Yet another recipe born out of our veggie garden. This is the first year, that I planted basil in our garden. Every year, I’ve tried growing basil from seeds, and for some reason I never had success with it. This year, I got a small basil plant and put it next to our tomato plants … [Read more…]
Adding one more to the recipes born out the fresh veggies from our garden. This year, we planted 3 different kinds of cherry tomatoes, in addition to the usual larger tomato varieties. ‘Sweet 100’ red cherry tomatoes, Orange cherry tomatoes and yellow pear tomatoes. There has been a steady supply of these little beauties, and … [Read more…]
Blogging Marathon #41: Week 4/ Day 2 Theme: Iron Rich Recipes for Kids Dish: Kung Pao Tofu Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing BM#41 For the second day of Iron rich recipes for Kids, I have ‘Kung Pao Tofu’. Many people are not aware that tofu is a great … [Read more…]
Blogging Marathon #31: Week 2/ Day 2 Theme: Members Choice – Casseroles Dish: Spaghetti Squash Gratin For the second week in the Blogging Marathon there are a variety of options available under the theme ‘Members choice’, where SriValli asked the BM members to give them their wish list of dishes to make and we are … [Read more…]
Blogging Marathon #31: Week 1/ Day 2 Theme: Meatless Dishes Dish: Tofu Cacciatore For the first week of the ‘Blogging Marathon’ I have chosen the theme as ‘Meatless Dishes’. I really am enjoying this challenge of converting meat dishes into meatless versions. Do check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing … [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…]