VEGETARIAN
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Vanilla Chocolate and Chocolate Walnut Eggless Cake … back to the basics
“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” John Wooden It’s time for the Daring Bakers and this time I have to say I’m sorry I couldn’t keep…
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{Product Review & Recipe} Cottage Cheese & Bell Pepper Quesadillas, Pickled Peppers and Gulab Jamuns – Strange Bedfellows? Maybe …
“Life is the sum of all your choices” Albert Camus Given the choice, I would cook and bake all day with olive oil as my happy cooking medium … SIGH … if only…
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Ottolenghi’s Preserved Limes … well balanced & definitely addictiv
This is the second jar of Ottolenghi's Preserved Limes I have in progress, as the first is almost gone. I love the burst of tangy flavour these limes offer. The red chili enticingly…
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Tropical Fruit Verrines – get stoned this summer!
Tropical Stone Verrines - A light make ahead dessert, stone fruit based, seasonal, simple, vegetarian, low fat, healthy, colourfu,l and above all, glass scraping delicious!
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Ricotta & Cream Cheese Chili Poppers with Kiwi Salsa
The poppers were darned delicious little bites. They got created in an attempt to use up some left over home made ricotta that I had made for roasted bell peppers and ricotta bruschetta…
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Cherry Matcha Cheesecake Pots … Inspired by Donna Hay
Out of this situation only good will come. I am Safe. One of my favorite affirmations.” Louise Hay on twitter I love reading about cookbooks people own, new ones they’ve added to their…
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In the jar with … Strawberry Vanilla Bean Conserve
“Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did” William Allen Butler I don’t think there ever was or can be a more luscious, a more colourful and a…
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Thick, Chewy Granola Bars … you left us smitten!
“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” Ralph Waldo Emerson A visit to Smitten Kitten always leaves me enamoured and charmed. Deb’s always got something that holds my attention. It’s often simple comfort…
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Strawberry & Cape Gooseberry Pink Peppercorn Fro Yo … Here’s Spring!
“Oh, they’s so fresh an’ fine, an’ they’s jus’ off the vine. Straw-ber-ry! Staw-ber-ry!” Porgy and Bess Yesterday was the first day of Spring in North India, ‘Basant’ as it’s locally called. It…
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BURGER-a-la-FALAFEL …. Chickpea Delight!
“The first wealth is health” Ralph Waldo Emerson Sitting here the other day I was thinking of what to make over the weekend. Having just signed up for Ten in 10 for eating…
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DRIED CRANBERRY & WALNUT BREAD from Ottolenghi for BBD, with Roasted Bell Pepper Pasta
“Bread is the warmest, kindest of all words. Write it always with a capital letter, like your own name.”…from a café sign Bread Baking Day #26, Bread For a Birthday Party Yay…finally managed…
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CHARGRILLED BROCCOLI with CHILLI & GARLIC … from Ottolenghi
“And When You Least Expect It, You Will See the Mountain Move…” … lines from my little red book All through my university days, and even while I worked, I had this little…
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Mushroom Soup, Fougasse, Char-grilled Broccoli Salad
Mushroom Soup, Fougasse, Char-grilled Broccoli Salad, it's time for a savoury break, a short & crisp recipe as most of my family has been bitten by the flu bug. We have a house…
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Delicious Orange & Oat Scones … gorgeous little crumbs
Delicious Orange & Oat Scones, there's something about scones. Quintessential, charming & endlessly enjoyable. A classic holiday platter 'cookie' of sorts...
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Apple Crisp … still nostalgic about London & FBC!
This is a short crisp post about the apple crisp I made on my return from the UK last week. I am busy these days. Food, fun, festivities... and family!
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Pink Peppercorn & Chocolate Chip Shortbread … Off to the FBC with the kick of peppah!
“The more you have to do, the less time there’s to get it done in” Aparna’s Law Barely a few hours to leave for the Food Bloggers Connect in London and I am…
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RED BELL PEPPER, WALNUT & GOUDA FRENCH FOUGASSE…a little banter!
“Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.” Yiddish Proverb In our foodie web world, I find a couple of things that seem to unite people…
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FRUITY APPLE SPIRAL SWIRLS … for Monthly Mingle
“There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.”Henry James It’s time for Monthly Mingle, Meeta’s little baby that she so lovingly created…
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Foodbuzz 24, 24, 24: NO MEAN BEAN – A VANILLA BEAN
Ah, you flavor everything; you are the vanilla of society” Sydney Smith When Foodbuzz invited proposals for September’s 24 24 24 I knew it was time to explore my favourite bean, and I’m…
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Say CHEESE! The simplest and probably cheapest way to make mascarpone at home
I've been on a soft cheese trip for a while, using my spare time trying to make mascarpone, ricotta, quark, cottage cheese etc at home.
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Almost No Knead Baguette & a Romesco Sauce!
Almost No Knead Baguette & a Romesco Sauce. Could this be the perfect baguette? Elusive as ever, but this one was very near. The best I've ever made, and the most satisfying in…
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Fresh Peach Ginger Peasant Cakes … a vegetarian twist to Julie & Julia’s clafoutis!
“I think the inner person is the most important. . . . I would like to see an invention that keeps the mind alert. That’s what is important.” Julia Child The release of…
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LOW FAT ROASTED PEACH & PLUM EGGLESS ICE-CREAM…Time to Social-ice!
“My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it’s on your plate – that’s my philosophy”Thornton Wilder I had peaches. I had plums.…
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BACK TO SCHOOL VEGGIE PIZZA IN A GARLIC PESTO CREAM SAUCE
“If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers.”Edgar W. Howe Oh how I love this quote…what a…
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MINI PEACH, CHERRY & BLUEBERRY GALETTES with almonds -Little bites!
“Yield to temptation — it may not pass your way again” Lazarus Long Do you get hypnotized by certain posts. I’m afraid I’m afflicted by this strange phenomena, but I love it. And…
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MANGO-PEACH LOW FAT ICE-CREAM…eggless
“Ice cream is the original soul food.” Lexie Saige With summer here, can ice-cream & popsicles be far behind? Finally mangoes have reached their peak in availability & taste. There can be nothing…
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BEANIE TORTILLAS
“Cookery is not chemistry. It is an art. It requires instinct and taste rather than exact measurements.”Marcel Boulestin We’re going off to a beautiful little hamlet in the Himalayas, called Ramgarh, for a…
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APRICOT CHERRY MINI CRISPS…there’s joy in blogging!
“You’ve got to go out on a limb sometimes because that’s where the fruit is.” Will Rogers Summer’s here in full swing, & we’re slowly seeing the market getting flooded with ‘stone fruits’.…
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BERRY DELICIOUS INDIAN COOLER … Phalse ka Sherbet
“Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer, and like it.” Russel Baker Oh to have a berry to call your own! What a blissful feeling it is to find pretty…
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Artisan Bread or No-Knead Bread … simplest bread ever!
Artisan Bread or No-knead bread. The bread was so good, tasting even better the next day. I love a handsome loaf of bread, & this was just that!!
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Saffron Pistachio Yogurt Ice Cream…Happy IWD
“I’d much rather be a woman than a man. Women can cry, they can wear cute clothes, and they’re the first to be rescued off sinking ships”Gilda Radner This frozen dessert came out…
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Pancakes + Lentil = Lentil Pancakes
“Lentils are friendly—the Miss Congeniality of the bean world.” Laurie Colwin There’s been much talk of pancakes & Lent across blogs this past week. My mum mentioned some nice savoury pancakes made out…
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STRAWBERRY PANNA COTTA WITH A STRAWBERRY COULIS…the one that wouldn’t oblige!
“I leave my fats for dessert.”Bruce Mathews My favourite dessert of all time is a panna cotta. Panna cotta, an Italian dessert, which literally means cooked cream, is luxurious & creamy, eggless &…
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BLUEBERRY OAT WALNUT GRANOLA BARS…Yummy mouthful!
“With all that together, you’ve got a snack with lots of fiber, vitamins and protein.”Emily Walker A friend of mine was flying down from the UK in December ’08 & she asked if…
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BALSAMIC STRAWBERRIES WITH WHIPPED MASCARPONE
“You have to ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Strawberry season is setting in here. Yes, it’s winter & still quite cold, but this is when…
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CRACKERS WITH CREAM CHEESE…& a bit on BLOGGER AID
“The Super Bowl is the No. 1 snack food consumption day of the year” Frito Lays Made these super easy snacks the other day … great as finger food, & they disappeared as…
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WARMING UP TO SOUP…TOMATO & ZUCCHINI with BAKED HERBED CROUTONS
“Soup puts the heart at ease, calms down the violence of hunger, eliminates the tension of the day, and awakens and refines the appetite.” Auguste Escoffier Just when we thought that winter was…
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CANDIED GINGER & TANGERINE SHORTBREAD
“I am still convinced that a good, simple, homemade cookie is preferable to all the store-bought cookies one can find.” James Beard Mmmmmmmmmm shortbread! Think shortbread – think crisp, think buttery, think an…
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HERB CREAM CHEESE CRACKERS…there’s more to buckwheat than meets the eye!!
