A Quick Potato Chops

20
Jan
2016

A Quick Potato Chops

Chicken Mince Croquettes delicately flavoured with onion and fresh parsley — Chicken mince croquettes delicately flavoured with onion and fresh parsley

There are days…and the then there are days…the first lot has like 36 hours crammed into it and the second hardly a few seconds. This is the dish you want to make when you have no time and yet need to dig into a wholesome meal. Don’t let the name misguide you, this is filled with the delicate flavours of chicken mince cooked with fresh parsley and caremalised onions. If you are a vegetarian, fill this up with peas, a mix of green veggies like corn, carrot, cauliflower, broccoli, or a filling of soya mince.

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15
Jan
2016

Tortilla de Patatas Served with Green Salad and Stir Fried Mushrooms with Sausages

Categories: Brunch, Diabetic-friendly, Low Calorie, Recipes, salad, Weekend

A super elegant lazy meal :) Tortilla de Patatas — A super elegant lazy meal 🙂 Tortilla de Patatas

I don’t know about you, but I am gearing up for a super lazy weekend, where the food cooked is simple, quick and lulls you back into lazydom 🙂 Potatoes thus are an important part of this meal. Throw in some eggs for the proteins and a quick salad for the fibre, a glass of wine stirred into some wholesome mushroom and sausages and I am set. Does that seem like too much work?

You will be surprised! This meal, and I mean all 3 dishes, will take you all of 45 minutes to put together from washing the veggies to finish. I told you it would be a lazy meal! 🙂

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13
Jan
2016

Chocolate, Zucchini, Walnut Fudge Cake

Categories: Dessert, Diabetic-friendly, Low Calorie, Recipes

The super soft gooey fudge-y zucchini and chocolate cake — The gooey and fudge-y zucchini and chocolate cake

When I spoke to my sis that Sunday morning and told her about this cake I was planning to bake, her first reaction was, “You’ve lost it. Who puts zucchini in cake!” Sure enough that’s how I looked at this veggie a few months ago. It was good for grilling, for baking and for Chinese and Thai foods, but in a dessert? No way. Then a very dear friend of ours Vera brought home a diabetic chocolate cake with a secret ingredient–zucchini. And then..as they say the rest is history. My love for this green healthy ingredients grew by leaps and bounds. It sure was versatile, what’s more it added this lovely moistness to the cake that all of us love.

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11
Jan
2016

Mince/ Corn Stuffed Vol au Vent

Categories: Baked, Recipes, Starter, Weekend

2016 has brought with it a whole lot of guests and entertainment. I’ve literally thrown a party every other day of the year so far! But it’s been a fun fortnight with my refrigerator always full of desserts and pastries and quick bites and materials to put together a quick snack.

Yes, it is a good idea to keep some pastry dough handy at all times. Now I come from a family that doesn’t use a microwave so yes it does get difficult to defrost the dough before it can be rolled into these french delicacies, but it’s all part of the game. But if you aren’t as crazy as I am, you can buy these and regular ready to use tart bases at any grocery store, In Mumbai ‘Camy’ or ‘Nature’s Basket’ is a good place to shop for them.

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07
Jan
2016

Oil Free Instant Oats and Green Peas Healthy Dhokla

Categories: Diabetic-friendly, Indian, Low Calorie, Meals, One-pot dish, Starter, Steamed, Vegetarian

The fluffy and delicious instant oats, semolina and green peas dhokla

It’s not often that i read a veggie recipe and get inspired to try it out immediately. But last evening a friend posted a recipe of oats and semolina dhokla–(steamed cake), and that kind of tickled my senses. Plus I have been accused of step-motherly treatment towards Indian food by a very dear doctor friend! I love to cook healthy and i find it really tough to make oil free Indian food, but yes I will try get back into R&D and split the oil away from the masalas and work on it Ash.

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06
Jan
2016

Nachos with 7 Toppings

Categories: Baked, Low Calorie, One-pot dish, Recipes, Starter, Weekend

Sour Cream adds to the pleasure of digging into this 7 layered nachos — Sour cream adds to the pleasure of digging into this 7 layered nachos

I’ve always loved the Nachos that are served at Hard Rock Cafe. It’s a meal in itself with close to 7 to 8 different toppings. This recipe comes very close to it and is perfect entree for a party of 10 to 12 hungry friends, where snacks and spirits take precedence over the main course.

I’ve experimented a whole lot with the textures of the corn chips and the cheese to be used. Nothing comes close to pepper jack cheese but when you can’t get your hand on it try Gruyère cheese or even cheddar and if even those are impossible then go with just mozzarella. Nothing better than the stringy texture.

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04
Jan
2016

Chocolate Cake Pop Turtles

Categories: Dessert, Recipes, Weekend

I've added a cranberry cookie to provide with that buttery biscuity texture — I’ve added a cranberry cookie to provide with that buttery-biscuity texture

The New Year started with a bang! I’ve had 3 parties in as many days…the kitchen was in over drive and my fridge was bursting at the seams…it was time to innovate and turn things around to make new and innovative out of old and boring…that’s when the cake pops happened.

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Not Without My Skillet

Month: January 2016