Flavorful Paleo and AIP recipes
When I was developing recipes for my cookbook, AIP Indian Fusion, I wanted to try making prawn cutlets. My mom used to make prawn vadas (they are mini versions of cutlets) that used to be really spicy but really delicious! I somehow didn’t get to creating the recipe for my book so this summer, I […]
This past summer we had been to Portland, Maine for a short family vacation. All the travel websites had described Portland as one of the top cities for food lovers and we indeed found that to be true! The restaurant scene was amazing with a wide variety of cuisines including several restaurants offering a healthy, […]
I love watching ‘Chopped’, the food network show where competitors have to create fancy dishes using a set of basket ingredients. It’s so fun! Well, let’s say there’s a lot of fun nowadays in my kitchen since I have to work with whatever is available in my refrigerator and pantry:) Because of the shutdown, I […]
‘Get the rainbow on your plate’ – This is something I frequently tell my clients. Eating a variety of vegetables is one of the ways to ensure nutrient density in your diet. In addition to having various minerals and vitamins, colored vegetables also have phytonutrients in them and these phytonutrients function as antioxidants slowing the […]
Fall is so beautiful…the colors, the weather and all the autumn vegetables! Yes I get equally excited about pumpkins and acorn squash as I get excited about blueberries in summer! I get too carried away sometimes! Like two weeks ago …when I hauled two large grocery bags from our local farmer’s market! Fresh beets and […]
Festival season is the most challenging when you are on a restrictive diet! The Indian Festival season just started with ‘Ganesh Chathurthi’ which celebrates the birth of Lord Ganesha. The next couple months will bring more festivals including Onam (Kerala’s harvest festival) and Diwali, the Hindu New Year. What all of these festivals have in […]
I had never had Fish Pie in my life until our recent trip to London. I had never heard of it either. Our trip was pretty short – we were there for a bit less than 5 days total. But our culinary experience there during that time was phenomenal! The food scene in […]
This creamy, delicious ‘no cook’ soup with avocado and cucumber is cool and refreshing! And it’s perfect to make on a hot summer day when you don’t want to put the stove on! This was just one of those recipes that I had been wanting to make for the longest of times. I had seen […]
One of the foods recommended in Ayurveda during winters is sesame seed. Sesame seeds are a power house of nutrients. Seeds contain all the starting materials necessary to develop into complex plants. Because of this, they are extremely nutritious. When consumed as part of a healthy diet, seeds can help reduce blood sugar.They are a good […]
These grain free pancakes are delish! I was not sure what to call them – ‘plantain’ pancakes or ‘banana’ pancakes since these are made of plantain flour and have bananas added in the batter 🙂 Well whatever the name, these are indeed very very tasty and I love to have these for breakfast. Now let […]
Happy New Year dearies! The past two weeks have been surreal – everything happening in ‘slow motion’ ….so, so relaxing! A mini reunion with my college girl friends in the charming town of New Orleans followed by another relaxing jaunt in Miami and Key West with the family was exactly what I needed to recharge […]
When folks hear about my grain free and dairy free diet for the first time, they almost always have a look that says ‘ oh you poor thing, feel so bad for you’! But slowly as they get to know me and my diet better, they are really surprised to see how well I […]