“Much Virtue in Herbs, little in Men.” Benjamin Franklin Couldn’t resist adding that quote…sorry guys! …I’m beginning to have more fun in the kitchen. That bag of buckwheat flour has done me a…
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NIBBLY BUCKWHEAT CHOCOLATE-CHIP COOKIES…& BUCKWHEAT CONNECTIONS!
“The unexpected connection is more powerful than one that is obvious.”Heraclitus My connection to buckwheat goes back many many years. It was in the year 1996 when the daughter was 6 months old…
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Saffron Indian Rice Pudding … sweet indulgence
“I haven’t had the rice pudding of my life today. But I guess I lost that opportunity with the end of my childhood.”William Rice The magical combination of the holiday season & winter…
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HUGS FOR BARBARA…Comfort pasta
‘A sunbeam to warm you, a moonbeam to charm you, A sheltering angel, so nothing can harm you.’ ~Irish Blessing~ Read at Susan’s the other day that brave Barbara of Winos and Foodies…
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MOROCCAN HOLIDAY BREAD…BAKING FOR A WORTHY CAUSE… "YES WE CAN"!
“It isn’t bread that feeds you; it is life and the spirit that feed you through bread.” Angelus Silesius Moroccan Holiday Bread …The addition of maize meal & a cornucopia of seeds gives…
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Lavash Crackers with a Roasted Red Bell Pepper Dip – Guilt free snacking
“Good taste is as tiring as good company.” Francis Picabia There’s something about these crackers. Never has guilt free snacking been this indulgent, this happy! Munch till you drop? These Lavash Crackers with…
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SENSATIONAL ON THE SIDE…A few of my favourite sides!
“He looked at me as if I were a side dish he hadn’t ordered.”Ring Lardner Sensational sides…what a great idea. This month’s edition of Monthly Mingles, Sensational Sides, is being hosted by Ruth…
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A CRACKER OF A CHALLENGE…GOING SAVOURY THE DARING WAY
“Once you get a spice in your home, you have it forever. Women never throw out spices. The Egyptians were buried with their spices. I know which one I’m taking with me when…
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I SPY A PIE…IT’S SAVOURY & IT’S FOR IVY!
“Men may come and men may go…..but Pie goes on for ever.” George Augustus Sala All savoury pie roads lead to Ivy’s @ Kopiaste this September. There’s a savoury pie food event at…
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MULTI GRAIN CANAPES WITH FRUIT TOPPINGS…more short eats
“The things we now esteem fixed shall, one by one, detach themselves, like ripe fruit, from our experience, and fall . . . The soul looketh steadily forwards, creating a world before her,…
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POTATO CANAPES WITH A CHEESY TOPPING…O Foods for Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
“The potato, like man, was not meant to dwell alone.” Shila Hibben Read a post by Michelle @ Bleeding Espresso about Gina DePalma, 2008 Bon Appetit award-winner for best Pastry Chef. Life is…
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HEY PRESTO…MIXED-HERBS PASTA
“Life is a combination of magic and pasta” Fellini Psychgrad & Giz @ Equal Opportunity Kitchen are hosting the weekly round-up of Presto Pasta Nights this week. Presto Pasta Nights is the brainchild…
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Saffron Pistachio Kulfi … craving kulfi
“Ice cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.” Voltaire Here’s an ice-cream with a difference…an Indian dairy-based frozen dessert. Guess what? You don’t need an ice-cream machine for this!! This is…
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ANOTHER INDIAN FLATBREAD…KHAMEERI ROTI
“Without bread all is misery.”William Cobbett Carrying on from my last post, time to blog eloquently about the third Indian flatbread I had a go at making. You can find the earlier two,…
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A CRUST OF BREAD & A CORNER TO BLOG IN…LIFE IS!
“If thou tastest a crust of bread, thou tastest all the stars and all the heavens.”Robert Browning Have been on an Indian flatbread making spree of late. Recently rediscovered a book that I…
