This is a quick and easy fresh recipe that is sure to bring a zing to your taste buds. While I like the convenience of pouring salsa out of the bottle, there is something about fresh made salsas that no gourmet labelled salsa can compete with. The most basic salsa anyone can make would be…
Around the World Recipes
Vegetarian Recipes from around the world featuring Italian, Mexican, American, Chinese, Thai cuisines and many more.
Vegetarian Pad Thai – tangy spicy thai fix
Pad Thai was the first Thai dish that I ever tried. While my memory is vague about it’s exact taste, I do remember it was spicy and pretty novel, unlike anything I had ever tried. It spurred us on to a lot of quick meals that we called Pad Thai inspired where we just tossed…
Grilled Tofu with a Honey Chipotle Barbecue Sauce – Smokin’ sweet
Tofu is the go-to protein option for vegans and vegetarians. Of course, vegetarians do have paneer, which gets more and more popular each day. Being a lacto-vegetarian, I indulge in this fat laden hunk of cheese quite often. A smal two by two inch piece can have as many as three hundred calories, most of…
Cavatappi Pasta in Saffron Tomato sauce
Saffron – just the name brings something exotic to mind. This is one of the most expensive spices and is popularly used in several desserts in Indian cuisine. Being very expensive, it is generally reserved for special occasions. Using this in a pasta sauce was a completely novel idea for me. As I searched the…
Thai Pineapple Fried Rice
Thai food is well known for its fiery nature. Many Thai food novices have exuberantly asked for ‘Very spicy’ or ‘Thai Spicy’ food, only to have their mouths burn and then learnt to ask for a much lower spice level. But this rice dish is the exception. Thai Pineapple Fried Rice is one dish that…
Lower Fat Cream of Broccoli soup – too good to be true
Can anything be too good to be true? Really? My low fat cream of broccoli soup is. Not only does it make you all warm and fuzzy, but also takes care of your heart so that you can use it to spread more love through the universe. That has got to be the corniest line…
Quick and Easy Microwave recipes – Shortcut to home cooked Indian food
These were a bunch of recipes I had created for some cousins/friends who were ‘challenged’ as far as cooking goes, and were tired of eating frozen or ready to eat dinners. This can be used by anyone in a hurry and gives you a healthy and balanced meal at home in little time and hardly…
Spaghetti and Meat(less)Balls – Italian comfort food for the Vegetarian
Wow..that seems like quite a verbose title! But I am excited since I finally came up with an alternative for meatballs that is high protein, made from whole/natural ingredients ( No TVP here), lower in fat, does not come from a grocery store freezer etc. etc. and is Tasty to boot. These Meat(less) balls are…
Thai Red Curry – with Tofu and Vegetables
I think Thai food introduces some exotic factor into Asian cooking, and altho’ it feels very familiar to the Indian palette in some aspects, there are just two or three typical ingredients that take it over the top. For a vegetarian, eating Thai food in a restaurant can be a challenge. It took me some…
Penne with Homemade tomato sauce
Penne with Homemade tomato sauce is a quick and easy recipe, or a non-recipe really. This is just a notch above boiling ramen noodles or Maggi, I think, something that can easily be made even in a dorm room or during Exams week when time is really ‘of the essence’. I seem to be caught…