Puff Pastry Cheese Straws

  My children have discovered puff pastry now and fancy themselves as gourmet cooks! I think puff pastry makes everything seem gourmet. Growing up, puff pastry dishes were the ones you ate out of the house, because you didn’t make it at home. Imagine my joy when I discovered puff pastry sheets a few years [...]

Veggie Quinoa Guest Post

Today head on over to my pal Erika’s Blog –  In Erika’s Kitchen for my guest post and my veggie quinoa recipe. Her recipes are amazing but more importantly she’s an amazing person.  She has been doing a Super Foods recipe Series all through January that you will like!

Light Strawberry Cheese Cake

  A bite earlier in the day of this dessert was enough of an incentive to make my kids skip their regularly scheduled stop at the vending machine after their swim lessons. Every Tuesday evening, the stop at the vending machine typically ends with them buying a small pack of some processed junk … but [...]

Cilantro Parmesan Stuffed Mushrooms

This is what happens when you keep a dish aside to photograph later for a blog post without a note saying to not eat anything. Yes, what started off as a plate full of beautifully arranged Parmesan Cilantro stuffed mushrooms had two lonely mushrooms looking for a tummy! I guess on the bright side, they [...]

Bacon Black Eyed Peas Green Herb Patties

I am a big fan of kebabs or patties. Kids love them too. They are awesome finger foods. They are multi purpose – you can eat them for lunch, snack, dinner, school lunches and serve as an afternoon snack! My 2 year old inhaled these patties. They have this smoky bacon flavor that just makes [...]

Baby Potatoes sauteed with whole spices

  Boy these are the cutest little potatoes one can find. They are called Pee Wee Potatoes and should be available at your local grocery store. They are the size of a grape and are just so cute that you will want to pick them up and take them home.   We brought the Pee [...]

Black Eyed Peas Curry

  I really should have posted this recipe before New Years since in the South (Southern USA), it is believed that eating Black Eyed Peas on New Year’s Day brings prosperity. I like to collect good wishes and blessings from anywhere I can. We ate this recipe on New Year’s Day, so let’s see how [...]

Video: Homemade Popcorn

You know what’s really simple? Making homemade popcorn. All you need are 3 ingredients + a lot of fun and you can pop your own popcorn in a few minutes. Even better – you can use the oil and the spices that you want for your popcorn. You don’t need any special machine to make [...]

Lemon Quinoa

This year I am going to feed my family more quinoa, more couscous, more faro, more wild rice, more brown rice, and more Indian breads (naan, roti, parathas etc.). I don’t make New Year’s Resolutions as I eventually drop them in frustration. Instead, I vow to make small manageable changes throughout the year. When something [...]

Eggnog Bread Pudding & a Giveaway

    My favorite dish of the holidays has to be Eggnog. I didn’t know what Eggnog was till my first year in this country. Now come Thanksgiving time, I pick up Eggnog by the cartons at the grocery stores. I buy them all – Soy Eggnog, Coconut Milk Eggnog, Chocolate Eggnog, Whole Eggnog, Light [...]

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