Quick and Healthy

Anytime Snacks, Appetizers, Gluten Free Recipes, Quick and Healthy, Sandwiches and Wraps, Vegan

Baked Falafel Pita Sandwiches (Pita wraps)

The week before last week, our kitchen truly had the ‘international’ theme going on the entire week! Started with the Japanese meal on Monday which I posted last week and then mid week we had falafels and then ending with thai noodles on Friday. The days in between we had Indian and Mexican.!  How wonderful isn’t it? For the […]

Anytime Snacks, Appetizers, Breakfast, Dairy Free, Gluten Free Recipes, Indian, Kerala, Quick and Healthy, Vegan

Valentine’s Day Special: Beet Idlis

The family has a new name for me – ‘sneaky mom’ 🙂 Can’t blame them …I have been really on a roll lately adding spinach and carrot to idlis, then adding beets to the vegan chocolate cake I baked last weekend. So anyways I am happy with the title and the family is not really complaining. […]

American, Anytime Snacks, Dairy Free, Desserts, Holiday Treats, Quick and Healthy, Vegan

Date and Almond Truffles (Healthy 3 Ingredient Truffles)

What do you folks think of the expression ‘Healthy indulgence’? Does that even make sense? Is that even possible? Or is it an oxymoron? The dictionary defines indulgence as ‘yielding to an inclination or desire’… ‘To allow oneself to follow one’s will’. By that token, any kind of ‘desired’ activity could be your weakness and whenever […]

Anytime Snacks, Appetizers, Main Course, Quick and Healthy

Around the World #2: Vegetable Quesadillas with a fiery red chili tomatillo salsa

Yes its all about the sauce! This red chill tomatillo salsa called as Salsa Roja is the bomb! Hot and fiery with a slightly sour tinge from the tomatillos. This was a perfect complement to the vegetable quesadillas I made. Nothing too complicated about the quesadillas – they are my ‘go to’ recipe when I need to […]

Anytime Snacks, Cakes and Cookies, Desserts, Gluten Free Recipes, Quick and Healthy

Easy ‘No Bake’ Chocolate Coconut bars (Healthy Chocolate bars using coconut oil)

Valentine’s day is long gone… however, that doesn’t mean that your chocolate cravings are gone too right? Chocolate can be truly your best friend – you rely on it when you are blue…. you like to indulge in it when you are happy ….and when you are bored, chocolate always comes to your rescue! In recent months I […]