Black Bean Zucchini Quesadillas

I like quesadillas and I also think they are versatile. You can have quesadillas for breakfast, lunch, dinner and for dessert (have you ever tried a chocolate strawberry quesadilla? Yummy!).  I also love how you can use up all the leftover cuts of veggies in a quesadilla. I have been cooking from my pantry and [...]

Spinach Lamb/Beef Meatballs

These are perfect for St. Patty’s day treat! It is only recently that I have discovered the beauty of using fruits and vegetables to add color to a recipe. So, these yummy lamb kebabs are green courtesy of pureed spinach. You can easily substitute the lamb with minced beef in this recipe. This recipe makes [...]

Rosemary Lemon Zest Naan

I love taking something store bought and kicking it up a notch. For instance, I find store bought naan blah, a type of flat bread extremely popular in South Asia, there’s no comparison with the naans you get in Indian restaurants.  You cannot make Naan at home easily unless you have a tandoor, an indian [...]

Fruit Kebab Skewers

Fruit salad was one of my favorite dishes from my childhood. I knew I was in for a treat everytime I saw it on the table because vanilla icecream always came with the fruit salad. Yummy! Even now, when I visit India and see fruit salad on the table, my smile stretches from cheek to [...]

Cauliflower Popcorn

I have come to realize three things about feeding children. One – food doesn’t have to have complex flavors.  Two – kids love crunch when it comes to their veggies. As long as veggies are not too mushy the kids are more likely to eat them. Three – if they don’t like something at first, [...]

Honey Sesame Baked Tofu

During our nightly snuggle and talk time, my 4.5 year old daughter asked me how I made the baked tofu that the kids at her preschool had eaten earlier in the day. Me: I mixed some honey, sesame oil and soy sauce together and baked it. Her response: You know why I asked you for [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Goat Cheese Spinach Chicken Meatballs

There was no turkey or mashed potatoes or any pumpkin on my dining table this year. We are in India at the moment where there are very few i.e. 1 or 2 restaurants in the entire city of millions that host Thanksgiving for the expat population. But there was this amazing gratitude lesson for my [...]

Puff Pastry Veggie Paneer Pizza

A few days ago I made fresh Paneer at home after a very long time. My initial thoughts after taking my first bite of homemade Paneer and watching my kids enjoy homemade Paneer was that I will never buy store brand again.  Okay that was wishful thinking but I know I will try to make [...]

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