This sour cream coffee cake is often served for breakfast alongside a cup of coffee hence the name coffee cake. Of course, any warm drink will pair deliciously with the cake such as Double Chocolate Hot Cocoa, Mexican Hot Chocolate, or Caramel Apple Cider. Like Eating a Dessert for Breakfast! Coffee cake actually does not have any coffee in it. Did you know that? It gets its name because many love to munch on this sweetness while sipping their morning cup of coffee....

This gooey sticky toffee pudding is one of our favorites. It’s great for Christmas or parties and is as sticky and yummy as our Sticky Walnut Buns! What’s Not to Love?! Have you had Sticky toffee pudding before? It’s a dessert we love to make around the holidays, especially Christmas. Sticky toffee pudding originated in England. It starts with a very moist sponge cake traditionally made using dates. The cake is completely covered in a sweet toffee sauce and is usually served with Vanilla Ice Cream or custard....

Smoothies are hands down the quickest and easiest breakfast! Strawberry banana is one of our favorite flavors, but we also love a good green smoothie, or for something less fruity we like peanut butter banana smoothies! Favorite Strawberry Banana Smoothie I think we can all agree that you can never go wrong in making a smoothie! Whether it’s for a snack, breakfast, lunch, or dinner – they are easy, quick and always delicious....

Creamy Tomato Pasta Bliss: A Deliciously Easy Recipe! This Super Easy Creamy Tomato Pasta is creamy without being too heavy, striking the perfect balance between comfort food and guilt-free indulgence. Made with just a handful of everyday ingredients, this paste is sure to impress even the toughest critics and satisfy everyone around the table. What Makes This Recipe Unique? My Secret Ingredient! But what really sets this recipe apart is my secret ingredient: fresh mozzarella!...

Prep Time : 10 mins Coconut – 1 1/3 cup grated coconut Curry leaves – washed and dried – 1/3 cup Ginger – 1 inch piece chopped Pearl onions/Shallots – 4 peeled and chopped Oil – 1/4 tsp Red chillies – 4 Urad dal – 1 tsp Whole black pepper – 1/2 tsp Tamarind – a small piece Salt as needed Method Refer more easy Podi Recipes Read More

If you like twice baked potatoes, and you also love sweet potatoes, you’ll definitely love this recipe. It’s one of our favorite sweet potato side dishes! twice baked – two ways Hi there, Lil’ Luna readers! It’s Samantha from Five Heart Home and I’m so happy to be stopping by today with one of my favorite fall foods! Who else out there loves sweet potatoes? I enjoy cubing them up and roasting them year round, but as my thoughts are turning to Thanksgiving and all of the holiday meals on the horizon, I was excited about the opportunity to fancy them up a bit!...

Readymade puff pastry sheets are such a time saver. You can literally throw a make-your-own pizza party using it! If you have sweet tooth then these eggless chocolate pudding puff pastry bites will totally rock your party! Make bakery-style vegetable puffs at home Raise your hands if a veg puff makes you nostalgic! It takes me back to my college days when I relished these puffs with masala chai and a lot of chatting with my friends....

As someone who loves veggie burgers, I love creating the perfect complete burger. First of course, there is the actual burger. Juicy, flavourful and hot. Then of course, the toppings. I love a classic lettuce, tomato and vegan cheese with some mustard and some vegan mayo (plus, I always had hot sauce). Then last, but certainly not least, the bun. Everything else could be perfect, but the bun is really what takes it over the top and can make or break your burger experience....

An almost Merry Christmas to you!! Christmas is my absolute favourite time of year. You get to eat almost all your favourite fall foods with the lovely addition of christmas music, insane festivity and endless replays of Elf. The only thing missing from that combination is all that divine food. Everyone should enjoy Christmas and that’s what I wanted to put together this huge roundup for you! These are all my favourite delicious vegan Christmas recipes from across the inter web....

London Town! We enjoyed our trip to London SO much!! We went to London in August of this year for two weeks for the World Championships. Many of you may know I’m Jamaican – so we went to support our Jamaican athletic team and to see Usain Bolt’s last run. That was a bittersweet moment – I was sad to see him go but happy for the endless excitement over the last few years....

Before going to the recipe, I would like to share a small personal note.These vegetables are from my small organic kitchen garden. I felt so happy that my efforts are fruitful and I could harvest toxic free vegetables. I did not use any chemical fertilizers or pesticides but just compost from my own kitchen and garden waste. I am posting this picture as it might inspire somebody out there. Let us try not to waste kitchen, garden waste, instead convert them into rich manure....

