I love making all kinds of homemade chips! My Homemade Tortilla Chips taste so much better than store-bought, and my Homemade Pita Chips are the perfect snack anytime! Chips are my favorite snack. That addictive crunch, I just can’t get enough of! Making chips at home is so easy, and when I had some bagels that were a little past their prime, I knew what to do. Make Bagel Chips!...
Have you ever seen 3 pounds of potatoes disappear? POOF. Well you’re about to with these extra crispy roasted potatoes. Buttery soft potatoes on the inside, with a garlicky crispy exterior that will make you want to make a meal out of these babies. And the best part is it’s just a handful of straightforward pantry staple ingredients that work together beautifully and leave you with crispy herb and garlic outer crust while these potatoes are pillowy soft on the inside!...
For a salad that’s more than a bit on the side, Israeli salad with lemon garlic tahini dressing is bursting with fresh ingredients and bonus protein in the form of chickpeas. Or pasta salad with basil vinaigrette, is carb-high but guilt-free. Simple side salad I probably eat a salad every day. I really crave the nutritional balance it brings to a meal, and they are ready in two minutes flat!...
published Jan 05, 2024 Gigantes beans, or gigantes plaki, hail directly from Greece. They’re essentially huge butter beans or lima beans (they’re the same thing) and make for a hearty meal. And while these take a little while to prepare, they’re well worth the effort! There’s so much to love about gigantes plaki: the creamy beans are full of plant-based protein and the tomato sauce is rich and robust. There’s so much flavor in the Greek baked beans, vegetables, and cheese that you almost forget that this is a pretty healthy, high-fiber, and low-calorie dish....
We had been planning this Girl’s trip to New York for what seemed like months beforehand. And since all three of us are big foodies, we ended up doing a food tour of NYC more than anything else! I’ve added a few places on our list that we didn’t get to (ran out of stomach space!) They were on my shortlist and came up more than times in my research than I can count on one hand....
For the perfect two-course meal, try pierogies with heartwarming Vegetarian Borscht! I love dumplings in any form. Tortellini, gyoza, gnocchi, and more, I’ll eat them all! But pierogies are the one type of dumpling that will always hold a special place in my heart! It instantly brings back all sorts of warm memories of childhood – special gatherings to make pierogies in vast quantities, school lunches, and many family dinners....
published Mar 24, 2023 I serve brown rice with dishes like sweet chili glazed salmon, baked sesame chicken, and broccoli beef stir fry. It instantly makes a meal heartier and adds another layer of flavor to whatever you pair it with! You may already know how to make white rice. Well, now it’s time to learn how to cook brown rice! This helpful guide will also teach you: The different types of brown riceSeveral methods for cooking brown riceServing suggestions and recipes that you can try at home...
They are such an irresistible treat that will keep you cool on a hot summer day. Bring them to your next cookout, pool party, birthday party, and more! You’ll love how the cookie layer stays soft even when frozen, so you can eat this directly out of the freezer without worrying that the exterior is too hard or the ice cream squishing out of the sides. They make for the perfect individual snack you can fill your freezer with for whenever the craving hits....
I first heard of the term chaat-cuterie board from the Instagram creator Kamana Bhaskaran. Since then, I’ve realized how easy it is to compose one as a centerpiece of a chaat-party. If you are curious on throwing a chaat party you can also read this blog post, which is a detailed guide that goes into detail about coming up with a menu, guest list, and decor. Below are ideas that fall in each category....
Why You Should Cook Eggs in the Instant Pot Your Instant Pot is full of handy tricks, and cooking eggs is definitely one of them. One reason I like using my Instant Pot to cook eggs is that you don’t have to deal with a big pot of boiling water…just a cup in the bottom of the pot. The eggs also peel extremely easy, so you can enjoy them even quicker....
