Blogging Marathon #46: Week 1/Day 2 Theme: Kid Friendly Dishes with Nuts and Legumes Dish: Chickpea Salad Wraps/Garbanzo Bean Salad Wraps I first came across the recipe for a mashed chickpea salad here, when I was searching for a healthy alternative to a potato salad or an egg salad. I decided to give this a … [Read more…]
Blogging Marathon #45: Week 2/ Day 1 Theme: Muffins/Cakes with Fruits/Vegetables Dish:Coconut Flour Zucchini Muffins I took a break in the month of September as all of my other blogging marathon buddies were doing a mega marathon, and I was too busy visiting their blogs and being awed at how they managed to pull something … [Read more…]
Blogging Marathon #41: Week 4/ Day 1 Theme: Low Carb Recipes Dish: Almond flour pancakes For the second week of the Blogging Marathon, I have chosen the theme of ‘Low Carb Recipes’. When I saw this announced as one of themes for Blogging Marathon I got reallly excited. I wanted to post recipes that were … [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…]
Pot de crème is a french custard dessert very similar to crème brulee. It is usually made by using egg yolks, cream and sugar and is usually a high fat, high sugar dessert. I have managed to make it a bit healthier by using low fat cottage cheese and using a sugar substitute, thereby reducing … [Read more…]