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As you guys know I am a firm believer in pasta…anyday, anytime. Hence, I see Monday as the perfect day for a healthier take on everyone’s favorite Italian pasta dish, carbonara. This pasta is creamy, cheesy, and loaded with avocado, which I am whole heartedly obsessed with…um see this sandwich, this salad, and this dip. I’ve been dying to tell you guys about this recipe for so long now. Or okay, not so long, more like a couple of weeks, but I am just so excited about this recipe because it’s all of my favorite things....

Look, just because it is “healthy January”, doesn’t mean we can’t have our sweets too. Especially in today’s world, we need a little chocolate to help bring in the cheer. Cheesy, but it’s actually so true. As I mentioned in Sunday’s Favorite’s post, one of the silver linings of this past year was watching so many of you grow a love of baking. It was so fun to see! And let’s be real, with many of us at home these days…and taking one zoom call after another, a hot chocolate doughnut is exactly the afternoon snack we need....

I’m always looking for quick breakfast options, and these baked oatmeal cups are a hit with both kids and adults. You can easily customize them to your taste preferences and they reheat beautifully. I love to make heathier breakfasts like chia pudding, acai bowls and these oatmeal cups. Breakfast…it’s an easily forgotten meal of the day. I’m personally the worst at skipping it, which is why I love these baked oatmeal cups....

My spelling and reading abilities are not the best. I have always struggled with spelling. I am honestly the worst. Let’s just say that I use google and spell check a lot. Although, spell check can’t normally figure out what the heck I am trying to say. Yeah, I told you. It’s bad.Anyway, I had been wanting to make the Mani Mi sandwich for a while. I saw a picture floating around somewhere a while back and thought it looked pretty....

As much as I am secretly (or really not so secretly) excited for fall, I want to spend all of August and the better half of September really celebrating summer and all that comes along with it. Even if my weather is maybe not that warm, aside from the afternoon thunderstorms, it has been pretty nice here. Oh, and judging from all the comments on this post (check it out, awesome recipe and there is a GIVEAWAY!...

We are always scrambling for quick and easy recipes, right?! I would love to make some delicious snacks or breakfast recipes or quick dinner options that don’t take much time at all. This recipe for Bread Upma ticks all boxes for me. How many times are we left with 3-4 slices of bread, that won’t be enough to make a decent sandwich, sitting at the back of the fridge? I don’t know about you guys, but I am often left with few slices of bread....

Oh and cheesy, can’t forget about the cheese. You’d think after yesterday’s Cheesy Cajun Fries I might tone it down on the cheese, but nope I am shoving more in your face. That’s just how I roll, with lots of cheese. I even put cheese on my seafood, which I know some people don’t do. Obviously, I am not one of those people. You can blame my dad for this....

When I’m looking to eat a little healthier, I often turn to rainbow quinoa salad, Mediterranean farro salad, or these hearty Buddha bowls. You probably know by now that I’m all about the chicken recipes on this site. We eat a LOT of chicken and sometimes I just need a change, you know? I made this Buddha bowl recipe thinking I’d be eating it all on my own, but lo and behold, the kids ate it....

When I’m looking for a party snack that everyone will love, I turn to appetizer recipes such as a mezze platter, mini quiches or this vibrant and flavorful eggplant caponata. Whenever I see caponata on the menu at a restaurant, I have to order it. I just love the complex flavors, especially when served over a piece of toasted bread! I’ve since learned to make this dish from Italy at home, and it happens to be quite simple to put together....

When I looked at the calendar this past Saturday night while finishing up writing Sunday’s Nine Favorite Things, I suddenly realized that Memorial Day was only a week away. Quarantine life had my mind thinking that we still had two weeks until Memorial Day. How could it be that Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial start to summer, was basically here. It snuck up on me quicker than it ever has before....

But this Caramelized Brussels Sprout Salad just seemed like more of a Sunday thing. I mean, this is not your typical salad, and to be honest, it is more of a side dish than a salad. This is a warm salad with all the fixins. There are caramelized brussels sprouts, apples, pecans, crispy bacon, blue cheese and the sweetest, savoriest caramel apple vinaigrette that can be kind of addicting. Can you tell I am ready for the official start of fall on Tuesday?...

I feel like a sweet galette might be more of an expectation from me, but I wanted to throw you guys a curve ball… Right, like I thought that much about this. No, more like I have bought tomatoes like crazy the last couple weeks, so I kind of knew I had to a do a savory galette involving one of August’s most popular foods. Plus, galettes tend to be filled with fruit and while I have turned a small corner this summer with fruit desserts, I still have a hard time thinking of fruit as a dessert....

I make cauliflower fried rice when I’m trying to eat healthier, but still want to enjoy my favorite take out dishes. I pair this cauliflower rice with chicken lettuce wraps for a low carb meal that’s as good as what you would get in a restaurant. Did anyone else get a little carb happy this holiday season? I love all of the carb filled holiday goodies just like anyone else, but now I’m ready to lighten things up a bit with this cauliflower fried rice!...

Happy Vinayaka Chavithi, Ganesh Chathurdhi, Pillayar Chathurdhi to everyone who is celebrating this festival today! 🙂 I am posting the last recipe of this festive series – Chalimidi. This is a popular festive sweet recipe from Andhra that uses rice flour and jaggery. This again is a favorite sweet for the Elephant God Ganesha and hence is a must for us during this festival. There are different ways this is usually done and today I am posting the recipe that is an absolute favorite of mine....

If you’re a Sonic fan, or simply looking for an easy summery drink, this cherry limeade recipe is for you. It contains just a handful of ingredients and is perfect for a hot day! Sometimes you just need a fun and festive drink that hits the spot on a hot day. This cherry limeade is cool, refreshing and couldn’t be any easier to make. Skip the trip to Sonic and make a big pitcher of cherry limeade at home instead!...

Yes, you can make a pecan pie this Thanksgiving – OR, you can step outside of the norm with these fun chocolate pecan pie cupcakes. Both are good, but cute cupcakes are so much more fun. Plus, I personally think these are actually better than pie. These have a lot of yummy elements that all work so well together – they’re delicious! When it comes to the Thanksgiving dessert table, I like to have classic dessert flavors, but something besides just pies....

Combining two desserts to make one awesome… dessert love child. Dessert love childs are kind of a thing in the food blogging world. Think about it. Without food bloggers we would not have the Better than Crack Brownies, 7 Layer Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars, Oatmeal and Chocolate Cookie Bars, Peanut Butter S’more 7 Layer Bars or Oreos stuffed in just about anything. Dessert would be just plain boring with out us....

I made roasted, salted, pecan butter and then I covered it with chocolate to make some pretty awesome truffles. Well, actually I am not sure it is really a truffle. More like chocolate covered pecan butter balls, but I just really like the word truffle. It sounds fancy…….and Christmassy! On Saturday and I am not really sure why. I made Pecan Butter. For the first time. Whoa! I can not believe I have never made this before....

You all, I really was torn on just what recipe to share today. It’s the Friday before Christmas Eve and I was stumped on what everyone might be looking for the most. Yet another appetizer? A holiday side dish? Something sweet to snack on? I had plenty of ideas, but in the end, my mom and I decided on my Christmas salad. This is the salad I make almost nightly over the next 2 weeks....

In this recipe I am sharing the traditional deep fried as well as air fried version which also comes out amazing! These pakoras are fancy to serve for entertaining or for evening chai time at home if you are craving something different and delicious. What is Pakora? Pakoras or Pakodas are a hugely popular indian snack and they are made a ton of ways using all sorts of vegetables, paneer, chicken or seafood....