These Spaghetti Squash Lasagna Boats have most definitely filled up my life now! Layers of spaghetti squash, rich bolognese sauce, creamy ricotta and melted mozzarella cheese. Be still my beating heart. Since discovering spaghetti squash in our local grocery store, this stuff has been going down in this house like loco. Both plain and stuffed, we are big fans over here. How did this go down? Well. When I make bolognese… I MAKE BOLOGNESE like I mean it....
An authentic Chimichurri Steak recipe! Chimichurri is the most delicious silky condiment that drips over your steak, chicken or fish. Super easy to make and tastes incredible! Made with simple, easy to find ingredients, this is how we cook our steaks with chimichurri in Uruguay/Argentina! Often times chimichurri is used to marinate meats before cooking, or used to baste meats while cooking. You can most certainly use it like that, but its real purpose is to serve it with your cooked steaks....
About Strawberry Milkshake I love to make all kinds of fun recipes whenever strawberries are in season. From Shortcakes to Cream Cakes, strawberries are a perfect ingredient to use in your favorite sweet treats. Not only are strawberries great to bake with, they’re terrific to include in other dishes like Fruit Salad and many no-cook summer recipes. When I have an abundance of strawberries but don’t have the time (or simply don’t feel like) cooking, this strawberry milkshake is my go-to way to use fresh berries....
About Stuffed Mushrooms Recipe This is a simple, easy, and tasty recipe of baked mushrooms stuffed with a mixture of chopped mushroom stalks, herbs and cheese. Baked stuffed mushrooms are a quick & simple snack that does not require much cooking skills to prepare. I am sharing the method which I use at home, but note that the recipe is highly customizable based on your own tastes. Feel free to jump below for even more ideas....
The perfect egg has a tender white, fully set yolk, easily peel-able shell and most importantly no green tinged yolk. We all have had eggs that have a yolk tinged with greenness like the one on the picture below. cooking the eggs the proper way prevents the dark green sulfur lining from forming around the yolk. The unappetizing chemical reaction that causes the green tinge around the yolk is because of too much heat....
We usually make this bharwa tinda recipe in two ways. The one I am sharing in this post is the quicker version and a pressure cooked one. I will also share the other version soon. Stuffed veggie recipes are usually liked by many people as you get a good taste and flavor of spices in the veggie. The only tricky part is to preparing the masala and stuffing it properly....
Preparing these veggie nuggets do take some time. but the best part is that once the mixture is ready, you can refrigerate or freeze it and later fry. With mixed veggies I always make veg cutlet or veg patties. Preparing veggie nuggets is similar to making veg patties. I did refer to a few youtube videos for the preparation, but the recipe is my own. These veggie nuggets are like the nuggets you get in the fast food chains....
Happy Sunday! I’m sharing these fluffy whole wheat pumpkin pancakes too late for breakfast this morning, but the recipe has actually been available here since 2010. It’s actually one of my oldest recipes, and one of my favorites for fall. These pumpkin pancakes taught me that whole grain pancakes can be every bit as tasty and fluffy as pancakes made with regular flour. Bonus? These babies don’t send my blood sugar spiraling out of control like the regular kind....
Enjoy these multi-cuisine recipes including soups, stews, and a wide variety of Indian dals. Lentils are a great source of plant-based fiber, protein, iron, antioxidants, and many vitamins. They’re a pantry staple in my home! Lentils are naturally vegan and gluten-free and so budget-friendly. I grew up eating a variety of lentils since they’re such an integral part of everyday Indian cooking. In India, lentils are known as pulses, or more commonly as Dal (in Hindi)....
What are you sipping this weekend? My best friend is coming to town to celebrate her birthday, and we’ll be clinking some homemade cocktails. Since we’re in the thick of summer heat, I’m highlighting my favorite cocktails for warm days. All 25 of these drinks are refreshing, many are fruity, and none are syrupy sweet. From brunch drinks to low-key cocktails with bubbly club soda, fruity margaritas to classic Moscow Mules, you’ll find it here....
