Hello and Happy Wednesday! Hope you are having a good week. Today I’d like to share with you a menu suggestion for a light and summery dinner perfect for an al fresco evening .
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Port Infused Summer Berry Cobbler
I made this delicious, and I mean really delicious cobbler for a dinner with friends last weekend that turned out better than I ever imagined – a summer blueberry and raspberry cobbler infused with port.
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Toasted Black Pepper & Cumin Fried Rice
Looking for a rice recipe all jazzed up with fragrant spices fried in ghee? This is the one to try. Its a delicious fried rice dish made with mixed veggies, toasted black pepper, cumin seeds, and curry leaves that are fried in fragrant ghee.
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Twenty Twenty Christmas & NYE with the Twins
Hello and Happy New Year’s Day! How was your New Year’s Eve? Festive? Plenty of cooking and baking? Lots of food? I hope you got to spend quality time with your family this year.
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Diwali Twenty Twenty with The Family
Oh what a year! Lockdowns, quarantines, bubbles, not seeing anyone, stay away from people! This pandemic has us all in a tizzy. How do we celebrate big milestones without seeing each other? It’s tough! Imagine our dilemma when we wanted to introduce our daughter’s boyfriend’s parents to our family for Diwali.
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Navratri Celebrations Twenty Twenty
Navratri celebrations are something our family especially the gals look forward to every year. It’s an opportunity for the ladies to get decked in our Indian fineries and meet with friends and family.
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Rakshabandan Twenty Twenty
Called the festival of sibling love, the Indian festival of Rakshabandan is observed in August and celebrates the unique bond that exists among siblings.
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Friday Flowers. Birthday Bouquets
Hello and good Friday to you all. How was your week? Good? Are you ready for the weekend? Around here our weather cooled down into the pleasant 70s and 80s this week. Just gorgeous weather! When the weather is this pleasant the garden especially the flowers love it. Continue reading Friday Flowers. Birthday Bouquets
Summer Birthday Brunch and Dinner. Menus Worth Replicating
Hello and a good Monday to you all. How was your weekend? Relaxing? Quiet? Busy? I hope you had a chance to not do anything for a bit. For us it was a very quiet weekend, and for me – it was a very relaxing weekend.
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Father’s Day Celebration Menu
A good Monday to you. I hope your week is starting off well. How was your weekend? How was Father’s Day Sunday? For us our weekend was very relaxing. We just hung out with the family as we celebrated Father’s Day at home. We spent time at the pool and made a few of Hitesh’s favorite foods. Continue reading Father’s Day Celebration Menu