Archive for August, 2010
Chipotle Chicken Tacos
One of my favorite ways to make tacos with spicy pulled chicken breast! Ingredients For the chicken 2 whole chicken breasts 2 tablespoon of crushed chipotle peppers in Adobo sauce 4 tablespoons of tomato paste 1 lime, juiced 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder 1/4 teaspoon black pepper 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil salt to [...]
French Lemon Martini
This is a slight twist on the traditional French martini (one of my favorites!). To be precise, this is a lemony twist on this refreshing, slightly sweet cocktail. Since this drink is quite strong, you can adjust the amount of pineapple juice or substitute with club soda if you like your cocktails to be less [...]
Health Nut Food Faves of the Month – August
Here are two favorites that I’ve been downing this month! Van’s Waffles Who doesn’t like a warm, slightly crispy on the outside, but soft and chewy on the inside waffle? If you’re an Eggo fan, keep reading! I recently discovered Van’s and might not go back. These frozen waffles are ready in less than 5 [...]
Spicy Indian Lentil Soup – Daal
Daal is Indian comfort food. It’s hard to find an Indian family that doesn’t cook (and love!) daal. It’s also hard not to love digging into a bowl of steaming hot daal after a long day at work or on a cool fall evening. My version of daal is a bit different from the way [...]
Chopped Ginger-Garlic
Since many of the dishes I cook are Indian, you’ll often see “ginger-garlic paste” listed as one of the ingredients in many of my dishes. Although you could certainly find ginger-garlic paste at any Indian grocery store, I find that it just can’t beat the taste of freshly chopped ginger-garlic. In order to make this, [...]