Indian festivals and celebrations are incomplete without sweets, also referred to as Mithai or Meetha (in Hindi). Much like the variations in food, Indian desserts also vary by region. Locally produced ingredients, weather, and historical influences form the key flavors in these recipes. From semolina and coconut flavors in the south to the use of palm jaggery (unrefined cane sugar) in Bengali sweets to the north, where mithais share Persian and Mughal influences....
Maybe the world needs more banana pancakes. Yes, that’s just what we’re missing. Yes, that’s what I’m telling myself right now. This thirteen-year-old (!) recipe website already has several banana pancake recipes, each wonderful in its own way, and here I am with another. My whole wheat banana pancakes are so nice and fluffy. My banana oat pancakes are tender and flavorful with oatmeal-like interiors. This blender oatmeal pancake recipe yields an all-around great pancake that’s less banana-y than the others....
Eating too many sad desk lunches these days? No more! Below, you’ll find roughly 45 of my favorite recipes that pack well for lunch. Since there are so many, I’ve tried to design this roundup so it’s easy to skim through. The recipes are grouped by category, with notes on how to best pack and enjoy them. You might be more interested in the hearty salads this time of year, and the soups in a few months....
About Aloo Methi Aloo methi is a sautéed potato (aloo) side dish that features fragrant fenugreek, which is commonly known as methi leaves. We call it aloo methi sabji. I typically make aloo methi recipe one of two ways: one is my mom’s methi aloo with garlic and onions, and the other is this more simplified Punjabi version. My family recipe of Punjabi Aloo Methi is an authentic one and does not include a whole lot of spices or ingredients which drown the fragrant flavor of the fenugreek leaves....
About This Recipe Aloo pakora is a popular street food snack served not only in Mumbai but in other parts of India as well. There was a popular vendor who made the tastiest pakoras near my office. My colleagues and I would often visit her during our lunch breaks to buy hot mouthwatering pakoras sandwiched in Pav (Indian buns), drizzled with green chutney, tamarind chutney, and garlic red chili chutney. Yum!...
Basil Pesto Chicken Spaghetti… Head turning recipe? I think so! One of the easiest recipes on this whole entire site is this Basil Pesto Chicken Spaghetti, while also being one of the most flavourful meals you will ever try. This Basil Pesto Chicken Spaghetti is so easy to make and ready on the table in under 20 minutes. Especially if you happen to have a jar of this Homemade Basil Pesto lying around....
BLT Balsamic Chicken Avocado & Feta Salad… Heaven in a bowl? I think so! Aside from the avocado and feta and crispy bacon in this bowl of epic-ness, the balsamic dressing / marinade / gift from the salad gods is everything. If you love all the salads on my blog so far, this one is right up there with the best of them. The dressing has so many flavours packed into it, that when you fry your chicken with it AND dress your salad with the rest of it, you won’t know what to do with yourself....
About Blueberry Juice Summer is the season when fresh, ripe and juicy blueberries are found in abundance. In India too. So, I love to make this sweet and slightly tart Blueberry Juice with these special summer berries. Not only is a glass of homemade Blueberry Juice tasty, but each sip is packed with many nutrients that are beneficial for our health. Blueberries are also low in calories and carbs. I’ve kept this recipe simple and fuss-free, to let the flavor of the blueberries shine throughout....
Bombay Bataka | Vegan Tamarind, tomato and potato curry. This Bombay Bataka recipe is from the Prashad cookbook – The UK Bradford Prashad restaurant run by Kaushy Patel and her family. Its one of the best tangy potato curry recipe. There are some staples in every Indian kitchen and Potatoes got to be there along with the Onion boy and the Tomato girl. I haven’t come across a potato dish that I did not like....
Yesterday was a painfully cold day, with winds that rushed through every little gap in my clothing and chilled my core. I pulled my coat tight and cursed winter, shouting to my companion that I have had enough of it already. On the bright side, however, it was also a notably sunny day. Not a cloud in sight. I took advantage of the warm afternoon light to photograph these broiled grapefruit beauties while Cookie napped in front of the space heater....
