The recipe comes together quickly in one bowl for easy prep and cleanup. Make a batch to decorate your favorite desserts, spread it between cookies for indulgent cookie sandwiches – or eat it by the spoonful! For more homemade frosting recipes, try my vanilla buttercream frosting, chocolate buttercream frosting, or strawberry frosting. What You Need to Make This Recipe Butter – adds a creamy base to this luscious peanut butter buttercream frosting....
published Jul 31, 2020, updated Apr 07, 2022 Different countries around the world have their own versions of saffron rice, and they all vary in both ingredients and preparation method. What makes Iranian saffron rice stand out is that it has fewer ingredients, and a mellower, almost soothing flavor. Also, the beautiful golden hue of the rice comes from cooking it with saffron strands rather than turmeric. I enjoy this served with Roasted Chicken with Pomegranate Sauce....
Love quick and easy weeknight meals? Then you’ve got to try my Creamy Mushroom Carbonara and my Homemade Hamburger Helper! Easy Homemade Pesto Risotto Risotto has a bad rap for being a difficult and time consuming dish. But in truth, risotto is quite simple if you learn some of the basics (which I included below). This dish is super easy and takes only 40 minutes to make start to finish....
This has to be the most colorful beet salads you’ve ever had! To say this is flavorful is truly an understatement. It’s a symphony of flavors that dance across your tongue. Starting with slightly tart green apples, sweet dried cranberries, punchy red onions, and honey roasted almonds. The salad is drizzled in a fresh ginger and citrus vinaigrette so it really delivers on those slightly spicy notes and the freshly squeeze orange and maple syrup sweeten the whole thing....
For the month-long Blogging Marathon, I am blogging about a few of my favorite foods from classic South Indian (Tamil) weddings. Pineapple rasam is one such recipe that is often made for the wedding menu. This pineapple rasam is mostly made for dinner on the reception day. Everything you look for in a good rasam comes together in this Pineapple Rasam recipe. It is sweet, sour and spicy and is perfect to drink as a soup or to eat with rice....
Baked in less than 30 minutes, this cake is perfect to prepare for a party. The decadent layered look is easy to assemble and makes a gorgeous centerpiece dessert for any occasion. Decorate it with additional chopped pistachios, or leave it plain– either way, the appearance will be beautiful! For more easy cake recipes, try my plumb cake recipe, cinnamon roll cake recipe, or Victoria sponge cake recipe. What You Need to Make This Recipe Pistachios – choose unsalted shelled pistachios for easier prep....
Looking for more of a challenge? Try this recipe for a fantastic pizza crust using simple yeasted dough! When my kids were still little, I once foolishly promised to them that every Friday night would be Pizza Night. And by Pizza Night I meant homemade Pizza Night. I have no idea what got into me to make such a promise as we all know making pizza from scratch takes some preparation and time....
Roasted carrots with garlic tahini sauce are wonderful when served with Roast Leg of Lamb! I feel like I don’t share enough side dishes, which is strange because in my opinion they often make the meal! I love vegetables and here is my promise to post more recipes including them. This recipe for roasted carrots is one of our favourites and not actually because of the carrots but because of the garlicky lemon tahini sauce they come with....
Vegan Roasted Cauliflower “Steaks” It’s the second time I made these crispy cauliflower steaks, and I am sure it wasn’t the last time. This dish reminds me of eating a Schnitzel. It doesn’t taste the same, however, it looks quite similar, doesn’t it? My mom used to make breaded fried cauliflower quite often, and I LOVED it! Cauliflower is amazing because it’s so versatile and delicious! I really like this recipe because it is:...
If you’ve never had delicata squash before, you’ll be pleasantly surprised by how little you need to roast delicata squash. The natural sugars in the squash become caramelized in the oven, so you end up with a buttery caramel flavor. While you can season it however you’d like, you don’t need much more than a bit of salt and pepper to make it taste amazing. Want another delicious side dish that goes with every meal?...
