Lovely & Oh So Lemony Cheesecake This lemon cheesecake has a sunny, perfectly tart flavor and a smooth, sweet custard filling set without a water bath (the only way we do cheesecake around here!). It’s accented by a crisp graham cracker crust and lush homemade whipped cream for a beautifully balanced dessert any cheesecake lover will absolutely adore. I’ve received a lot of requests for a lemon version of my classic cheesecake....
My Favorite Lemon Pasta Recipe This lemon pasta recipe is a light and creamy Italian dish with a citrusy, Mediterranean twist. It’s brightly flavored with fresh lemons, olive oil, and shallots. It’s simple, comes together quickly, and makes an incredibly refreshing weeknight dinner. Pairing lemon with cream is a bit unexpected, but it gives this dish a vibrant and fresh flavor that isn’t too rich. Together they create a silky sauce that coats the noodles beautifully without being heavy like an alfredo sauce....
I’ve hosted quite a few Thanksgiving dinners by now and it’s one of my favorite days to cook. I love all the traditional dishes, like homemade stuffing and green bean casserole, but I throw in a few new recipes every year too. As long as I make the basics, my family is willing to try whatever I feel like experimenting with that year. How long it takes: 30 minutes Equipment you’ll need: large saucepan, whisk Servings: makes 3½ cups Often, that new recipe becomes part of our standard repertoire....
Sundal- Sundal is nothing but cooked and tempered beans. Call it sauteed beans or beans stir-fry, sundal is one among the guilt-free snacks and quite easy to make as well. Navratri is incomplete without sundal, and today, I am sharing one of my favorite sundal recipes. It is the Manga – Thenga Pattani Sundal or Peas Sundal with raw mango and grated coconut. Sundal is quite popular in Tamil Nadu....
This Masala Palak Paneer or Sauteed Spinach with Cheese recipe is my favorite goto spinach recipe. I’m very much/Pro for eating local-fresh food, it’s always great to know where your produce is coming from and interact with the local farmers… Trust me, they give some awesome tips on how to preserve/keep produce at home. Masala Palak Ingredients 1.5 Cups Coarsely Chopped Spinach 1 Cup Chopped Paneer – Indian Cottage Cheese 1 Large White Onion – finely chopped 1 Garlic Clove – finely chopped 1 Small Piece Ginger – grated 2 Tomatoes – coarsely chopped 3 Tbsp of Gram Flour – you can use plain flour too 3 Tbsp Olive Oil – You may use any flavorless oil of choice...
Learn how to make this matar nimona with detailed step-wise pictures. You all know how much I love to explore different cuisines. This matar nimona, fresh green peas, and potato curry caught my attention a couple of years back, and I wanted to try it always. I finally got a chance to make it this year. When I think about green peas dishes, the first thing that comes to my mind is matar paneer, and I know we can do other excellent dishes with fresh green peas, and this nimona is one such dish....
I am always looking for new baking recipes and bake-a-thon definitely helps me with that aspect. There are a ton of baked treats that I bookmarked to try and I keep looking for occasions to bake them. Mexican Wedding Cookies: I signed up to bring cookies for this year’s thanksgiving and I made 2 different cookies. First up of the two are these easy to make and melt in your mouth Mexican wedding cookies aka Russian Tea Cakes....
Here’s the last yeast bread for this week and this recipe for Milk Bun is from the cookbook ‘Honey & Co.’ I love braided breads even though I’m still figuring out how to make them pretty, so when I saw this recipe in the book I knew I had to try it out. This Milk bun is a cross between a Jewish Challah and French Brioche. It is lighter and smoother than a Challah without being as rich as the brioche....
No Bake Eggless Mango Cheesecake with Agar Agar Following the concept No bake dessert, here is my next recipe – No Bake Eggless Mango Cheesecake with Agar Agar. This recipe is prepared with the king of the fruits – mango and cream cheese and milk and sugar. As usual I am using Agar Agar for setting the cheesecake layer. Yes, it’s a layered dessert and here is my Single Serving two layered No Bake Mango Cheesecake....
How long it takes: 5 minutes Equipment you’ll need: small bowl Servings: makes ½ cup Sweet/tangy balance. Orange zest has natural oils in it, and those oils permeate the butter, giving it a whole new dimension. Sweet honey balances the tangy orange flavor. Adding just two simple ingredients to your everyday butter is an easy way to put a little something special on your table. Little effort, big results. Having a little dish of this specialty butter on your table during the holidays would impress anyone....
