Sometimes I have plenty of ideas, some of them I love, some of them never see the light of day. But this toast? It’s been on my mind for a couple of weeks now and I am so excited to finally be sharing it with you guys…even if I despise the photos…pretending I love them as much as I do this recipe! This toast is not your average toast. It’s an appetizer, but done up a just a bit....
So today is all about this super simple, super quick and crazy delicious caramelized teriyaki salmon. Teriyaki is one of my most loved sauces. As a kid, my dad would make a stir fry with grilled chicken in a teriyaki sauce, I always loved it. Now that I’ve grown up and cook on my own, I’ve learned that teriyaki sauce is actually so simple. It’s basically just reduced soy sauce, a little rice vinegar and a lot of ginger, at least in today’s case....
This cake is so fluffy and it tastes of chai. It is quick to make and definitely a keeper recipe. I like my chai on the less sweet side so this cake isn’t very sweet. What are mug cakes? Mug cakes are simple cakes baked in the mug in a microwave. All the ingredients are added to the mug, mixed and cooked in the microwave. They are quick, small portion and satisfy the cake cravings....
I’m really not sure there’s anything better than autumn baking. It’s probably the most relaxing weekend activity. I really can’t think of anything I’d rather do on a dreary, rainy fall day. Do you agree? The smells of warming cinnamon, sweet apples, and hints of vanilla are seriously the best. Honestly, one of my favorite things. I often feel so thankful that I’m able to do so much baking for HBH....
Happy Friday everyone!! I am home (for a quick minute) and SO HAPPY to be here. These have been some busy, busy weeks, but all amazing. I’m definitely feeling so grateful for all of the support you guys have been showing me. Some of you may have seen, but HBH Super Simple made number two on the New York Times Best Seller List!! I am still in disbelief and just SO EXCITED....
The next recipe in my Diwali special sweets and savories is a spicy, crispy crunch snack – Chegodilu, a very traditional recipe that is a part of Deepavali Andhra pindi vantalu. So I have a little back story for this recipe. My dad loves this little snack and it goes way back to his childhood days. One story I have heard over and again from my grandma is how he used to pester her to make this and at one such occasion, she couldn’t make at these home and dad threw a fit....
Leave it to me to find a way to serve you all a giant bowl of polenta, tomatoes, and cheese, and call it dinner. This is one hundred percent, my kind of summer meal. It’s easy, it’s creamy, it has pan-roasted cherry tomatoes, so many fresh herbs, and then to finish it all off? Pan fried halloumi cheese. It’s not a traditional meal by any means, but it sure is delicious....
Anytime I’m traveling I always bulk my content for the website. That way, I’ll have recipes to share with you all while I’m away. I love doing this because it forces me to have the opportunity to have my recipes a little more planned out than usual. It also means that I know in advance what recipes are coming up vs when I’m home just winging it. What I love most is being so excited about a recipe that when I finally get to share it, I just can’t wait for you all to try it at home for yourselves!...
We often ordered paneer pizza or chicken tikka pizza from the nearby Pizza Hut in Delhi, and I severely missed those spicy Indian pizzas here. So, I started making them at home. During my first attempts, I would simply grab a Costco cheese pizza and layer it with homemade chicken tikka, lots of sliced onions, (sometimes corn and bell peppers), and tons of green chilies. Oh my, it was divine and one of our best dinners of the week!...
Chocolate dipped Oreos look so fancy, but they couldn’t be any easier to make! I love to gift chocolate covered Oreos around the holidays along with homemade peppermint patties and crock pot candy. Chocolate Covered Oreos Ingredients To make chocolate covered Oreos you will need Oreo cookies, candy melts and sprinkles. These make fantastic holiday treats! If you want more Christmas treats check out my favorite Christmas candy recipes like peanut brittle, peppermint bark and rocky road fudge....
