I happen to love Thai food, and I often make a full Thai meal at home with Thai noodles, peanut chicken, Thai chicken curry and this simple yet satisfying cucumber salad. I posted this Asian cucumber salad recipe a few weeks ago, and you all loved it so much that I decided another one was in order. This time around I’ve got a Thai cucumber salad, and it’s so delicious that I may or may not have eaten the entire batch for lunch one day!...

Happiest Sunday! Hope you guys all had a great Valentine’s Day and are enjoying your long weekend (well hopefully it’s a long weekend for most of you)! Here are some of my favorite things this week! Things I am Loving Lately – Enjoy! Veggie Wonton Miso Soup? Count me in! How cute are these Heart Shaped Whole Wheat Banana Pancakes? LOVE This cake. It’s all natural Red Velvet Cake with Goat Cheese Glaze....

Chutneys are hot favorites at our home and we make different varieties, combinations – the enthusiasm comes from my Amma, who can turn anything and everything into a delicious chutney. I have shared more chutney recipes and side dish recipes for breakfast, as we love them here. The recent addition to our chutney repertoire is this most simple, but delicious Andhra Style Tomato Coriander Chutney. It goes really well with idli, dosa or even chapati....

Would Black Friday really be Black Friday without a good leftover turkey dinner? It’s an essential part to any Thanksgiving package. And every year I try to share at least one new way to use up the Thanksgiving leftovers. Last year I focused heavily on using up the cranberry sauce. It’s always the one dish that I seem to have so much of left over. If you’re like me, and looking for ways to use up your cranberry sauce, try out this cinnamon spiced Dutch baby or these perfect popovers, which are both topped with cranberry butter....

And Friday?!?! And celebrations!?!? Me, me, me, ME!! ? Over here in my little world, it’s been a big week and a half. First things first, Asher’s eighth birthday. I think the little girl had a pretty fun week. She seemed to love all of her presents and the finale to her celebrations was her Harry Potter birthday party with four of her closest friends. The fun isn’t completely over, come October 1, we will finally be heading off on our trip to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Orlando (thank you to those of you who recommended Orlando)....

Ending the week on a high note with this vanilla glazed blackberry peach coffee cake. Can you say yummmm?!? Hey, hi! Happy Friday everyone! Pretty pumped for the weekend, as it’s been a stressful week over here. From family stuff to work stuff to taking care of all of these animals, this week has been jam-packed, but I’m excited to be sharing this cake with you all today. One, because I think all Fridays should end with something sweet....

Momos – steamed dumplings from North East India are taking the rest of the country by storm. Literally. In Bangalore, any street is sure to have at least two momo-wallas putting up their stalls and by evening, one can see huge crowd around any such stall. Only two reasons for this. First, momos are utterly delicious. Secondly, they are cheap. The melt in the mouth momos with spicy fiery red chutney makes for a great snack any time of the day....

Welcome to my Super Simple Thursday night dinner, NOODLES! Salty, sweet, spicy, and veggie filled noodles…my favorite. I just thought of this now, but should we make Super Simple Thursday a thing? Like every Thursday I share a new super simple dinner recipe? Maybe as a new series for the summer? Let me know your thoughts on this and what you might want to see too. I’m liking this idea though!...

We all have fall back recipes, right? I have plenty of them. Though I don’t make them as often as I wish I could, since I’m constantly developing new recipes to share. It doesn’t leave much space for my tried and true favorites. But it’s ok because what I’ve learned I can do is take my tried and true recipes and spin them into something new, fun, and delicious. Dutch babies are one of my tried and true recipes....

From chocolate delights to peppermint treats, there’s a candy here for every sweet lover on your list! “Deck the halls” with…. Christmas candy recipes? Oh, yes! ‘Tis the holiday season to get out your best apron and ingredients, and cook and bake until your heart’s content. Homemade Christmas candies makes the best gift and brings holiday cheer to parties and dinners. I have gathered fantastic recipes to delight your friends and family....

It’s been on and off snowing this week and ramen just sounded really, really good the other day. It’s not often that I make a recipe based on the fact that it’s snowing. But I figured, why not, we all love ramen. Plus, I remember a few months ago my brother, Red, told me how he and Hailey (his girlfriend) make their ramen. He said that Hail’s just cracks the egg right into the boiling soup with the noodles and all....

Happy Friday before 4th of July week! I decided I would do something a little different today. Instead of sharing a recipe, I thought it be fun if I shared my easy 4th of July menu, along with some tips to make entertaining this summer fun and easy. Growing up, I used to help my Nonnie with family parties before everyone would arrive. It was my favorite thing to do, especially in the summer when I was bored....

It’s been far too long since we talked about chocolate. I mean, a good three weeks, which as you guys know, is a very long time for me. I just got so very excited with all the spring strawberries. Plus I’ve also tried to make a point to focus a bit more on easy dinner recipes for you guys. But in doing this, my chocolate desserts got pushed to the side for a minute....

Happy Friday! I’m spending my last few hours with my family here in tropical paradise before heading off to NYC this afternoon for my Anthropologie Workshop and Meet and Greet this Sunday. Are you guys coming? I’d love to meet as many of you as possible. The workshop is from 11am to 12pm and you can RSVP for that here. The meet and greet and book signing will directly follow the workshop and I’ll be there until 3pm on Sunday....

Seriously, I have a problem. I have so many tropical recipe ideas floating around in my head. It’s crazy. I am sorry if all this fruity tropical food is not your thing. For your sake, I will throw in some regular foods at some point here, but I can’t seem to stop. Tropical foods just make me happy. For this reason, I am just going to put this out here right now....

Aratikaya, raw banana or plantain is a staple in almost every Telugu household. In fact, there are a lot of raw banana recipes from South India. Banana plants are found in every other household. The application and recipes differ from state to state however. Like my MIL prepares a super simply Raw Plantain Fry (Vazhakkai Varuval), that is delicious with Sambar or Rasam as a side with rice. My mom does prepare a fry too but that recipe is nowhere near the one my MIL uses....

Today is the official start to autumn so this fall harvest salad feels very appropriate. I’ve already been talking about fall for weeks. And though fall is only officially beginning, our leaves have just about reached their peak. We even had our first dusting of snow early on Monday which brought chilly temperatures and an aire of coziness. I’m not ready for snow yet, but I’m definitely welcoming the cozy vibes....

Especially the Monday after a holiday weekend when NO ONE wants it to actually be Monday. These are the cure. Ok well, these and maybe a nice nap too. That would be really nice, but that’s just so not going to happen. But you gotta eat, so why not have a little Monday fun? It just makes sense. So let’s talk about my new-found addiction to Etsy. It’s insane and also going to make me completely broke, BUT Etsy has some of the cutest stuff and since I live in a place that has zero shopping, I am an online girl all the way....

We have Mexican food night in my house at least once a week, and my kids often request pork tacos, Mexican casserole, or these simple yet totally satisfying beef enchiladas. Beef enchiladas are one of my favorite dishes to order at my local Mexican restaurant, but they also happen to be quite easy to make at home! I love this recipe because it’s super flavorful, and you can even double or triple the batch if you’re feeding a larger crowd....

When I say I worked weeks on these, I really do mean it. I first attempted these rolls (or buns) over a couple of weeks ago, before I left for the east coast portion of the book tour. I wasn’t happy with the recipe, so I had to put a pin in it for when I returned. When I returned I started off with these as my first recipe back in the kitchen....