The true gift of Valentine’s Day? Chocolate…all the chocolate. Don’t get me wrong, I’d love some pretty flowers, jewelry, or a restock of my favorite skincare products. But to me, nothing beats a warm chocolate cake. I mean, right? Baking up something sweet for someone you love is a true way to really show them how much you care. Enter this cake. It’s great for Valentine’s Day (do you celebrate?...
Well, for one, I think it’s no secret around here that I am both Harry Potter and Halloween obsessed, so you guys had to have an idea that Halloween inspired treats were coming. Every October I have way too much fun baking up spooky Halloween goodies. I’ve never really gotten into making spooky dinner type food because, to be completely honest, eyeballs in my pasta just weirds me out too much....
I have a love affair with baby corn, in fact corn too. I love love love baby corn and am always trying to b,uy bags of it. So I have made Baby Corn Jalfrezi, Chilli Baby Corn, Baby Corn Masala but I cant call myself a baby corn lover without having post the recipe of golden fried baby corn 🙂 And here it is! After a lot of deep frying for making Diwali sweets and savories, I wanted to keep our diet clean for a bit but really couldn’t resist posting this crispy golden baby corn....
Well there’s lamb in them, which seems very Easter like to me, so I am going to go with it. YES!! I mean, let’s make Easter dinner a little fun this year, right? Bring on the lamb gyros filled to the brim with fries, feta and harrisa Tzatziki! Oh, oh or what about an Easter picnic full of gyros. Oh my gosh, or an Easter gyro bar. HECK YES! How awesome would a gyro bar be?...
I always said I was a hater because I was brought up to think that anything with mayo was bad. Plus, I’m not really a fan of cold food (unless it’s ice cream of course). I have since learned that certain uses of mayo are OK, but I am still not the hugest fan. Enter this salad. It’s got completely zero mayo going on, but it’s still all things delicious....
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Cause I sure ate A LOT of chicken noodle casserole when I was a kid, and honestly, it was never my favorite. My brothers LOVE my mom’s recipe for chicken noodle casserole and it’s crazy easy to make, so when we were kids, dad would make it probably every other week. It was pretty much a hit with every kid that walked through our house, but I was just never crazy about it because of all the pre-packaged ingredients....
This honey, apple, cheddar, and bacon Panini is high on my Monday “to-do” list. And with good reason. We all know that around here, I like to keep Mondays fun, different, and delicious. Trust me when I say, this apple Panini fits the bill. I’m even going to go out and say that if you make this today, you’re going to have a pretty darn good (err delicious?) Monday. Let me explain, its real simple… buttered sourdough bread…I mean, that right there is close to perfection....
Sweet stuff first, Cracker Jack Mascarpone Ice Cream Sundaes. Just as amazing and indulgent as they sound. Next up? Guy’s food – Mini Brat Corn Dogs with Cheddar Beer Sauce. Ah huh. To finish things off, one of my favorites – The Soft Pretzel Bites. So good. Head on over to Wisconsin Cheese for these recipes plus more! Last up – some incredible summer recipes I have found: These avocado summer rolls look insanely amazing....
Karunai Kizhangu Roast, this is another gem of a recipe from my mother-in-law’s kitchen. Karunai Kizhangu is Elephant Foot Yam, a tuber with skin resembling that of an elephant. I usually don’t buy it often unless I have planned ahead of Karunai Kizhangu Kara Kuzhambu or this simple yummy roast. But then this is one vegetable that has a nice long shelf life period, if it’s stored properly. Not just that, this veggie has a lot of good nutrients and is so healthy!...
Ok, so I really only like football for few reasons. One: The start of football means the start of fall and that greatly excites me. Two: Something about Sunday night football reminds me of fall nights as kid, sitting by the fire, eating chicken and rice…of course. Three: Football Food. Does anyone really tire of game day eats? I think not. I’m sure someday, maybe when I finally get a guy in my life (one other than my brothers…and Blake), I might actually get into the game itself, but that has yet to happen....
Kothu Idiyappam or Idiyappam Kothu is a South Indian delicacy, precisely from South Tamilnadu region of Madurai. Idiyappam is rice based steamed string hoppers that is melt-in-mouth soft and delicious, also very healthy. Kothu refers to the technique of tearing apart or scrambling by the use of a sharp utensil. Kothu Parotta is hugely popular across Tamilnadu, where layered flat bread is scrambled & cooked with spices. In a similar recipe, Kothu Idiyappam is made using rice string hoppers....
Breakfast will never be the same with these bright flavored lemon waffles. I often make a double batch and freeze the leftovers! Meyer lemons grow very well here in Northern California and my parents have a tree that produces hundreds of lemons a year. We have a different type of lemon tree in our yard but it doesn’t produce much so I readily accept all the lemons my parents offer my way....
I have been missing in action here and among other reasons, I have been unwell since a few days and it all snowballed into a huge thing – thankfully things are under control now and I am very slowly getting back to normalcy. Since I have been asked to be on rest and not move around much along with a lot of dietary restrictions, I have been off kitchen limits....
It’s about time, right? Just kidding, but today marks the first day of fall, so these are finally acceptable. As of the last couple of days, I have made us a lot of cinnamon goodness. I honestly cannot get enough cinnamon in my life right now – talking sweet and savory people. Asher and I are calling ourselves cinnamon freaks because cinnamon has been the main ingredient in practically all of our meals lately....
For one, they are a whole new level of summer berry awesomeness. I mean, roasted berries, coconut, cornbread…salty whipped honey butter (with lavender if you’re into it)?!?!? I am sure you know this by now, but these muffins are everything I love and then some. PLUS, can we talk about all the color going on here? Just looking at these brightens my Tuesday. And you guys, my Tuesday needs just a little bit of brightening....
Currently I am extremely into flavors that my very average, no worse than average, family is so not into trying. This means that I basically want to cook all the things: seafood, vegetables, spicy, sweet (while actually they do love spicy and sweet) and all of the rest of the stuff they just are not on board with….. Yet. The last few days I have been cooking whatever the heck I want to… and it is awesome....
Love Oreos? Then you’ll adore these decadent and delicious cookies and cream bars! Be sure to also try Oreo balls, Oreo brownies and Oreo stuffed cookies for a fun sweet treat. Oreo Bars Ingredients To make these Oreo bars you will need flour, baking soda, salt, butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar, an egg, vanilla extract, Oreo cookies, white chocolate chips and semisweet chocolate chips. Bar cookies are pretty great on their own but they turn into something sublime when you add Oreos and two kinds of chocolate....
You can never go wrong with hearty pasta recipes, especially when you’re feeding a crowd. Some of my favorites include Cajun jambalaya pasta, buffalo chicken mac and cheese, manicotti, chicken broccoli Alfredo, penne alla vodka and this simple yet satisfying pasta pomodoro. Sometimes simple is best, like in this case with the classic Italian favorite pasta pomodoro. The pasta is in the most delicious homemade tomato sauce, with high quality ingredients that make it taste like it comes from your favorite Italian restaurant....
