This mushroom dish is a perfect dinner option on a cool evening. It tastes wonderful over hot steaming rice, quinoa or couscous. I used shredded paneer cheese in this mushroom curry, but you could easily substitute paneer with shredded chicken or any meat of your choice. Continue reading Mushroom Curry with Shredded Paneer Cheese
Category Archives: From the Kitchen
Greens, Grapes and Avocado Salad
Greens, Grapes and Avocado Salad
Makes 4 servings
Ingredients:
- 2 Avocados cut into wedges
- 2 bags of super greens or a mix of spring greens. About 4 cups
- 1 bunch of red grapes – 8 grapes cut in half, 8 grapes left whole
- 1 tbsp toasted pumpkin seeds
- 1 tbsp roasted salted pistachios
- Honey Vinaigrette. Here is a link to my basic Honey Vinaigrette
Honey Vinaigrette
This is a sweet dressing that tastes really good in any salad that has fresh fruit or even dried fruits. If you make salads with apples, peaches, apricots, pears or mangos, this is the perfect sweet and sour dressing to bring out the fruit flavors. Continue reading Honey Vinaigrette
Roasted Veggies with Hard-boiled Eggs and Spices
Roasted Veggies with spices and hard-boiled Eggs is a delicious and colorful dish chock full of veggies, and packed with flavor.
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Cardamom Spiced Warm Apple Almond Crumble
A couple weeks ago I received loads of homegrown apples from my friends Devi and Swati. Between the two of them I had over 35 apples! How fast can we eat all these apples I wondered. I figured this would be the perfect time to make my Cardamom Spiced Warm Apple Almond Crumble.
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Noodles and Cabbage Stir Fry
This vegetarian noodle stir fry has all things good such as ginger, garlic, cabbage, peppers and tofu.
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Sundal. Savory Chickpeas and Coconut Snack
Every year in the fall, during the nine-day Indian festival of Navrathri, I am invited to friend’s homes where we are treated to a traditional south Indian Tamil snack called Sundal.
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Greek Yogurt Dip
This yogurt dip is as creamy as a sour cream dip and just as delicious too. I made this super easy and super quick Greek yogurt dip to go with some Russian Carrot Fritters I made, but this yogurt dip can easily be used on a baked potato or as a dip for a veggie platter. Here is the recipe. Continue reading Greek Yogurt Dip
Russian Carrot Patties
Have you ever had carrot fritters? I haven’t. That is until my friend Iya introduced me to them.
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Dark Chocolate Rose Petal Raspberry Bark
Our family loves dark chocolate anything, and they especially love this raspberry chocolate bark. Kids like it with vanilla ice cream, adults like it with a good cup of coffee or port. Either way, this Dark Chocolate Rose Petal Raspberry Bark is delicious! Here is the recipe.
