Easy Cream Cheese Fruit Dip If you’re looking for the best way to get your party started this summer (besides maybe sangria), look no further than this easy, healthy, ultra-creamy whipped cream cheese fruit dip. This easy fruit dip recipe takes minutes to make, and it’s the perfect pair with a big platter of fresh summertime fruit. I’ve lightened up this dip with Greek yogurt and flavored it with real vanilla beans....
How long it takes: just over an hour, but most of that is chilling time. Equipment you’ll need: large bowl and spoon Servings: 6 Classic Southern style. While there are literally hundreds of recipes for coleslaw, some with a vinegar based dressing (vinegar cole slaw), others that use less mayonnaise (check out this reduced fat coleslaw recipe), or other variations, this recipe is more in the classic Southern creamy style, typical of what’s usually served in restaurants....
This recipe has officially made it onto my list of favorite under-20-minute dishes! Some of my other top picks are this spicy couscous salad, pasta al pesto, and carrots cucumber salad. I always keep a bag of spinach in my fridge because I end up making spinach stir fry more often than I’d like to admit! Or I just puree it and add it to roti dough—you know my love for spinach!...
Crockpot cheesy potatoes. Where do I even begin? I swear these have a piece of my heart. Am I the only one that grew up eating these at practically every holiday gathering? Maybe it’s a Michigan thing, but cheesy potatoes are a must at holidays, especially Easter and Christmas. How long it takes: 5 minutes to prep, 4 to 8 hours to slow cook Equipment you’ll need: slow cooker Servings: 10 Because of their prevalence at family gatherings, they instantly bring back memories for me....
Sesame seeds and sambar powder add a nice balance to this Indian green cucumber pachadi. A perfect accompaniment to any South Indian meal. About the Recipe Pachadi or chutney is an important part of most Indian meals. Spicy condiments like this carrot chutney or this tomato nilava pachadi are a staple in my home. Here I have a sweet and sour cucumber chutney. This pachadi recipe uses green cucumber or keera dosakaya which is widely available in all grocery stores here in the US....
What is Curried Chicken Cutlet ? They are mince/ground chicken patties made using curry flavor, spices, potato, onion, ginger garlic paste and then coated with a herbed bread mixture. Definitely one of my goto recipe using basic ingredients available in most of our kitchens. Here’s the Homemade Breadcrumbs Mix: Patties’s ready for the fridge: Curried Chicken Cutlet – Chicken Patties Ingredients: For the Chicken Cutlet / Patties: 2 Cups Ground Chicken 1 Tsp Ginger-Garlic Paste Medium Onion – thinly chopped 2 Large Boiled Potato – peeled & shredded 1/4 Cup Fresh Coriander Leaves – thinly chopped – Optional 1 Large Green Chili – thinly chopped – Add as per taste – OPTIONAL...
The weekend is just around the corner and there cannot be anything better than a comfort meal, especially this Dhaba Style Achari Paneer Recipe! What is Dhaba Style Achari Paneer Recipe Dhaba literally means ‘street side restaurants’ in India and extremely famous for their rustic-authentic recipes. The closest to Paneer in the International market would be chunky cottage cheese. So the recipe is rustic Indian style paneer sauteed in an achari mix....
Week 1: Bengali Cuisine Day 4: D for Doi Dharosh (Bengali Okra in Yogurt gravy) So this dish is sure to be a hit with everyone except for those who don’t like okra. It tastes great with rice. Like most of my Bengali recipes, this one is also from Sandeepa’s blog. Recipe from Sandeepa’s Bongmom Cookbook:
Caramelized onions add a beautiful flavor to this simple recipe. You can serve it as a salad over greens or as a sandwich. Perfect to make ahead and pack for lunchboxes. About the Recipe As a vegetarian family, we love eggs and it is our preferred source of protein. This egg and lentil curry and Balbuljata are some of our favorites. Egg salad sandwich is my favorite to order at delis....
Welcome to the 7th day of Baking Mania. Today I thought of trying zebra cake. It’s the combination of vanilla and chocolate flavor. I am not sure if I can call this cake as zebra cake (my pattern is not up to the mark), that’s why I included vanilla and chocolate cake. Well, you can call it a marble cake also. :-) The base recipe was taken from Gayathri’s blog but I changed the measurement slightly....
