If you are like me, you get host-crazy when you have people for dinner, or when you throw a party, especially in the side-dish, condiment area. Like everyone else, I have some go-to main meals when I have people over, but its the side dishes that I have trouble nailing. I always keep wanting to … [Read more…]
I see the different events created and hosted by fellow foodies, as an invitation to try new dishes, as a challenge and something that caters to my quest for trying different kinds of foods. For ‘Cooking with Seeds – Fenugreek’ event, I wanted to try something I had not tried before. I got this recipe … [Read more…]
Breakfast, all the more you hear about how important the meal is, but more and more I see myself skipping this meal, or settling for a bowl of cold mushy cereal. Not that I hate cereal, but I hate the fact that I have so much to do in the mornings, that breakfast tends to … [Read more…]
This is my Meatball Saga II. I used a batch of frozen meatballs from my recipe here, to make the classic Spaghetti with meatballs. I had some cherry tomatoes that I got for a really good price at the wholesale market and decided to make a sauce out of it for the spaghetti, than use … [Read more…]
In an attempt to eat healthy and also stretch the dollar, I soak and sprout at least two types of beans every week. Sometimes I use them right away, and sometimes I freeze the sprouted beans, to make an easy curry or dal. Last week, I had frozen some horse gram sprouts with the hope … [Read more…]
The FIFA fever is over and Spain triumphs…What joy for a nation to see their team be champion…It was a great world cup season, with some great favorites dropping off(like my favorite team: Argentina) and some unexpected teams soaring up. Some highlights of the tournament, apart from the games themselves: Octopus Paul and his predictions, … [Read more…]