'Recipes' Category
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 taste
For the tacos
4-6 flour tortillas
2 cups of shredded cabbage
1 cup [...]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 [...]
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 [...]
Pesto Grilled Chicken
Right before we left for our trip to Italy in May, I decided that I wanted to try making my own pesto. It turned out great, but while on a food tour in Florence, Italy, we found out that the way I make pesto is actually spot on. It’s made pretty much the same way [...]
Red Quinoa with Corn-Avocado Salad
If you’ve never tried quinoa, you might not know how to cook it at first. Luckily, this grain that is mostly found in South America, is as easy to handle as rice. If you can boil rice, you can cook quinoa. Although you can certainly eat it alone, I thought it tasted particularly good with [...]
Heirloom Tomatoes with Feta, Mushrooms and Spinach
I am totally nuts about this recipe! Maybe because there’s hardly any cutting required and to me, there’s nothing better than fresh, sautéed veggies. Try pairing this with grilled chicken or meat. Goes great with some French or garlic bread as well.
Ingredients
1 pound of heirloom tomatoes, halved or quartered, depending on the size of the [...]Organic Baked French Toast with Blueberries
This is another FoodNetwork.com recipe that I thought was worth sharing. I tried making this just this morning and not only did it make the house smell amazing, it was really easy to prepare and turns out to be a wonderful dish for entertaining. You can find the recipe for the dish here, but read [...]
Grilled Lamb with Cilantro-Mint Yogurt Sauce
Summer’s around the corner! That means that if you have an outdoor grill, you better put it to use! If you can’t grill outside, don’t worry. This recipe will work just as well on a George Foreman or grill plate. Check out the red quinoa and corn-avocado salad recipes for easy side dishes to pair [...]
Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Wilted Spinach
If you’re looking for something new to do with sweet potatoes, I highly recommend trying this recipe because it’s simple, healthy, and makes an excellent side dish, anytime of the year. You can find the recipe here, but take a look at how I changed things up:
I used about half the amount of onion and [...]
If You Like Pina Colada….Waffles!
When on vacation in Hawaii last year, Anil and I ate these amazing coconut pancakes at a cozy breakfast place on Waikiki beach. The pancakes were actually just regular once you could get at iHop but they came with this fabulous coconut syrup that I could almost drink! That breakfast inspired me to whip up [...]
