It’s been a while since I shared any cookie recipes. More than cakes, we love cookies, and my son enjoys them year around and loves to take them as snacks to school. You can find several eggless cookie recipes on my blog, and today, I will share our new favorite – tahini cookies! I love the flavors of cardamom, saffron, rose, and pistachios. They always bring in a festive vibe....

Chicken, Onion and Fig Puff Pastry Tarts: buttery, flakey tarts using a mix of fig jam, onion, chicken and cheese on a puff pastry crusts. A Perfect appetizer for wine parties, summer picnics or even Father’s Day. Father’s Day is around the corner and just like many of you, I’m getting ready to throw an awesome and food-filled party/picnic for my Dad. And what better way to start than a chilled glass of CK Mondavi and Family Pinot Grigio and freshly baked Chicken, Onion and Fig Puff Pastry Tarts....

Quick and Easy Chocolate Crepes I’ve taken my popular crepes recipe and given it a chocolate twist to make these elegant, but super simple chocolate crepes. They have the perfect thin crepe texture and a distinct chocolate flavor, and they taste great served warm or chilled. I think you’re going to love them just as much, if not more than the regular version! My recipe comes together in a matter of minutes, chills for just half an hour (though you can go longer–it’s perfect for making ahead of time!...

How long it takes: 35 minutes Equipment you’ll need: ramekins, mixing bowl, whisk Servings: 4 lava cakes Perhaps you’ve noticed that lava cakes are a popular dessert. You’ll find them on many restaurant menus, from upscale restaurants to take-out pizza places. I think MacDonald’s even offered them for awhile. Chocolate lava cakes are fun, impressive, and feel a little decadent, maybe even a lot decadent. Lavish them up with whipped cream and fresh fruit, or keep them simple with a dusting of confectioner’s sugar....

Summer has finally arrived in California with a BANG and the temperature has crossed 100 F mark !!! Gosh it’s HOT and all I can think of are cool, refreshing – Summer Drinks from spritzers, juices, smoothies. And my all-time favorite Ice-cream floats, so we made these fancy looking Minty Coca-Cola Float. Ever since a young age, these Ice-Cream floats have been my favorite! I still remember when mom made them for the first time, it blew my mind and I immediately fell in love with it …....

What is Coconut Chutney? Coconut chutney or thengai chutney as we say in Tamil is one of the quintessential dishes in South Indian cuisine. Go to any South Indian restaurants and order idli or dosa or pongal or any tiffin (light meal/snacks) items; you will see coconut chutney served as a side dish along with sambar. Call it white chutney or coconut chutney for tiffins; you can make this chutney in less than 15 minutes....

Today I’m taking a short break from all of the pumpkin and apple and ghost recipes that I’ve been sharing recently for something a bit less seasonal, and slightly more tropical. I actually originally shared this recipe over on Real Housemoms a few months ago and have been meaning to share it here. Since I’ve recently been inundating you guys with pumpkin recipe after pumpkin recipe, I thought a break might be in order*....

Cookie Dough Brownies Today’s recipe is a hybrid of two of the most popular recipes on the blog! My favorite fudgy brownie recipe and edible cookie dough collide for one of the most decadent desserts yet: Cookie Dough Brownies. This recipe was originally published nearly 5 years ago and it was about time it received a refresh. The photos are new, a video has been added, and the recipe has been minimally tweaked to simplify and perfect things....

Creamy Tomato Gnocchi with Spinach and Peas: Your favorite gnocchi sauteed in a creamy tomato-basil (can be tomato too) soup along with spinach, peas, and seasoning. It’s perfect for anytime meal and is an absolute comfort food during this Fall Winterish weather. Super easy recipe especially for those hectic or lazy days when you want to eat something nice but do not have the time or energy for it. That’s when this 20 minutes recipe comes most handy as it cannot get easier than this....

It’s that time of year when we’re always in need of easy appetizers that feed a crowd. Whether it’s a game day or a holiday, this crockpot Buffalo chicken dip will become your new go-to. It might even become your signature snack—the one everyone in your family or friend group asks you to bring to every party. How long it takes: 15 minutes of prep, plus 3 hours in the slow cooker Equipment you’ll need: slow cooker Servings: makes 6 ½ cups of dip, about 13 servings (½ cup each)_ If you love my crockpot Buffalo chicken sandwiches, Instant Pot Buffalo chicken pasta, and air fryer Buffalo cauliflower bites, you’re going to flip for this dip!...

