I use this Double Duty trick in a handful of recipes, like this Lemon Chicken Salad and Mexican Chicken Salad – and readers love it! Italian Dressing Chicken Marinade Did you know that most salad dressings also make great marinades? Not creamy ones. But pretty much all non creamy ones do, including French Dressing, Honey Mustard Dressing, this Asian Sesame Dressing and Balsamic Dressing. Today I’m sharing an Italian Dressing Chicken Marinade....
Italian Meatball recipe! I don’t want to blow my own horn, but I’m determined to do everything I can to make you want to try these meatballs and if that means a mini brag sheet, then so be it. So here we go: “Your meatball recipe is the same as my Italian Nonna! Love the idea of soaking the bread in onion juice rather than milk….. Will make them like this from now on (won’t tell Nonna!...
This Italian sausage kale soup recipe is comfort food in a bowl! With its creamy broth loaded with plenty of Italian sausage and kale, it’s healthy and oh-so-delicious. And while it just happens to be a keto kale soup (and one of my new favorite keto soup recipes!), it’s also hearty and super flavorful for anyone to enjoy. This easy sausage soup is rich enough to be a one-pot meal all on its own, but you can also try pairing it with your favorite salad or even some keto biscuits....
But should not be consumed raw unless it is pasteurized or boiled well. The excess milk after the calf consumes is distributed among friends and relatives to express their joy of the new arrival i.e. the calf. To make junnu or kharvas, on the first day, this milk is mixed with regular whole milk, jaggery, cardamom powder and pepper. Then it is steam cooked until it firms up and becomes a pudding....
Kashmiri pulao makes for a great meal anytime of the day and can also be served in parties or family dinners. It is so colorful with amazing toppings of fried onions, crunchy nuts, raisins & seasonal fruits. Plus it’s kids friendly too! About Kashmiri Pulao Kashmiri pulao is a traditional rice dish from the Kashmiri cuisine, where basmati rice is cooked with lots of spices and flavorsome broth. It is topped with ghee fried almonds, cashews and raisins....
This post is sponsored by Bulletproof. All opinions are my own and I only share products I personally love. Thanks for supporting the brands that make this site possible! Craving a cool and creamy chocolate treat without the sugar and carbs that typically come along with summer’s best dessert? This high protein ice cream recipe is for YOU! I’ve managed to come up with a protein powder ice cream that’s creamy (never gritty!...
Thought croutons on keto were off limits? Not anymore! These gluten-free, low carb keto croutons taste like the original, or dare I say better?! They are crispy, crunchy, golden brown and seasoned with olive oil, Italian seasoning, and garlic. They are delicious on salads, but also for snacking! There are plenty of ways to use these keto-friendly croutons, but my favorite is over salad greens with a few veggies and either keto Caesar dressing, keto ranch dressing, or creamy balsamic dressing....
You know when you see a recipe for a fast, fabulous appetiser but when you read the recipe, the ingredients cost $30 involving things like a fillet of wild caught cedar smoked Alaskan salmon (don’t you dare think of getting less than the best!) and 5 different types of herbs? I see recipes like that in gourmet magazines and I so want to be that kind of person who can spend a small fortune to be able to make gourmet food fast....
Have you ever tried to make one of Jamie Oliver’s 15 minute meals? I did. I made Ricotta Fritters with Tomato Sauce and Zucchini Salad. I really tried to make it in 15 minutes. I even followed his “rules”, where you start with all the ingredients on the counter, washed and ready to go, the pan on the stove on high heat and a full kettle of boiled water. It took me just over 20 minutes to get on the table so not bad on timing....
This is the faster way to make classic scones which call for butter to be rubbed or blitzed into flour. Lemonade Scones rise ever so slightly less, but the difference is barely noticeable! Lemonade Scones Scones are as Australian as Meat Pies and Lamingtons. Made the traditional way, butter is rubbed into flour using your fingers – or a food processor. Not particularly difficult, but it does take time, calling for fridge cold butter to be diced into cubes....
