Flavorful Paleo and AIP recipes
‘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 […]
Chicken Tikka Masala and Butter Chicken are two quintessential Indian ‘curry’ dishes that you will always find in all Indian restaurants. Are these authentic Indian dishes? Not necessarily so. Are they really popular? Like heck they are! Among the non-Indian populace that is! I personally would never order either of these dishes even in […]
Holiday season means you are entitled to some treats! However you can make ‘healthier’ versions of traditional treats with just a little bit of imagination. It will be worth all your efforts since you can indulge in these guilt free! During the Diwali holidays , I had made ‘coconut ladoos (balls)‘ which were absolutely a […]
There is something incredibly delicious about this combination of bananas and coconut! If you have not tried them together, then you need to rectify that! Of course both of these are tropical fruits and banana plants and coconut palms are found together in most homes in Kerala, which is in southern India. And therefore not […]
Yes it is that time of the year again! The festival season! Being a transplant from India settled in the US, the holiday season for us starts from September itself! Our celebrations first begin with Onam which is a harvest festival celebrated by southern Indians (yes that would be us 🙂 ) followed by Diwali […]
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 […]
‘Mom, I don’t know about this…is it going to be good? I mean Nutella is so good! Why can’t we have just that?’ ‘Have you checked the ingredients list for Nutella? Refined Sugar is the first ingredient! And then there is skim milk too. Two ingredients that mess up your metabolism and digestion’! “Anyways, let […]
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 […]
Who doesn’t like chicken wings right? Buffalo Chicken wings with hot sauce poured all over it and with a side of creamy blue cheese dressing used to be one of my favorite dishes to order at restaurants! In fact , that used to be one of the specials offered at our work cafeteria too and […]
Brownies are a girl’s best friend! At least I used to think so when I was younger and pre-AIP 🙂 It is not funny how some foods that used to be your comfort for days when you were feeling a little low, get thrown outside the window when you embark on a healing diet. And worse […]
What gave me this idea of making these colorful cup cakes? I mean my kids are not so young anymore (I know… very sad!) and they are not old enough for me to be having grand kids either 🙂 Well, today is Holi , which is the festival of colors and in India, it is […]
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 […]