We all crave a hot bowl of soup as the weather cools down, and some of my favorites this time of year are my awesome lentil soup and this delicious tomato soup. The minestrone soup I have for you today is another favorite and I love cooking a big pot of it to eat whenever the craving strikes. A classic minestrone is a thick soup with veggies, beans and pasta, all cooked together in one pot....

A fruit crisp like this vegan rhubarb crisp, with a gooey filling and a crispy topping, is ultra-delicious for breakfast. And with gorgeous, colorful stone fruit flooding the markets right now, here’s another crisp recipe to fall in love with: an easy vegan fruit crisp made with peaches and plums. I make this gluten-free crisp several times during summer, when stone fruit like peaches and plums are at their peak....

Pasta and legumes are made for each other. Together they are perfectly nutritious and delicious vegan eats because they pack a huge protein and fiber wallop. They also offer a perfect opportunity to create pasta dishes that are low-fat or even fat-free and utterly flavorful. My Slow Cooker Lentil Bolognese recipe today is a perfect example of a pasta sauce that’s meaty, delicious, healthy and – best of all– easy....

Train journeys in India are the stuff of mystery, drama and good eats. Mystery because you may have waited an hour in line to get your reserved seat but when you’re actually in the train there’s no guarantee that seat is going to be empty and waiting for you. And if you’re the kind that shirks from some yelling and threatening and asserting, rest assured you will be standing for however long it takes to make the journey....

It’s dead easy as well. Just combine all the ingredients in the blender. Marinate the chicken. Grill. Smile. This is the stuff of roadside Mom and Pop grills in Southern California. El Pollo this or El Pollo that. If you’ve been, you know what I’m talking about. If you haven’t – just make this. It’ll be like you were there. It is absolutely addictive stuff. Even when it’s bad, it’s pretty good....

on Jan 25, 2017, Updated Aug 27, 2020 Guys we are doing popcorn chicken today but making it totally guilt free because it’s still January. And we haven’t forgotten all our resolutions yet. Except the one about not stuffing our face. But I’m definitely making it easier. With this KFC style Baked Popcorn Chicken so that you can stuff your face as much as you want. Ain’t that the best?...

A reader requested a recipe for uthappam and this past weekend I decided to do one better: I tried out a healthier version of this already waist-friendly snack. A Brown Rice Uthappam. If you’ve never run into an uthappam before, think of it as a chubby, onion-flecked coconut chutney crossed with an idly. The basic ingredients in all three recipes are the same– rice and udad dal– but the technique makes a world of difference to their final textures and even flavor....

Not like any chickpea salad you have ever had before. It’s great warm or cold. It’s fun that way. The only thing to remember is you will need to adjust the salt up a bit if you are serving cold. And maybe add a little squeeze of lemon juice. Maybe. Try it both ways. Spiced oil makes chana chaat work. Every chickpea gets coated. So there’s big flavour in every single bite....

on Oct 10, 2018, Updated Aug 24, 2020 This chicken florentine pasta has to be one of my most favourite pasta dishes ever! I simply cannot get enough of how that creamy sauce pools into those pasta shells and coats them so that every time you scoop them up, you have chicken and spinach and lots of sauce with the pasta! Sounds delicious, right?! I’m not making a bechamel sauce to create that creamy base....

Braising is a great way to cook. With chicken, though, the price you pay is flabby skin. Keeping the skin above the surface of the liquid keeps it from softening. Braised flavour with crunch. Delicious. Perfectly cooked, tender chicken basted in that luscious sauce. It’s the kind of thing that can only come from delicately simmering chicken in a rich stock. A humble and yet wonderful dining experience. Comfort food....

on Sep 18, 2017, Updated Jul 07, 2020 Guys we are making life even better than it was with these mighty awesome chipotle chicken meal prep lunch bowls. And I’m sharing these on a Monday in the hope that you will get inspired and spend an hour tonight prepping these for the week. But maybe thats asking for too much, and I’m sorry if expecting a little extra work on Monday is wrong....

on Jun 06, 2019, Updated Sep 26, 2024 You can’t go wrong when you blend yogurt, mangoes, milk and lots of ice to a thick, creamy and slightly frozen consistency. Lassi is our go to drink when it gets crazy hot outside. It’s full of probiotics from the yogurt and keeps you full for a while. So what feels like an indulgence is actually healthy too. Check out: The Ultimate Guide – How to cut a mango!...

on Dec 04, 2017, Updated Aug 25, 2020 It’s Monday and I wanted to bring to you an incredibly easy but indulgent recipe. I’m clearly not a believer in Meatless Monday which is why we see all kinds of stuff on this blog on Mondays. I know the start of the week is crazy for most of us, but we just need to take a minute at the end of the day and indulge a little bit....

on May 02, 2022, Updated Sep 26, 2024 Raita is such a great way to complete any Indian meal, don’t you think? Whether it’s the basic everyday lunch of roti, sabzi, dal and rice or that Sunday special biryani, adding a raita to the mix always makes things more fun. Plus it also helps that making raita is such a quick and simple process – and this cucumber raita is no exception....

Clean flavours. Bright. Tasty. Super easy to make. And versatile. There’s not a lot not to like about this. Unless you want authentic Indian. This is not that. This is my go to restaurant style mint raita. Restaurants outside of India that is. I don’t think you’d find this Indian mint sauce anywhere in India. It’s a mint dip really. A little thinner than a classic raita. Sweet. I actually don’t know why it works....

One of the reasons why these easy vegan Buttermilk Drop Biscuits are a favorite weekend breakfast at our home is that not only are they super quick to put together, not only are they mindnumbingly delicious, but they’re also so very versatile. And they’re golden and crispy and crumbly. Desi can smear on some jam on them to satisfy his sweet tooth (they are absolutely amazing with some homemade rhubarb jam – recipe coming next!...

Ginger beef stir fry is usually more of a Chinese dish. Soy, cornstarch. Orange zest sometimes. Definitely Chinese. And it’s a pretty good dish. No reason not to stick with your favourite. Unless you want something different. Mix it up. Go for big tastes. Then this might be for you. It’s big on southeast Asian flavours. Totally different. Vietnamese style ginger beef stir fry This is not like Chinese ginger beef stir fry at all....

There’s absolutely nothing to making home made roast beef sandwich meat. It’s only slightly harder than boiling water. Or making ice. Take a nice hunk of top sirloin. Roast it in a 275F oven until it reaches an internal temperature of 125F. Have some for dinner. Refrigerate the rest. Slice against the grain. Pile on bread. Eat. At full price top sirloin costs about the same per pound as commercial roast beef sandwich “meat”....

Late summer, when tomatoes are in full flush, is a great time to make recipes like marinara sauce, tomato onion masala sauce and tomato compote, which can be frozen or canned for use over the winter. Another of my favorite tomato recipes to make this time of year, one I can use for nearly any Italian dish over the next few months, is this delicious and super easy fresh tomato sauce....

on Jan 25, 2019, Updated Aug 24, 2020 What if I told you that you could turn all your kitchen scraps 👆👆 into a flavorful, tasty stock 👇🏻👇🏻 and don’t need to throw them away anymore! And that’s exactly what I’ve been doing for the last few months and its life changing. We eat a lot of veggies everyday, and we generate a fair amount of kitchen scraps. Kitchen scraps are basically peels, ends, leaves or roots that you would normally throw away....