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title: “One Moment Please " ShowToc: true date: “2024-10-25” author: “Sue Laclair”

Pair it with homemade Naan and enjoy a restaurant-quality Indian feast in the comfort of your home! This paneer butter masala is a vegetarian variation of the popular north-Indian classic called Butter Chicken. In this mild curry, firm Indian cottage cheese cubes (Paneer) is cooked in a rich and buttery tomato sauce. It’s a better-than-takeout meal that comes together in the Instant pot in just 25 minutes! Fun fact: The original paneer masala dish was created in the 1950s by the chef of a renowned restaurant in New Delhi, called ‘Moti Mahal Delux’....

About Pasta Salad Recipe Part healthy salad, part comforting pasta, this bright and tasty pasta salad recipe has everything you love in one dish. It’s perfect for customizing with your favorite veggies, and can easily be made with several convenient swaps. Want olives? Add olives! Don’t have fresh herbs? Add dried herbs! Whatever you’ve got on hand is great for making a simple yet satisfying pasta salad. Serve either fresh or make ahead for an easy meal, and enjoy either hot or cold....

The ultimate ONE PAN Pork Chop Recipe is now on VIDEO due to popular demand! Tender, golden and juicy pan seared pork chops are served in a rich and creamy garlic herb mushroom sauce filled to the brim with flavour. Low carb, gluten free, easy to make and ready on the table in less than 20 minutes! Watch the video below to see how EASY it is to cook these pork chops!...

Fall is my favorite season of the year. And it’s also the beginning of pumpkin season. You can start seeing pumpkins of all shapes and sizes widely available everywhere. And I use these little guys to make pumpkin puree. One thing I love doing around holidays is to create recipes that are quick to please and can be made ahead of time. Seems like I’ve hit a home-run in my house with this recipe for Pumpkin Cornbread!...

Savory oats! Have you tried them? I’ll admit, I was a little nervous. I’m accustomed to oatmeal that tends toward the sweeter side. After publishing my “perfect” steel-cut oats recipe, a few of you recommended trying savory oats. Oats are whole grains, after all, so why wouldn’t they be good with savory toppings? Polenta and risotto are creamy like oats, and they’re great with savory toppings. I cooked some up and stirred in extra salt, lots of freshly ground black pepper and cheese (Parmesan)....

This week has been a doozy. I’ve been running around like a chicken with its head cut off, scrambling to get caught up with work before I jet off to New York City (New York City?!) for the next few days. By the time this post goes live tomorrow morning, I should be well on my way! Footloose and fancy-free we’ll be tonight once we find authentic New York pizza and a bar with many taps....

About Strawberry Mousse Usually, I end up making cakes, muffins and desserts once or twice a week at home. This base formula of a mousse, which I keep experimenting with by adding different fruits is my go-to recipe. This Strawberry Mousse recipe is one of those many tried and tested versions. I came across this particular mousse recipe a few years back in one of the cookbooks. It has stuck with me till today and I have been making variations with it....

In this post I am sharing two delish tamarind chutney recipes: About Tamarind Chutney Recipe This is a family recipe of Tamarind chutney which is so good and finger-licking tasty. We also call this chutney as as saunth chutney or sonth chutney as this chutney is spiced with ground ginger powder. Dried ginger roots or dry ginger powder is also called as ‘Saunth’ or ‘Soonth’ in Hindi. Hence the name of this condiment....

About This Thai Curry Recipe While I love cooking authentic Indian food, I truly enjoy cooking globally. I have been making this Thai curry for decades and it is a much-loved dish with my family. If you love Thai red curry and want to make some at home, give this recipe a try. Making your own homemade red curry paste is simple and straightforward, and it tastes so much more delicious than the shelf stable paste you can buy at market....

