Broccoli pepper and cheese Breakfast casserole

This breakfast casserole is a quick and easy way of serving a breakfast for a crowd. It is a great alternative to making individual omelettes or baking a big quiche, its a very dish to put together and wins rave reviews when put on the table. This, plus toast or waffles, a gallon of orange … [Read more…]

Chilly Chicken(Indo Chinese style)

‘Chilly chicken’ is a dish available in most Chinese restaurants in India, which you hardly ever find in Chinese restaurants here. This dish comes from the unique ‘Indo Chinese’ cuisine in India. It’s the influence of Indian cuisine on Chinese cuisine, resulting in the best of both worlds experience. This type of food is supposed … [Read more…]

Greek Chicken Pasta

I think an addiction to cookbooks is something all foodies share…Not just cookbooks, but any book that has recipes in it…I was at the doctor’s office and was reading a magazine there, saw the recipe for ‘Greek chicken pasta’ in it – that used some of my favorite ingredients: artichokes, sun dried tomatoes, kalamata olives … [Read more…]

BRANana bread(Whole Wheat, Wheat Bran and Flax meal Banana bread)

If there is a food item I absolutely can’t stand, it is bananas. I mean, I won’t stay in the same room as you, if you were eating a banana. I don’t know why. I have always disliked bananas since I was a kid. DH though loves them. Opposites attract eh! Over the years, I … [Read more…]

16 bean Multi grain adai

I received a bag of ’16 bean soup mix’ as part of my MLLA win earlier this year. I have been wanting to use this rich mixture of beans in an innovative Indian recipe. I decided to make adai using this, and instead of using just rice, I combined quinoa, barley and brown rice, hence … [Read more…]

Chettinad Mushroom Biryani

The cuisine of Chettinad is always known for the bold use of spices and the right combination of spices. Non Vegetaraian specialties like chicken chettinad and chettinad mutton briyani are well known. But, to give the vegetarian the taste of these delicacies without meat, I made this Chettinad Mushroom Briyani. Here, the mushrooms are marinated … [Read more…]