With going on the ‘South Beach Diet’ I have started to add a lot of beans and lentils to my diet. Beans and Legumes are a wonderful way to add protein to a vegetarian diet. I have also started soaking and bulk cooking my own beans, as opposed to buying canned beans, to avoid the … [Read more…]
Broccoli maybe one of the most detested vegetables..universally. It is so not the case in our house, I buy broccoli, almost every time I go grocery shopping and my toddler son just loves it. Serve it steamed, roasted, in a sandwich or in a soup – it is always a sure hit. Come fall season, … [Read more…]
I am not usually an instinct buyer. I write my grocery list – and kind of stick to it. The down side to that is of course, when I go in without a list, and I am completely lost. Only then I open my eyes to things I normally don’t pay attention to, like the … [Read more…]
If there is a dish that has innumerable ways of making it, or no real set way of making it, its a salad. You can throw just about anything edible together and call it a ‘salad’. Thats the beauty of the thing. Also, the notion of anything that is called a salad is ‘healthy’ is … [Read more…]
Boraani Esfenaaj is the Iranian version of the Indian raita. Most often served with meat and rice dishes as a a side, it is a cool and refreshing salad of spinach and yogurt. Boraani means salad in Iranian and Esfenaaj means spinach. It is a very simple preparation where you saute the spinach, cool it … [Read more…]
The theme for this months AWED(A Worldly Epicureans Delight) Event started by DK, is Burma. I was really excited about this because I have Burmese neighbors who happen to have South Indian heritage. And Burmese food, is a mixture of the 125 ethnic cultures that it holds, and so is as versatile as Indian cuisine … [Read more…]