Blogging Marathon #31: Week 1/ Day 1 Theme: Meatless Dishes Dish: Methi soya chunk curry If you have been blogging for a while, you always hit a lull period where you don’t have the same enthusiasm you had when you originally started the blog. I have been in that phase for a while now, and … [Read more…]
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…]
Every cuisine in the world has its repertoire of ‘leftover makeover’ recipes. From our very own south Indian idly upma to the spaghetti torte in Italian cuisine, all good cooks invent ways and means of using up leftovers that often tend to be more delicious than the original dish. Migas is one such dish, that … [Read more…]
Butter beans aka Cranberry beans are available fresh in India when they are in season. Although a rarity, and hence very expensive, dad always bought it if he found it was available and mom would make a tasty dry masala with these beans to go with some kind of mixed rice. It was always a … [Read more…]
I got the opportunity after what seems to be years, to go to the book shop all by myself this week. It’s amazing how the little things in life change after you’ve had a baby. I never thought I would miss going to the movie theater or to the book shop, but I do. With … [Read more…]
I had posted my Food Find: Shirataki Noodles earlier, and this noodle has become an integral part of my low carb lifestyle, especially for my packed lunch to work. My stir fry recipe was getting a bit too boring, and I was looking for some new ways to make my shirataki zero carb noodle. As … [Read more…]