Almond Energy Blast – A Soy Almond Smoothie

This is a super delicious, super filling, life saver smoothie that has become a staple for breakfast. It is creamy and delicious and at the same time filling and nutritious. Take only a few minutes to whip up together. I had found this recipe in one of the South Beach Diet cookbooks and absolutely fell … [Read more…]

Kesar Badam Burfi/Halwa(Saffron Almond Fudge)

Off late, I have been on a pantry cleaning spree, and have been cooking up delicious dishes from fellow bloggers. The menu has been tailored to emptying some of the ‘close to expiry’ ingredients in my pantry – mostly because I am moving, and I want to take that as an oppurtunity to ‘eat my … [Read more…]

Cappelletti with Sundried Tomato n Almond Pesto

‘Cappelletti’ are small hat shaped pasta, that is very similar to its stuffed cousin toretlloni. I found it as an interesting shape and picked it up from Costco last week. Thinking of what sauce to toss it in, I remembered I had bookmarked a Sundried Tomato Pesto recipe by Giada. I absolutely love the tartness … [Read more…]

Home Made “Almond Roca” Candy / Chocolate Almond Buttercrunch

I had once bought a candy thermometer when it was on sale, with the idea of making ‘MysorePak’. I have never made it from scratch and finding the correct consistency of the sugar syrup for this Indian sweet made from besan/chickpea flour is very important and I had seen a recipe which has made this … [Read more…]

Bread Badam Halwa/ Almond Bread Halwa

I am happy to announce my first contest win. Yep, I recieved an email that my blog was selected as this week’s winner for the Foodie Blogroll “Comment to Win – Naturally Knocked Up – e-course” contest! I am super elated that I won a course as my win that will help me learn the healing effects … [Read more…]