I am in full-on soup mode. We had snow last week and over the weekend. Everything around me is feeling wintery white and especially cozy. It’s definitely soup weather! I’ve made 3 new soups over the past week and I love them all! However, I will say that this yummy potato soup might be the family favorite. It’s our kind of soup – thick, creamy, a little on the chunky side, with lots flavor, spice, and deliciousness....
Eggless Chocolate Chunks Cookies are simple and easy cookies made with chunks of milk chocolate combined with the goodness of roasted pistachios. They are melt-in-mouth, soft and delicious cookies with prep made in just a single bowl. This recipe is also one of the best ways to use up any leftover chocolate bars and as an added advantage, the chocolate cookies have a great mouth feel and it is delight for every chocolate lover....
I made cake for the first time this year, putting my cake pans to best use since we moved to our new home. Things have been so busy lately that I am neither doing a lot of cooking or baking, something I love quite a lot. Homemade pizzas are making their way during the weekends and that’s it, no more breads or cakes. I got a great chance to amend that last week – the husband celebrated his birthday and I wanted to make a special cake for him....
Happy (Christmas) Cookie Friday! I’m pretty excited the weekend is here. I have grand plans of doing some serious online Christmas shopping (I am horribly behind and stressing about how close Christmas is…yikes!), and having a “Christmas day” with Asher on Sunday. She is the cutest, and she text me on Wednesday night asking when we could have our annual Christmas day. Obviously, I can’t let being busy, and the hustle that comes with the end of the year, come between spending time with this girl, so Sunday afternoon it is!...
There are some days that I head into the kitchen and I really do not have a clue what I’m going to cook. To be honest, I don’t love to be overly planned out when it comes to the recipes I share. I’ve learned that when I spend a day or two plotting out new recipes, and putting the concepts on my list of recipes to test, that when the time comes to actually make the recipe, I find that I’ve already changed my mind....
Sometimes you want something comforting and at the same time, the one that requires less effort right?! Today’s recipe is such a one pot meal. When I am in total lazy mode, I go onto make some simple one pot rice recipes. Golden Onion Rice is a fragrant rice recipe with some of my favorite whole spices and golden fried onions on top. I wanted something light to go with my Dal Makhani and this seemed apt....
With Thanksgiving getting closer and closer, I’m excited to finally be sharing this recipe with you guys! This is a pie that I actually came up with last year, but only recently perfected the recipe. I know, an entire year later. Sometimes recipes take a while to get just right. To be honest, I gave up working on this once Thanksgiving passed, then revisited the recipe a couple of weeks ago....
Also known as flakey, buttery, phyllo dough spinach pie with cheese. Also known as SO GOOD. SIDE NOTE: I semi hate the abbreviation AKA and one hundred percent prefer to write it out. Who is with me? I’m not sure if this dish is well known or not, but if you don’t know about Greek spinach and feta pie, I am so excited to be the one to tell you all about it....
This brie is lightly grilled and has a slightly smoky flavor to it…so good! And when served with warm grilled bread. Yes! I think I plan to grill a loaf of bread every single day this summer. I mean, why the heck not? Oh, and brie paired with sweet summer berries? Yeah, that’s just like icing on the cake. I know this is really a snack or an appetizer, but this can totally be considered this dinner in my book....
When the weather is nice, I fire up the grill and make some of my family’s favorite recipes including grilled corn on the cob, grilled salmon and this delicious marinated flank steak. It always gets rave reviews from family and friends. How Do You Make Grilled Flank Steak? Start by mixing the marinade ingredients together in either a bowl or a gallon sized freezer bag. Add your flank steak, then give it at least one hour to soak up all that great flavor....
I am hooked onto this Rayalaseema style Gutti Vankaya Kura, people! For the uninitiated, Gutti Vankaya literally means whole brinjal/aubergine. It is a specialty curry from Andhra (specially the Rayalaseema region) where these small sized brinjals are stuffed with a tasty spice powder and cooked in a whole lot of spices. I am telling you, it is truly delicious stuff! How did someone like me who couldn’t stand brinjals/aubergines come about loving them?...
