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Prepared a simple, colorful and flavorful salad using avocado and ripe mango for lunch today. Refreshing with combination of textures – both avocado and mango being creamy, and lettuce providing a bit of crunch, the salad has a mingling of savory and sweet flavors. Perfect hot weather salad that is simply outstanding. One of the best refreshing salads I have had in recent times. In a bowl, whisk 1 crushed garlic, a tbsp of lemon juice, a tbsp of olive oil, salt and crushed pepper to taste and a tbsp of honey....

Why You’ll Love This Easy Meal Effortless Preparation. If you’re looking for a dish that practically cooks itself, this is it. With just a handful of ingredients and minimal steps, you’ll have a satisfying pasta meal without spending hours in the kitchen.Creamy and Flavorful. The creamy texture of baked feta combined with roasted cherry tomatoes and aromatic herbs creates a luscious sauce that coats every pasta strand, making each bite a burst of flavor....

Batata Bhaji is a staple food I grew up eating. Something about it is just so comforting and brings back so many wonderful memories!! I can eat this dish any day!! Infact as a kid I loved this recipe so much that I would ask mom to make this or potato fry at-least once a week. This is one of those recipes where ease and taste both are easy to achieve and there is hardly any scope to go wrong....

1 Wash the okra, dry them, chop tip and tail ends. Chop into 1/2″ pieces. 2 Heat oil in a cooking vessel. Once the oil is hot, reduce heat to medium flame, add the mustard seeds, let them splutter, add the cumin seeds and let them brown. Add the curry leaves, stir them for a few seconds. 4 Add the chopped onions and saute till transparent. Add the okra and turmeric pwd and combine....

Up close and personal. ↑ ↑ Those syrupy berries, that golden brown biscuit crust, the necessary vanilla ice cream topper. It’s funny that out of the hundreds of recipes on my website, I’m declaring this the one and only dessert you should make this summer. Consider this the easier way to enjoy your favorite sweet summer berries without the work of a full pie and pie crust. Forget the others (but maybe not you, key lime pie) and let’s make mixed berry cobbler!...

Boondi raita is a curd aka yogurt based Indian condiment that’s served as a side with flavored rice like pulao, jeera rice or aloo paratha. Raita is an integral part of North Indian cuisine and there are numerous raita varieties that are also served as salad. The popular every day raita in most homes across India is onion or onion-tomato raita followed by cucumber raita and boondi raita. In South Indian cuisine, raita is more popularly known as pachadi which usually calls for a tempering aka tadka of spices like mustards seeds, asafoetida, dry red chilis and fresh curry leaves that is poured over the pachadi just before serving....

Why You’ll Want These On Your Dinner Table Quick and Easy. Ready in under 30 minutes, these biscuits are a hassle-free delight, perfect for busy mornings or impromptu gatherings.Minimal Ingredients. With just a handful of pantry staples, you can create a batch of biscuits that will leave you and your guests craving more.Buttery Goodness. The secret to these biscuits lies in the “butter swim,” a technique that bathes each biscuit in a pool of melted butter during baking, ensuring a rich, buttery flavor and an unbelievably tender texture....

We’re letting the oven do most of the work with this simple, slightly spicy fish dinner. No searing or par-boiling required, the potato wedges and the cod are simply coated in spices and oil, then baked until tender. I love making this as a bit of a change from traditional cod and chips. Plus it helps that it’s simpler to make with no deep frying required. A great way to spice up your weeknight dinners....

Let’s put the healthier eating on hold for a sec. Quick, what’s your favorite candy bar? Mine are Snicker’s. I like to keep little bite sized snickers bars around for a small little treat every now and then—I like them frozen. Am I the only one who likes frozen Snicker’s bars? Besides you, Mom! Anyway, I went a little crazy recently and added anything and everything “snickers-y” into a layered dessert bar....

Cauliflower Breadsticks | Keto Breadsticks These Cauliflower Breadsticks are infused with a ton of flavor from the Italian spices and the cheese and garlic. They’re a perfect side dish pairing for a Keto Italian meal. These are breadsticks you don’t have to feel guilty eating, and they’re really very good. What Makes your Cauliflower Breadsticks | Keto Breadsticks so different from the other recipes out there? Everyone and their cat has recipes for cauliflower breadsticks....