About Vendakkai Poriyal ‘Vendakkai’ is the Tamil name for ‘okra’ or ‘lady’s finger,’ which is ‘bhindi’ in Hindi. Also, a ‘poriyal’ is a simple, yet tasty and hearty dish of a dry vegetable sauté or stir-fry, typically done in a South Indian style. Hence, the name Vendakkai Poriyal. Every poriyal recipe is wholesome in its preparation because it usually is a vegetable stir-fry, made the South Indian way. The spices and other ingredients that go in the making are mostly similar and are quite healthy....

Biryani is a staple meal in many homes for special occasions and holidays. It’s the epitome of Indian comfort food, one that elevates humble ingredients into a showstopping dish that’s a favorite across the Indian subcontinent. With countless regional variations, what I love most about biryani is that it is a blank canvas of sorts, allowing you to pick your protein choice or keep it vegetarian. Come learn about the origin and process of making this popular layered rice dish....

It’s cozy season. Let’s make banana pancakes! This banana pancake recipe yields gloriously fluffy pancakes, even though they’re made with hearty whole wheat flour. These whole grain pancakes have more substance than your average pancake, which means they can actually fuel you until lunchtime. I like to dollop them with some peanut butter for some extra fiber and protein. I adapted these pancakes from the banana coconut pancakes in Love Real Food (page 17)....

First things first! Cookie and Kate is hiring a local kitchen assistant. We’re in Kansas City. After five years of doing it all myself, I’m so excited to bring on some help. Details here! Also on that front, if you’ve noticed the site loading slowly lately, it should be fixed now. Growing pains. :) As the temperatures near 100, I thought I’d share a few of my favorite cold treats....

Updated Dec 04, 2017 So if you’re still shopping for gifts I’ve got you covered with TWO gift guides – one for the foodie and one for the traveler. ‘Cause you know I’m all about food + travel. Happy holiday shopping! Gifts For the Foodie in Your Life 1. KitchenAid Professional Series 6QT Stand Mixer 2. Paderno World Cuisine Spiral Vegetable Slicer 3. Krups Electric Spice and Coffee Grinder 4....

Mangoes! The king of fruits – mangoes are a summer seasonal fruit in India. The mango season lasts from March to May. Although one can easily get mangoes in the market in the month of June and July and even in August. But many people avoid eating mangoes once rains start pouring because they get spoiled easily. So you have to quickly eat as many mangoes as possible in these two months time !...

Updated Jul 13, 2024 How To Build The Best Salads The term salad doesn’t just mean some lettuce drizzled with a dressing or vinaigrette. Instead, think of it as a meal that has multiple layers of flavor (sweet, spicy, and savory), texture (crisp, crunchy, and creamy), and color (green, red, yellow, purple, you name it!). Honestly, salads are the most wonderful blank canvas to let your creativity run wild. So have fun with it....

Updated Dec 04, 2017 When it comes to international travel, some countries are definitely easier than others to eat healthy, gluten-free meals. Ahem, Sydney, I’m looking at you! But that in no way, shape or form means you need to stick to well paved roads. A lickety-split detour, dusty dirt road or bounce-you-outta-your-seat pothole might just turn into your most memorable life adventure. Like my 4-hour solo motorbike ride from Chiang Mai to Pai....

Serve them with a 5-minute lemon caper sauce or good old tartar sauce, and munch away! My family has a complex relationship with kale! I add it to salads and soups, but it’s one of those vegetables that everyone eats, but not happy about it. These crispy kale chips in the air fryer have been a game-changer! We love snacking on these, dipping them creamy lemon caper sauce or sriracha-mayo, and even add them to our salads....

About Aloo Gajar Matar Talk about a dish being easy to make, tasty, comforting, fulfilling and nutritious, all wrapped in one! The Aloo Gajar Matar ki sabji is all this, even more. One of those dishes that looks and reads simple, but is full of greatness that it provides anyone who consumes it. Both for the palate and the health too. Traditionally also, the Aloo Gajar Matar Recipe is a dry sabji....