I mean there are sparklers!! And it’s Friday!! 🙂 And the 4th of July is only ONE week from tomorrow! Wait, what?! How did that happen? OK, so the sparklers are fun and all, and the fact that today is Friday is pretty awesome too, but what I am really excited about are the flavor bombs going off within these S’mores. They are truly my favorite ever. Homemade chocolate dipped (and slightly decked out) graham crackers, boozy coffee marshmallows, peanut butter, and milk chocolate....
Of sugar and spice (cinnamon to be exact) and everything nice! Apparently I can not get enough of it. How can it already be the middle of December? Christmas is only 9 days away? Seriously, how does it always come around so fast? I did not even realize we entered the 12 day’s of Christmas! We are in full on Christmas mode over here! Sadly, it seems to happen every year....
You all, I almost forgot all about these chicken fingers. Originally, I didn’t want to share the recipe, so I set it aside and forgot about it for a couple of weeks. That wasn’t smart. You see, I’d decided that I didn’t like the photos – but the recipe was great. Sometimes I’ll do that, not share a delicious recipe simply because I don’t love the photos. But then I came back to it, adjusted a few things, and now I’m beyond excited to finally share these delicious chicken fingers....
Festive season is incomplete without indian mithai (sweets) and coconut desserts such as coconut burfi and ladoo are very popular at this time. These dessicated coconut ladoo with a blend of crunchy nuts, chewy raisins, and the earthy sweetness of jaggery are irresistibly satisfying. About Coconut Ladoo With Jaggery Indian ladoo, also known as laddu is a popular sweet in the subcontinent. These round shaped indian sweets hold immense cultural significance and are made from variety of ingredients such as flours (besan ladoo), lentils, vegetables(carrot ladoo) and, fruits (mango ladoo)....
And for a couple of reasons too. One: You can eat this breakfast, lunch or dinner. I would personally go with lunch or dinner just because I can’t do chorizo so early in the AM. Brunch? Totally good with that too. Two: You can make this for Easter Brunch, Cinco de Mayo Lunch or Mother’s Day. All are coming up, and this dish works great for all three. Originally I was thinking Cinco de Mayo and I was actually going to wait to post this until after Easter, but then I thought, this would be so good for Easter too....
In the continuous effort to include different types of vegetables in our diet, I started exploring bitter gourds. This blog is not new to how I have waded through the vegetables I disliked all my life – especially with bitter gourds. It pretty much is a new found love for me and ever since I first cooked bitter melons in my kitchen, I have been making a few variations. The bitter taste does take some time to get used to, but with rice I have found it really yumm!...
I came prepared for Cinco de Mayo this year with tacos all around! I’ve always found Cinco de Mayo to be such a fun low-key, laid-back holiday. It’s a great excuse to enjoy a Mexican-inspired fiesta mid-week that’s made complete with tacos and a round of margaritas. And let’s all be honest, Cinco de Mayo really is so much fun. Sure, I have a ton of taco recipes on the site, but something new is always good....
Homemade Crispy Chicken Katsu Bowls with spicy gingery chicken, steamed rice, all the best toppings, and our favorite spicy, sweet, and creamy mayo sauce. I top each bowl off with fresh avocado, pan-fried edamame, and a generous side of creamy mayo. Each bowl is colorful and full of flavor. A great family dinner any night of the week. Update from Texas! It’s Monday now, but by the time you read this, I’ll be on my way home....
In my family, tacos have to be one of the most requested dinners. We’ve loved them since we were kids and my dad would make them at least once or twice a week. Even back then, when they were just beef tacos, we somehow never got sick of them. Tacos are just always delicious, especially my dad’s. He’d bake the meat in hard taco shells with cheese on top. They’d come out extra crispy with gooey melted cheese....
Think again. Raw kale > Crispy kale! Yeah, it’s like addicting. So, I made salad. I know, that never happens around here. It’s mostly chocolate, chicken, pasta, cheese, pizza and more chocolate. Ah, that sounds way worse than it actually is. Really I promise. We totally eat our vegetables (no, really we do!). You know what the best part about this salad is? Apart from it being crunchy, chewy and cheesy in all the right places, it is easy....
