Today’s cookie dough dip recipe is a quick and easy dip that tastes like your favorite chocolate chip cookie dough. It’s creamy, smooth, and absolutely impossible to consume responsibly, so grab your stretchy pants for this one. Here’s what you’ll love about this cookie dough dip: Easy to make. Takes all of 5-10 minutes to whip together.Can be made in advance. If you simply don’t have that 5-10 minutes to spare on the day you need this dip, no worries!...

This blog post is in partnership with Cabot. All opinions are my own. You all know how much I love a good one pan pasta. I hardly ever use my colanders for pasta any more, because if I’m making pasta, I’m doing Instant Pot pasta (check out this Instant Pot Crack Chicken pasta!) or stovetop one pan pasta. I mean, why would you dirty two pans, a colander, and possibly more, when you only really have to wash one pot?...

After overnight chocolate oats, green chutney – cheese toast, the next recipe in my breakfast series is the creamy mushroom toast! We love mushrooms, and I always have a pack of mushrooms to make a quick stir fry on busy weekdays or add it along with other veggies in curries or pulao for that added protein. So what’s mushroom toast? It’s a classic British dish where we saute the mushrooms with some herbs and spices and serve it on a toast....

How long it takes: 25 minutes Equipment you’ll need: skillet, saucepan Servings: 4 Unlike the tomato-based Italian pasta sauces that need hours of low and slow simmering to achieve perfection, Alfredo sauce requires minimal time and effort but delivers maximum flavor. Using shrimp makes this recipe even easier because they cook so quickly. Even though this shrimp Alfredo is simple enough to make on a weeknight, it’s also special enough for a romantic dinner....

I am back with another festive cookie recipe: the snowball cookies with walnuts and pecans. Our Christmas has been incomplete for the past couple of years without these snowball cookies. These cookies are light and crumbly and melt in your mouth, and I can assure you that you can’t stop with just one. I first relished these cookies at my office holiday party. When further researching, I found several recipes online but took this recipe as my inspiration and modified it as per our liking and the cooking time....

A perfect chocolaty treat to celebrate any occasion, big or small. I use a simple whipped cream frosting to make it even more decadent. Do try this easy, yet amazing recipe and I am sure you will love it as much as my family does. About the recipe Are you looking for an easy to make, delicious eggless chocolate cake recipe? Then you are at the right place. This jam cake is so moist, so chocolaty and absolutely decadent....

Fruit Based Dessert I have mentioned this many times – I love fruit based desserts. I enjoy and like the natural flavor that it adds to the dessert. So today’s recipe is a fruit based recipe and it’s the egg-less persimmon bundt cake. With the subtle cinnamon spice flavor, this cake is perfect for this holiday season. Decor your holiday spread with delicious persimmon bundt cake. Before getting into the recipe, let me share some details about bundt cake and about persimmons....

Somedays you need this fancy yet straightforward lunch too. Kids these days have a lot of preferences and so does my 9-year old. I can’t believe he will be hitting the two-digit age next year. The vegetable sandwich is my go-to option, but during Jan it was even hard to prepare that. That’s how crazy it was on weekdays. That’s when I came across these pressed eggplant sandwiches recipe. Given the fact that we love Mediterranean and eggplant, I thought of giving it a try....

How long it takes: 45 minutes Equipment you’ll need: sharp knife, skillet, small mixing bowl, 9 x 13 inch baking dish Servings: 4 But then there are certain recipes that I’m absolutely confident I nailed. Even still, the recipe has to be really something that I feel I knocked out of the park before I give myself a little compliment or let out a “yum” as I take my first bite....

When I was a little kid, the only potatoes I would even consider putting near my lips were French fries. And they had to be the thin and crispy kind, not the thick cut potatoey kind. How long it takes: 5 minutes Equipment you’ll need: measuring cup, measuring spoons Servings: makes 1 cup Plus, I needed to have ketchup. LOTS of ketchup to dip the fries in. I’m grown up now and I truly love potatoes, all kinds (air fryer potatoes, air fryer baked potatoes, instant pot mashed potatoes, the list goes on!...

