Happy New Year friends! Holiday season has come to an end and so has the season of indulgence. It’s time for a detox and to rejuvenate ourselves, so we can feel our best in this new year. For the month of January, the recipes I will be posting will focus more on healthy balanced eating. The recipes will still be scrumptious because healthy eating doesn’t equate to eating grilled chicken and steamed veggies everyday (Boring!). My first recipe post for this year is a delish lemon garlic spaghetti ...
Vegetarian
Spinach and onion Quiche (No cream added!)
Spinach is one of my favorite greens to eat, it always has been since I was a kid. My husband absolutely despises spinach and he finds me to be really strange for loving it. I love spinach in my salads, I also enjoy sautéing it with garlic and olive oil, or cooking it with Indian cheese. My other absolute favorite but slightly indulgent way of consuming this healthy green is in a quiche. The temperatures have dropped in Dallas these last couple of weeks, so I turned my daily craving for ...
Grilled romaine lettuce salad with roasted butternut squash salsa
It’s been a while since I have enjoyed a good crunchy hearty salad. I’ll be honest I am not an avid salad eater, but usually in the summer I get into a salad eating kick. A week ago, I got a major craving for a salad while watching an episode of the chef’s life (PBS cooking show).On the show, the chef was making a scrumptious grilled lettuce and persimmon salad. Taking inspiration from the show, I recreated my version of a grilled lettuce salad. I swapped the persimmon for butternut squash, ...
Simple and Easy potato au gratin
My best friend from California recently came down for a visit and we had the best time cooking, eating, and trying out new restaurants. My friend is a major foodie like me and is a great cook. During her stay, she was gracious enough to teach me how to make her easy potato au gratin. She got this recipe from her co-worker who is originally from Switzerland, so this recipe is French inspired. This is probably the simplest recipe for potato au gratin and I am obsessed with it. A few years ago, ...
Sautéed green beans with toasted almonds
Sautéed green beans with toasted almonds are my favorite way to eat string beans. Green beans taste pretty bland on their own, but when you sauté it with a little garlic, chili flakes, lemon zest they taste damn delicious. The recipe I am sharing with you today is my take on a classic French green bean dish. Green beans are packed with nutrients, they are rich in protein and fiber. Another interesting fact about green beans is that scientifically they are classified as a fruit and not ...
20-minute simple pumpkin sage soup
Pumpkin season began a while go and I am only now sharing a pumpkin recipe on the blog. Well it's better to be late than not share at all, so here it is my 20-minute simple pumpkin sage soup which is a perfect first course for your thanksgiving meal or any meal. If you have read my blog for a while, you know that I spent the first ten years of my life in India. In India, I don’t ever remember eating a pumpkin or even carving a pumpkin. Halloween was not a holiday we celebrated and so the ...
Palak paneer (spinach with Indian cheese)
Palak paneer is the most popular vegetarian dish in North India. It consists of soft Indian cheese called paneer cooked in a smooth spinach (palak) curry. This dish is one of my all-time favorite Indian dishes. I love palak paneer so much that when I finally got the chance to return to India after eight long years, it was the first thing I requested my grandmother to make. Of course, my parents had made delicious palak paneer for me many times, but nothing beats the version made by my grandma ...
Sautéed Butternut squash with kale and feta
This butternut squash with kale and feta recipe did not pan out the way I had intended. My original plan was to make a butternut squash tart with kale and feta, but when I made a test version, I loved the filling more than the tart as a whole. I re-tested it again as a simple sautéed side dish and I loved the outcome, so here I am sharing it with you all. This could be the perfect side dish on your holiday table this year. My kitchen is my science lab where I experiment with the dishes that I ...
Spinach and swiss chard green soup
Green soup probably doesn’t sound the most appetizing, but trust me when I tell you, this soup is surprisingly delicious, comforting, and not to mention, super nutritious. I crave it all the time. Here in Dallas, it’s been gloomy and raining the past few days. It’s finally beginning to feel like autumn is here. Which means it’s time for oversized sweaters, cozy blankets, holiday seasons, and comforting food. Though I enjoy cooler weather, it makes me crave comfort foods that are not ...
The ultimate sweet & savory grilled cheese
Last week, I made this peach chutney using the scrumptious end of summer peaches. If you haven’t checked out that recipe yet, here it is again. It’s a combination of sweet, savory, spicy, and tangy flavors that your taste buds will love. My favorite way of eating it has been to spread it on a seeded cracker topped with a bit of cheese. Its utterly delightful, but eventually I ran out of crackers. Normal humans would’ve gotten bored and moved on to something else, but not me. When I love ...