How long it takes: 15 minutes Equipment you’ll need: food processor Servings: Makes two cups Why buy pricey little jars of gourmet pesto? I guarantee that once you make your own authentic Italian pesto, you’ll never go back. This leprechaun green sauce adds treasure to everything you combine it with. You’re probably already convinced that you need pesto. Let’s get going on making our own! More About This Pesto Recipe Pesto is really very simple....

I followed Soma’s recipe to the T, except I skipped the caramelized onions on top and added some mixed vegetables instead to give some color and make the dish more filling. All in all this is a simple dish that is sure to make any meal extra special. Recipe from Soma’s Ecurry:

When I was reading the background of Idiyappam and its references in Ponniyin Selvan, I came across this book and got fascinated right away. My interest in historical novels attributed to my interest in the history of food too. So got this book and here I am to talk about it. Yes, I am going to talk about it. I am not an architect nor a historian nor a botanical scientist but just a foodie....

How long it takes: 25 minutes to prep, 20 minutes to bake Equipment you’ll need: 3 shallow bowls, baking sheet Servings: 8 If you like chicken Caesar salads, you’ll love this recipe for chicken tenders. It’s chicken Caesar that you can eat with your hands and it’s unbelievably simple to make. (Keep reading for more chicken tender recipes.) Be sure to try my chicken Caesar pasta salad, too! Caesar Chicken Tenders Only 5 ingredients!...

Well my weekend was a complete and total blur, how about yours? I’m still recovering and trying to get caught up, so today I’m re-sharing one of my favorite summer recipes with you: an easy chocolate icebox cake. This cake was so popular on the blog last year, so I thought I’d freshen it up and share it with you again. Until I set out to make this cake, I was fairly inexperienced with icebox cakes....

Unlike some of my other candy recipes (like my toffee or peanut brittle I shared last month), there’s no candy thermometer required today. Be sure to check out the video showing how to make chocolate truffles at the bottom of the recipe! These chocolate truffles have been a work in progress for a while. I’d hoped to share them last month, mixed in with all my other candy recipes, but the recipe took longer than I’d hoped to perfect....

Well I just followed the recipe from veganomicon and Isa’s version of vegan cholent was done in exactly 45minutes. This tasted awesome, very hearty & filling. Isa suggests serving it over rice or with bread, but I went with polenta. I made a few changes to the recipe to accommodate what I have in the pantry.

Did you know that you could use Cool Whip to make COOKIES? I know, it sounds like crazy talk, doesn’t it? And better than the use of Cool Whip is the fact that these fudgy cookies only require four simple ingredients: cake mix, Cool Whip, 1 egg, and powdered sugar. All of which you may already have in your pantry and fridge. Of course you can make them a little fancier, but they’re terrific on their own....

Sweet & Soft Lofthouse Cookies Well, this recipe sure was an adventure. I spent the past few weeks exhausting my ovens and mixer while working to capture the true essence and texture of real Lofthouse cookies, only without any of the artificial flavors/mass-produced taste. I tried uncommon ingredients, cumbersome techniques, and spent about 10lbs of butter tweaking the recipe to perfection, only to land on a version that is surprisingly unfussy (thank goodness!...

Cranberry oatmeal energy bites are perfection rolled into bite-sized balls. Packed with all kinds of good-for-you ingredients, these energy balls are sweet without added sugar. They contain fiber, minerals, and vitamins, and taste like dessert. Nut-free, gluten-free, and dairy-free, most everyone can safely enjoy these. How long it takes: 20 minutes Equipment you’ll need: food processor Servings: makes 36 balls Having a snack attack? You won’t experience a sugar crash after indulging in a couple of these healthy energy balls....

Carrot soup is a nice change from tomato soup. We love tomato soup and have it often. One of our favorites is this smoky roasted tomato soup with smoked paprika and our Instant Pot tomato soup is so creamy and easy to make, too. How long it takes: 55 minutes Equipment you’ll need: soup pan, immersion blender Servings: makes 7 cups But enough about tomato soup! We’re here to sing the praises of this creamy carrot soup....

