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Cake for breakfast anyone? Lately, Pinterest has been swimming with Red Velvet everything. But. One thing I haven’t seen is French Toast. Scrap that. A Red Velvet French Toast Recipe Stuffed with a Creamy Cheesecake Filling! So, I made it my mission to provide you all with the BEST French toast/cake twist! Red Velvet French Toast This Red Velvet French Toast happened, well, because cake for breakfast is one of my favourite ways to make French Toast (as you can find here)....

Can we talk about how beautiful those rainbow carrots are?! You are looking good today, carrots. This stunning roasted carrot dish features warm whole grains, protein-rich chickpeas, spiced pepitas and a light herbed crème fraîche sauce. Don’t be intimidated by its gourmet looks—this recipe is simple to make once you get going. It has several different components, but none are complicated, and they come together beautifully. This recipe is an absolutely lovely vegetarian option for your holiday table....

Transform bland and boiled, water-logged cauliflower into a crispy, nutty flavoured dish with perfect, golden, caramelised edges. With irresistible flavours, our roasted cauliflower recipe is absolutely delicious. Once you try it, you will never want to make it any other way! ROASTED CAULIFLOWER If you LOVE roasted vegetables (like our Garlic Parmesan Roasted Carrots, Cheesy Garlic Roasted Asparagus or Crispy Garlic Roasted Potatoes), you can now add roasted cauliflower to your list!...

Roasted Sweet Potatoes need only 5 ingredients to get you hooked! Baked sweet potatoes are so easy to make, right up there with crispy garlic roasted potatoes, making them an incredible side dish ready to be served with absolutely anything. Sweet Potato Sweet potatoes would have to be one of the most versatile ingredients in the kitchen. Some other ways I have cooked sweet potato are: Cheesy Baked sweet potato Garlic butter sweet potato smash Mashed Sweet Potatoes Chicken Fajita stuffed sweet potato Sweet potato wedges Cheesy mashed sweet potato cakes and the list goes on!...

Easy Crowd-pleasing Appetizer - Baked Samosa Chaat Today, we are taking the filling of a samosa and the idea of chaat and turning it into a flavor-packed, bite-size appetizer. You can also call it a ‘deconstructed baked Samosa Chaat’! In this samosa chaat recipe, I got some help from frozen phyllo shells, that are available in most supermarkets. They easily crisp up using the Oven, AirFryer or Instant Pot with a Crisplid, and have the similar crispy crunchy texture as a traditional samosa shell....

The best way to revamp any left over rice is frying it up into a fried rice and creating a completely new meal. But we didn’t want ordinary fried rice. I wanted Salmon and Prawns…seared to crisp perfection; and created this. Having the pans going hot and searing and frying while filling the kitchen with the aromas of barbecuing seafood had all of our mouths watering before anything had hit the plates....

About This Aloo Capsicum In Hindi, potatoes are called as “aloo” and green bell pepper are known as “shimla mirch“. The word “sabji or sabzi” stands for a vegetable dish here. While this recipe includes potatoes to make it more hearty and filling, you can opt to skip them and include more capsicum. This aloo shimla mirch ki sabji is my my mother-in-law’s fabulous recipe that is high on flavors. It is not only simple and quick but also made with minimal spices....

Slow Cooker Barbecue Ribs are super easy and absolutely DELICIOUS! Fall-off-the-bone tender ribs which are finished off in the oven to create the best, barbecue sticky glaze and caramelised edges! Low maintenance like our Slow Cooker Whole Chicken and our Crispy Slow Cooker Turkey, this mouth-watering slow cooker barbecue ribs recipe only requires four ingredients. Chuck them in the slow cooker, head out for the day and return to the sweet scent of barbecue pork....

Southwestern Chicken Salad with a Low Fat Creamy Dressing… I can hear the angels singing! It’s safe to say that with THIS salad, you won’t miss a heavy amount of fat in a usual creamy dressing made up of mayo or heavy creams. The dressing is SO creamy and RICH without needing ANY mayo! Plus, all of the flavours in the salad dressing are marinaded right into the chicken with ONLY one ingredient you’re going to add in to the marinade to make this dressing ?...

