I am so happy to be writing Lapsi as my 300th Post. Thanks to all my readers and fellow bloggers to have helped me come this far. A special thanks to my Blogging Marathon leader Srivalli and the BM team to motivate me to write. Without the support, I would not be here. There are a couple of things that drove me to become a food blogger. The first and most important reason is that I love to eat....
Sweet and Creamy Tropical Mango Pineapple Smoothie Close your eyes and escape to the tropics no matter where you are in the world while sipping this simple but delicious mango pineapple smoothie. It’s made with just 4 ingredients but is irresistibly delicious – combining fresh or frozen pineapple, mango, and banana with dairy-free milk for a refreshing, naturally sweet, thick, and creamy tropical smoothie recipe. It tastes like dessert but contains no added sugar and is perfect for a morning or mid-afternoon pick-me-up during summer and all year long (made possible by using frozen ingredients!...
published Jul 21, 2023 Today I am excited to share this sensational street corn recipe with a Mediterranean twist. You are likely familiar with Mexican street corn recipes, and the Mediterranean version is quite similar. Rather than mayonnaise and cotija cheese, we make this recipe with Greek yogurt and feta cheese. The chili powder gets replaced with oregano, sumac, and zaatar seasoning. Each recipe starts with mouthwatering, grilled corn and dresses it up with the flavors of each respective region....
A luscious sauce like this should not be restricted to mezze night! Make a batch for your next barbecue and slather it on your Greek chicken burger with feta. What is muhammara? Another Levantine dip for your mezze spread! Where Baba Ganoush and hummus are pale and creamy, muhammara is a splash of colour for your Middle Eastern table. Taken from the Arabic word for ‘red’, it’s a vibrant flavoured and hued spread that originated in Syria....
Serve this Mushroom Carbonara with our Tuscan Panzanella Salad and a selection of Bruschetta for a delicious Italian feast. It’s not a surprise we are huge pasta fans over here with the classic Spaghetti Carbonara making nearly a weekly appearance on our dinner table. And as much as we love the classic, it’s fun to vary the recipe just a bit to keep it interesting. Fresh Pappardelle Carbonara with Arugula is just one of the examples of such variations....
They’re made entirely with just 3 simple, everyday ingredients. The cookie dough literally takes 5 minutes to whip up then all you need to do is roll out the cookies and bake them. In around 20 minutes you’ll have perfect, chocolatey, soft, and chewy Nutella cookies made from scratch and ready to be eaten with a cold glass of milk in no time! Oh and if you want to amp up the flavor even more I recommend sprinkling some sea salt flakes on top of the cookies once cooled....
Navaratri / Navarathri is one occasion when we get to eat protein filled lentil / bean sundal for 9 days in a row. The Pachai Payaru Sundal / whole moong dal sundal is not just nutritious but very delicious. I make this quite often as a side to my regular meal or as an evening snack. If given a chance, my boys love the Sweet Sundal made with whole moong....
Peanut butter in my s’mores. It’s summertime and that means just one thing, s’mores galore. This is the quickest 5 ingredient recipe that you’ll ever make in your life and did I mention that it’ll also be the tastiest? Yu-huh! S’mores bring back lots of childhood memories for a lot of folks. Toasting marshmallows around a campfire, and stuffing one’s face with an insane amount of sugar. It’s what childhood is all about, right?...
Roast potatoes are the ultimate side dish when it comes to a Sunday roast, and these ones cuddle up particularly nicely to rosemary and thyme roast chicken. Or if you prefer a more laidback cooking approach, a slow-cooked beef pot roast. The competition is on. Your mother-in-law served roast potatoes with chicken last month and received a chorus of praise from around the dinner table for her efforts. Now it’s your turn and you won’t let her take the title as Champion Potato Roaster....