Creamy and delicious refried beans can easily be made in a crockpot. Now, before you go crazy on me, I know these aren’t traditional refried beans. They aren’t fried at all and there’s no bacon fat or lard, no fat at all, in fact. How long it takes: 5 minutes to prep, 8 hours in the crockpot Equipment you’ll need: slow cooker, strainer, immersion blender Servings: makes 12 cups However, I would say that these beans are very tasty due to a hearty amount of onion and garlic, lots of cumin, a hint of smoked paprika, and a pinch of red pepper flakes....

Before getting into the recipe let me share the different names of this biryani. It is known as Degi Delhi biryani, purani (old in Hindi) Dilli biryani, degi biryani, shadiyaan wali biryani (biryani made during the wedding). Dilli ki degi biryani and the list goes on. But I am just going with name Delhi Veg Biryani. :-) I had to research a lot about this biryani, and finally, YouTube videos helped me....

Recipe is from my MIL and she made it for us while they were visiting us couple of months back. I think the highlight of this bread is the coarsely ground cumin, garlic and green chili paste. These add so much flavor and makes the whole kitchen smell great (if you like the smell of garlic that is). Since there’s so much going in the dough itself, these rotis can be served by themselves with some pickle and yogurt on the side....

You’re going to love this homemade pizza dough. It’s easy to make, especially if you have a stand mixer, and the taste is phenomenal! There’s really nothing quite like homemade crust: yeasty, warm, chewy, crisp. It’s the best! How long it takes: 1 hour (from start to finished pizza) Equipment you’ll need: stand mixer preferably, but it can be accomplished by hand Servings: makes 2 crusts Do you have to be a baking expert or pizzeria maestro to make it?...

Happy Monday Everyone and I’m here with an easy Digestive Biscuit Recipe (Oats, Almond, and Sesame) to share with all of you. As I’ve mentioned a couple of times in my previous posts that I’m a big-time snacker hence, always trying to make a healthier or easier recipe for a quick bite. These digestive biscuits are hands down my favorite tea/coffee companion. I always have a batch ready at home and sometimes you might even find them in my bag especially if I’m running an errand or going shopping…....

Eggless Pumpkin Cookies Homemade cookies are perfect evening snack and when you can sneak in some vegetable puree and replace APF with other healthy flours nothing can beat it. Be it baking some goodies for school or work or road trip; these cookies are a perfect dessert that will satiate your sweet tooth. I followed the base recipe from running with spoons blog. I mostly followed Amanda’s recipe but changed the flour....

Chocolate chip cookies are quite popular among the baked goodies. And today, I am so happy to share one of the classic and one of America’s favorite cookies – white chocolate macadamia nut cookies. These cookies are quite popular in restaurant chains like subway, but we first relished these cookies in Maui. While my husband and I enjoyed the tropical veggies and fresh pineapple and coconut water, kiddo relished these cookies to the core....

Last week I shared my latest take on the easiest pastry cream you’ll make in your life. This week, I’m taking things one step further by turning that pastry cream into a smooth, subtly sweet German Buttercream! Similar to my Swiss Meringue Buttercream, German buttercream starts with a cooked egg base (only we’re using egg yolks in this instance) that, once cooled, is gradually added to whipped butter. The result is an unbeatable flavor and texture that may sound indulgent, but actually tastes very light and only mildly sweet....

I love chutneys, especially the ones that we can relish with rice. In Tamil, we call chutneys as thogayal or thuvaiyal. In fact, my very first blog post was a chutney recipe, paruppu thogayal or toor dal chutney. :-) Meal with chutney Rice served with any thuvaiyal and chips is a meal by itself. Of course, it goes well with rasam rice, yogurt rice, and other tiffin items too. This inji chutney or thuvaiyal is one such flavorful spicy chutney....