This recipe was a request from my beautiful cousin Melanie-Jane who was born in Africa, Zambia and spent the early days of her childhood with my Grandma. She remembered this as a dip that my grandma would serve with Samosa’s and Pakora’s. Samosa’s are little parcels of joy and my grandma’s version were practically famous …
This is a really easy, relatively healthy and very sentimental recipe for me. Loli is a Sindhi* breakfast dish. In all honesty it is much more than this as it is the quintessential Indian ‘on the go’ travel food and because of this it plays a prominent role in family life and memories. It is …
I titled this recipe cream cheese, because without hesitation or reproach all of my guests thought it was cream cheese, just a little lighter. Luckily for me, who is sans lactose, this dish was made with tofu (da-da-dah.) It is so light and pure, it is good as a dip with crudité, or if …
This recipe is so fantastic, that it can be used as a raw pate, cooked to create a falafel or turned into meatballs. Unlike a falafel the middle is still soft, which I actually quite like. Other cooks use them as vegan meatballs by enveloping them in a tomato based sauce. I don’t think they would …
My favorite way to eat vegetables is straight from the BBQ with a little hint of smokiness and char. I also love seeing those perfect grill lines, as it reminds me of the Mediterranean and eating fresh vegetables and fish by the sea. Since I use a grill pan in this recipe, it is advisable …
There is nothing like the taste of cool watermelon juice on a hot day. My best friend and I used to love sipping them as we were walking down the beach in Thailand, or with a spicy papaya salad to cool our mouths down. So here I am in my living room in Boston, it is …
I love these little pockets of joy, they are so fresh and tasty with the added zing you get from the herbs, like in so many Vietnamese dishes. The almond butter dipping sauce is a wonderful addition, and I got the recipe from ‘the minimalist baker’ whose clean living blog is phenomenal and deserves …
Nasu Dengaku is a classic Japanese dish made with eggplant brushed with a sweet, salty miso glaze-umami at its best I use this marinade on other creations too, like asparagus or broccoli for an extra dimension The dish takes 5 minutes to prepare and 7 minutes to cook and is good as a side dish …
This is a great gluten free, meat free, diary free meal; densely packed with protein and super foods It is lovely and warming as autumn changes to winter It works well as a dinner or leftovers for lunch This recipe is adapted from a food network recipe Ingredients One (2lb) butternut squash, peeled, seeded and …
I tried this in a restaurant in Boston and it was so good, I just had to make it at home This is gluten, nut, dairy and soy free It is a little sweeter than pure chickpea hummus due to the carrots and a little mellower due to the roasted garlic With these types of …
