Half the Carbs - Healthier Mashed Potatoes The flavors in this dish are like like mashed potatoes met cheese fondue! It’s a healthy version of my family’s favorite mashed potatoes recipe. I substitute half the potatoes with cauliflower florets. Then I steam the potatoes, cauliflower and garlic together in the Instant Pot, or microwave, or on the stove. Then, I add the warmed up heavy cream, or half-and-half, with butter, tangy goat cheese, salt and pepper, and whisk it till I gets silky smooth!...

Perfect potatoes with a cheesy tomato based sauce. Weak at the knees? Yes.Hello. My name is Karina, and I love Cheese. Melty cheese. Mozzarella cheese. Give me all the cheese recipes in the world, and I’ll happily…uhhh…taste test. Yes. I will taste test them all. Of course, I won’t be criticising them, because cheese. In case my point hasn’t gotten across yet. I love cheese. Did you see that cheese?...

About Chocolate Sandwich Recipe There are many ways a chocolate sandwich can be made with various kinds of chocolates. This recipe makes for crispy, toasty and sweet chocolate sandwiches featuring chocolate chips and dry fruits. Do use good quality chocolate chips. I have used Callebaut Belgian sweet chocolate chips here which are made from couverture chocolate. Swap the chocolate chips with a good brand of cooking or baking chocolate. You can use your preferred type of chocolate – sweet, semi-sweet, milk or dark chocolate....

This soup is everything I want tomato soup to be! It’s rich and creamy, yet doesn’t weigh me down. It’s bursting with amazing tomato flavor, yet it’s made from canned tomatoes. That’s right, canned tomatoes. The season for ripe tomatoes (summer) is not the season for tomato soup (fall through spring). It’s a real conundrum, and this homemade tomato soup recipe is the perfect solution. I developed this recipe for my cookbook, and wanted to bring it to life here on the blog as well....

Coconut cream pies have been taking over my Instagram account. Like, ‘driving me nuts’ taking over. And just as I was heading into the kitchen to get busy making one, I eyed off my new waffle maker and skidded to a halt mid-speed walk…which I don’t recommend doing. Ever. Naturally, my brain went into serious overdrive wanting nothing more than waffles AND coconut cream pie. Why can’t I just have that eat whatever you want and never get fat damn body type?...

I can’t help but draw a comparison between making a cookbook and having a baby. Now I have never had a baby, but hear me out. They are both very big endeavors, with long incubation periods. Once combined with everyday duties, keeping up becomes about twice as difficult. I’m nearing my “due date,” and can hardly believe that I’ll have a finished cookbook someday. I’m scrambling and struggling and suffering from frazzled cookbook brain....

It doesn’t get any easier than this recipe for lobster tails! Creamy Bacon Lobster Tails with a smooth, full-flavoured sauce is ready on no time at all. Leave people wondering if you have a hidden chef in your kitchen. Served over pasta or rice, or keep it LOW CARB AND KETO APPROVED with buttery mashed cauliflower or zucchini noodles! LOBSTER TAILS There’s something about searing lobster that provides a depth flavour no other cooking method can beat....

My friend Erin requested a tahini dressing recipe, and here it is! This tahini dressing is luxuriously creamy yet plant-based (no mayo!). It’s a fun alternative to your standard vinaigrette. This tahini dressing is versatile and goes with a wide variety of salad ingredients. I listed a bunch of those ingredients below to help you craft your own salad. The tahini dressing will bring it all together. I shared my go-to tahini sauce recipe a couple of months ago (have you tried it yet?...

About Dahi Aloo Dahi Wale Aloo or simply Dahi Aloo is a family special recipe, from my in-laws’ side. Thus, this is a Punjabi style curry dish, where you just have to boil the potatoes. Preparing the yogurt sauce is actually a quick process. I usually make it as a quick side gravy dish with roti or steamed rice. This Dahi Wale Aloo also has besan (gram flour) as one of the ingredients....

Updated Dec 04, 2017 I’ve been asked many times what one “thing” has helped to boost my wellness the most? Is it the clean food? The stress-less lifestyle? The prioritizing of sleep? Well, yes, yes and yes! But as I reflect back on the last few years and take note of when I made the biggest leaps forward in my wellness journey, the answer is somewhat surprising. It wasn’t so much what I did, but rather who I surrounded myself with....

