Arrabiatta Sauce – Spicy Italian Sauce, is much loved sauce by the spice lovers in Italy. Made with tomatoes, garlic and good spoonful of chili flakes and cooked till thick, delicately flavored with oregano and fresh basil, this Italian sauce is so different from Marinara Sauce . But one thing is so right in either cases here, that home…
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Home-Style Minestrone Soup in Pressure Cooker & Garlic Cheese Disks
My kids are Italian food crazy kids. Now many of you might be thinking, well whose aren’t! I swear that I haven’t met any family yet, whose kids do not eat Italian food, at least in America. My oldest, Aanya loves her Italian soups and stews and Myraa, my younger one, can hog on pasta for the whole…
Lotus Foods – 2 Recipes & a Product Review
Disclaimer – I am not paid for this review. All the views and opinions are my own. Find 2 Recipes in the post, towards the end. Lotus Foods Ramen in Coconut Curry Broth. Jasmine Rice stir fried with Basil & Red Thai Curry Paste. I love Meatless Monday and take so much pride in being associated with…
Vegetable Pizza Sandwich – Diabetes Friendly Thursdays
Creating Recipes with a Cause! I am a proud DFT blogger. To learn about DFT, Read this link! To view more DFT recipes, Click here! Vegetable Pizza Sandwich Happy Kids! Happy Mamas! Team DFT is bringing the kids’ friendly sandwiches, subs, rolls and wraps this week. This week DFT is committed to bring…
Summer Pasta Salad – Meatless Monday
There is a very interesting story attached with this Pasta Salad. When we moved to USA in 2001, pasta was available in India but not that commonly used in households. If used, then most of the time it was Indianized with onion, tomato paste, loads of garlic and ketchup. I still love that kind. Anyways,…
Pizza Bread Discs – Meatless Monday
Pizza time is a family indulgence time at my corner. I say Pizza! Family says Cheese! I often make Bread Pizza for snacking. This time, when kids asked for the bread pizza, I got into the mood to do something fun with it. Had seen corn cheese bread discs somewhere, so thought of…
Bruschetta Crostinis
Sometimes easiest recipes are what we need for weekends, either entertaining or not! Bruschetta and Crostinis are quite similar and very different at the same time. I have no Italian blood and I might be wrong. My experiments are through my experiences and observations. So pardon me if I sound contradicting. Crostinis are normally made…
A Warm Pasta Salad with Pan Grilled Vegetables
Summer is the time to get the best out of the heavy duty carbs. I love pasta but have never liked it with marinara alone. Too much marinara dripping pasta is just not my kinda plate. I like my pasta al dante, tossed with different ingredients to create an interesting texture and just some of…
A bread flavored with sundried tomatoes and Italian herbs
Lately, I have been busy with guest posts. Not only conducting the Guest Post Week on my blog, also creating some for my fellow blogger buddies. Shruti of Cooking with SJ, contacted me to do a guest post for her blog and I said yes. 2 weeks in a row for guest posts is…
Vietnamese Vegetarian Pho
First time, I ever tried any viet food was almost 10 years ago in Las Vegas. It was a hole in the wall place on the other side of the strip. We were looking for a quick Chinese eat in since we were so hungry after the day long walk. Before we could find any…