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Methi Malai Paneer

August 26, 2010 - 11:10 pm

Tags: Curry, dinner, Indian, North Indian, vegetables
Posted in Curry, Indian, Lunch, dinner, toddler friendly, vegetables, vegetarian | 1 comment

This one is for mom. While growing up paneer based dishes used to be a staple in our house and I cannot even remember how many different kinds my mom, grandmother and my aunts could make! (I grew up in a large family and shared about 12-13 wonderful years under one roof with my parents, [...]

Creamy Pesto Macaroni

August 18, 2010 - 10:56 pm

Tags: dinner, pasta, Quick Meal, toddler friendly
Posted in Main Dish, Quick Meal, dinner, in 10 minutues, pasta, toddler friendly, vegetables, vegetarian | 1 comment

I wanted to try making it ever since I noticed my son liked a ‘Creamy Pesto Chicken Pasta’ from a local Italian restaurant. That inspired me try making Basil Pesto Sauce and this is what I made first using the Pesto sauce. This is not a perfectly low calorie dish. I can say it might [...]

Presto Basil Pesto (Nut Free)

August 10, 2010 - 11:26 pm

Tags: Condiments, nutritious pasta sauce, pasta, Sandwich
Posted in Sandwiches, pasta, toddler friendly | No comments

Pesto, an aromatic herb sauce or paste, originated in Northern Italy and is used very commonly in Italian cooking. Traditionally it is made with toasted pine nuts but there are nut free variations as well. Every now and then I have tried different pesto based dishes and always amazed how this fragrant and flavorful perks [...]

Brown Lentils and Collard Greens Soup

July 26, 2010 - 11:44 pm

Tags: Healthy, soups, toddler friendly, vegetables
Posted in 400 calories or less, 500 calories or less, Healthy, Lentils, Lunch, Uncategorized, dinner, soups, vegetables, vegetarian | 4 comments

This post is long overdue. Last few days it was little hard to keep up with things. Even though it is getting late at night, I decided today I will make an effort to get back on track . I made this soup few weeks ago as I experimented with these two ingredients: Brown Lentils [...]

Curried Eggs

July 14, 2010 - 10:15 pm

Tags: Curry, eggs, Quick Meal
Posted in Curry, Lunch, Main Dish | No comments

By Heidemarie Swanepoel Today I really did not feel like just a sandwich for a quick lunch. It’s raining, and cold, and I wanted to warm up from the inside. Curry is always just the thing for me. This one is quick and easy. Ingredients: 2 eggs 1 chicken breast 1 small onion ½ – [...]

Strawberry Milk Cake Pudding (Eggless)

July 8, 2010 - 11:25 pm

Tags: cake, Dessert, Eggless
Posted in Baking, Dessert, One for the sweet tooth!, vegetarian | 3 comments

It all started with trying to make a Tres Leches Cake. When I looked up the recipes, all of them called for eggs. Since I wanted to make an eggless dessert, I thought maybe this time I should just make a milk cake pudding. The pudding is not ‘Tres Leches’ as Tres Leches would mean [...]

Savoury Hurry-up Muffins

June 29, 2010 - 9:14 pm

Tags: Quick Meal
Posted in Baking, Quick Meal, Snacks, Uncategorized | 1 comment

By Heidemarie Swanepoel These are quick and easy muffins, with a delicious filling in the centre. I find that these muffins are also a good way of using up those little bits of left-overs that are too little to use for another meal, but too much to just throw away. I like using these little [...]

Toddler Approved Spaghetti with Collard Greens and Broccoli

June 24, 2010 - 10:49 pm

Tags: pasta, Quick Meal, toddler friendly
Posted in Quick Meal, dinner, pasta, toddler friendly, vegetarian | 3 comments

So what do you do if your skinny little one gets most of his carbohydrates from pasta? Well try to invent recipes that makes the same old pasta taste different with some added nutrition. Sometimes I use traditional Ragu pasta sauce with some meat or make white sauce with some cheese and Spinach. So different [...]

Strawberry Cake (Eggless)

June 22, 2010 - 11:33 pm

Tags: Baking, Eggless
Posted in Baking, Dessert, One for the sweet tooth!, Uncategorized, vegetarian | 4 comments

Strawberries are in season and I usually have some on hand at all times. It is almost impossible not to think about including this brightly colored and refreshing fruit in your everyday cooking. They are packed with lot more Vitamin C than some other popular citrus fruits and are a also great source of antioxidants, [...]

Freezing Curry Leaves (Kadhi Patta)

June 15, 2010 - 11:26 pm

Posted in I found this helpful | 1 comment

Keeping up with the theme of my blog, I am starting a new category – ‘I found this helpful’ to share anything new I learn as I continue on this journey of ‘Chef in Making’. So small or big, a tip or a trick, a different technique, cost cutting, time saving, kids friendly – here [...]