I’m on a gingerbread kick this season. Did you happen to see my gingersnaps (they’re the best!) or these gingerbread muffins (with white chocolate!)? I knew I had to add gingerbread shortbread cookies to my baking list. How long it takes: 15 minutes to prep and at least 30 minutes to chill. Equipment you’ll need: mixer, baking sheet Servings: makes 2 dozen I have to say, I think these gingerbread shortbread cookies may be my favorite new cookie creation of this year....

Gongura: Gongura is a plant, and its tangy leaves are edible and quite popular in Telugu cuisine. In Tamil, we call it as pulicha keerai. Even though we see it used widely in South Indian cuisine, gongura leaves are quintessential in Telugu cuisine. Gongura pachadi, gongura pickle, gongura pulihora, gongura pappu are well-known extensively. Every year, we get our fair share of homemade gongura pickle from our friends, and I love it with plain rice and yogurt rice....

I’m SUPER excited about today’s post –> Green Beans Fritters and you’ll know why shortly. Before we go ahead, Don’t you feel that the clock is running and we are almost in a marathon mode for holidays… I mean hello its already Friday and we have very few days left for Christmas and New Years. I’m still deciding and hope I’m able to stick to it 🙂 In between all this, I’ve decided to start a ‘Holiday Theme Food Series’ starting today and will run till New Year....

How long it takes: 15 minutes (plus one hour to marinate the shrimp) Equipment you’ll need: skewers, grill, basting brush Servings: makes 10 kebabs My mom and husband couldn’t wait for these babies to come off the grill the first time we made them. The looks on their faces said it all. My mom kept saying, “Okay, maybe I’ll eat just one more.” And she did–with lots of lip smacking and finger licking....

Wishing you all a very happy and prosperous New Year. A New Year and a new beginning. I am starting this year with Blogathon marathon. Let the fun/madness/craziness begin. As I have talked about 2014 here and here, I am starting with the resolutions :-) So this is not going to be a recipe post but my New Year resolution post. I don’t know if I will be able to follow it or not but what’s wrong in writing them?...

Perfect for a weeknight meal, this crispy baked one pan chicken dinner is healthy, easy, and simple to make. The chicken is juicy and flavorful with an easy herb rub. Two kinds of potatoes, sweet potatoes and russets, roast right along with the chicken and melt in your mouth. My husband thinks it’s the best chicken ever. How long it takes: 45 minutes Equipment you’ll need: large bowl, sheet pan Servings: 4 Chicken drumsticks are economical, flavorful, and fun to eat....

Cozy Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice Rows of gleaming orange pumpkins, crisp autumn afternoons, brilliantly colorful leaves, and an azure blue sky. Don’t you just love this season? How long it takes: 5 minutes Equipment you’ll need: measuring spoon, small jar Servings: makes about 1/4 cup And of course, there’s the food: mulled cider, cinnamon sugar-dusted apple cider doughnuts, and pumpkin everything. That’s where this homemade pumpkin pie spice blend enters the picture....

This year instead of baked goodies, I decided to try non-baked stuff for Christmas and gift the same. Last week, I posted no-bake chocolate fudge, candied orange peels, and gumdrops. These recipes are easy, but you need to plan a bit for making them. But what I am going to share today is quick and instant. It doesn’t involve any cooking, microwaving, etc. With readily available ingredients, you can make this hot cocoa mix....

Today I’m going to show you how to toast walnuts three different ways. All three methods are easy and convenient. Not convinced you need to toast nuts? Do a side-by-side taste test. You won’t believe the difference! You don’t even have to taste them; just the aroma of toasted walnuts will convince you. How long it takes: 3 to 10 minutes, depending on which method you choose Equipment you’ll need: skillet, microwave, or oven Servings: as many as you need Why eat walnuts?...

SuperBowl is just around the corner (Finale is on Feb 3rd) and we have 2 games lined up for this Sunday along with my MOST Requested Indian Lamb Curry Puffs !!! Seriously, felt like a drumroll in the background whenever I take this name as the anticipation of the game along with this meaty puff is Incredible in the house. I used to look forward to that 10 minutes walk (with Dad) to our favorite bakery and you could literally smell the savory-sweet baked goods aromas all through the street....