Watermelon, Cantaloupe and Berry Fruit Salad

Tools make cooking fun! Everyone has certain tools in the kitchen they cannot live without in the kitchen. My list of ‘cannot live without’ kitchen tools is long. Here are a few of my favorite things: 1) Pressure Cooker – it makes cooking beans, lentils, meat stews a breeze. During the solid food stage with [...]

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 [...]

Sweet Potato Chips

7 years ago I would have never thought that I would actually be making homemade yogurt, home made jams, and homemade spices someday. These are the things that Grandmothers do, or atleast mine used to. So when I started making Chinese 5 spice and garam masala at home, I kept telling myself that, “Yes I [...]

Baked Corn and Cheese Dip

One of my favorite things to do every day before I rush off to work is to make an afternoon snack for my kids. Snack time is around 3pm for them, and I make sure there’s a little bit of all food groups – fruits/veggies, carbs, protein. Yes, I serve veggies whenever I can during [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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