Quick satisfying meals that delight the tastebuds without taking your entire day in the kitchen.
Carrots are vegetables that are not easily consumed in my house. Thinking of ways to incorporate them in our menu has been a challenge of considerable proportion. This is possibly one recipe with which the poor carrots pass the tastebud…
I find myself heading back to my website more and more now a days. I’ve been wondering why I don’t post more often. Is it because I always want to personalize each thing I post? Could be. I’ve realized that…
Summer and vacations go hand in hand. Throw into the pit the eternal search for quick, filling, healthy meals and you realize that you are a lot more creative, though not very original, than you realized. These fish tacos…
Few months back, a wave crashed into the kitchen gadget world. It’s called Instant Pot. It is an upgraded, electronic version of pressure cooker. I pressure cook a lot of food. High pressure cooking is good for health, but…
Have you watched the new Spider-man movie? It’s called Spider Man – Homecoming. It’s a fresh take on a very old story retold many times over in many different formats. For a change, the character is played by a…
Have you ever visited the blog ‘Go bake yourself‘? Chances are you have. Hence you possibly know Uru, the force behind that crazy amazing blog is the ‘sweetest’ girl in our blogosphere.You don’t? No way. You HAVE to check her…
I have learned so much from my fellow bloggers who have become inspirations as well as friends that I often think of, miss and learn from everyday. I also have resigned myself to the fact that I am not…
As a youngster, I found train stations to be magical places. The screaming engines, swishing smoke chimneys that rose out of the beasts that pulled the beautiful red, blue, green bogies, beats of footsteps as people jogged, ran, walked, limped to…
Apples. How do most people see apples? A juicy fruit that is a fountain of nutrition, glamorous enough to lead Adam (of Eve fame) astray, quirky enough to become Steve Job’s muse, handy enough to be tucked into the purse…
As we ring in the ‘Poila Boishakh’, or the ‘Bengali New year’, the most I miss about the day is the morning ritual of touching my parents feet. It used to be customary every year as we were growing up. Touching of feet…
The winter vacation went by in a whirl. White whirl to be precise. Lots of snow, lots of indoor activities and not much of a vacation. My older one finished his marathon robot building project for his Robotics competitive club.…
If you are familiar with the state of West bengal in India, you might also know that Bengalis and ‘Maacher-jhol-bhaat’ are basically synonyms. ‘Maach’ being fish, ‘bhaat’ being rice, Bengalis are stereotyped into eating fish and rice every-single-day. Which, interestingly,is…
Looking for a quick appetizer and want to impress as well? Go for some smoked salmon bites dressed with basil and goat cheese. I also experimented with Harissa as well as balsamic vinegar, but sons vetoed it. This weekend was…
Munch chowmein at 4pm, take a swim at 11 pm, rise and shine at 11am …..that’s my idea of a dream vacation. We had this dream vacation only once, and that was in Washington DC, during a much earned break when all we…
Recently, I had some reader requests to me to post ideas for healthy gluten free meal ideas. (Thank you so much for writing to me – they mean the world to me 🙂 ) I try to incorporate healthy ideas…