The BEST Oreo Cake Recipe Why choose between cookies and cake when you can have both? My Oreo cake combines the best of both desserts and turns them into a plush, soft, amazingly tender, cookie-filled cake! It’s frosted with my favorite cream cheese frosting (though I do include a few alternative options) and stacked tall for impressive results. For such humble inspiration, this one is a stunner! Cakes have always been an endeavor for me to develop because I am a cake perfectionist (OK, I’m a perfectionist with every recipe, my madeleines took over 100 attempts to get right)....

Before getting into the recipe, let me clarify the term paneer here. It’s not the Indian cottage cheese. Paneer means rose-flavored water. It also refers to one of the rose varieties called “panner/paneer”. I think that’s how the name came about. So the rose-flavored soda is popularly known as paneer soda in Tamil. Paneer soda and goli soda (mild lemon-flavored soda) are popular aerated drinks back in my native, and I am sure pretty much that’s the case in all places in my state....

PS: I think I will be the first one to add PS at the beginning of the Post. I want to recollect how my blogging journey started. I am updating this post today, (March 25th, 2019). After creating the blogger account, this was my first post. Without any big recipe introduction or anything, I started typing the ingredients and the steps and guess what, I didn’t even add any picture, but published the post....

I’m on a panini kick. I’m not so sure that my husband is too crazy about this kick. He would rather not have a sandwich for dinner. He never complains, but I can tell. He loves my Cuban sandwich, but I don’t think I have him converted yet. Maybe this pizza panini will do the trick. I think maybe it will. How long it takes: 30 minutes Equipment you’ll need: panini press or heavy frying pan Servings: 2 sandwiches What do you think about paninis?...

Puppy Chow. Muddy Buddies. Where do I begin with my love for these? How long it takes: 10 minutes Equipment you’ll need: microwave safe bowl, microwave Servings: makes 9 cups – you decide how many servings that is! Actually, if we’re being honest, I have a love-hate relationship with anything with powdered sugar on it. I love it because, well, it’s powdered sugar. I hate it because, well, IT GETS EVERYWHERE!...

This Quick Cucumber Tomato Zaatar Salad is my perfect pick me up kind of food all of this week. The weather has been extremely crazy here in California …… we went from cold to hot again col and now all of a sudden rainy and cold. First: It’s extremely easy to make (mainly 3 ingredients, rest are add-ons). Second: The Most Important, it can be eaten both cold and warm (just heat the dressing for few seconds)....

We are just 1 week away from Chinese New Year (Feb 5th) and I’m ready with this Quick Potsticker Stir Fry recipe that I’ll take for my friend’s new year potluck. Potsticker/Dumpling is our MOST favorite Chinese food, literally cooked once or twice every 2-3 weeks and we still cannot get enough of it. Hence, we always have ‘Ling-Ling‘ Asian inspired frozen entree and sides in our freezer. We have been eating their products for ages as they are the leaders in authentic Asian recipes....

This Quick Sweet Corn Fried Rice is one recipe that screams ‘Summers’ to me! Also, it’s a savior if you have tons of plain leftover rice that you can use in this recipe. What makes this Quick Sweet Corn Fried Rice Unique: The sweetness + creaminess from the corn along with crispy green bell peppers and a hint of spicy sauce makes it absolutely divine! Ingredients for the Quick Sweet Corn Fried Rice: We are using the following for the recipe (complete list in the recipe card below):...

A quick and easy recipe to start off the week. I wasn’t originally going to make a standalone post for raspberry cake filling, I actually developed it as part of Thursday’s recipe. But enough people have asked me for cake fillings that I thought it might make the most sense to give this recipe its own post, and here we are. Sweet, tart, and simple, you can prepare your own filling in 15 minutes (just keep in mind you’ll need about an hour to let it cool completely)....

7 Ingredient Raspberry Sauce This easy homemade raspberry sauce can be drizzled over cheesecake, ice cream, yogurt, waffles–the possibilities are endless! It has a bright, perfectly balanced flavor that is both sweet and tart (and pairs so well with a brownie sundae…yum). The best part? It tastes just as good with frozen raspberries as it does with fresh, so you can enjoy it all year long! I prefer to leave the seeds in my sauce simply because I think raspberry sauce needs seeds (the texture is such a key part of the raspberry experience, after all), but you can strain them out if you want yours to be silky....

