Rocky Road Brownies Today we’re taking my favorite homemade brownies and covering them with marshmallows, almonds, and plenty of rich sticky chocolate ganache to make Rocky Road Brownies. These are decadent, rich, and packed with flavor (and if you’re still recovering from the spoils of your Easter basket, like I am, you might want to wait a week before making them). I also love the way the different textures go together: the smooth chocolate, the soft and squishy marshmallows, the crunchy almonds and the fudgy, chewy brownies....

If this recipe looks familiar to you, it’s because I originally shared it over 2 years ago and it’s been one of the most popular holiday recipes on my blog ever since. Today I’ve added a video and some helpful tips to the recipe. If you haven’t tried it yet, here’s your chance! Another day in our week of candy! Just two more to go! As promised, today I’m giving you a break from the candy thermometer with this easy Saltine cracker candy (or whichever of its many monikers you prefer to use)....

The BEST Sausage Stuffing Recipe Truth be told, this is sausage stuffing is my favorite Thanksgiving side dish (yes, even more than green bean casserole–can you tell I have a hard time choosing though?!). My dad makes this dish every year, and every year I look forward to it! This stuffing is perfectly flavored and textured. It’s savory, with just enough spice and richness from the sausage, and it’s not at all soggy....

This post contains helpful notes and tips to help you make the perfect dish. However, if you are in a rush, please use the “Jump to Recipe” link above or the “Jump to” links below to get to the section you want. As a flavor girl, I love having layers of flavor in every dish and every meal! For example, this macaroni and tomatoes and this yellow lentil soup have rich and complex tastes that satisfy my palate....

Happy Friday! It also happens to be Zach’s birthday today and while I’d love to say I made these sprinkle cookies to celebrate, unfortunately that’s not the case. The man hates sprinkles. I’m not even kidding here, he hates them. He loathes the texture (!?!), and he especially hates the way they get all over the house every time I make anything that uses them. For his birthday he asked that I make him my chocolate cake with chocolate cream cheese frosting, and he was adamant that not so much as a single sprinkle should adorn his cake....

How long it takes: 15 minutes to prep the batter, 5 minutes per batch to fry Equipment you’ll need: mixing bowls, griddle Servings: makes 24 pancakes If you’ve ever researched sweet cream pancakes, you may have noticed they were made popular by a restaurant chain in the U.S. called Bear Creek Diner, a community-oriented family restaurant that serves homestyle comfort meals. So, naturally, amazing breakfast items would be on the menu, including their famous sweet cream pancakes!...

Hoisin and soy sauce base stir fry sauce is spicy, sweet and flavorful. The sauce coats crispy sesame tofu and vegetables to make a scrumptious dish. Great to serve over brown rice or noodles. About the Recipe As a vegetarian, tofu is one of my favorite protein. I love using it to make lettuce wraps, tofu and rice bowl or this easy vegan omelette. Today I have a Asian stir fry with tofu, asparagus and mushrooms....

Finally, I am posting a cake recipe for this blogging marathon. I am glad that I am sharing our family’s favorite – Tres Leches Cake, of course, the eggless version. :-) What is Tres Leches- We all know that this is a famous Mexican cake, and Tres means three, and leches mean Milk. It’s a sponge cake soaked in three milk mixture; Whole milk /heavy cream, condensed milk, and evaporated milk....

Jump to:How to make Tzatziki Sauce-Recipe Notes-📖 Recipe As I mentioned in my hummus post, I love all the condiments served along with the Meditteranean food, and this Tzatziki sauce is among them. This sauce or dip is quite popular in Greece, Turkey, the Middle East, and some other countries. Wikipedia has all the details, and I don’t want to repeat it! I just wanted to say that this sauce is so versatile....

Happy Spring! Does it look like Spring where you are, yet? Because yesterday/the first day of “Spring” was also the beginning of the first big snowstorm we’ve had all year. My car is buried beneath half a foot of snow, Zach is taking a snow day because none of the roads are plowed, and eventually one of us is going to have to break down and actually go outside to shovel out our driveway, so despite what the calendar might say it doesn’t exactly feel Spring-y around here!...