April 5, 2023 Baked Crunchy Pretzel Honey Balsamic Chicken. April 5, 2022 Artichoke Gouda Tart. April 3, 2023 Sheet Pan Honey Garlic Chicken and Feta Potatoes. April 4, 2022 Chicken Tzatziki Bowls. April 20, 2022 Cauliflower “Pepperoni” Cheese Pizza. April 25, 2020 Blueberry Lemon Thyme Smash.
August 29, 2022 Roasted Garlic Caprese Grilled Cheese. September 8, 2021 Sheet Pan Sticky Sweet and Sour Chicken. August 31, 2021 Spicy Lemon Butter Shrimp Scampi with Herbed Corn. September 1, 2022 Creamy Tuscan Chicken with Crispy Prosciutto. September 8, 2020 Black Pepper Rub Chicken Fingers with Greek Yogurt Ranch. August 31, 2022 Easy White Chicken Chili Corn Dip. September 2, 2022 Fudge Frosted Chocolate Olive Oil Sheet Cake.
June 7, 2021 Grilled Lemon Herb Chicken Avocado Orzo Salad with Honey Mustard Bacon Dressing. June 9, 2021 Taco Stuffed Avocados with Chipotle Sauce and Cilantro Lime Ranch. June 24, 2019 One Pot 30 Minute Creamy Tomato Basil Pasta Bake. June 17, 2019 Cajun Pepper Shrimp with Creamed Corn Orzo. May 26, 2020 Garden Greens Goddess Pizza. June 18, 2020 Marinated Goat Cheese Strawberry Crostini. June 8, 2021 Cinnamon Maple Brown Butter Blackberry Peach Crisp....
Happy October first! It’s the month of all things Halloween and as you can tell from Saturday’s “spooky” Poison Apple Martini I am very, very excited! I love the month of October so much, and I’m looking forward to all that is to come! I spent the weekend finally getting caught up with work. And while I’m still not where I’d like to be, I am entering the month feeling a little more on top of things and a little more confident....
Hope you don’t mind. But really, how cute are these? Plus, they are such good holiday gifts. Vanilla salt is great for things like these Butterscotch Sticky Buns and Salted Pretzel Cookie Dough Snickers Bars and vanilla sugar is good to use in place of regular sugar for pretty much anything, I am pretty sure everyone loves true vanilla flavor. It is one of my favorites. Use a super sharp knife (really, make sure it is crazy sharp) and split the beans in half lengthwise....
This post is long due. It is in my drafts for more than two years. I was trying different ways all this time but something wasn’t right with the texture & taste of paneer I made at home. However, once you get a hang of it, making paneer could be the easiest thing you do in your kitchen. The steps are simple and there are just a few things you need to keep in mind and viola you are a cheese maker!...
My family is crazy about Chinese food, they always request that I make beef and broccoli, crab rangoon and this savory and spicy Hunan style beef dish. Whenever I go to my local Chinese restaurant, I always order the Hunan beef. The combination of steak and veggies in spicy sauce just can’t be beat! This homemade version is actually quite simple to make; add a side of steamed rice and watch the rave reviews come in!...
 I had conveniently forgotten but when WordPress wished me a lot many years to fly with them, I realized!! Four summers. It has been four years of sharing little anecdotes of my life and recipes with all of you.Sometimes I wonder how much memories from life back in India and childhood or teens could my mind still retain even though I always thought otherwise. It has been a gratifying journey so far....
Hey, hi and happiest Monday! Hope you all had a great weekend and are soaking up these summer days. I can’t believe we are approaching mid-August. I am loving this time so much, but also running around like a crazy person. What’s new, right? Anyway, moving right along to today’s recipe… Is it too early for this corn chowder? I know it’s August, and oh so HOT outside, but it’s also peak corn season....
