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Watermelon Cottage Cheese Salad

Salads have hidden pleasures for me. The reduction in guilt post or pre binging and the pleasure of family eating healthy food. These reasons make me order a salad even if we are dining out. Watermelon and feta cheese salad is at the top of my salad list. I once experimented by replacing feta withContinue reading “Watermelon Cottage Cheese Salad”

Whole Wheat Spinach Burger Buns

I am on a mission. Mission to hide greens in my toddler’s food AND make her appreciate it. I mostly fall flat on my face. Success is rare but when its there, it is the sweetest thing on the planet! I have confessed earlier that bread baking remains my first love. And I can’t denyContinue reading “Whole Wheat Spinach Burger Buns”

Lemon Loaf Cake

Superstitions have not been a part of my growing years. But if there was one thing that made me believe in curses it was ‘Citrus Cakes’. I truly believed that I was cursed by an evil baker coz my attempts to bake orange cake were utter disasters. Actually, disaster is a very decent word forContinue reading “Lemon Loaf Cake”

Baked Chicken Roulade

I enjoy lazy Sunday buffets for a lot of reasons. The wide variety… exploring different cuisines…champagne…not having to decide what to order for others…slow pace of the meal! I discovered chicken roulade in one of my buffet encounters. The cheese & spinach flavor with chicken was an instant hit with my taste-buds. So when theContinue reading “Baked Chicken Roulade”

Focaccia Bread

The process of baking bread is like meditation for me. It brings a sense of calmness to a super impatient person like me. The aroma of bread baking fills up the home giving it a cosy feeling. Of all the cooking, grilling and baking….baking bread remains my first love. My encounter with breads started withContinue reading “Focaccia Bread”

Chhole

I associate Chhole Bhature with Sunday breakfast or the Holi lunch at Mess. I still find it unsettling having it on any other day! This recipe was result of a quest to impress my sister in law, who is a pure vegetarian, the serious kind – no onion no garlic. I happened to have aContinue reading “Chhole”