How long it takes: 30 minutes Equipment you’ll need: small saucepan Servings: 16 (makes 1 cup) (Do you love caprese as much as I do?! Try my caprese turkey burgers and caprese pasta salad recipe next.) But caprese salad is kind of a gateway because once you introduce balsamic glaze into your cooking repertoire, you’re always going to want a bottle of it in your fridge. It stores well so you can make a big batch and it might last you all summer....

Why you’ll love this beer marinated chicken Great for food prepping: It’s all about streamlining the process. If you make double the amount of chicken, you get double the meals with the same amount of work. Grilled chicken is great cold on top of a salad or on a sandwich. Flavorful: We do as much grilling as possible. This chicken is great because you can taste the beer in every bite and the spices used in this recipe make it completely irresistible – full of flavor but not overly spicy....

Coming back to the egg curry, I followed the recipe, but had to make slight changes to suit our palette. Here’s how I made it. Sandeepa’s original recipe here.

The BEST Blueberry Cheesecake Meet the newest member of my cheesecake collection: blueberry cheesecake! This recipe is so easy, so creamy, and bursting with fresh blueberries. Like my traditional cheesecake recipe, there’s no water bath needed today (yay!), and you’ll still get smooth, creamy, crack-free results! The cheesecake itself is a classic vanilla custard base punctuated by bright, juicy, fresh berries. Then the homemade blueberry topping (it’s SO much better than a canned blueberry topping!...

I’m finally back home after a long weekend at a conference in Salt Lake City spent surrounded by other incredible bloggers and plenty of incredible food. The trip was amazing, minus the TSA pat down just before the flight home because a bag of chili that I tried to bring home from the conference alerted as “explosive” during a TSA check. That was… awkward. 😳 Needless to say the chili was in fact not explosive, but I am a little concerned about eating it now....

Come spring or for that matter even fall/winter, and change in weather, many of us are down with a bad cold, fever or just a general feeling of uneasiness. And that’s when this recipe of a warm Cabbage Soup with Turmeric and Ginger comes most handy. Turmeric Ginger Cabbage Soup Ingredients: Cabbage (natural detox) Turmeric (natural antiseptic & healer), Black Pepper Ginger (both works wonders & soothes throat). Vegetable Broth or Water The warm light-golden broth relieves and soothes the itchy throat and also opens up your appetite which many of us lose after consuming medicines....

For this week’s blogging Marathon, the theme is “Say Cheese”. The first one is simple and a popular dish. A perfect kids friendly dish. I know this is a Mexican dish but I still go with cheddar and mozzarella cheese because of kiddo’s taste preference. I got to explore about cheese only after coming to US. While in India, I didn’t even realize there are this many cheese varieties. All I knew was Britannia and Amul cheese :-) Paneer is also very rare in our household....

Chocolate Cake Pops From Scratch Introducing your newest chocolate fix: chocolate cake pops! These simple cake pops are rich, fudgy, and dangerously chocolatey. They are also 100% from-scratch, with not even a sprinkle of cake mix or teaspoon of canned frosting in sight. Don’t worry though, they’re just as easy as the shortcut version, but 10x more flavorful and irresistible. They taste like a bite-sized, more decadent version of my chocolate cake!...

Chocolate Rugelach From Greek baklava to Latin American alfajores, Italian pizzelle and now today’s Polish/Jewish chocolate rugelach, we really are making our way through a number of different cultures with our cookies this holiday season, aren’t we? While my Christmas cookie tray always starts off with a batch of my favorite sugar cookies, it’s fun to try something different, especially when the results are as remarkably delicious as today’s are. Perhaps you’ve had rugelach before?...

FYI: “Chocolate covered Strawberry” was created in 1960s by Lorraine Lorusso from Chicago for Stop N’ Shop.

