Vegetarian South Beach Diet Phase One recipe of the Month: Asparagus, Red Pepper and Goat Cheese Frittata

I love Frittatas, it is such a great dish that can be eaten for breakfast, lunch or dinner and this recipe introduced me to the tart, creamy goodness of goat cheese. I never realized goat cheese was so good. Now I like goat cheese on my pizza and on salads too. I’m absolutely in love … [Read more…]

Pancake Mix Mini Blueberry Muffins

Although I am a fan of making everything from scratch, I do opt for some shortcuts when I am too tired to do the full meal deal. One such shortcut is pancake mix. I am talking about the kind of mix where you just add water and are ready to make pancakes. I very rarely … [Read more…]

Whey Protein Powder Pancakes(Low carb/High Protein)

Blogging Marathon #31: Week 2/ Day 1 Theme: Members Choice – Non-Indian Breakfast Dish: Whey Protein Powder Pancakes This week’s Blogging Marathon theme is Members choice, where SriValli asked the BM members to give them their wish list of dishes to make and we are required to pick one of those items. Do check out … [Read more…]

Wheat Flour Sweet Paniyaram/Wheat Flour Unniyappam/Wheat Flour Banana Appe

Paniyaram is a dish that has a unique meaning to people in my family. It is almost always associated with memories of my aunt whose favorite dish it was and she being unable to talk, there is a sign she used for paniyaram, asking my grandma to make it for her. I dedicate this post … [Read more…]

Peanut Butter Almond Flour Muffins(Low carb/Sugar free/Gluten free/Low fat)

The biggest challenge about following a low carb diet, was to figure out what to have for breakfast. For a vegetarian, eggs are the obvious choice, but even when you try out different variations of eating eggs, it tends to grow old on you at some point, and you start wanting to eat some other … [Read more…]

Kumbakonam Kadappa – Moong dal curry – Side Dish for Idli/Dosa/Idiyappam

Kadappa – I had first tasted this dish at one of my neighbors place as a side dish for idly and I was immediately fell in love with it. Traditionally from Kumbakonam, this dish is not something that is known outside of that area. I had gotten the recipe from my neighbor and scrawled it … [Read more…]