How long it takes: 15 minutes to prep, 1 hour in the oven, 1 hour to cool Equipment you’ll need: 9 x 13 inch baking pan or dish Servings: 24 bars My mom grows the rhubarb in her backyard and so did my grandma and great-grandma. In fact, I believe my mom’s rhubarb plants are grown from cuttings received from my great-grandma. The thing about rhubarb is that its season is fleeting; it’s one of the first plants that can be harvested in the spring but once the weather gets warm, the stalks are too woody to eat....

Rotimatic Pita Bread While experimenting with Rotimatic pizza recipes, I got sidetracked and started trying this Pita Bread instead. I love pita pocket salads. I love the richness of the Mediterranean salads filled inside this pita breads. To make a pita pocket, you need to have fluffy pita bread, and when you cut the pita bread into two, you should get the hallow pockets like in the picture. And I was trying to make similar pita bread with Rotimatic and guess what, I did make it....

Arisi paruppu sadam, or the lentil rice, is one of the popular recipes from the Kongu Nadu region of Tamil Nadu. It’s a quick one-pot meal prepared with rice and toor dal, and I replaced rice with a little millet. It’s a perfect weekday dinner or lunch box recipe that you can prepare easily in the pressure cooker. Serve it with pickle or raita or papad or any veggie curry and make a complete meal....

How long it takes: less than 30 minutes Equipment you’ll need: large skillet with a lid Servings: 6 But my kids? No veggies for them in the morning, thank you very much. They stick to their pancakes or Cocoa Puffs, maybe a scrambled egg. Veggies are a hard enough sell at dinner time. Shakshuka is for the savory breakfast people, or for those of you who enjoy eggs for lunch or dinner, or any time of the day....

My paati/grandma used to have kumutti or kari aduppu and she used to cook dishes in them. No one has time to cook in these stoves now-a-days. Like pressure cookers, slow cookers are also a great invent which replaces kumutti or kari adupu. They allow food to cook over a long period of time and help to preserve the nutrients and also the flavors. The major advantages of slow cookers in my opinion are, According to Indian slow cooker recipes by Echo bay books, Dum Pukht is a cooking technique two centuries old which could be the predecessor of all crock-pots in the world....

Vegan Dal Makhani Yes, you read the title right. Today I am sharing the vegan version of Dal Makhani. The word Makhani means butter and the traditional version calls for both butter and cream. I am presenting the vegan version sans butter and cream, but I can guarantee the rich and creamy taste, thanks to the slow cooking concept and of course my slow cooker. Earlier this Monday, I posted the Vegan Turmeric and Saffron rice that I prepared in my rice cooker....

Sourdough Discard Blueberry Muffins Before I talk about these sourdough blueberry muffins, I think I should admit that I might have a bit of a blueberry muffin obsession. If you’ve been following along, you know that I recently shared a recipe for blueberry muffin cookies that is simply incredible (if I do say so myself). I also have classic blueberry muffins, plus blueberry cream cheese muffins. How many blueberry muffins recipes is too many?...

I’m not going to lie to you, the idea of packing lunches for my kids every day when they are in school kind of scares me. Okay, it really scares me. Between food allergies and my kids’ general pickiness, it gives me a headache just thinking about it. I hate feeding my kids the same thing day after day after day after day so thinking of new ideas is very important to me....

How long it takes: 1 hour (just 15 minutes prep time) Equipment you’ll need: sharp knife, skillet, baking dish, oven Servings: 4 (it’s really easy to double this recipe) Stuffing adds lots of flavor, too. Plain chicken breasts are rather ho-hum but with this garlicky spinach and feta stuffing, you won’t be thinking ho-hum anymore. The Greek flavors of feta and spinach, along with the crispy panko coating make this chicken dish something really special....

My mom always made a spinach quiche really similar to this recipe when we were having a “breakfast for dinner” type meal. I don’t recall ever having quiche for breakfast but I know it appeared at many brunch occasions. How long it takes: Just over an hour Equipment you’ll need: medium-sized bowl, pie dish Servings: 6 to 8 I have such fond memories of eating this spinach quiche. I think it was my mom’s go-to recipe when she didn’t have meat thawed out, or if it was getting toward the end of the week before she grocery shopped....

