Thanks for visiting my site!

I’m using this site for sharing recipes and cooking tips with my family and friends. As you may have guessed, one of the loves of my life is food. I consider myself an amateur chef. Being born in Amsterdam of Indian descent, and having lived in Curacao (a tiny island in the Caribbean) and Florida, I was exposed to a great variety of foods from many different cultures at a very early age. Although I came up with most of the recipes on this site (95+%), some of them are borrowed. However, I often post them anyway if I truly think the recipe is worth sharing and always refer to the source of the recipe. In addition, I try to post recipes that are easy to prepare, because as a fellow working 24-7 type of person, I know time for most of us is scarce. You might have noticed that I don’t post professionally taken food photos either. Although I love food photography, I simply don’t have the time to position and decorate each dish during the weekdays. To me, that doesn’t make them any less delicious!

My goals in life include cooking delicious food, helping out wherever I can, making someone laugh every day, being my own boss (or “OUR” own boss, if you include my better half), reducing my carbon footprint, and always having a sense of humor and a positive outlook on life.  

In addition to food, I have a healthy appetite for the latest gadgets, technology, and any ideas or tools that make life a little easier. I consider myself extremely rich since I have the nicest, most supportive family you can think of. My family (including in-laws) lives in four different states, but not a day goes by that I don’t talk to at least one family member and use up a good amount of AT&T minutes.

Speaking of family, this site would not exist if it weren’t for my super-fly husband, Anil Chawla. He is the reason why this all got started.

Enjoy!

Varsha