Sometimes when I think of vegetables I can picture them as dainty or dashing, pretty or handsome. Tomatoes for example are beautiful – when they are in the basket with other veggies, all eyes are on tomatoes. While dark eggplant, potatoes, onions, and mushrooms look handsome.
With handsome vegetables like mushrooms and caramelized onions what you have with this recipe is a vegetarian mushroom sandwich that will satisfy the taste buds of all genders.
When I’m in one of my lazy salad moods, even making a salad with a simple vinaigrette seems like a lot of work. At these times, I toss together a salad that requires just a drizzle of olive oil and vinegar, salt & pepper – and that’s it.
Continue reading Simple SaladThis is a recipe I got from watching Barefoot Contessa’s show on Food Network. Ina Garten was making a beautiful goat cheese tart with thinly sliced zucchini. It looked positively gorgeous. But I am not a big fan of zucchini – no offense to zucchini fans. This recipe also called to make a homemade pastry crust – and I am not a fan of that either.
I decided to take Ina Garten’s recipe and make it my own. I used a store bought frozen piecrust (the kind you have to roll out) for the goat cheese tart, and instead of zucchini I used a jar of sundried tomatoes as my topping. To turn this delectable tart into a meal – I served it on Sunday evening with a tossed green salad as part of my Sunday Salad routine. Continue reading Goat Cheese Tart with Sundried Tomatoes
Here is a wonderful salad with the sweetness of apples and pungent tang of bleu cheese dressing.
Continue reading Apples, Mixed Greens & Arugula Salad with Bleu Cheese DressingIf you are looking for a change from the usual vinaigrettes, try this creamy bleu cheese dressing on your next salad.
Continue reading Bleu Cheese DressingRaita, an Indian yogurt side dish is very popular in our house. It’s basically yogurt with raw vegetables such as tomatoes, onions, cilantro and cucumbers along with some spices.
Continue reading Raita. Indian Yogurt Side Dish with Tomatoes and OnionsHere is a recipe for a delicious okra stir fry one that my Mom used to make when I was growing up. It’s a winner of a recipe with minimal spices and all the goodness of okra. Give it a try!
Continue reading Roasted Pan Sautéed OkraI made a caramelized shallots, baby spinach, and ricotta stuffing for ravioli that Rani and her friends were making from scratch at her birthday party, and I ended up with some extra stuffing leftover. Caramelized Shallots, Spinach and Ricotta Ravioli. The stuffing was so delicious that I used it the next day to make a fluffy frittata.
Continue reading Caramelized Shallots and Ricotta FrittataFor a different take on ramen noodles try this Indian spiced stir fried noodles packed with vegetables and Indian spices.
Continue reading Indian Spiced NoodlesThis risotto has the delicate flavor of leeks combined with pepper and arugula. What’s unique with this recipe is i used the instapot to make my risotto.
Continue reading Spring Risotto with Leeks, Peppers & Arugula