Hmm… dry toast, cold cereal, or breakfast cookies? How long it takes: 30 minutes Equipment you’ll need: mixing bowl, mixer, baking sheets Servings: makes 18 cookies I’ll take breakfast cookies, please. These chocolate walnut breakfast cookies taste so decadent and indulgent. And, I confess, they are a bit more indulgent than some other breakfast options, like Instant Pot steel cut oats or sheet pan eggs. However, chocolate breakfast cookies are a great grab-and-go treat and incredible with a hot cup of coffee....

By the time you’re reading this, it will be Monday, if not later. But right now it’s still Sunday for me and I’m sitting cozy on my couch after a weekend of apple picking (my favorite apple pie recipe will be coming soon!) and celebrating my sister’s 21st birthday (for the third time), and just overall dreading Monday. I’m about to turn on the debate (for better or worse) and my dog is lying at my feet and I just wish this weekend could stretch on just a liiiiittleee bit longer....

South Indian Fusion Recipe When I prepared my slow cooker cranberry sauce, I wanted to try a fusion recipe with it. Given the fact that it is sweet and tart, I was planning for a savory recipe. I had sufficient amount, so used my sauce for the cheesecake and with the remaining I experimented quite a few recipes. And one of the most successful recipes was this Cranberry Sauce Vathal Kuzhambu or cranberry sauce gojju....

I originally shared these Chocolate Crinkle Cookies over on Spend with Pennies! We’re going to jump right in to these Crinkle Cookies in a minute, but first, have I told you guys about my “Baker’s Club” yet? A little while ago I started a Facebook group specifically for those of you who followed the blog and enjoyed baking. I’ve loved seeing your photos of vanilla cakes, sugar cookies, chocolate cookies, and chocolate cake, to name just a few!...

Indian cuisine has so many different curries and gravy recipes. This eggplant, the small Indian brinjal curry known as bagara baingan, is famous from South Indian cuisine. It’s a nutty, creamy, and spicy curry, and we love this with plain steamed rice. But you can also serve it with mild pulao or biryani or roti. This bagara baingan recipe is very close to my heart. It is one of the recipes I learned from my friends in Folsom when I came to the US....

The Best Chocolate Muffins These super moist and fluffy double chocolate muffins are one of my favorite ways to eat chocolate for breakfast (chocolate biscotti are always a good option too!). They have a pronounced chocolate flavor (thanks to blooming the cocoa powder) but aren’t too decadent or rich, so they still feel like a muffin rather than a chocolate cupcake! Today’s recipe is an update to one of my original recipes....

A note about mung beans These green legumes from the pea family are native to India and are now also widely cultivated in Asia. They are used extensively in savory and sweet dishes across Southeast Asia. Pesarattu, crepes made with soaked whole mung beans that are ground into a batter with ginger and green chilies, is our favorite Sunday breakfast. We make a crunchy vegetable and mung bean salad with sprouting mung beans as our go-to working lunch....

These egg free donuts are soft, fluffy and delicious. I dip them in a simple chocolate glaze for some extra deliciousness. Do try this quick and easy eggless doughnut recipe and I am sure you will love them. About the recipe I love baking, especially eggless baking. This eggless pineapple cake and these vegan oreo cupcakes are my absolute favorite. So here I have another eggless sweet treat recipe that my kids love....

The Internet’s Favorite Seasoning Everything bagel seasoning saw its rise in popularity a few years ago when it quickly became a staple in many homes (mine included!). If you’ve never tried it, it’s a simple seasoning made from seeds, dehydrated vegetables, and salt–essentially everything you’d see on an everything bagel, minus the bagel! It’s a low-calorie flavor booster that tastes great on pretty much anything. This is super basic recipe, but I wanted to share my version simply because of how often I use it at home (especially on top of my sourdough bread, bagels, and sourdough crackers)....

Hearty, healthy, and wallet-friendly. I am talking about this South Indian twist on a Chinese classic is bound to satisfy for those times when you want a warm bowl of comfort food. This vegan egg tomato stir fry is packed with protein and bursting with flavor, thanks to the warm South Indian spices. It can be whipped up in 20 minutes on a busy weeknight with minimal chopping and cleanup....