EASY. If you’ve spent any time at all on my blog, you know that easy is my favorite word. How long it takes: 6 hours Equipment you’ll need: Slow cooker or crockpot Servings: 10 servings Oh wait, no it’s not. POPCORN is my favorite word. But easy is important too. We all need more hours in the day to do everything we need to do, so easy home cooked meals are a priority....

How long it takes: 20 minutes of hands-on time; 4 hours on High or 8 hours on Low Equipment you’ll need: slow cooker Servings: 6 to 8 The same slow cooking method that makes meat tender and juicy makes vegetarian soups and stews extra delicious by giving the ingredients a little more time to mix and mingle. If you try this crockpot minestrone soup with quinoa and love it, be sure to add my vegetarian quinoa chili with black beans or slow cooker creamy chicken soup with quinoa to your next meal plan!...

The Pressure Cooker That I Use: Before getting into the recipe, I wanted to share about the most used utensil/vessel in my kitchen – the hard-anodized handi pressure cooker. I do all my one-pot dishes in this pressure cooker only. It’s a 4-liter pressure cooker, and as it’s hard-anodized, the chance of aluminum getting mixed is minimal. I prepare the biryani, vegetable korma, mushroom rice, etc. in this handi pressure cooker....

Easy Shrimp and Sausage Paella Recipe This Easy Shrimp and Sausage Paella Recipe have become new Most Requested recipe among friends and family. Whoever has had it, cannot stop at first helping and they go home with the recipe. I recently got the opportunity to work with ‘LagostinaUSA‘ which is a premium Italian cookware company, established in 1902 (in Italy). It’s famous for its core values of impeccable Italian craftsmanship, high-quality materials, technological innovation, and elegant design have endured....

Can’t believe it’s December already and it’s time for this year’s Bake-a-thon. It feels like just yesterday that I posted for last year’s bake-a-thon. Starting off this year’s baking with a colorful Eggless Confetti Cake that I made for my niece’s birthday. I am self appointed cake baker for our family and I take it upon myself to bake a cake for most of the birthdays especially the little ones....

With the current pandemic situation, we couldn’t relish our favorite restaurant food like before. Not that we were eating out regularly before, but those not-so-regular visits also stopped. What do you do when you crave for your favorite food, make them at home and enjoy! I have quite a few of our restaurant-favorite recipes coming soon on the blog. Stay tuned. What’s the big deal about this fried cheese? Most of the major fast-food chains and some Italian restaurants serve this addictive fried cheese sticks with marinara....

I am back with another easy chutney recipe like the roasted gram chutney, and this time, it’s the farali peanut chutney. Farali means feasting, and this peanut curd chutney is typically made during vrat/auspicious or fasting days. It’s a super simple recipe and a beginner-friendly and bachelor-friendly recipe. First, we roast the peanuts, add cook ginger, chili, and cilantro, and let it cook in the residual heat. Then grind it with yogurt....

Nothing beats the taste of homemade pita bread. It’s fresh, fluffy, and soft, and you can fill it with just about anything your heart desires. Unlike many pita recipes, this one is quite beginner-friendly and you do not need to worry about making many mistakes while making the pitas. The filling is a savory bean and walnut mixture packed with plant-based proteins and healthy fats. It’s a hearty base with a rich depth of flavor that will fool any meat eater into thinking that they are eating beef....

It’s taken me every ounce of self restraint with these cookies to not say something super cheesy like “they’re outta this world”. Because, while they totally, absolutely are, you don’t need cute quips to inform you of that, do you? These cookies make their own statements, and none of them are mundane. I’ve been seeing some pretty incredible galaxy desserts all over the internet recently, and wanted to offer up my own spin on these out of this world desserts....

How long it takes: 26 minutes Equipment you’ll need: grill or grill pan Servings: 6 This beautiful grilled peach salad is the sort of salad you want to present with a flourish and say “Ta-da!” It’s that impressive and trust me, it isn’t difficult at all to create your own magazine-worthy grilled peach salad. I know how it is. You page through magazines or scroll through the internet, and you see all these amazing photos of drool-worthy food, thinking to yourself, “Well, mine would never look like that....