Crushed vanilla wafers make the base of these sugary balls that double as decor when rolled in finely chopped nuts, cocoa powder, or confectioners’ sugar. Rum and honey add moisture to help the dough come together, and this recipe gets better and better as it sits, so you’ll save time by making it ahead! For more holiday candy recipes, try my crockpot candy recipe, turtles recipe, or Oreo balls....
published Dec 08, 2023 Shichimi togarashi, or Japanese 7 spice, is bold, zesty, savory, and bright all at once. The heat of the blend is balanced with umami-rich nori, dried orange peel, aromatic ginger, and a blend of sesame seeds. This spice blend has the ability to bring out the best flavors in just about anything it touches. You are going to love its versatility! Togarashi is incredibly simple to put together, and the entire process will only take you around 10 minutes....
I came across a recipe for making strawberry jam in an empty Domino’s sugar packet. I made it and then realized how easy it was to make homemade preserves. The inspiration for making this jam was from one of my very good friends, Sudha’s mother. I use pectin in all my preserves. It allows the jam to set perfectly. Be prepared to fill your house with a wonderful aroma. This jam can be used not only with bread but with Dosa, Idli, and rotis....
You could say the avocados are the official fruit of California. We grow about 90% of the domestic output, and just by the by, the average American enjoys 7 pounds of them per year! I love the addition of avocado in this recipe because the creaminess really balanced out the spice of the cayenne and habanero peppers. how to make a spicy chicken sandwich Sponsored by Sutter Home
Use cilantro-mint chutney as a base The trick to easily making this pani at home is to use cilantro-mint chutney as the base. Whenever I make pani puri, I am inevitably making other chaat dishes which rely on cilantro-mint chutney. This homemade spicy cilantro-mint chutney can be made with pantry staples and you can swap in and out herbs that you desire. I make a huge batch of this chutney which I can then repurpose for pani puri water....
These fudge stuffed chocolate chip cookie bars are chewy, soft, and loaded with chocolate chips AND a layer of fudge sauce. Absolute oooey-gooey perfection! I love whipping up a batch of these chocolate chip cookie bars any time of the year, but especially in the summer with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. The fudge sauce makes it SO irresistibly decadent and chocolatey! The fudge layer is super simple to make and only requires 2 ingredients that you’ll probably already have on hand....
Eggplant / Brinjal happens to be one other vegetable that we all love at our house. That also means that we have planted plenty of eggplant plants in our garden and they have been giving us a lot of yield. Baingan Bharta is our ever favorite subzi with eggplant where we use the large eggplant and roast it to make the curry. Other than kathirikkai / eggplant curry, the most often made dish at home is the Vangi Bhath or Kathirikkai Sadham....
Pancakes – who doesn’t love them?! Well, I adore them and whip up a batch of my popular Banana Oat Flour Pancakes at least twice a week. Those are quick and easy to make and contain only 3 ingredients. However, since I love to experiment in my kitchen, I came up with a slightly modified recipe and also added dairy-free chocolate chips. You know, a woman can never have enough chocolate in her life, right....
Moist, Vibrant Vegan Lemon Cake If you’re looking for a vegan lemon cake recipe that not only hits the spot flavor-wise but also texturally and health-wise, too, then you’ve found it! This gluten-free lemon cake left me in awe when I first perfected the recipe. It’s so soft, moist, and bursting with citrus flavor, yet 100% oil-free, low fat, and even low sugar, and you can’t tell. Consider me speechless!...
Having frittata for lunch? Make it a complete meal with Cream of Broccoli Soup with Smoked Gouda! If this dish had an feeling attached to it, it would be the one you get when wearing a warm sweater on a cold evening. Or perhaps the sensation of curling up in front of a warm fire with a cup of team. It’s that good, that comforting, that satisfying. Must be something about the the eggs, cooked with a thoughtful combination of vegetables, that just feels so right!...
