Benefits of cOOKING WITH kIDS Cooking with kids may a require a little more work, clean up and patience on your part, but we promise the investment is worth it! When exposed to cooking at a young age, kids benefit in countless ways. Valuable skills. The kitchen becomes a classroom (a fun classroom!) when kids are present. Cooking provides practice in reading, math, fine motor skills, time management, organization and so much more....
We love a good Peanut Butter Cookie, even better if it includes chocolate! This peanut butter banana bread is so moist and tender, it’s sure to appease any PB lover! Next Level Banana Bread! This peanut butter banana bread is so moist and tender, and has the most delicious combination of flavors! Peanut butter and banana is one of my very favorite flavor combinations. I remember as a child making peanut butter and banana sandwiches for lunch, and loving how the two flavors tasted together....
Peppermint Fluff, Peppermint Chocolate Delight, and Peppermint Milkshakes are some of our favorite holiday desserts. Festive treats like this Peppermint Ice Cream Dessert are perfect for all of your gatherings and parties! Best-loved christmas treat When it comes to Christmas desserts, peppermint is definitely one of our go-to flavors of choice. Candy canes are just so fun and festive! We especially love frozen treats in this house, and all things that involve Oreo....
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Add this to our list of absolute favorite breads! They’re just as tasty as our regular Yeast Dinner Rolls, but quicker! If you need an easy bread with few ingredients, try our 5 Ingredient Bread. Quick, Easy + Just 4 Ingredients! One thing that deters people from attempting to make rolls is that it can be a time consuming process, and there are a few particulars that can be intimidating for a beginner—like the exact temperature of the water, what type of yeast to use, not kneading it too much, etc....
Ingredients needed Milk (full cream milk)- 1 liter Lemon juice – 2 – 2 1/2 tbsp Sugar – 2 cups Water – 4 cups All purpose flour/Maida – 1 tsp Cardamom powder – a pinch Mix a 2 tsp of maida in 3/4 cup of warm water and keep it aside. Check out my detailed post on how to make paneer . Now a small recap Boil milk in a heavy bottomed pan....
Restaurant style vegan red Thai curry its fiery , its full of flavors , it’s healthy and its yum. If you love Thai food and haven’t made it at home yet , then you’ve gotta try this easy peasy restaurant style vegan red Thai curry . A delicious and quick dinner ready in less than 15 minutes – well who doesn’t like that. And the best part you can customize the heck out of it....
How to make Schezwan Dosa Ingredients needed Dosa batter -3 cups Oil for making dosas For the filling Onion – 1 Garlic – 2 tbsp Beans – 3-4 (optional) Carrot -1 julienned Cabbage – 1 cup shredded Capsicum -1 medium size Ching’s Secret Schezwan Chutney – 2 tsp Salt and pepper powder to taste Oil – 1 1/2 tbsp For garnishing Spring onion greens (finely chopped)- 1 tbsp Preparation Thinly slice carrot, onions, beans and capsicum....
Prep Time : 15 mins Half cooked chapati/roti – 4 For the Stuffing Soya Chunks or soya granules – 1/2 cup Onion – 1 cup finely chopped Ginger Garlic paste – 2 tsp Green chilli – 1 Tomato – 1/4 cup chopped Plain thick yogurt/curd – 2 tsp Fresh Green Peas/ frozen peas – 1/3 cup Coriander leaves – 2 tbsp finely chopped Salt needed Green chutney or tomato ketchup as required Spice Powder Turmeric powder -1/4 tsp Chilli powder – 3/4 tsp Coriander powder – 2 tsp Kitchen King masala – 1 tsp For the Seasoning Oil – 2 tbsp Cumin seeds – 1 tsp Hing – a generous pinch For Toasting the wraps Butter as needed For Garnishing Onion – Thinly sliced...
More Collections: Easy Cookie Recipes, Cookie Bar Recipes, Spring Desserts We Love St. Patrick’s Day? St. Patrick’s Day was first established in 1631 but did not become an official Irish holiday until 1904. The holiday spread to America through Irish Immigrants. The St. Patrick’s Day we celebrate now is due to the desire to honor their Irish heritage.* *History citation BBC Travel A holiday to love: Festive. The color green, rainbows, shamrocks and clovers, luck and leprechauns, parades, and parties are a few of the ways that people join in celebrating the holiday....