For the last day of ‘Explore the Southern Hemisphere’ I made this very simple and extremely flavorful Kachumbari. I would think of this as a cousin to the Mexican Salsa (Pico de Gallo). Made with basic and refreshing ingredients, this salad is a perfect side to any dish. Kenyan Tomato and Onion Salad is popular in East Africa, particularly Kenya, but also in Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. When I was chopping the vegetables for the salad, I was thinking of my father who travels to Rwanda and Uganda frequently....
Karamani vellam sundal is my favorite sundal among all the sundal varieties. As a kid, I used to wait for the day my mother or grandmother would make this sundal for me. Last year, for Navarathri I almost used the same recipe to make a sweet sundal from whole green gram or whole moong. It tasted almost the same as the karamani sundal, but I felt that the karamani has a little more texture than the moong....
published Sep 16, 2022, updated Jun 18, 2024 In recent years I’ve gotten really into concocting my own spice and seasoning blends. It all started when I began to realize that I didn’t actually know what was in the store-bought versions. Weird ingredient lists, including words that are over 20 letters long, just really started to rub me the wrong way. So, what’s a chef to do when they don’t like what they’re seeing in the store?...
Sweetened condensed milk might seem like an unexpected addition, but it is a key ingredient for decadent cookie bars that won’t fall apart. It flows around and between the ingredients, helping bind them together. Even better, magic bars are also freezer-friendly, so you can stash a batch to offer unexpected guests or just when a craving strikes. If you’re in the mood for more dessert bar recipes, try my chocolate chip cookie bars, lemon bars recipe, or peanut butter bars recipe....
This year we took complete advantage of the mango season. We got really good mangoes here and that was something I was missing back in New York. I have always made any dessert that involves mangoes using canned mango pulp, but since we got very good mangoes here, I made it using fresh mangoes. Mango and chocolate totally mean dessert and hence I had made these mango and chocolate chip muffins a little sweeter than I normally would....
Mango pachadi is my kid’s favorite pachadi and it is my favorite pachadi as well. In fact I don’t know anyone in my family who does not like it. In India, we always had to wait for the summer to enjoy this sweet raw mango pachadi. But now back here in the US, we get raw mangoes year-round. My boys love this raw mango pachadi as is and I love it with any rice, especially curd rice....
published Aug 23, 2024 You don’t need to walk the streets of a Middle Eastern country to get your hands on saucy, tender chicken shawarma. You can make it in your own kitchen (or your backyard) with little fuss and seasonings you likely have in your spice cabinet right now! The shawarma spice blend is key, containing characteristic Middle Eastern seasonings like cumin, coriander, cardamom, and sumac. While it’s masterful in this chicken shawarma recipe, it’s just as delicious with lamb or beef....
Bajji is a very popular street food all over India. This not-so-often-made snack (to watch our waistlines) is so yummy, that when made you can’t stop eating just a few. This is one of the main reasons; I make it only a few times a year. When my backyard is overflowing with fresh vegetables in summer, I am usually tempted to make these bajji’s. This time, my mother taught me to make bajjis with eggplants which were so smooth and silky inside and crispy on the outside....
published Apr 06, 2022, updated Apr 03, 2024 On my first trip to India I travelled to New Delhi, Jaipur, Agra and Ranthambore. I think I had dal makhani and naan daily! I asked numerous times for the recipe to make each, and this one as well as my Dal Makhani recipe, is my delicious take on both! The hardest part of making homemade bread is getting the dough exactly right… and I’ve done that for you!...
Narali Bhath is a delicious dish from Maharashtra, offered to the ocean god on the auspicious occasion of Shravan Poornima. Raksha Bandhan also falls on the same day and hence it is a double delight day to prepare this delicious Sweet Coconut Rice. The Shravan Poornima symbolizes the end of the monsoon season and the beginning of the fishing season. Hence, the fisherman community in Maharashtra, offers this Narali Bhath, to the ocean God and prays for the safe return of the fishermen who go into the ocean....