The BEST Red Velvet Cupcakes Red velvet cupcakes are a cute and portable dessert that’s perfect for Valentine’s Day or Christmas. They are so festive and instantly recognizable, not to mention totally irresistible. My recipe is incredibly easy to make (no mixer needed!) and is carefully designed to yield fluffy, sturdy results every single time. I chose to frost my cupcakes with ermine frosting, which is the classic pairing for red velvet cake....

The weekend is almost here and before we make any plans, I need to share this tantalizing and finger-licking good Restaurant Style Shrimp Fried Rice in sweet-spicy butter sauce recipe with you’ll. Ingredients for Restaurant Style Shrimp Fried Rice: Shrimp Cooked White Rice Mixed Vegetables – like carrots, peas, asparagus, whatever you like. Chili Sauce Honey Butter It’s one of those recipes that you make for special events or to go that extra mile and create a gorgeous looking dish for that someone special …....

How long it takes: 15 minutes of prep, 8 hours to marinate, 6 to 10 hours to slow cook Equipment you’ll need: slow cooker, large zip top bag Servings: 8 We love this tender pork served in a bowl with cilantro lime rice, black beans, and pico de gallo. Be sure to include a wedge of lime to squeeze over the contents of the bowl. Add fried plantains for a traditional Cuban dish....

Spicy Meat Lovers Garlic Pizza: delicious, crispy pizza loaded with 4 types of meat toppings along with a garlicky sauce over a cauliflower crust. We love pizza and this–> Spicy Meat lovers Garlic Pizza is not only a perfect meal for us any-time of the week/weekend but also 50% lesser calories thanks to the cauliflower pizza crust from Green Giant. We have already made this pizza twice last week and we still can’t get enough of it....

At our home, we love to eat Indo-Chinese food…If you haven’t tried it or heard of it, it’s a combination of Chinese- Indian ingredients and spices. The results are usually very spicy and slightly oily dishes which are extremely delicious. One such favorite recipe of ours is Stir Fry Spicy Green Beans and I would have made it a million times by now…okay not million but tons 🙂 Ingredients for Stir Fry Spicy Chinese Green Beans 1 Cup Fresh Beans – Cleaned and cut off the tips from both ends 2 Cups Water 1 Cup Ice 1 Tsp Fresh Garlic – Crushed 3 Tbsp Chili Sauce – I’m using Sambal brand, you may use any chili sauce as per choice 1 Tbsp White Vinegar 1 Tbsp Soy Sauce 3 Tbsp Olive Oil As we all know, green beans are a rich source of antioxidants too 😉 Now, the recipe is very simple and we steam it for 2-3 minutes and then use it in stir-fry....

This casserole is one of my go-to recipes. It’s a perfect meal: easy, nutritious, and satisfying. How long it takes: 15 minutes to prep, one and a half hours to bake Equipment you’ll need: large skillet, 9 x 13 inch baking dish, foil or cover for dish Servings: 4 generous servings We love stuffed peppers. Okay, actually we like stuffed anything. There’s just something kind of cool about stuffing all contained in a neat little package....

My version uses with jaggery and has the added goodness to nuts. This is a nutritious and delicious urad dal laddu. Give this recipe a try and I am sure you will love it too. About the Recipe When I think of ladoo, the first thing that comes to my mind is Sunnundalu or Andhra style urad dal laddoo. It is one of my absolute favorite Andhra sweet. These ladoo are very easy to make and they taste absolutely delicious....

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. Although imli chutney (imli means tamarind in Hindi) is a staple drizzle for Indian street foods, it’s also a versatile dipping sauce. I enjoy it with everything from veggie sticks to naan, pakoras, french fries, and even nachos....

The BEST Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe Say hello to the softest, butteriest, best peanut butter cookie recipe you’ve ever tried! With their slightly crisp, sugar-coated exteriors that give way to chewy, melt-in-your-mouth, peanut butter-y centers, these cookies are in-cre-di-ble. This recipe is one of my all-time classic favorites, right up there with my chocolate chip cookies and snickerdoodles. I have so many peanut butter cookie recipes on the blog (a quick search will show you there are at least 13 🫣), but these are the real deal, classic cookies everyone enjoys....

A Classic Vanilla Cake, Made Entirely From-Scratch Every baker needs a solid vanilla cake recipe in their repertoire, and today’s recipe is just that. It’s soft, plush, and perfectly moist. Not to be confused with my white cake, this recipe is a beautiful pale golden color and distinctly vanilla flavored. It pairs beautifully with any frosting, although a traditional chocolate frosting is my favorite finish! Like my chocolate cake, this has been one of my most popular recipes for years (and you may recognize it as the base for both my pineapple upside-down cake and my marble cake)....