Why you’ll love this orange hot chocolate Indulgent Treat: January – it doesn’t have to be all about salads. There is nothing better, NOTHING better than warming up with some hot chocolate after being out in the snow. Hot chocolate is a perfect beverage following snowman building and snow angel making. Fun to Share: I have a small mug, a little bigger than an espresso mug, that my daughter drinks cocoa out of....
Why You’ll Love This Oreo Frosting Simple and fast: You only need 6 ingredients and 5 minutes to make it. It’s amazing how quick and easy this frosting is! Pipes beautifully: It’s sturdy and holds its shape like a traditional buttercream, which I love. It looks so pretty on cupcakes! Not too sweet: I use a sneaky secret ingredient to keep the frosting from being overly sweet–more on this below! Pairs with any flavor cake or cupcake: I especially love it on my white cake, Oreo cake, or chocolate cupcakes though....
An Easy, No-Fail Pumpkin Bread Those of you who’ve been following the blog for some time (👋🏻) know that I’ve never really been a big pumpkin fan myself. I’ll eat it and even enjoy it, but I’d much rather have something chocolate. Zach, however, loves pumpkin and every year insists upon at least a few recipes (and I get a lot of requests from readers every year, too!). You have him to thank for my pumpkin cheesecake, pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, pumpkin muffins, and he takes the responsibility of being my #1 taste-tester on all things pumpkin very, very seriously....
Creamy Pumpkin Curry Soup With fall in full swing and winter around the corner, it’s officially soup season! Hot on the heels of my crockpot pumpkin soup, this curried pumpkin soup is delicious, creamy, and satisfying. And, because you start with a can of pumpkin, it’s super simple to make. Every spoonful is filled with rich pumpkin wrapped in curry spices. It’s the perfect recipe to hunker down with in colder weather....
‘When Life gives you Lemons’, make the most of it like this Super Yummm, Fun & Good for You Quik Cherry Vodka Lemonade !!! Ingredients for Quik Cherry Vodka Lemonade 2 Bottle Tart Cherry Juice 1/4 Cup Vodka 1/4 Cup Simple Syrup 4 Tbsp Lemon/Lime Juice – fresh preferred Ice Cubes + Serving Glasses Cherries + Lime – for garnish Whenever work gets to use or just life in general, we usually need a drink that’s easy, delicious (seriously Kale juice doesn’t work on certain days) and hits the right spot....
Roasted and ground quinoa and oats along with a little bit of semolina (sooji) is mixed with buttermilk and veggies to make these healthy and filling idlis. The process is same as making regular rava idlis. You can add any veggie you would normally add to rava dosas. I put in some grated carrot, green peas and cilantro. I was pleasantly surprised how well they turned out both in taste and texture....
The BEST Raspberry Cheesecake My raspberry cheesecake recipe deviates slightly from the other berry cheesecakes I’ve shared here. With my strawberry cheesecake we used a plain base with the strawberries making an appearance only on the top. That worked beautifully there, but we needed more oomph here. Unlike with my blueberry cheesecake, using whole berries didn’t work so well here. Instead, we’ll make a homemade raspberry sauce for a concentrated bright, tart contrast to the sweet and creamy, dense cheesecake....
Many of the homemade veggie burger recipes fail to impress - they are hard to shape and harder to cook. Most of them fall apart in the pan while cooking or eating. But this refried bean burger recipe is fool-proof and are packed with flavor. No more squishy, bland veggie burgers!! Recipe adapted from Bal Arnesan’s show on Cooking Channel. I posted this recipe in 2012 when I had my daughter....
For South Indians rice is the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of a menu. So we make pongal for breakfast, masala coconut rice for lunch and brown rice green pulao for dinner. Such is our love for anything with rice. Festival season is no different. There is either a sweet or savory rice dish made as an offering during dasara or diwali. But when making as offering to god, use of onion, garlic, garam masala etc....
Saffron, Shrimp and Asparagus Risotto: extremely delicious and 30 minutes risotto recipe that’s filled with aromatic flavors yet light. A perfect meal to enjoy with family-friends over a glass of chilled C.K Mondavi Chardonnay. The weekend is finally here and we are ready to celebrate with this Quick Saffron, Shrimp, and Asparagus Risotto along with a chilled bottle of Chardonnay It means fewer dishes to wash and more time to enjoy with your loved ones and this risotto recipe is one such dish....
