The only time consuming part of this fritter recipe is the soaking of black-eyed peas. Everything else takes just a few minutes. Make these as an appetizer for a party or as an afternoon snack and enjoy them hot!! About the Recipe Who doesn’t like deep fried treats, I sure do. I love these easy to make Instant vada or these spicy and delicious stuffed bread pakoda. Anything that is crispy is a hot favorite in my home....

Ingredients: 16 Wonton/Spring Roll Wrappers – Easily available in most grocery stores ½ Cup Chocolate Spread – I’m using Nutella, you may use any thick spread of your choice ¼ Cup Walnuts – Thinly sliced ¼ Cup Milk – For lining the wonton wrappers ¼ Cup Confectioner Sugar – For dusting the ravioli 1-2 Strawberry – For decoration 4 Tbsp Chocolate Sauce – For decoartion Vegetable Cooking Spray Method: Prep Work: Preheat oven to 300F (150c) In a small bowl, mix nutella and walnuts together....

Why You’ll Love This Recipe Restaurant-quality results at home. This BBQ chicken pizza has an amazing flavor–you won’t believe it’s homemade (and so easy too). Customizable! I had a lot of fun playing with the flavors, but you can get even more creative. Ranch dressing, jalapeno, caramelized onions, and pineapple are also great toppings on this pizza! Can be made on a homemade or pre-made crust. I include instructions for both below....

Rice pudding aka kheer (Hindi) or paravannam/ payasam (Telugu) is a quintessential dessert that is made for any special occasion. Traditionally it is made with jaggery but it can also be made with granulated sugar. Bellam payasam is South Indian version of rice pudding. Jaggery (bellam) is used to sweeten it and hence the name. It is one of the easiest neivedyam (prasad or offering to god) that can be made....

So let’s make it a great one along with a cup of relaxing coffee with International Delight Simply Pure Creamer, eating a light snack, doing some exercise/meditation or listening to relaxing music. Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for few minutes …including you !!! I’m a firm believer of this quote and today, that’s exactly what we are talking about ‘Benefits of Afternoon Work Break with Simply Pure’....

The Perfect Italian Cookie, Made Easy These super easy Italian biscotti couldn’t be more different from the soft and chewy cookies that I usually share with you. If you’ve ever had biscotti before, you already know they’re not soft at all. Instead they’re hard and crunchy, and despite the fact that I usually avoid these two characteristics like the plague when it comes to cookies, I love these biscotti. In fact, I think they’re ridiculously delicious....

Butter Mints Much like with the cream cheese mints that I shared just a little while ago, I would bet you’ve had these butter mints before. They’re very similar, actually, only made (surprise) without the cream cheese and with more butter. Who would’ve thought, right? Simple to make with just 6 ingredients, butter mints are soft, creamy, melt-in-your mouth little mints that make great after dinner mints. They’re also very popular at bridal showers, baby showers, and weddings, and you might have even heard them called “wedding mints” before....

Restaurant-Quality Cajun Shrimp Pasta Recipe This cajun shrimp pasta has become a weekly staple in our dinner rotation. Not just because it’s flavorful and filling, but also because it comes together in just half an hour of prep! You’ll simply season your shrimp, sear it, make the sauce, and add the cooked pasta. It’s easy and satisfying, and it makes a great Lenten dinner or any-time weeknight meal! Flavor-wise, this dish is perfectly crave-worthy without being too light (as some shrimp dinners might be) or too heavy....

Cannoli Cake: The Best of Two Great Desserts! Today I’m transforming one of my favorite Italian desserts into a beautiful layer cake! This cannoli cake is made with three soft, tender, and moist vanilla cake layers (I borrowed heavily from my chantilly cake to make these) cloaked in a frosting inspired by cannoli filling. These components works beautifully together to give the cake a true cannoli feel. Why You’ll Love This Recipe Seriously irresistible frosting that tastes just like cannoli filling....

How long it takes: 25 minutes to prep, 17 minutes to bake, 10 minutes to cool Equipment you’ll need: mixing bowls, muffin pan, and cooling rack Servings: 12 muffins The applesauce and carrots ensure that these muffins are extra moist without a lot of added oil, while the three eggs in the recipe give them a light, fluffy texture rather than being dense like some carrot cakes tend to be....

