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This tasty salad is similar to our Strawberry Harvest Salad, with slightly different flavors. It has a homemade dressing, but it also pairs really nicely with our Strawberry Vinaigrette! easy, quick + delicious I love a good salad recipe, especially in the summer, and this one is quick and easy. Strawberry spinach salad delivers big on flavor and is always a crowd-pleaser. It is healthy, yet anything but dull. Pops of sweet, juicy strawberries, crunchy bites of almonds, and the earthiness of the spinach combine for a winning lunch or perfect dinner....

Prep Time : 10 mins Sweet potato -2 (as seen in the picture) Onion -1 Green chilli -1 (finely chopped) Ginger – 1 inch piece (finely chopped) Chilli powder – 1/4-1/2 tsp Turmeric powder – a pinch Salt as needed For the seasoning Oil -2 tsp Mustard seeds -1 tsp Curry leaves -a sprig Method Read More

Prep Time : 10 mins Rice – 1 cup (any rice) Split black urad dal -1/2 cup Garlic – 8-10 cloves Fenugreek seeds/vendhayam – 1/4 tsp Salt needed For the seasoning Oil – 1 1/2 tbsp (sesame seed oil preferable) Cumin seeds – 1 tsp Hing/Asafoetida – 1/4 tsp Curry leaves – a sprig Grated coconut – 1/4 cup For Ellu Thuvaiyal Black Sesame seeds – 1/2 cup/50 grams Red chillies – 2-3 Tamarind – a small piece or 1/4 tsp paste Salt needed...

Fun fact: carrot cake is my favourite cake of all time. Cue carrot cake energy bites and carrot cake muffins. I might have mentioned that like a billion times before, but hey, it’s super relevant here. What do you do when you want carrot cake over the Easter, but you know you have way too many episodes to catch up on to make an actual carrot cake? You make these easy, fluffy and thick carrot cake pancakes....

What comes to your mind when you think of crab cakes? Great crust, flaky on the inside. Moist but still firm enough. Tender and of course, reminiscent of the sea. You definitely get that with these amazing Vegan Crab Cakes! This recipe is from my amazing friend Jenné from Sweet Potato Soul‘s Cookbook: Sweet Potato Soul: 100 Easy Vegan Recipes for the Southern Flavors of Smoke, Sugar, Spice, and Soul....

Venezuelan Pan De Jamon Recipe Highlights Pan de Jamón is a staple on Venezuelan Christmas tables. It is a slightly sweet bread filled with ham, raisins, and green olives, which give it its distinctive blend of savory and sweet flavors. I’m telling you… it’s like a gift from heaven! There are many ham bread recipes around the web. Unfortunately, some of them are very complicated. I don’t like complicated recipes, especially during the holidays when we already have a lot to handle....

Omg lychees are finally here. I am so excited while I write up this post on virgin lychee ginger mojito . If you love lychees and if you live in the states you might relate to my happiness . Lychees are difficult to source here. Last year I couldn’t find any. But when I went to the Indian grocery store yesterday , to my surprise there was a big stash of lychees sitting right in front of me ....

There are a few treat recipes that are our go-to for game nights and parties, including caramel marshmallow popcorn, rice krispies, puppy chow, and especially this white trash recipe! what is White TrasH? Hello, it’s me – Lily! Today, I am sharing a recipe for White Chocolate Trail Mix (AKA White Trash recipe). I bet you’re probably wondering why this recipe is called “White Trash”! Well, it’s because it almost seems like someone took the remains of whatever ingredients they had in their pantry (that would otherwise be thrown in the trash), combined them, and coated it in white chocolate....

Yeast is commonly used in nearly every cuisine. You can find it in most people’s pantries, and on the shelves of nearly every restaurant. Yet despite being integral in so many things that we eat, a lot of people don’t know what yeast is, what it does, or if it’s vegan. Here’s everything you need to know about yeast. What Is Yeast? Yeast is a single-celled organism that is technically a fungus....

I just can’t survive on leafy greens for a meal. My tummy will start rumbling and crave for real food. With the rise in temperature I am leaning more towards salads that are kind of a complete meal . And this one here is making rounds on my dinner table regularly. What I love about this salad is everything can be prepared ahead of time . This salad tastes delicious straight out of the fridge....