Haleem aka daleem or halim usually takes a long time, usually overnight, to make. This gives the dish its characteristic texture and amazing depth of flavor. But this instant pot recipe for veg haleem tastes equally good, is creamy and it takes about 30 minutes to make. About the Recipe My hometown of Hyderabad in Telangana is a culinary hub and is popular for quite a few dishes. Hyderabadi Dum Biryani or Bagara Baingan or Mirchi Baingan ka Salan and the list goes on....

What is Barfi? Barfi (bərːfiː) is a simple and tasty Indian fudge-like dessert. It is a dense milk-based sweet that is typically made with milk powder, condensed or fresh full-fat milk, ghee, and sugar. Barfis are very famous in India and are made during special occasions or festivals. During festivals like Diwali or Holi, there is an overload of such milk-based sweets in almost every Indian household. Barfee or Barfi comes from the Persian or Hindi word Barf which translates to snow....

Before getting into the recipe, let me share few information about sage. As I mentioned in my previous post, herbs play a major role in the Thanksgiving dinner. Rosemary, thyme, oregano and sage are the most widely used herbs in Thanksgiving recipes. About Sage Sage is called “the sister herb of rosemary”. It’s a perennial shrub, too, and its soft velvet leaves are used in cooking. The soft texture is because of the fine hair that covers the leaf....

Theme: National Dishes from around the World Dish: El Salvador – Pupusa Years ago when I first started watching Food network, Rachael Ray used to make dishes from different countries/ cuisines and called them ‘Passport meals’ to those countries. Which means you don’t need a passport to visit those countries physically, all you need is a well stocked pantry and you can easily transport to that country by enjoying the local dishes right at home....

How about Elevenses? I am all up for elevenses. Ok, let me explain what is elevenses before talking about it any further. As wiki puts it, it is a short break taken around 11 AM to consume a drink or snack. The time and the food differ across the countries. Let’s call it a mid-morning snack served with coffee or tea. Ok, if you are a “Lord of the Rings” fanatic like me, then you would be familiar with the term elevenses....

This banana bread recipe is one of my favorites and it’s one that I make so frequently. I even let my type-A personality take the backseat sometimes and let my kids help me out with it. They love using the potato masher to mash the bananas. They also love talking me into adding some chocolate chips. How long it takes: 15 minutes to stir up, 1 hour to bake Equipment you’ll need: large bowl, measuring utensils, masher, loaf tin, oven Servings: makes 1 loaf I’ve shared a few varieties of this bread: whole wheat banana bread with chocolate chips and coconut, reduced-fat chocolate banana bread, and banana bread muffins!...

Zucchini is everywhere right now and I am loving it! How long it takes: 15 minutes Equipment you’ll need: spiralizer or knife Servings: 6 We have a farmstand just up the road from us and they have the best and most reasonably priced produce. I drove up there to see what they had and of course, I found zucchini! (Side note, their zucchini is always 3 for $1 which is just amazing!...

I have to admit that I was a bit skeptical about making bacon in my air fryer. I love my air fryer for so many reasons but I just wasn’t super enthused about using it for bacon. Maybe it’s because I always bake bacon and that’s so easy. How long it takes: 14 minutes Equipment you’ll need: air fryer, tongs Servings: depends on the size of your air fryer and how much bacon you want But I’m willing to try anything for my readers, so yes, we air fried bacon....

This Air Fryer Fish Recipe (Crispy Air Fryer Tilapia) is my favorite for a quick Friday night meal for the entire family, whether it’s 2 people of 10. Although I’m making this using Tilapia, but you can use any kind of fish for this recipe like Cod Fish, Catfish, Trout, Salmon or Indian varieties like Rohu, Katla, Surmai, etc. So Why Air Fryer Fish Recipe (Air Fryer Tilapia)? Now, who doesn’t Loooove a ‘Golden, Crispy Fried Fish‘ but just one problem, it’s fried and with summer at its peak, I donot want to grill or turn on the oven....

As I mentioned on my Garuda Panchami lunch menu post, we make sesame seeds laddu (chigali) and this rice flour laddu. You can prepare both the laddus effortlessly, and as we love it, I make these recipes without fail for all the festivals. Traditionally this rice flour laddu is prepared with fresh rice flour or the homemade rice flour that we use for kozhukattai and other snacks. But I started making it with store-bough flour, and it comes out equally well....