The festival of Vinayaka Chaturthi or Ganesh Chaturthi is right around the corner, and today I am going to share the recipe for ellu kozhukattai or sesame seeds modak. I have already shared the famous coconut-jaggery modak or thengai poorana kozhukattai on my blog. I had mentioned in that post that we make different varieties of kozhukattai and one such variety is this ellu poorana kozhukattai. Ellu means sesame seeds in Tamil, and pooranam is the filling mixture; hence the name ellu poorana kozhukattai....
How long it takes: 5 minutes Equipment you’ll need: measuring spoon, small jar Servings: Makes about ⅓ cup (use 2 teaspoons per pound of meat) But, here are some simple things I try to do: Read ingredients and nutrition labels – this one is pretty much a sure thing, because my kids have food allergies, so it’s not only a nutritional thing but also a matter of safety. Make spice mixes from scratch....
With tart lemon, botanical gin, and lots of merry bubbles, a French 75 is a very happy cocktail. The festive ribbon of lemon peel is so decorative and pretty. How long it takes: 5 minutes Equipment you’ll need: cocktail shaker, juicer Servings: 1 It’s perfect for warm summer nights. We’re finally in the summer mode here in Michigan and it couldn’t be more welcome after the gray months of winter....
100% From-Scratch Funfetti Cookies Like a funfetti cake in cookie form, my soft, chewy funfetti cookies are perfectly sweet and loaded with colorful sprinkles. They’re simple (sort of like drop sugar cookies) and so much fun to make! The sprinkles add a surprisingly addictive texture and lots of color, and the buttery, vanilla flavor comes 100% from scratch. You won’t even miss the cake mix! My favorite thing about these funfetti cookies (besides the sprinkles!...
Ben and I recently visited New Orleans. It was the first time for both of us, and honestly we didn’t really know what to expect, but we had such a fun time! We were only there for two nights so it was a bit of a whirlwind, and as you can imagine, most of the trip was centered around food. How long it takes: 5 minutes Equipment you’ll need: optional cocktail shaker Servings: 1 (but it’s so easy to make more!...
We are only a few days away from Thanksgiving and this will be my last dish for this year’s Thanksgiving recipes. This dish is a variation to the traditional Green bean casserole with corn which is usually made using cream of mushroom soup and has a crispy fried onion topping. Updated Green Bean Casserole with Corn: In this modified version, mushrooms and onions are cooked down and then a bechamel like sauce is made right in the pan – then topped with crispy breadcrumb topping and baked off until hot and bubbly....
How long it takes: 20 minutes Equipment you’ll need: skewers, mixing bowl, grill, serving dishes Servings: 1 (but it’s easy to make more) Typically, Ben does the grilling, even when I ask him to grill stranger things like grilled pizza or stuffed portobello mushrooms, but this year I’ve been doing more and more of the grilling. It’s actually fun to throw on my sunglasses and head outside to stand in the bright sunshine by the hot grill....
This is a decadent treat for any Indian style special occasions. A great dessert to make ahead of time that is sure to please any sweet lover. About the recipe I love baking eggless baked goodies especially for birthdays. My family loves this eggless black forest cake, eggless pineapple cool cake and this amazing mango cake. Idea for this cake with gulab jamun from Masterchef Pankaj Bhadouria. I saw her make it on her show and it was absolutely stunning....
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. But sometimes, nothing beats a warm bowl of soup that is nourishing and tasty. This yellow lentil soup and this mukkala pulusu, a stew that is loaded with veggies, are two of my go-to soups....
Friday’s are meant to be celebrated and we are celebrating this one by making these Hibiscus Gin Fizz Recipe. ‘Cocktail’ rules our house celebrations, be it a gathering of 30-40 people or a date night with Mr. More than any other drink or snack, the first question is always ‘What are we drinking Today’? But that also means that we literally consume most of the calories/carbs from these drinks which are a concoction of juices, sugar/sugar syrup or some flavored mix....