Easy, creamy, thick, and dreamy. That’s the catchphrase for today’s recipe, which is Vegan Caramel Sauce! If you can’t tell through the screen, I’m very excited about this post. Caramel sauce is one of those things that everybody needs in their life. You can put it in pretty much anything. Of course, vegan ice cream is the most common culprit, but coffee is a close second. Short of a slice of rich chocolate cake, can you think of a better thing to wake up with in the morning than caramel-infused caffeine?...

We Love Appetizers! You might wonder if you even need to do appetizers or a big breakfast on Thanksgiving, seeing as the main meal takes a lot of work! These Thanksgiving appetizers provide a balance between heavy and light, warm and cold, with a variety of flavors and textures. From Bacon-Wrapped Potatoes to delicious Hot Spinach Dip you’ll have plenty of holiday appetizers to enjoy as they wait for the big feast....

How to make Potato Bajji Prep time – under 15 mins Ingredients needed Potatoes – 2 Besan /Bengal gram flour/ kadalai mavu – 1 cup Chilli powder – 2 tsp Salt as needed Cooking soda/ soda bi carb- 2 pinches Oil – 1 tsp Oil for deep frying Preparation In a bowl, mix together besan, chilli powder, salt, 1 tsp oil and cooking soda. Wash the potatoes well, wipe it dry and slice it thinly....

We Indians sure love aloo tikki’s and adding it to the burger was the best idea ever. These easy Vegetable aloo tikki burgers tops my list of favorite vegetarian burgers. And these are dairy free and all VEGAN . I remember eating this Aloo tikki burger at Mc Donalds in India for the very first time. And over the years I started making my own version at home . Needless to say way better than store bought and you are sure to save $$ ....

We Love Apple Muffins! Muffin recipes are a go-to breakfast in our home. We like to whip up a batch and pull a few out of the freezer each morning for a quick grab-and-go easy breakfast idea or after school snack. We love that these muffins are studded with pops of juicy fruit for a breakfast, brunch idea, baby shower or any time of the year! Ingredients PREP TIME: 15 minutes COOK TIME: 28 minutes Cinnamon Crumble...

A crunchy cheese crisp is perfect for dipping into a bowl of fresh red Homemade Salsa or green Salsa Verde. Guacamole is also a crowd-pleaser! We Love This Family Favorite! The Arizona cheese crisp (aka Sonoran Quesadilla), is said to have originated in Southern Arizona as a way to use leftover Flour Tortillas. It is a popular Mexican-style dish all over Arizona and surrounding areas, although it’s not necessarily a traditional dish....

Quick and easy salads are the best kind of side dish. This asaparagus salad has similar ingredients to our tomato and mozzarella salad, as well as our quick caprese salad! super simple salad I first had this Asparagus Salad at a church function last year, and then once more at our church Easter Egg Hunt where my friend, Britt, made and brought it again (It was the same activity that I fell in love with my friend, Marie’s, Cherry Bars)....

Prep Time : 10 mins Broad Beans – 1/4 kg (3 cups) Mixed Dal – 1/3 cup (refer notes) Sambar powder – 2 tsp Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp Salt needed For grinding Grated coconut – 1/4 cup Cumin seeds – 1 tsp Roasted gram dal (pottukadalai) – 1 tbsp For the seasoning Oil – 1 tsp Mustard seeds – 1 tsp Urad dal – 1 tsp Curry leaves – a spig For garnishing Coriander leaves – 1 tbsp finely chopped These broad beans are from my kitchen garden....

Prep Time : 15 mins Beetroot grated – 2 cups heaped Sugar -3/4 cup Milk – 2 cups Cardamom powder -1/4 tsp Almonds/Badam – 10 Cashew nuts – few Ghee – 1/4 cup Unsweetened Khoa/khoya – 100 grams (optional) Method Using full fat milk gives richness to the halwa. You can add blanched almonds or roasted almonds. You can grate beetroot using the grater with fine holes or bigger ones according to your preferences....

This was the killer for me. I could not stop eating these Cheesy Buffalo Cauliflower Wings, and I honestly could not tell the difference between this and chicken. I literally repeated over and over “OMG this tastes like chicken.” Even my vegetable-hating little brother ate these up saying how much they tasted like chicken. Mr. Jessiker Bakes had his fair share, commenting on how delicious these were. Compliments of the highest form 🙂 ....