Last week on the blog, I shared a recipe for an authentic homemade red enchilada sauce. Today I will being sharing how to use that special sauce to make a deliciously easy chicken enchiladas. Over the years I have made many versions of enchiladas, each time tweaking and improving my technique. These easy chicken enchiladas are my best version ever and they are an absolute hit in my house. I was planning on sharing this recipe sooner, but I got busy with the holiday season. For the past two ...
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Spinach and onion Quiche (No cream added!)
Spinach is one of my favorite greens to eat, it always has been since I was a kid. My husband absolutely despises spinach and he finds me to be really strange for loving it. I love spinach in my salads, I also enjoy sautéing it with garlic and olive oil, or cooking it with Indian cheese. My other absolute favorite but slightly indulgent way of consuming this healthy green is in a quiche. The temperatures have dropped in Dallas these last couple of weeks, so I turned my daily craving for ...
Grilled romaine lettuce salad with roasted butternut squash salsa
It’s been a while since I have enjoyed a good crunchy hearty salad. I’ll be honest I am not an avid salad eater, but usually in the summer I get into a salad eating kick. A week ago, I got a major craving for a salad while watching an episode of the chef’s life (PBS cooking show).On the show, the chef was making a scrumptious grilled lettuce and persimmon salad. Taking inspiration from the show, I recreated my version of a grilled lettuce salad. I swapped the persimmon for butternut squash, ...
Goan coconut egg curry
Egg curry is not a dish I particular loved eating as a kid mainly because I was not too fond of eggs. Over the years though I began to love eggs and now I even enjoy runny yolks. Different regions of India have their own versions of egg curry. This Goan coconut egg curry recipe is from a state in India within the coastal region called Goa. This curry is made with coconut milk, curry leaves, lime juice, potatoes, peas, hard boiled eggs and spices. The addition of potatoes and peas makes it a ...
Chinese egg drop soup
This thanksgiving I really overindulged and when I returned home I needed to detox. I have been sticking to making super simple meals consisting of big bowls of soup. I make a lot of different types of soups, but lately my go-to has been this Chinese egg drop soup. Egg drop soup is one of my all-time favorite soups to eat at Chinese restaurants. It’s a soup that I also love making at home along with my sweet corn soup. Chinese egg drop soup is easy to whip up, healthy, and light. This ...
20-minute simple pumpkin sage soup
Pumpkin season began a while go and I am only now sharing a pumpkin recipe on the blog. Well it's better to be late than not share at all, so here it is my 20-minute simple pumpkin sage soup which is a perfect first course for your thanksgiving meal or any meal. If you have read my blog for a while, you know that I spent the first ten years of my life in India. In India, I don’t ever remember eating a pumpkin or even carving a pumpkin. Halloween was not a holiday we celebrated and so the ...
Green masala spiced roast chicken
A perfectly roasted chicken with beautiful crispy brown skin is a thing of beauty that everyone seems to enjoy. A simple roast chicken consists of coating the chicken in a good amount of salt, pepper, some herbs, and then roasting it. While this is a delicious way to make roast chicken, it’s good to change it up a bit and try new marinades like this green spiced masala. Growing up, roast chicken was a dish that my parents made exclusively for thanksgiving. My dad used to roast chicken for ...
Palak paneer (spinach with Indian cheese)
Palak paneer is the most popular vegetarian dish in North India. It consists of soft Indian cheese called paneer cooked in a smooth spinach (palak) curry. This dish is one of my all-time favorite Indian dishes. I love palak paneer so much that when I finally got the chance to return to India after eight long years, it was the first thing I requested my grandmother to make. Of course, my parents had made delicious palak paneer for me many times, but nothing beats the version made by my grandma ...
Spicy turkey meatballs in tomato sauce
I had several new posts lined up for this week and this one (spicy turkey meatballs) was not one of them. I was out of commission due to a cold and lost all motivation to be in the kitchen. I literally despise being sick; it’s absolutely depressing and boring. While I’m incapacitated, I’ve been nourishing myself with some comfort food such as my sweet corn soup and these spicy turkey meatballs. Since I made the effort to cook, I thought I might as well photograph these meatballs and share the ...
Sautéed Butternut squash with kale and feta
This butternut squash with kale and feta recipe did not pan out the way I had intended. My original plan was to make a butternut squash tart with kale and feta, but when I made a test version, I loved the filling more than the tart as a whole. I re-tested it again as a simple sautéed side dish and I loved the outcome, so here I am sharing it with you all. This could be the perfect side dish on your holiday table this year. My kitchen is my science lab where I experiment with the dishes that I ...