After a weekend visiting friends in Baltimore, eating cupcakes, Easter candy, and Berger cookies (if you’re in Baltimore you KNOW) and drinking hot chocolate, mimosas, and cappuccinos… I’m ready for something on the healthier side today. Well, semi-healthy. Granola is one of my favorite snacks to have around. I almost always have a tupperware of my peanut butter & jelly granola, pumpkin granola, vanilla almond granola, or granola clusters on hand, and bowls of this chocolate crunch granola are the next best thing when all you’re craving are chocolate candy bars....

Chocolate ganache is a 1:1 mixture of chocolate and warm cream. Stirred until smooth, silky, and shiny, ganache is a staple in any baker’s kitchen. It’s not only easy and quick, it’s uniquely versatile. Chocolate ganache can be used with so many dessert recipes as a filling, dip, spread, frosting, topping, or layer in a cake. The uses are virtually endless! It’s not as syrupy and caramel-like as hot fudge sauce, but it does thicken considerably....

These loaded desi nachos are a perfect blend of Indian and Mexican cultures. You are going to fall in love with this recipe because every bite takes you back to the streets of India, enjoying chaat recipes. It reminds me most of papdi chaat, but make it fancy! This recipe is layered with delicious corn tortilla chips, cheese, potatoes, chickpeas and bold spices, which I think makes it super delicious....

Why You’ll Fall In Love With This Apple Delight Fast and Easy. Instant Pot Apple Butter is ready in under 30 minutes, thanks to the magic of pressure cooking. It’s a quick and hassle-free way to enjoy the flavors of fall without spending hours in the kitchen.Flavorful and Versatile. This apple butter recipe is bursting with the warm, comforting flavors of cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. Plus, you can customize it with your preferred level of sweetness, making it perfect for everyone....

What Makes This Instant Pot Ham And Bean Soup So Good Yes, low carb beans! A feasible keto bean substitute! One of my readers Sharon asked me a while ago to make a dish with low carb beans. An oxymoron if you’ve ever heard one, right? Wrong. Sharon told me about black soybeans and said they were relatively low in carbs. So I looked them up and lo and behold, she was right!...

There are innumerable traditional recipes prepared with it and by far the most simple and classic recipe is kobbari pachadi or coconut chutney in all its variations. There are certain pachadis or chutneys that are so simple, which can be prepared at a moment’s notice and yet taste divine. Coriander coconut chutney, is one such classic example of an irresistable chutney that is easy to prepare, nutritious and flavorful. A treasured recipe like kothimira kobbari pachadi can give even the most exotic culinary creations a run for its money....

Have you ever tried my go-to muffin recipe before? It’s a standard muffin base I use for a variety of flavors, and with a couple simple tweaks, you can go from spiced peach streusel muffins to fresh lemon poppy seed muffins. When you have a solid and forgiving baking recipe, the possibilities are endless. One reader, Prince, commented: “This one is perfection. Light, fluffy, slightly lemony. Great crumb and crust....

It might sound a bit crazy to turn carrots into a Mexican sharing dish, but we have raw veggies and dips right? These are based on my Baked Parmesan Carrot Fries but kicked up a notch with those delicious Mexican flavours! Loaded Mexican-Style Carrot Fries is the kind of food you put on the table in front of your kids and they go ‘Yay!!!’ because it looks like gorgeous, colourful party food....

Salad tends to be included on the menu of big holiday meals like Thanksgiving just to provide a little balance, but ends up being a background dish no one really cares about. Next to the turkey, herbed stuffing, candied sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, and homemade rolls, salad is white noise. (Or is that green noise?) But if the host asked you to “bring a salad,” you’re about to have the last laugh....

Each region has its version of Masala Puri aka Ragda Puri. A Chaat special that has curried peas aka ragda as a topping over crushed puris, a smothering of meeta chutney and green chutney and finished off with sev. A popular quick eat that is lip smacking delicious! 1 Heat oil in a vessel, add the cumin seeds and let them splutter. Add green chillis and grated ginger and saute for 4-5 seconds....

Why You’ll Love This Quick Dinner Idea Fast. A quick meal that is ready in under 30 minutes. Easy. Use a premade pizza crust for a simple dish that even the kids can help make.Customizable. Use your favorite toppings to make a flavor combination you’re sure to love. Ingredients You’ll Need Ground Beef- Ground beef serves as the savory and protein-rich base for your Mexican pizza. Refried Beans- Refried beans add a creamy and flavorful layer to the pizza crust....

Let me invite you into my coffee-loving world. A world where my Keurig never gets a break, breakfast blend flows like water, the crew at DD know my coffee order (that’s embarrassing), and my French press gets more attention than the waffle maker on a Sunday. A world where this espresso chocolate chip cake exists. A world where it is not only acceptable to put coffee in cookies, but encouraged....

A few days ago, I made an Okra fry to go with rotis. Its a slightly different version of the okra fry recipe I blogged earlier. I tend to go back to this Andhra style okra fry recipe often because of its simplicity and tantalizing flavors. The tempering ingredients along with the roasting of the okra yield an incredible flavor. Do try this Indian vegetable recipe which makes for a delectable side with rice and sambar or pappu pulusu and rotis....

Easy one-pot pasta dinners are my favourite on busy weeknights. I’m a bit of a creamy-cheesy sauce addict when it comes to sauces, but this is a lighter version that uses just a little Parmesan and some milk, rather than lots of heavy cream. It means this dish feels nice and light, but still with plenty of flavour. Lovely lightly creamy tender pasta with juicy chicken and plenty of slightly-al dente broccoli (add the broccoli a few minutes earlier if you like it softer, but I like mine with a little bit of bite to it)....

I love this as a lighter dinner that still has the comfort of pasta and a creamy sauce.I’m often guilty of cooking too much pasta, but this recipe, with the addition of the spiralized courgetti (zucchini) reminds me to reduce it down a little, whilst still making sure I get a nice, decent portion size! You can replace the pasta entirely with courgetti (zoodles) if you like, but I can’t live without my pasta....

A variation on the classic French cheese quiche, this Parmesan and leek quiche is rich and flavorful. When I was studying abroad in France, every day for lunch I would walk to the pastry shop near my university and treat myself to an individual quiche fromage — a delicious little habit that quickly cost me all my skinny jeans. Over 20 years later, it is still one of my favorite things to eat....

Snowball cookies have been around for ages, and are called by many names around the world. There’s just something so irresistible about these sweet-snow-covered cookies. They’re uniquely buttery and dense with a crumbly, melt-in-your-mouth texture. I love all their many variations, and today’s peppermint version is definitely a new holiday favorite. (And these pistachio cookies are always a popular choice!) While classic snowball cookies often include chopped nuts for added texture, today we’re replacing those with festive candy cane bits....

This recipe is brought to you in partnership with Red Star Yeast. Is there anything more appetizing than pulling apart a warm, soft roll to reveal a gooey cheese center, a little puff of steam escaping? Add to that the smells of freshly baked bread and pizza, garlic butter, and Italian seasonings. Oh my gosh… is your mouth watering yet? My taste testers raved about these pull apart pizza rolls, and especially loved them dipped in some warm pizza sauce....

I first tasted Pomodoro sauce at a local Italian restaurant and was immediately hooked. The bright, fresh tomato flavor, combined with the aromatic garlic and basil, was absolutely heavenly. I knew I had to learn how to make it myself. So, I set out on a mission to find the perfect sauce recipe. I scoured the internet and cookbooks, trying out different variations and tweaking them to my liking. And after much experimentation, I finally hit upon the perfect combination of ingredients and techniques....