Happy New Year friends! If you’re like me, you may have gone HARD on the holiday sweets. Daily Red velvet brownies, anyone?! Over the years, I’ve accumulated quite a few salad recipes on the blog. You know we are hashtag #nosadlunches and #nosadsalads on JITK, so these salads are vibrant, super tasty and most importantly – very filling. If you’re also like me, you’re trying to incorporate more salads into your life (especially after brownie month aka Christmas) and January always feels like that perfect reset....

Dinner Dishes Perfect for Fall Arizona may not have fall foliage, but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy the cozy flavors of the season! Embrace autumn’s bounty with hearty soups simmering in the crockpot, filling your home with delicious aromas. Fall favorite produce – apples, pumpkins, squash, and Brussels sprouts – take center stage, while crisp nights call for comforting main dishes like creamy pastas and melt-in-your-mouth pot roasts. There are plenty of fall dinner ideas to choose from!...

We Love Family Time In my family, Sunday is a day of rest from the regular tasks of the week. Along with worship, we like to be together and carve out family time which almost always includes a special dinner. I have gathered some fabulous Sunday dinner ideas to help you do just that! For Sunday dinner tips & tricks, scroll to the bottom of this post! Best Sunday Dinner Ideas Look no further for comforting food to share with friends and family!...

More Collections: Valentines Desserts, Italian Dinner Recipes, Italian Appetizers We Love Love! We know that Valentine’s Day is often associated with romantic love, but it can be celebrated with anyone special in your life. Over the years, we have made a variety of meals to celebrate – from Heart Shaped Pizza to Steak, and today we wanted to share some menu ideas for you to use in your own family....

Start the Day in a Simple Way! We LOVE breakfast and all breakfast foods! Sometimes time is limited so why not keep it simple with these easy breakfast ideas? These recipes can be made in minutes, use simple ingredients, or can be prepped ahead of time. Either way, they’re ALL easy! Our Top 10 Picks More Recipes

Prep Time : 10 mins Tur dal – 1 cup Fried gram – 1 cup (putanalu pappu) Garlic – 2 full pods or (50-70 grams) Cumin seeds/jeera – 1 tsp Red chillies – 8-10 Hing – 1/4 tsp Curry leaves – few (optional) Salt as required Oil -1/4 tsp More Podi varieties Sambar Podi and Rasam podi Idly Milagai Podi Karuveppilai Podi Curry Podi (used for vegetable curries) Paruppu Podi (Tamil Brahmin style without garlic) Ellu Podi (sesame seed podi) Meet you all again with more interesting recipes, till then it is bye from Padhu of Padhuskitchen....

Apple crescent dumplings are the perfect treat to bring in the season. Just whip up a cup of hot apple cider or hot chocolate and enjoy some leaf pile jumping and all the feels of fall! the perfect treat for Apple season Apple season is one of our favs! The air is getting cooler and crisper (even in AZ although maybe a little later than everyone else), and all of the best holidays are on the horizon....

Organic Apple -1/2 an apple Water Once the apples are fork tender, remove from heat and let it cool. Read More

For a fun way to switch up your typical salad, try giving it some oriental flavor! Give this tasty Applebee’s Oriental Chicken Salad, Asian Ramen Salad, or Chinese Pasta Salad a try. A copycat Salad recipe Who here loves salad? I’m not lying when I say that I order salad 90% of the time when we go out to eat. So yummy! I’ve noticed that I have my favorite salad at each restaurant, and my favorite from Applebee’s is their oriental chicken salad....

Avocado mousse combines the creamy texture of avocado with the decadence of cocoa powder to create a stealthily healthy dessert. Rich in healthy fats and antioxidants, avocado mousse is one of those vegan desserts that even non-vegans will love—and you don’t have to feel guilty indulging. If you love my avocado chocolate ice cream, this recipe will be a favourite too! Why You’ll Love Avocado Chocolate Mousse Easier than traditional chocolate mousse....

It’s similar to our Baked Ravioli and pairs perfectly with Olive Garden Breadsticks. Who Doesn’t Love Pasta?! We LOVE pasta at our house and eat it for dinner at least once a week! It’s easy, filling, and lends itself to a variety of flavor profiles. Baked rigatoni is a new favorite easy pasta recipes. We had only had it once before but decided to come up with a recipe for it that the entire family loves and this specific version does the trick (it’s SO good!...