Throw another skewer on the barbie! Or is it a shish kebab, kebab or kabob? That’s a lot of names for something that’s essentially just chicken on a stick. It’s officially summer! And that means two things for sure: 1.) the weather is going to be unbearable here in just a second 2.) there will most likely be grilling involved for dinner. One of my favorite things to do during the summer is getting into the kitchen nice and early in the morning when the sun isn’t yet beating down from the kitchen window and marinate chicken with a few pantry staples, a little saffron water, and let it all just hang out in the refrigerator until dinner time....
published Jun 09, 2021, updated Aug 16, 2024 This recipe for joojeh kabob, a Persian recipe, is one of my favorites for summertime grilling. With a quick yogurt marinade, these kabobs are moist, succulent, and dripping with flavor! The chicken kabob marinade should be given at least 45 minutes to work, but your meal will be even more delicious if you allow it to marinate overnight, giving the flavors time to develop, blend, and fully season the meat....
When it comes to comfort food, my go-to recipe is a kootu. I love eating hot kootu with rice and paruppu. I make kootu on lazy days when I am not in the mood to cook anything elaborate. Kootu makes up for a complete meal and is very filling as well. The Mor kootu is something similar to aviyal except that I have made it just with possanikkai / ash gourd here....
Aromatic, fluffy, and loaded with such good flavor. Mexican rice that’s just like your favorite Mexican restaurant. We start by blending together fresh tomatoes, a bouillon cube, tomato paste, onions, garlic, ground cumin, and a packet of sazon to make a homemade tomato sauce. Then we’ll saute the rice and let it cook in this mixture until the rice is fluffy and perfect. You won’t believe how good this rice is with Chile Colorado, shrimp enchiladas, chicken enchiladas, chicken carnitas, or in burrito bowls/ taco bowls topped with homemade pico de gallo, homemade salsa, chicken fajitas, steak fajitas, carne asada, with lots of guacamole salsa, and refried black beans....
First — Shrimp Enchiladas! Yuh-Huh. All day. Everyday. Shrimp, veggies, cheese, poblanos, and a cream sauce! How could you not love that? The end. Please scroll to the bottom, grab the recipe, and be on your merry way to enchilada bliss, like right now. I mean, shrimp enchiladas or seafood enchiladas are probably my #1 favorite item to order at a Mexican restaurant. It just doesn’t happen very often because, um....
This? This 20 minute simple lemon chicken with asparagus is going to be your new standby healthy dinner. If you’re like me, you’re looking for a quick and easy dinner option on the regular. Because we all have those days where cooking is the last thing we want to do, eating, well, that’s a different story. Something that takes only a few ingredients and under 30 minutes to get on the table, in other words, a recipe that’s super simple to whip up....
You know the feeling that you get when you get back from vacation? sad face x100 I think I might have mentioned it a bajillion times already (not to mention the number of pictures bombarding your instagram feed) but we just got back from a relaxing vacay with temperatures that weren’t anywhere near the 100s. I’m still grieving the loss of the vacation, and slightly cross from the flipflop tan lines that i’ve gained from being back in Texas (in less than a week I tell you)....
Got a bad peanut butter habit? Well, there are worse ones to have! But my natural maple peanut butter recipe might just tip you over the edge as its 3 ingredients make it too easy. Leave out the maple syrup if that sounds too sweet. Asian chicken recipe Having spent time living in Asia, there is a special place in my heart, cooking and blog for recipes from that continent....
Feta Couscous Salad tossed in the most delicious vibrant green dressing! And more specifically a fresh spring feta couscous salad recipe that’s simple to make and loaded with so many (soo soo many) delicious flavors that come together to make one of the most refreshing side salads i’ve ever tasted. Like most of the salads you see on the blog, this one also happens to have lots of toppings and um....
published Jun 11, 2022, updated Jul 21, 2023 Sticky honey chicken is basted and glazed in a sweet and salty combination of honey, soy sauce, sesame oil, and vegetable oil. This completely coats the chicken and traps all of the moisture inside, leaving you with tremendously juicy and tender meat. While you do need at least an hour for the marinade to work its magic, it can actually sit overnight....
But who is Tom Collins anyway? You’d think a cocktail like this was named after a famous movie star but in fact, Tom comes from the type of gin used to make it, Old Tom Gin. Collins is apparently the surname of the bartender that created it and that’s how this classic was born. There’s nothing better on a hot summer’s day to quench your thirst served with some snacks and nibbles....