Lentil soup starts with aromatic vegetables and herbs at its base, slowly sautéed to build up complex flavor. Broth and lentils marry in creating a pot of hug-you-from-the-inside bliss. While it perhaps sounds simple and is not the most photogenic, this traditional lentil soup recipe tastes phenomenal AND it’s good for you. I have cooked and served lentil soup to many friends who all raved, and it’s one of my go-to weeknight dinners....
Hello, hello! How are you? I’ve missed you! I’ve missed being here, writing to you! What have I been doing for this past month, while I put posting new recipes hold? Just one thing: Working on the cookbook! The Cookbook Vortex This cookbook writing business is all-consuming. At least, it is for me. I am living and breathing it, 24-7. It’s the first thing on my mind when I wake up, it’s the last thing I am thinking of when I go to bed....
About Malpua Malpua are traditional North Indian pancakes made with wheat flour, jaggery or sugar and cardamom powder. Various ingredients like semolina, fennel seeds, milk, khoya, coconut, yogurt and even fruits like banana are sometimes added to the malpua batter. Malpua is a festive delight & are traditionally made in many Indian homes during festivals like Holi, Navratri and Diwali. In India, you are most likely to find a zillion versions of this celebration treat right from the households to the halwai shops (sweet shops), one different from the other depending on the region....
Nothing says spring like a delicious Mango Lassi! This popular yogurt-based Indian drink is like a mango milkshake that you can have for breakfast. My first Indian recipe ever here on the blog! Can’t deny I’m a little nervous about being adventurous. I’m not very familiar with Indian cuisine and have only attempted to cook it once or twice. But when I recently tried a Mango Lassi for the first time, I thought it seemed easy enough for me to try to make it at home....
(This post is sponsored by my friends at Mezzetta, but my love for their olives is all my own! ❤️) Okay, let’s get all of your “Olivia likes olives” jokes out of the way. Ready? Go! Good! Now we can move forward and talk about this delicious Mediterranean Black Olive Bread, because I’ve been OBSESSED with it. As in, “I’ve made this bread twice in the past 7 days” obsessed!...
Moroccan Baked Eggplant with Beef I promised you more recipes that taste amazing, are satisfying and yet low in calories. And this one hits it out of the park. Other than using lean ground beef (mince), I didn’t do anything to convert this into a “skinny” version. This is simply how I make it. The key is the baked eggplant has been smeared with a Middle Eastern spice called Chermoula before cooking....
What is Onion Pakoda? Pakoda also known as pakora are a deep fried snack from the Indian Sub-continent. These are made with besan (gram flour), salt, spices and a main ingredient like onion or a vegetable. Onion pakoda has onions as the key ingredient and these are the most popular snack in India. Turn to any street corner across India, and you’ll find a vendor, eatery or food stall selling these fresh from the stove....
This is a cookbook exclusive recipe! This recipe is exclusive to my debut cookbook Dinner which includes a how-to video for every recipe. Just scan the QR code! Just to explain…. I know, it’s confusing! You’re so used to getting recipes on my website – there’s over 1,200 of them, after all. And here you are looking at a tasty recipe video and I haven’t provided the recipe. 🙀 I’m not just doing this to torture you, I promise....
A mix of protein-packed ingredients like peanut butter, protein powder, flaxseeds, and chia seeds, along with a touch of honey for natural sweetness and chocolate chips for good measure, these easy protein balls take fewer than 15 minutes to pull together and don’t require any special equipment. No food processor, no mixer. Just you, a bowl, and all the peanut butter you care to lick off your fingers! This high protein ball recipe is lightly adapted from my go-to Energy Balls, with the addition of protein powder....
No false promises – these french fries really stay crisp! There’s nothing more deflating than going to all the effort of making your own fries from scratch, only to find they start losing crispiness before they even hit the table. Which is what happens if you use the standard way of cooking homemade fries – soaking in water followed by a double fry. Well, it’s taken me years but with the help of the impressively thorough french fry research documented in Kenji López-Alt’s The Food Lab, Chef JB and I have finally nailed down the recipe for the perfect homemade french fries....