A Chopped Salad To Love! We are suckers for a good salad recipe. We make them for lunch and dinner often because they are healthy and filled with flavor. We love trying new flavor combinations, and this BBQ chicken salad takes a few of my favorite flavors (Homemade Ranch Dressing and Baked BBQ Chicken) and pairs them in one delicious mash-up! It’s a personal favorite of the my teens Lily and Evie....

Prep Time : 10 mins Beetroot – 1 cup grated Cucumber – 1 cup chopped Potato – 1 big boiled Spring Onion greens – 1/4 cup chopped Dill leaves or mint leaves – 1/4 cup chopped Milk Kefir – 1 cup Salt as needed Pepper powder as needed Hard Boiled eggs – 2 diced (optional) Method If you found this post useful, I would really love it, if you pin it or share it with your Facebook fans or Twitter followers or Google+ circles or Instagram today....

For more yummy cakes try Root Beer Float Ice Cream Cake, Mississippi Mud Cake, or Caramel Cake. Boston Cream Cake This Boston Cream Poke Cake recipe was actually suggested by my husband, whose favorite donut happens to be a Boston Cream donut (it’s my favorite too!). The Boston Cream donut was actually created after the famous Boston cream pie, which isn’t a pie at all, but a cake! The rich, classic dessert consists of a vanilla custard sandwiched between two yellow cake layers, and topped with a chocolate ganache or frosting....

You can give the same dosa in a different form and I am sure it will be a hit and your kids are going to love this for sure. Ingredients needed Thick and spongy dosa – 2-3 Onion – 2 finely chopped Tomato – 2 finely chopped Green capsicum – 1 finely chopped Oil -3 tsp Red chilli powder -1/2 tsp Garam masala powder -1/2 tsp Salt as required Method Cut dosa into small pieces....

My Favorite Creamy Egg-Free Dressing There’s nothing like a fresh salad on a hot summer day! And even better if the salad is dressed with this deliciously creamy Buttermilk Salad Dressing. Oh. My. World! This Buttermilk Salad Dressing is so crazy delicious that I can eat it with a spoon. It’s creamy, tangy, slightly sweet, and totally luscious. If you love creamy dressings you need to try my Easy Homemade Eggless Ranch Dressing....

Este pasado fin de semana se celebro la independencia de mi país natal Venezuela. Es muy triste decirlo, pero hoy, más de 200 años más tarde, mi hermoso país está luchando para lograr la su libertad nuevamente. Es sumamente difícil para nosotros ver como la situación se ha deteriorado en los últimos años. Y mucho más duro sabiendo que nuestra familia, quienes todavía viven allá, lo viven en carne propia día a día y pasan trabajo con las cosas simples como comprar comida....

Prep Time : 10 mins Cauliflower – 1 medium size Onion -1 finely chopped Tomato – 1 big – finely chopped Potato – 1 Cut it into small cubes Ginger -1 inch piece finely chopped Green chilli – 1 finely chopped Salt to taste Spice Powder Coriander Powder -1 1/2 tsp Chilli Powder -1/2 tsp Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp For the seasoning Oil -1 tbsp Cumin seeds/jeera – 1 tsp Method...

Chicken broccoli Alfredo is perfect for entertaining dinner guests. It pairs perfectly with Olive Garden Breadsticks and Arugula Salad. For a crowd pleasing dessert whip up a Chocolate Sheet Cake! Perfect for company I love to find new and delicious dinner recipes! This next one was such a hit that we made it again a week later. I think your whole family will enjoy this Cheesy Chicken Broccoli Alfredo! In fact, we had company over to enjoy this dish and they loved it too....

I love a light, simple lunch that is ready in minutes! While I love soups and salads, sometimes I want something a little heartier and this Chicken Burrito Bowl hits the spot! A Burrito Without the Tortilla I love me some tacos and burritos!! There are simple and SO delicious! We eat a lot of Mexican food in our house. I love that you can take the same ingredients, mix it up, and create something new....