaky sea salt Kitchen Supplies: Baking sheets (two) Parchment paper Medium mixing bowls (two) First Friday of November and I have one of our easiest Thanksgiving recipes yet! Yes, these always come out looking impressive and taste even more delicious. The idea came to be pretty naturally. I was speaking with my mom and going over some ideas for our holiday dinners....

The saying around the Gerard household is that simple is the best, and the more recipes I create, the more I really realize this. Sure, I also love a recipe that takes more time to make, and you know I love spending time baking up my favorite layer cakes, but when it comes to everyday cooking, I’m all about simple. I spent some time talking to my aunt and uncle this past weekend and they were telling me how they love good food…but simple food....

I love a good quick bread – pumpkin chocolate chip bread and blueberry banana bread are some of our all time favorites. This sweet and tart cranberry bread is the perfect treat during the winter months when fresh cranberries are in season! Cranberry Bread Ingredients When you make cranberry bread you will need flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, butter, an egg, buttermilk, vanilla extract, cranberries, orange zest, powdered sugar and orange juice....

Like one week and a day, I am so excited! Thanksgiving is the start of the truly most wonderful time of the year! Cheesy I know, but to me it really is. I love the holidays. Our Thanksgiving table is usually extremely basic. Turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, and rolls. Yeah, I know. See there are a lot of picky boys in our house and well, they do not like green things....

I probably have well over a dozen cookie recipes, multiple pumpkin muffin recipes, many types of banana breads, and far too many blueberry muffins. But carrot cake? I think I have 2 or 3 variations of carrot cake. I’m sure I’ve shared this before, but I didn’t grow up with carrot cake. Everything sweet in my house was chocolate-focused. Well, other than my dad’s cinnamon toast that he’d often make us for breakfast....

This is the perfect recipe for a spring Monday. I t’s also a dish I’ve been looking forward to sharing with you all for quite a while! First of all, we’re back with new fish and seafood recipes! I took a break for a few weeks, but I’ve got newfound inspiration and a couple of recipes I’m really looking forward to sharing! Plus, with the weather finally warming up, seafood always feels more appropriate!...

This summer, I’ve been frequently traveling between Colorado, the Midwest, and the East Coast. August will be filled with trips, too! I love it, and I’m having fun experiencing a bit of an East Coast summer. Just the other weekend, I spent time in the Hamptons. We hosted a dinner with Wölffer Estates, a local vineyard in the area. While in the area, I had dinner in Montauk, where we ordered two bowls of their creamy lobster pasta....

This is the time of year when I almost always feel the need to switch things up. I hate to talk about the weather…but it’s snowing here again, like possibly a couple or more. All I will say is that this has me craving fresh flavors and spring food more than ever. And since I really didn’t feel like making yet another dinner recipe, or yet another dessert (don’t worry, both are still on the agenda for later this week), I decided to go the appetizer route....

We’ve got Monday grilled cheese sandwiches to keep things easy, casual, and delicious…plus comforting too. I mentioned this yesterday, but our weather has shifted and there is most definitely a slight chill in the air. I’m not ready for fall food just yet. But I’m starting to lean into the cozier end-of-summer recipes…which are always some of my favorites. This grilled cheese is just that…summery, but comforting. I’ve told this story before, but as a kid, my grilled cheese sandwiches consisted of whatever bread we had laying around the kitchen, plus cheese, and butter....

Making business decisions when I honestly have zero business experience. Unless you count my little jewelry making business I had in sixth grade, but that only lasted a few months. But hey, it did actually make it into a store over at Beachwood Mall on the East Side of Cleveland. I thought it was the coolest thing ever…until I got bored and moved on to my next project. Kind of wishing life could be that easy and care free again....

Typical right? You know I love my bowl recipes. Maybe my next cookbook (I mean if there is a next cookbook…who knows, but fingers crossed) should include all bowl foods. I have no doubt that I can come up with one hundred and fifty solid bowl food recipes. I think they’re my favorite. I am not really sure why, but I just love them. I think maybe it’s the fact that I love bowls in general, especially the pasta style bowls (hmmm, wonder why?...

How is Dal Maharani Different from Dal Makhani Both Dal Maharani and Dal Makhani belong to Punjabi cuisine. Firstly, the type of lentils used in both these dal is different. Dal Makhani uses whole black urad lentils and red kidney beans. Dal maharani is made with a combination of whole black urad lentils, green moong lentils and chana dal (bengal gram lentils) Secondly, the consistency of Dal Makhani is buttery and smooth....

I think the one thing we can all agree on right now is that a good project is just what we need. Not that these bagels are difficult by any means, but they are bagels. They require using your hands, your focus, and they’re sure to distract your mind from any anxiety you might have. Even if it’s only for an hour or so. Some days (maybe more than others) just call for a good baking distraction....

December is the bestest of all months, the nip in the air, the jingles and holiday happiness definitely puts all of us in a better place, inspite of all the chaos around us this year. December for me is synonymous of baking and that’s what I did last weekend. The first recipe is a much loved typical Indian flavored cookie, mostly called as biscuit. Cardamom Biscuits are crispy, light and golden with a mild underlining cardamom/elachi flavor....

You guys! How sticking cute, fun, and delicious do these bars look and sound. Chocolate fudge pop tarts will always hold a special spot in my memories. I didn’t eat a lot of them growing up, but on the rare occasion when we had them in the house, I remember each pop tart being such a treat. We’d eat them straight out of the package. But, when we had a few extra minutes, I remember a toasted warm chocolate fudge pop tart being the BEST thing ever....