Cheese Danishes make for a great special occasion breakfast food, they’re one of my favorite Christmas morning foods alongside Homemade Cinnamon Rolls and French Toast Casserole! Homemade Cheese Danishes A little while back I shared my recipe for homemade puff pastry, and, if you recall, strongly encouraged you to make a few extra batches and store some in your freezer. This Cheese Danish recipe is exactly why. Once you have that pastry made, you’re only 25 minutes away from perfect homemade breakfast pastries....

I can’t believe we’re thinking about Thanksgiving already! It seems like we were just talking about inflatable rafts and sunscreen lotion. How long it takes: 15 minutes to prep, 40 minutes to bake Equipment you’ll need: 9 x 13 inch baking dish, saucepan Servings: 8 Only take a look at the shelves in your grocery store though, and you’ll know that fall has arrived. All of the cool weather crops are displayed, inviting us to make the transition from summer eating (watermelons, cucumbers, corn on the cob, strawberries!...

How long it takes: 1 hour, 45 minutes (mostly hands-off!) Equipment you’ll need: large pot Servings: 6 Basically, this soup is chicken noodle soup, with rice instead of noodles. I find that rice makes the soup feel more hearty and substantive than noodles, and it adds a bit of earthy flavor, which I appreciate. And, instead of soft noodles, the rice is slightly chewy for a nice change of texture from the usual chicken soup....

Theme: Holiday Bakes Dish: Dorie Greenspan’s World Peace Cookies These eggless and great slice and bake cookies. Store the dough in the fridge for 3 days or in the freezer for up to 3 months and you can bake these whenever you want. They are slightly soft and taste very chocolaty and delicious. My sister said she eats them with some vanilla ice cream and I think I will try this combination next time 🙂

Everyone has a favorite breakfast cereal from their childhood, but even if Froot Loops or Corn Pops were your go-to, you have to admit that Cinnamon Toast Crunch ranks right up there with the best of the best. That’s why everyone is going to love these Cinnamon Toast Crunch bars! How long it takes: 15 minutes Equipment you’ll need: 9 x 13 inch pan and large pot Servings: 15 If Cinnamon Toast Crunch isn’t your kryptonite but you’re still looking for a no-bake treat, you might want to try no-bake lemon berry cheesecakes....

So, let’s just start this by saying that our Panera Bread has a drive-thru. It’s bad for my wallet. I don’t like fast-food, but I like food to be fast. Especially with two kids and there is NO way I’m getting out of the car with both kids to grab food. Forget that, I’d rather go home. So Panera’s drive-thru is both the answer to my prayers and a huge nightmare....

There are squiggly little red lines all over my computer right now as I try to figure out the correct way to spell Frappu— Frappe—Frappuc (omg… one “c” or two?)… Frappuccino without looking it up. Well there it is, I finally had to give up and Google it, and good thing I did because evidently my computer doesn’t recognize frappuccino as a real word, anyway (it keeps suggesting cappuccino”), so those squiggly lines aren’t going anywhere....

Copycat Cosmic Brownie Recipe Cosmic brownies were the lunchbox treasure of so many childhoods, and while they will always hold a special place in our hearts, they don’t exactly measure up to an adult palate. My cosmic brownie recipe eliminates that processed, chemical taste while preserving the beloved chocolatey flavor and fudgy, chewy texture we all love. When developing this recipe, I used a few pointers from my homemade brownies and brownie cookies to create a flavorful, but not-too-rich base....

Many of you love my Italian dressing, an easy to make vinaigrette, but some of you are asking if I have a recipe for a creamy Italian dressing, so here it is! Many creamy dressings use mayonnaise to achieve their creamy status. While I’m not against mayonnaise in any way, I like to keep things a bit more healthy by using Greek yogurt in place of the mayo. The dressing is nice and creamy without as many calories (and it’s egg-free!...

Thinly sliced cucumbers and onions are marinated in a simple vinegar dressing and topped with aromatic fresh dill in this very uncomplicated salad. With just five ingredients (not counting salt, pepper, and water), cucumber onion salad is flavorful, versatile, and so, so easy. How long it takes: 15 minutes Equipment you’ll need: sharp knife or mandoline, mixing bowl, measuring utensils Servings: 4 This cucumber salad recipe may remind you of the old-fashioned cucumber and onions in vinegar that your grandma may have served....