Why is it so difficult to get certain basic ingredients? Now that the wedding is over, its time to invite friends and relatives home to have a look at the photos and dinner. The first family was entertained on Friday. I made mashed avocado and tomato bruschetta, sesame honey chilli potatoes, for starters, salad and…
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Continue Readingsweet bread from Mexico Conchas (pronounce the ch as in chair) are traditional sweet buns from Mexico. Also known as pan dulce, these sweet rolls have a slightly hard crust and a soft,slightly chewy,sweet inner part. Once you take a bite into the crust, it melts like magic in your mouth. Usually eaten…
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Continue ReadingUpdated on 05/12/2018 Its been a long time since I baked a bread. A cool rainy weather called out for some soup. Making soup for dinner meant a home baked bread. I dug out my ‘to try list’ and made masala bread. The first time I had made masala bread was when I was attending…
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Continue ReadingFeta, Olive and Basil Bread Feta, Olive and Basil Bread is a homemade bread which is stuffed with feta, olives and basil. Superbly delicious, goes well with a hearty salad or soup. Makes a good bread to carry for lunch, picnics or even when you’re travelling. Fresh Basil or Dried? While fresh basil would have…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Beetroot Chocolate Chip Cookies Beetroot Chocolate Chip Cookies are egg free, so pretty, tasty, crispy on the outside and soft inside. Loaded with oats and chocolate chunks, the beetroot doesn’t as such add any flavour but makes the cookies soft pink in colour. Better to use natural colours than artificial ones. Valentine’s Day Everyone…
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Continue ReadingEVENT: FOODIES_ REDOING OLD POSTS #44 RECIPE: TOMATO CHEDDAR BREAD Tomato Cheddar Bread Tomato Cheddar Bread baked with tomato paste, cheese, spices and herbs is simply a flavourful and delicious bread. Enjoy with some soup or use it to make sandwiches. Generally Tomato Cheddar Bread is made by adding sun dried tomatoes and cheddar to…
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Continue Readingyet another flat bread Lángos (pronounced as lang-oh-sh) is a Hungarian flat bread made from flour, yeast, salt, water or milk, mashed potato and deep fried. Traditionally the flat bread is rubbed with garlic or sprinkled with garlic water and topped with sour cream and grated cheese. However, like most flat breads, there is no…
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Continue Readingeasily baked Turkish flatbread or turkish pide is a flatbread bread which is healthy and can be accompanied with practically anything. Have it with a curry, soup, make it into a sandwich, top it with your favourite topping. Let your imagination run wild. Its a chewy bread which can be shaped into a rectangle or…
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Continue Readingnaturally red Yesterday was our 31st wedding anniversary and since both of us like sweet things, I decided to make red velvet muffins. I have had this recipe for nearly 2 years in the ‘to try list’. Yes, that list is not getting shorter as so many food bloggers come up with wonderful recipes. I…
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Continue Readinganother healthy breakfast option My daughter had a lone red apple sitting in her fridge and the first thing I thought of making was muffins. Yes, its yet another one from the to try list which is just not getting shorter. I think if I really wanted to try all the recipes I…