You may add or reduce ingredients as per choice. Hellooooo my lovely readers, I’m back to blogging after a few months of gap……I missed you’ll along with my blog and i’m glad to be posting this recipe today 🙂 The original recipe calls for a thinly sliced raw potatoes which are fried in olive oil till slightly cooked along with onions and then cooked with egg mixture over stove-top and then kept in oven for a flaky crust....

“Another Week – Another Monday”, but today we are far-far away from all Monday blues. As this one is made happy, bright and filled with deliciousness by this Sweet Spicy Teriyaki Salmon with Veggie Spirals (Glutenfree), which I’ve been waiting to share with you’ll. So, this Sweet Spicy Teriyaki Salmon truly is the easiest (using 1 pan) recipe and the best part!!!! – I’m swapping the pasta (which I would have normally served along with salmon) with these Zucchini Veggie Spirals from Green Giant!...

This time we planned as 2 day trip so that we can go to Kutralam. It was amazing and I am visiting Kutralam after 15 years. The weather was awesome. It was end of the season so it wasn’t that crowded. We did enjoy the water and at the same time we did enjoy the street food – Masala chai, Masala Gooseberry, Pickled Green Mango, Hot banana chips and also lychee fruit....

Once all the ingredients are prepped and ready to go, this dish gets done in literally minutes. Amaranth/ thotakura doesn’t take long to cook, about 4~5 minutes max. Other greens like spinach, swiss chard or even kale can be used, cooking times will have to be adjusted accordingly.

If you are looking for a simple, healthy, low-calorie yet filling and satisfying meal, you are in the right place. These protein-rich delicious lettuce wraps with tofu filling checks all those criteria, and you can easily customize it according to your preference. Starting today, for the next three days, I will share some simple wraps and rolls that you can enjoy for lunch or dinner. This week’s blogging marathon theme is wraps and rolls, and I am starting with this tofu lettuce wrap....

Why You’ll Love This Vanilla Cupcake Recipe Basic ingredients are best: a whole egg, regular all-purpose flour, all butter, and no oil. Buttermilk is as complicated as this ingredient list gets! Soft and moist texture with a buttery, distinct vanilla taste. A bit of brown sugar complements the vanilla amazingly and gives these cupcakes an unparalleled flavor. Pairs well with any frosting, like chocolate fudge frosting, strawberry frosting, salted caramel frosting, or even fruity pebbles frosting!...

While you can whip up many things with the overripe banana sitting in that counter, this quick banana bread definitely tops the list. The super sweet overripe bananas are the secret ingredient in the banana bread. :-) I started my eggless baking journey with this simple eggless banana bread. I love the banana walnut bread in Starbucks, and I wanted to try similar bread at home. And precisely that’s when I came across the banana bread recipe on food network....

My kids love pancakes and I am always trying out new recipes for them. We love these buckwheat pancakes and these made with multigrain flour. But these pretty and delicious vegan red velvet pancakes are our favorite. They are 100% vegan and do not have any added artificial color or flavor. So what makes these pancakes red, you ask?? The color comes from powdered beets aka beet root powder. But you can use pureed roasted or boiled beets instead - check the Tips section....

Vegetarian Konkani Thali This week’s blogging marathon theme is “Thali.” By now you would have guessed why I kept posting those Konkani delicacies. I am yet to post one more recipe in the coming weeks. It is no wonder for a food lover like me to explore and try new cuisines. Konkani cuisine was on my list for quite some time and this time I got a chance to try few dishes, and I fell in love with the recipes and their simplicity....

Last Friday we hosted a Harvest Party. Michigan wasn’t cooperating and gave us a cold, rainy day. Unfortunately, the rain eliminated our plans of putting up a bounce house for the kids and sitting around the bonfire drinking hot cider. Instead, we had twenty adults AND twenty kids inside our house! How long it takes: 45 minutes Equipment you’ll need: rimmed baking sheet, mixing bowl, sharp knife Servings: makes 6 tacos Our house has plenty of room for us but it’s not a mansion, and that number of guests was definitely pushing the upper limits of capacity....