Remember this video on Instagram?! That’s from when I was invited to the Pinterest HQ last month in San Francisco. I got a lovely tour by Lauren, the sweetest and most energetic person ever who is Pinterest’s Community Marketing Manager. It was so nice meeting her in person since we had just had a phone meeting the week before about inviting me to join Pinterest’s Creator Collective!! I’m definitely really excited about what’s to come from being a part of this group and will be sharing with you guys of course!...

Our Favorite Cookies! Sugar cookies are our FAVORITE cookies! Whether you are rolling or cutting, they are worth the effort (at least in our book). We wanted to put all of our BEST sugar cookie ideas in one spot! These cookies are perfect for decorating and can be customized for ANY season or holiday! We have an entire collection of ideas, ranging from frosted to unfrosted, traditional to holiday-themed. Our Top 10 Picks More Recipes

We love banana bread in all its forms – traditional banana bread, banana bread muffins, cream cheese filled banana bread – the list goes on and on. This recipe is no different! And we especially love that it only takes three ingredients! Yes – Just 3 Ingredients! We are ALLLLL about simple recipes – and today’s bread recipe is just that – SIMPLE! We have always been long time fans of banana bread, and we wanted to have a recipe on the site that was made with just 3 ingredients – yellow cake mix, eggs and overripe bananas....

Pumpkin Season is Here! What says autumn more than pumpkin?! Over the years, we’ve made such a wide variety of easy pumpkin recipes, from cakes to cookies, and breads to chilis. If you’re a pumpkin fan, I highly recommend you scroll through this collection. There’s something for everyone to enjoy during the fall season! For pumpkin tips & tricks, scroll to the bottom of this post! Best Pumpkin Recipes Pumpkin is our most popular fall flavor and we have plenty of treats and dishes that highlight one of our favorite ingredients!...

Muffins are one of the quickest and easiest baked goods to make, and we love these Almond Poppyseed Muffins. You might also like to try Strawberry Pound Cake, Triple Berry Pie, Easy Peach Cobbler, or Chocolate Sheet Cake. A family favorite We love muffins in our house. They are perfectly portable for a quick grab-and-go breakfast or snack. I love that there are so many fabulous varieties, you are sure to never be bored!...

Prep Time : 5 mins Baby Corn – 8 Turmeric powder – a pinch Bengal gram flour – 2 tbsp (kadalai mavu) Rice flour – 1 tbsp Ginger-garlic paste -1/2 tsp Coriander powder – 1 tsp Chilli powder – 1/2 tsp Tamarind water/extract – 1-2 tbsp Salt as needed Oil for shallow frying Chat masala – a pinch Method Read More

Hot dips are the way to go for party appetizers. If you agree, you might want to try Artichoke Dip, Buffalo Chicken Dip, or Chicken Enchilada Dip. Baked BLT Dip I’m excited to share this recipe for a yummy party dip – BLT Dip – inspired by a classic trio of ingredients. Usually when people refer to a BLT, they’re talking about a sandwich that simply includes the following three ingredients:...

A Holiday Must-Have! There are certain side dishes that have to be made on Thanksgiving for our family. Some of those include my aunt’s famous Ham, my mom’s famous rolls, and several side dishes, including funeral potatoes (also known as cheesy potato casserole). We also make Classic Mashed Potatoes as well, but we always have at least two pans of funeral potatoes because we love them that much!! Ingredients PREP TIME: 15 minutesCOOK TIME: 45 minutes...

Prep Time : 10 mins (excluding soaking channa time) Bitter gourd – 2 medium size Tur dal – 1/3 cup (measuring cup) Brown channa /garbanzo beans- 1/4 cup Tamarind – small gooseberry sized ball Salt – as required Roast and Grind (pitlai masala/powder) Oil -1 tsp Coriander seeds -1 tbsp Bengal gram/channa dal/kadalai paruppu – 1 ½ tsp Red chillies – 3-4 Raw rice -1/2 tsp Coconut (grated) -1/4 cup For the seasoning Oil -2 tsp Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp Fenugreek seeds/vendhayam- 1/2 tsp Hing/asafoetida – a pinch Red chilli -1 Curry leaves – 2 sprigs For Garnishing Coriander leaves finely chopped -2 tbsp...