Not only the spices, add a ton of flavor to the dish, but some of the spices like cumin, carom seeds, fennel seeds help in digestion. For this reason, they are added to many recipes to aid digestion. A few spices like green chillies or red chili powder add some pungency and heat to the dish. Depending on the recipe, the spices are added whole or in their powdered/ground form to the food....

About Strawberry Smoothie This Strawberry Smoothie recipe is definitely one of my favorites, especially during the warmer months. Refreshing smoothies with strawberries are rich, creamy and bursting with the bright flavor of fresh strawberries. I also add a banana to make a thick and milkshake-like consistency. Plus it adds another pop of healthy sweetness to the drink that is great to get your morning going! When making a smoothie with bananas, I prefer to use coconut milk or almond milk....

Our month in Austin is coming to a close far too quickly. I only have two more nights left before we pack our bags and head north. I kind of want to throw a flailing fit about it. “It’s not fairrrrrrr!” I haven’t crossed off all the restaurants and activities on my Austin bucket list, so I’m feeling some intense pressure to take advantage of every minute left. It always kills me to leave a place without seeing it all....

About Tawa Mushroom ‘Tawa’ in Hindi refers to a concave-shaped flat pan. Food cooked on a tawa has a distinct flavor compared to food cooked in a kadai (wok) or handi (pot). The vegetables caramelize and cook faster on a tawa, imparting a unique caramelized taste to the dish. The same goes with this recipe of Tawa Mushroom. North Indian cuisine is renowned for its rich and aromatic flavors, and Tawa Mushroom is a perfect example of this culinary tradition....

I make this spiced, rice and tomato dish often as we simply love it. I learned this tomato bath recipe in my cooking school decades back. I have adapted it to taste our taste buds. The texture of the rice grains in this dish is not separate like a pulao, but moist and slightly mushy. To make this tomato bath, tomatoes and fresh coconut are ground with some spices and herbs to a fine paste....

About Tomato Shorba I am a lover of all things soupy and soups as well. So, a shorba is also a good change whenever I want to have something Indian in a soup form. This Tomato Shorba is my most favorite pick in the list of Indian shorbas. Because it not just requires the most basic ingredients in the kitchen, but also gets done quickly, is delicious and super nutritious. Shorba are a category of soups and stews popular in Indian, Middle Eastern, Central Asian as well as Central and Eastern European cuisines....

Upma and Poha are two breakfast dishes I make regularly as they are quick to prepare with easily available ingredients. Amongst the upma varieties, tomato upma is my favorite. The reason being I like a lot of recipes made with tomatoes. The tang from the tomatoes perks up the overall flavor in any recipe. So is the case with this upma. Its tangy and well as spicy. What I am sharing here is a slightly spicy version....

Enjoy this easy recipe and bring take-out right to your home! Whenever my family orders Thai food, pad thai is a must-have. We love the sweet notes combined with some crunchy-salty goodness. It’s such a satisfying complete meal that’s loaded with plant-based protein, starch, and assorted vegetables. And the fact that it comes together in under 30 minutes, makes it a winner for weeknight meals. I use brown rice noodles for the extra fiber, and toss those along with tofu and vegetables with a simple homemade Vegan Pad Thai Sauce....

Why Homemade Juices Even though most of us know that soft drinks and artificially flavored juices are not great for our health, many of us still end up drinking them. We’re conditioned by swaths of slick marketers who get our favorite celebrities to endorse them and advertise to us constantly. “Drinking this beverage will make you cool,” they promise. What they omit from their campaigns is how damaging these calorie-laden drinks truly are....

Wow! Summer is passing by quickly. It’s been blazing hot outside, as to be expected in August here in Kansas City. I’ve rounded up a collection of seasonal tacos, salads and pastas for you. These recipes are light and fresh—exactly what I’m craving this time of year. The only “trick,” if you want to call it that, will be to eat enough to fill you up. I know you can do it....

Whether you’re planning a cozy dinner or hosting your family and friends, these recipes are easy to plan ahead and most of them come together in 30 minutes. What is Diwali Diwali is short for Deepavali, meaning “Row of Lights” in Sanskrit. This festival of lights is the most popular festival in the Hindu community and falls in either late October or early November, on a new moon night....