-
Potatoes in Coconut Curry with Mint and Cilantro
It’s been a little over 2 weeks since I’ve blogged! I was a poor planner and didn’t have any posts in reserve for sharing with you while I was away tending to our move. But now that we’re moved and semi-settled in with only a few more boxes to go, I’m free to cook again! […]
-
Aloo Chaat Style (Breakfast) Potatoes
Yesterday on Everyday Food Radio, host Sandy Gluck was talking about sweet versus savoury french toast. I shared with her listeners a recipe for Rajat’s Desi Style French Toast, a spicy, savoury french toast served with ketchup and chutney (no syrup here folks). Of course, I was a bit of a bad wife because I entirely […]
-
A Side of Roasted Cauliflower – Dinner Party Worthy?
Growing up in an all vegetarian household, we ate a lot of vegetables. Afternoons snacks sometimes were bowls of freshly boiled peas, lima beans or brussel sprouts topped with butter and showered with salt and pepper. Cabbage, broccoli, beans – you name it, we ate it. And we enjoyed the pure vegetable taste of it. […]
-
Spicy Pesto 3 Ways – Basil-Mint Pesto Tofu Scramble
For my third and final Spicy Basil-Mint Pesto dish, I only had about 2 tablespoons of pesto left. I got a little creative, borrowed some elements from Rajat’s tofu scramble and came up with a hearty breakfast of spicy pesto mixed with scrambled tofu, potatoes, onions and tomatoes topped off with chipotle flavored tostada shells. […]
-
Spicy Pesto 3 Ways: Basil-Mint Pesto Bruschetta
Earlier this week, I blogged about a Spicy Basil-Mint Pesto Sauce we made and my fondness for recipes that use simple, readily available ingredients which can be recreated into other dishes out of leftovers. So last Wednesday I made a pesto sauce that we used for a hearty dinner of Pesto Marinara on Whole Wheat […]
-
Spicy Pesto 3 Ways: Basil-Mint Pesto Marinara
Recipes that can be transformed from one dish into another and that hold up well as leftovers are really appealing to my schedule. I usually leave home early in the morning and don’t return until after dark, sometimes toting along more work. So, recipes like these which make for a quick and easy weeknight meal […]
-
Miso Soup with Wontons
Ever since I started reading Jennifer 8. Lee’s Fortune Cookie Chronicles a few weeks ago, I’ve found myself wanting Chinese food everytime I pick up the book. To Jennifer’s credit, it’s no small feat to conjure up stirrings for eggrolls, bok choy and General Tso’s vegetarian unchicken during an 8 am subway ride! Jaden from […]
-
Dad’s French Style Green Beans
My dad made french style green beans almost once a week growing up, usually as a side dish with rasam or sambar. We accidentally discovered that we liked them just slightly blackened when he sauteed them a little too long once and more than a few got singed. I think to this day my sister makes them […]
-
Vegetable Bhaji (Spicy Tempura) with Mint Chutney
Bhaji is basically Indian tempura – vegetables battered in a spicy flour coating, deep fried and served piping hot straight out of the oil, slightly crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. In our house, bhaji was the late afternoon snack of particularly lazy Saturday afternoons following a nap. Bhaji was the pre-dinner […]