Checkerboard cake probably seems a like a huge question mark to most. How? Where? WHYYYYY? Some crazy special cake pan? What is going on?! I’m always majorly impressed when I see them, but had no idea how laughably simple they are to prepare. And I think you’ll be surprised too! And… another side note. Can I admit to you that I used to have zero cake and cupcake decorating skills?...

Do you like your curry hot? I like a hot curry every now and then, but not so hot you can’t taste the flavours and you’re sweating at the table! This curry can be made as hot as you like. We’re using madras hot curry powder for the heat, but you can add in more heat with fresh chillies, or less heat by swapping out the madras powder for regular medium or mild curry powder....

I’m a huge fan of stews, and while spring fluctuates between cool and warm temperatures, I cook a mix of different dishes at home. Last week, I made this brilliant, bright red version of chicken paprikash that I knew I had to share with you. This is my version of the hearty Hungarian stew, a comforting dish that I love eating with hot, toasted slices of buttered sourdough, steamed farro, or rice....

Inspired by one of my favorite summertime treats, this recipe gives “cake and ice cream” a whole new meaning. Tell Me About These Chocolate Cupcakes With Mint Chip Frosting Taste: There’s just something so refreshing and decadent about the marriage of mint and chocolate. The deep chocolate cupcakes balance out a perfectly sweet and minty (but not overpowering) frosting on top. If you’ve tried this mint chocolate cake or these mint chocolate chip cheesecake brownies before, you’ll adore today’s cupcakes....

*A double dose of chocolate. Let’s get back in touch with candy addiction today. I took a break from candy when my book tour ended earlier this year. My teeth hurt. But actually, my candy thermometer broke. Overuse perhaps? Or maybe because I dropped it into a sink full of water. Again. But we won’t be needing that thing today because all you need to make truffles is a spoon....

This recipe was created in collaboration with Num Noms as part of their #NumNomsCrazyCreations campaign. S’mores baked doughnuts are totally dangerous. A little nibble every time someone walks past the box in the kitchen, and twelve can be gone in less than 24 hours. That might be ok for a family of six, but there are only four of us! When Num Noms asked me to create a recipe based on their new Series 3 characters, I honed in on the doughnut and marshmallow straight away....

Why You’ll Want To Whip This Up Fast. A quick no cook recipe that will be ready to enhance your next meal in under 30 minutes. Easy. Follow a few simple instructions for a tasty bite anyone can recreate. Vegetarian. Brightens your favorite vegetarian dishes while keeping things perfectly meat-free.Versatile. Customize your ingredients using some of my suggestions below to make the best chimichurri recipe for your palate. What Does It Taste Like?...

Let’s get back to the farm, we ate a lot of good food at the farm. Fresh warm biscuits from the oven with “traffic jam”, pickled beans from the farm and the last of the kale from the farm before the snow kills it off. It was a food fiesta as one should expect in Southern parts of Virginia and North Carolina. The day off Thanksgiving, I decided to prepare a rather light brekfast because I knew we had a huge meal to face....

Why You’ll Love This No Churn Ice Cream Quick. Ready to freeze in just 10 minutes.Effortless. No ice cream maker needed, just a few simple steps.Incredibly Tasty. The creamy base combined with the crunch of cookies is a match made in heaven. With this easy recipe, you’ll achieve a rich and creamy ice cream that everyone will love. What Does Cookies And Cream Ice Cream Taste Like? Cookies and Cream Ice Cream offers a delightful mix of creamy vanilla and crunchy chocolate cookies, creating a balanced, rich, and indulgent flavor experience that is both comforting and satisfying....

I can’t get enough of creamy, tangy sauces right now. Indulgent and lip-smackingly tasty, and although a little calorific, there are still loads of nutritious goodies in there. So I’m good with that. Besides, this is one of those dinners you can serve with courgetti, where you don’t really taste the courgetti, because it’s covered in sauce. Not that I’ve got a thing against courgetti. But come on, it’s not pasta is it (note the bowl of pasta in the corner of this photo)....