Lentils Soup Vegetarian
September 10, 2020

Calling Comfort Food ..

The red skies demanded us to stay home and gaze at the beautiful hue. The comparatively cold weather called for a hot soup. The lazy self called for comfort food aka an ‘easy-make.’ And the bounty of fresh veggies from our loving neighbors, (who were previously mentioned in this blog) begged to be used up while still firm and fresh. ‘Pappu Chaaru’ was the name […]

Deep_Fried_Goodness Lentils Vegetarian
September 2, 2020

Lentils, meet lentils!

Culture shock wears many a mask. Some are scarier than others, leaving the jaw dropped for a substantial amount of time. Some are innocuous and make for a silly story. My husband mistaking the now universally loved donut to his spicy favorite Vada is one of those stories. There were many food-related mistaken identities. However, this story of Samuel mistaking a Donut to a close […]

Beverages Mighty meat Snacks
August 30, 2020

Cold Coffee and Kababs

There are somethings that evoke a sense of satisfaction even when you just think about them. Things, that produce paramount effects, with minimal effort. Cold coffee and Kababs belong to the category of those things. There is a Starbucks at a stone’s throw from Shalom’s Piano Studio. Walking over and grabbing a Caramel Frappe is a untold tradition of my boys. The beam in their […]

Bread Desserts
August 23, 2020

Carrot Cake and the Veggie Conundrum

“Would you like me to eat more vegetables, Mom?” Hmmm…..such a question, that wears such a simple facade, should be answered with caution and care of utmost degree, especially when asked by my smart-alecky nine year old. Now, all this is a wisdom on the hind-sight and my immediate answer to his obviously simple, yet super complicated question was ‘yes, of course!’ And so we […]

Deep_Fried_Goodness Snacks
August 23, 2020

All that Fit For Fritters!

Laziness has no bounds on weekends, in our house. The bucket load of laundry that bear the evidence of the week’s hard work, another basket load, patiently waiting for their turn to be folded and tucked away, the embarrassingly sticky floors that are in desperate need of mopping, the sink, dishes, cups and other kitchen paraphernalia that are begging to be scrubbed and restored to […]

Grains Mighty meat Rice
August 22, 2020

Lamb Pulav Please!

One of those Saturday evenings, when you would like to eat something delicious but the two hour nap and an hour and half movie, along with the inherent laziness that shows up every weekend, thwart all your elaborate weekend plans. At barely a hour before we surpass a decent dinner time, I scurried into the kitchen to whip up an easy, yet, weekend-worthy one pot […]

Rice Seafood
August 20, 2020

Tune Into Tuna Biryani

My Family’s love for Biryani is no secret. But Tuna Biryani? Well, our family’s weirdness is no secret too! Since Tuna curry has made it appearance quite a few times in our family dinners, we decided to see if the meaty, juicy Tuna fish will fare well with the delicate, aromatic flavors of Biryani. Tender pieces of tuna were marinated in a myriad of spices […]

Seafood
August 18, 2020

When Mom is not around…

This post is from my eldest son, Shalom Israel. After spending an entire day at work, I was greeted by tantalizing aromas of deliciousness. The boys tried their hand at cooking and Shalom wrote all about it. Over to Shalom: “Today, when my dad, brother, and I were in the house by ourselves, we decided to cook some sort of meat or seafood curry. So […]

Bread Desserts Nuts
August 13, 2020

Roll in and Roll out!

Some things in life, ought to be done just because you can. These delicious rolls of doubled deliciousness and bundled up calories with minimal nutritional value are one of those things. Butter and flour are made into a nice, soft dough with the help of milk. It is then rolled out and doused generously with some more butter, sugar and pecans. The dough is then […]

Mighty meat
August 7, 2020

Say ‘hello’ to Abalone

You may relate. You do a thing well knowing that you will later regret it. Sending my husband to Costco is one such thing. And I did that thing this week. And that’s when we said ‘hello’ to Abalone! Once I spotted these little sea bombs in the giant cardboard box of grocery items, ( 75% of which were not in my list, just to […]