Flavorful Paleo and AIP recipes
For those of us for whom eating healthy is a way of life, salads are an easy and delicious way to get more vegetables in our diet. There are so many different salads you can create pairing different vegetables and fruits together. The sky is the limit truly! And then a good salad dressing can […]
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 […]
Are you looking for an easy recipe? And even easier clean up? Then you will love this one! Plus this bright and perky salad will remind you of spring and cheerful lunches…something that we need right now as we all stay quarantined in our homes! Usually when I do quick sheet pan recipes, I don’t […]
How long have you been on the Autoimmune Protocol (AIP) diet? Have you been feeling like you need a good curry recipe that will make you feel pampered? Then all you need is this ‘Chicken Kofta Curry‘ which is nothing but delicious soft chicken meatballs cooked in a creamy, smooth curry sauce. Sounds so yum […]
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 […]
Tandoori Chicken is such a quintessential Indian dish that ALL Indian restaurants have that on their menu without fail! It also never fails to impress! The tenderness of the meat combined with the flavors of ginger, garlic, lime and of course the smoky flavor that comes from the ‘tandoor’ or the clay oven. Sounds […]
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 […]
I so love the color orange! And that is my favorite color when admiring fall foliage too! It represents vibrancy and a deep passion… like fire! So fall is here and along with the beautiful foliage we also get all the fall seasonal fruits like apples, pumpkins and squashes! And you can guess which is […]
How is your summer coming along guys? Mine seems to be rolling by in fast forward motion and I am having trouble keeping up! I just returned from spending time with family in India and although we had an awesome time, it was quite hectic since we traveled quite a bit trying to meet up […]
As soon as June sets in, I am thinking of strawberries! And getting them fresh from the local farms! Although picking had started a couple weeks ago, I have been so busy with my nutritional coaching and my speaking engagements that I had not been able to go to the farms yet. Until today that […]
Plantain fritters are a traditional snack of Kerala and I have posted the traditional version of Pazham Pori (as it is called in malayalam) earlier. Now of course I make the gluten free and grain free version using cassava flour. I actually prefer the texture of this version now more than the traditional version. Also I do […]
Puttu is a breakfast food that originates from the southern Indian state of Kerala. It is usually made from rice flour. But a variation of that is using kappa (which is the malayalam word for cassava) and kappa puttu is mostly made using fresh kappa (cassava) since most households in kerala have cassava plants growing […]