I’m in full blown summer mode and eating all the fruit! After our recent trip to Mexico, my love of fruits has been reignited. We had fruits at pretty much every single breakfast and even as a dessert sometimes, and it reminded me just how much I love tasting the rainbow colours of fruits. Although I’m still pretty biased towards my favourites like strawberries, pineapples and mangoes, there’s nothing like enjoying all the colours all at once....
We love this monster cookie recipe because they’re basically a combination of Oatmeal Cookies, Peanut Butter Cookies, and M&M Cookies! Just doesn’t get better than that. We love this monster cookie recipe! These monster cookies are the BEST! My kids are constantly requesting this cookie recipe. I love to make them for so many occasions – birthdays, dinner parties, potlucks, church gatherings, picnics, or just a yummy after-school treat. I love the color from the M&Ms and the chewiness from the oatmeal....
I don’t know about you, but I struggle with lunches. I always have our dinners planned out, but lunchtime rolls around and I don’t know what to have. Meal prep lunches like chickpea tuna salad and this tofu egg salad make it easier to fend off that lunchtime decision paralysis. I make a batch of tofu egg salad on Sunday night, pop it in a storage container, and keep it in the fridge for a few days worth of lunches....
Prep Time : 10 mins Vazhakkai-plantain -3 Turmeric powder -1/4 tsp Salt as required Grated coconut – 1/4 cup For the seasoning Oil – 3 tsp Mustard seeds -1 tsp Urad dal -1 tsp Red chillies -2 Hing/asafoetida – a pinch Green chillies -3 slit Ginger -1 inch piece finely chopped Curry leaves – few Method Check out my another version of Plantain curry using chilli powder and vegetable curry podi....
It’s official: the holidays are upon us! And if you’re anything like me, your holidays wouldn’t be complete without some sort of yummy carbs, be it biscuits, dinner rolls, mashed potatoes… you get the idea. So, in addition to all the other divine and delicious recipes I’ve shared, I bring you these Vegan Biscuits. If you try these Vegan Biscuits please let me know in the comment section below, or tag me on Instagram with the hashtag #jessicainthekitchen!...
Chicken pot pies are one of the most comforting foods around. They’re warm, soothing, creamy, and hearty, with lots of familiar flavors. Unfortunately, they’re usually packed full of dairy and meat. So I decided to come up with a vegan recipe that hits all of the same flavors. And I decided to make it a casserole, which is a little easier than making individual pot pies, and much more convenient for serving a family....
The best veggie burger I’ve ever sunk my teeth into was at J. Alexander’s. The Mr, my mom, and myself had travelled to go meet up with my maid of honour to choose my wedding dress (!!) and she wouldn’t stop going on about this J. Alexander restaurant. I ordered my burger, ready to be underwhelmed, and sunk my teeth in. I immediately lowered it slowly from my mouth, panicking, and said “I think you gave me a meat burger!...
Prep Time : 10 mins Basmati rice – 1 cup Onion – 1 Green chilli – 2 (add more if you want hot) Ginger-garlic paste – 2 ½ tsp Tomato-1 Mixed Vegetables -2 cups Mint / pudina leaves – handful Coriander leaves – handful Lemon juice -1 tbsp Turmeric powder – a pinch Red chilli powder -1 tsp Coriander powder – 2 tsp Biriyani masala – 2 tsp (Available readymade) Salt as required For the seasoning Oil – 1 tbsp Cloves -3 Cardamom -1 Cinnamon – 1 inch piece For Garnishing Fried onions (optional)...
Prep Time : 10 mins Semolina/ravai/sooji -1 cup Onion – 1 Green chilli – 2 finely chopped Ginger – 1 inch piece finely chopped Carrot – 1 medium size Capsicum – 1/2 Potato (small) – 1 Fresh/frozen Peas -10-15 Tomato – 1 small (optional) Beans – 4-5 Ghee – 1/2 tsp Salt needed For the seasoning Oil – 2 1/2 tbsp Mustard seeds – 1 tsp Urad dal – 1 tsp Red chillies – 1-2 Asafoetida – a pinch Curry leaves – a sprig Method...
Vella Dosai-Wheat Flour Jaggery Dosa Yields: 6-7 dosas Ingredients needed Wheat flour -1/2 cup Rice flour -1/2 cup Jaggery -3/4 cup shaved Grated coconut -2-3 tbsp Cardamom powder -1/4 tsp Ghee/clarified butter for making dosas Preparation Method Also check out my Instant Wheat Dosa (godhumai dosai) 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 on instagram today....