More on This Eggless Banana Cake Everyone in my family enjoys this delicious, moist banana cake – especially my brother-in-law, who compares it to those he had at the well-known Vienna Bakery in Mumbai. So if you have some ripe bananas laying around at home, then get mashing and make this quick and easy cake. This banana cake recipe has been adapted from my very popular, tried and tested Banana Bread....

This easy buttermilk cornbread is hands down my favourite cornbread passed down to me from my mother’s tattered collection of recipes, and tweaked only slightly to make it even more incredible — if that’s at all possible! Plus, it’s so versatile it can be made in either a skillet or baking dish and all prepared in ONE BOWL! BUTTERMILK CORNBREAD There has long been a debate whether cornbread should have sugar added into cornbread or not, depending on what part of the great US of A you are from....

Have you tried dukkah yet? It’s easy to fall in love with freshly-made dukkah, an Egyptian nut, seed and spice blend. Dukkah livens up the most basic appetizer around—bread and olive oil—and so much more! I bet you have all the ingredients to make dukkah (also spelled duqqa) in your pantry already. Dukkah is made with basic ingredients, including nuts, sesame seeds, coriander and cumin. Most recipes call for whole coriander and cumin, but I used ground spices to make an easier version....

You are my sunshiiiine, my only sunshiiiine… This.was.amazing. Period. A food science experiment with flavours I only ever dreamed about, coming together to create the most amazing low carb meal experience. Ever. The chicken was so juicy. The bacon was so tender, with the parts that were peaking up out at us crisped to that perfect bacon crisp. And the feta cheese, so creamy inside with the sun-dried tomato pesto creating a different level of flavour....

Why is it called Gobi 65? Recipes that fall under the “65” category are very popular in Southern India. The first version is Chicken 65, and is believed to have originated at the Hotel Buhari in 1965. But over the years many other ideas for how the name was created have emerged, like the story that the name comes from 65 chillies used or that each batch included 65 pieces of chicken....

Meet the banana muffins of my dreams. They’re fluffy, whole grain, naturally sweetened, totally delicious banana muffins. They’re also about as healthy as muffins can be. The recipe calls for basic ingredients and you can mix them all together in one bowl. Too much to be true? Nope. These muffins are a derivative of my super popular banana bread and pumpkin muffin recipes. If you love these, you certainly don’t miss the blueberry muffins in my cookbook....

About Homemade Butter I know that making butter at home sounds difficult, but I promise you it is quite simple. Thanks to electronic mixers or food processors, you can whip it up in just 5 minutes! Many North Indian families make butter at home because it tastes better than the butter you can buy at the store. Butter making is something I was exposed to at a young age. My Mom used to make butter in order to make Homemade Ghee, but you can also do as my Mother-in-Law and keep the butter whole for everyday cooking....

What if I told you there’s a better way to make oatmeal? Forget the instructions on the back of the bag. It’s about time I highlighted my go-to method for homemade oatmeal. This oatmeal is extra flavorful and fluffy, not mushy. It’s miles better than packets of instant oatmeal or standard stovetop oatmeal. I really look forward to these oats in the morning, and they make great leftovers. The trick is to toast old-fashioned oats in the pot first, before adding any liquid....

About Tomato Puree Recipe Tomato Puree is simply blanched or cooked tomatoes that are blended to a fine consistency and later strained with or without the addition of salt. If you have an excess of tomatoes and don’t know what to do, my easy suggestion is to purée them and freeze them in ice cube trays. Add the frozen tomato purée cubes to any dish where tomatoes are an essential ingredient, including pasta, sauces, curries and so much more!...

Enjoy it with a side of cumin rice or roll it in a roti, paratha, or tortilla and enjoy a quick and tasty Kadai Paneer Wrap! Kadai Paneer is a one-pan vegetarian dish loaded with protein and vegetables that can be served in a variety of ways. Its versatile flavors, quick cooking time, and the ability to customize it are some reasons why it has become a regular part of my meal repertoire....