Simple Vegetarian Mexican

One of our absolute favorite dishes at a wonderful Mexican restaurant is a tortilla filled with slaw and Queso Fresco cheese. As we now live far away from this restaurant, we decided to give this recipe a go. Turned out great with our own little spin on it. We first thinly shredded red cabbage, green

Snack choice

It’s funny how fast kids learn if we find the right way to get the message across. As a matter of choice, I would pack fruit and a snack bar for school snack time. And the fruit would always come back uneaten. I gathered that it was not cool to eat fruit! Lecturing her about

Vegetarian Calzone

Every now and then I get a request from my daughter for something Italian in her lunchbox. As she is not picky about veggies, I usually make vegetarian calzones using the Healthy Pizza Dough recipe. The dough is enough to make 3-4 calzones. Today’s version has sautéed spinach with black olives, garlic, homegrown cherry tomatoes, mozzarella

Happy Halloween

Oh…poor Abby has worms crawling out of her head!!!! Happy Halloween everybody. Abby’s worms are savory crisps made out of a combination of rice and lentil flours. Deep fried crunchy goodness. YUM.

Eating right

A look at Sunday lunch. Dal (lentils) with turnips, spinach, onions and homegrown cherry tomatoes; tomato, cucumber and mint salad; chapatis (low-fat whole wheat flatbread) and plain unsweetened yogurt. My husband and daughter harvested the tomatoes bright and early Sunday morning. After a nice, cosy breakfast in the kitchen, as a Sunday ritual we prepared lunch together. She was

Best foot forward….After breakfast

Packing a healthy lunchbox for school is important, but ensuring that it’s eaten is a different beast altogether ;-). This makes breakfast and after school snacks important mini meals for kids. A look at today’s breakfast. Rice and lentil savory pancakes (dosa) with spicy chutney (made with roasted sesame seeds, lentils and dried red chillies), fruits and a

Whole wheat stuffed Indian flatbread (Aloo Paratha)

Remember the nursery rhyme Pat a cake, Pat a cake…… These versatile and quick Indian flat breads are just that. Roll it, pat it and put it on a griddle and they are ready for you, baby (ok, not exactly baby as these are a bit spicy) and anyone else you want to impress :). The dough is just

Time to celebrate

This being festival season in India the little ones can look forward to yummy homemade treats. Today is one such day. After school snack includes lentil fritters (vadai) and cardamom flavored rice sweetened with whole cane sugar (aka jaggery).

Black eyed peas burger

I had never tried making burgers with black eyed peas but it was an experiment that leaves you thinking “duh why didn’t I think of it before”! Pre soaking and pressure cooking the peas with minimal amount of water made it easy to work with. The burgers were nice and firm and did not fall apart

Corn Meal Crepes

Corn meal crepes (Indian Corn Meal Dosa) serve as breakfast or after school snack at home.  This versatile crepe can be served with fillings (the usual potatoes and onions or the unusual based on your imagination), chutneys or fruit preserves for the little ones. 1 C corn meal ( yellow or white) 1/4 C semolina flour (cream of