Category Archives: Breakfast

Blueberry Streusel Muffins

Bakery Style Blueberry Streusel Muffins. Loaded with fresh blueberries and sour cream for extra moist muffins. Get the Recipe: Blueberry Streusel Muffins

Lapsi (Broken wheat porridge with jaggery)

Nutty broken wheat cooked with jaggery (healthier substitute of sugar) makes for a wholesome and healthy breakfast. It keeps you energized all day. Get the Recipe: Lapsi (Broken wheat porridge with jaggery)

Rava Dosa

Rava Dosa – South Indian traditional, plain flour, rice flour, semolina based crepes : These crispy thin crepes when cooked well with addition of green chili, peppers is such a delight, can be gobbled up in seconds. The batter is prepared very thin and dropped onto the heated skillet from a slight height, these being […]

Lemon Ricotta Pancakes with Pomegranate Syrup

Lemon Ricotta Pancakes with Pomegranate Syrup will brighten any day! Moist and infused with a great citrus flavor, these pancakes make an amazing weekend treat. Ingredients: For the syrup: 3/4 cup pomegranate juice 3/4 cup water 1/2 cup sugar Zest from 1/2 lemon For the pancakes: 1/2 cup ricotta cheese 1/2 cup milk 2 eggs, […]

Apple Cider Doughnuts

Melt in your mouth Apple Cider Doughnuts made with fresh apple cider. Easy fall doughnut recipe to make at home! Get the Recipe: Apple Cider Doughnuts

Kale Adai

I was intrigued by this nutritious green leafy vegetable with multiple benefits – Kale! My challenge was to incorporate it into south Indian traditional cuisine. After much thought I came up with 3 such recipes. This ‘Kale Adai’, a healthy traditional lentil pancake, with addition of Kale becomes even more nutritious. Ingredients: split pigeon peas […]

Pumpkin Banana Smoothie

Heart healthy fiber packed Pumpkin Banana Smoothie made with Greek yogurt, milk, and pumpkin puree! Perfect way to start your day Get the Recipe: Pumpkin Banana Smoothie

Whole Wheat Streusel Pancakes

100% Whole Wheat Streusel Pancakes made with Greek yogurt, cinnamon and vanilla. Topped with a buttery cinnamon streusel Get the Recipe: Whole Wheat Streusel Pancakes

Creamy Avocado Smoothie – Perfectly Paleo & Vegan

I’ve never really been a big smoothie fan. It just seemed like a quick way to drink a whole bunch of calories, and i’m not really into sweet drinks. But I’m doing a Fall fitness challenge this month at FitWit, and I’m trying to eat healthy and get all my fruits and veggies in. So […]

Stove-top Spanish Frittata

I have always loved Spanish omelettes because its a great combination of veggies, meats with egg. The only reason why I was always skeptical to make them as they needed to be baked a lil…….So after trying couple of different variations, finally came-up with a perfect recipe for a fluffy round omelette. From the original […]

Sour Cream and Corn Savory Bread

Baking bread at home is no rocket science actually it is about common sense and chemistry, while baking bread you cannot take chances to be intuitive about the measurements, recipe and most importantly timing, everything has to be accurate and precise. From the original site: After practicing a lot with daily whole wheat bread now […]

Spiced Blueberry Jam

Delicious Spiced Jam from scratch! It’s easier than you think. From the original site: In this episode of Good Eats, Urban Preservation I: Jam Session, we learn how to make Jam, a delicious Spiced Blueberry Jam. The recipe however is just half of the show. The other half is about preserving said Jam. It will […]

French Toast

These french toast have whole wheat flour added to the beaten eggs which give a nice coating for bread. Get the Recipe: French Toast

Baked Lentil Chilaquiles Casserole

Familiar Mexican flavors combine in a versatile, easy casserole for a dish that can take you from brunch through dinner. From the original site: Father’s Day demands brunch, but we perhaps don’t bring quite the same expectation of fuss and finesse to the table as we do for Mother’s Day. Am I right? But still, […]

Aunt Suzie’s Muffins

Our family has been making this recipe for decades. It always gets raves at every large gathering that includes breakfast. We have selfishly kept this recipe in the family and even now they are against me sharing it. I attempted to find a similar (identical) recipe online with no success. The world needs to have […]

Brown Rice Dosa

I make brown rice dosa for breakfast because it is healthy. Brown rice has more nutritional benefits than white rice. If you want to start your day with healthy food, then do try this super tasty, crispy brown rice dosa. Get the Recipe: Brown Rice Dosa

Healthy Oats with Fruits

Including oats in our diet may aid in providing a wide range of health benefits. It is recommended to have at least ½-1 cup of oats every day, so as to derive its health benefits. The dietary fiber helps to make you feel full faster and longer. This help to reduce cravings and bingeing tendencies […]

Orangish Chocolatish Cinnamon Rolls

Cinnamon rolls were in my baking list from a long time but don’t know why I never made them though I really really love them, in my opinion they are one of the perfect treats to enjoy with coffee and they fit in so well in the breakfast, brunch and tea time menu, they are […]

High-rise Buttermilk Biscuits

Not only does this post contains recipe for light and buttery biscuits, I include several biscuit making tips. Everybody needs good biscuits! From the original site: Biscuits have charm and personality. They’re like the friend you always want to be around because they make you feel happy and cheerful. While it may not be scientifically […]

Whole Wheat Coffee Chocolate Cake

As a home baker, I always try to substitute All Purpose Flour with whole grains, especially in breads or muffins but sometimes it is inevitable to replace All Purpose Flour to get the perfect end results. Many a times my friends complain about denser texture of whole grain cakes, breads and muffins, what I learnt […]

Savory Yellow Lentil Crepes

When I was in Hong Kong, one day morning in search of vegetarian breakfast I came across one local food joint serving savoury Korean Pancakes called Bindaedok, which was very much similar to our Moon Dal Cheela and when I asked him about the preparation, in some third world language he explained to me that […]

Raisin and Rosemary Mini Scones

A traditional Scottish quick bread, scones are welcome as a treat for breakfast or as a teatime snack with a cup of hot and steaming tea. Scones are easy to master, and make simple but mightily delicious teatime treats. Scones come in many sizes and flavors, sometimes I bake those classic quadrant shaped scones and […]

“D” for Deep Fried Doughnut

Doughnut or Donut, whatever you like to call them, are one of the highly commercialized confectionary item, all across the globe there are retail chains dedicatedly selling only doughnuts, filled with fruit preserves, jellies, cream, custard or glazed with chocolate, butter cream, cream cheese, and like bees kids are always attracted towards these colorful rings […]