Quick Asian style chicken and mushroom noodles tossed with a delicious cilantro-peanut-honey blender sauce. A moreish stir fry dinner on the table in under 30 minutes!! The weather is gorgeous nowadays. It is not Fall yet, but we are getting there. There is the ever-so-slight nip in the air in the mornings and at night….
Watermelon Soda Float
A delightfully fresh ice cream float made with fresh, sparkling watermelon juice and creamy vanilla ice cream is just the thing you need, to hold on to summer a little bit longer!! The world of ice cream floats were revealed to me only in my teenage years, when a dear friend made me one by…
Condensed Milk Vanilla Cake With Nutella Buttercream
Making a birthday cake is a simple but powerful way of letting someone know how much they mean to you. This vanilla cake made with condensed milk is simple but richly flavored and frosted with a light chocolate-hazelnut (Nutella) buttercream frosting. The little guy turned 7 last week. Seven!! A confident, dashing, smart and kind…
Chicken Meatball Sliders {With Roasted Red Pepper & Tomato Sauce}
These chicken meatball sliders make a great appetizer, party food or dinner. Make a delicious oven roasted red pepper and tomato sauce to go with these cheesy sliders. Both the meatballs and sauce can be frozen for later too, so make a large batch! Love burgers but don’t want the guilt of indulging in a…
Apple Cinnamon Cashew Nut Cake
A warm slice of this delicious and healthy apple and cashew nuts cake spiced with cinnamon will get you in the right mood for Fall. I cannot believe I am writing my first Fall post of the year already! As clichéd as it sounds, I cannot help but ask, “Where does the time go?”. It seems…
Spicy Salmon Tikka
Spicy, tangy, succulent pieces of salmon fish grilled to perfection makes for a delectable treat. Enjoy with rice, naan, rotis and other breads. Though fish is an essential part of our diet, I am easily bored making the same fish curry or masala fried fish over and over again. We love this Amritsar style fried fish, but…
Avocado Ice Cream
Deliciously smooth and creamy, this no-churn avocado ice cream needs just 5 ingredients. Just blend, freeze, scoop & enjoy! Avocados are the real superstars of the 21st century. They find their way into everything, is full of good fat and incredibly delicious. I knew avos as butter fruit in India. They were mostly used in the most incredibly…
Nectarine Ginger Lemonade
Delicate and bold at the same time, this nectarine lemonade is a visual stunner and absolutely delicious. Made with freshly squeezed lemons and sweetened with a nectarine-ginger syrup, this beverage is easy to make too! It was inevitable that I would end up trying yet another variation on lemonade before Fall gets here. Though I doubt we…
Semiya Payasam {A Rich Indian Dessert}
A rich and sweet pudding made with milk and vermicelli, laced with fragrant saffron and cardamom, this payasam or kheer is a beloved Indian dessert. I wrote out a draft for this post in 2013, back when I started this blog. I had always wanted to document the recipe for my favorite Indian desserts of…
Strawberry Lemon Muffins
Loaded with fresh summer strawberries, lemon juice and zest, these fluffy muffins are absolutely irresistible. Have them for dessert, snack, breakfast/brunch or whenever, ‘coz you deserve a treat!! It will be Fall soon and that means, the end of berry season. So I am making the most of these last few weeks and using them…
Mushroom, Corn & Peas Pulao
A delicious and aromatic one pot rice dish, this pulao recipe uses tons of colorful vegetables like mushrooms, corn, peas and carrots. Great for packing in lunch boxes too. It is the last weekend of summer holidays and Boy will start first grade on Monday. It seems as if we did nothing and everything this summer….
Banana Chocolate Malt Shake + Wolf Gourmet Blender Giveaway
A delicious way to shake away those mid-morning or late afternoon blues, this banana and malted chocolate shake is so easy to make. Disclaimer: This is a product review article written for Wolf Gourmet in exchange for receiving their High Performance Blender for my personal use. All opinions stated here are mine and are true to my personal…
