Holidays

Celebrate with top-rated holiday recipes, appetizers, and desserts. Find the right recipe for any holiday.

Gateau Basque

Gateau Basque is a traditional dessert from the Basque region of France. A layer based cake with a filling of either pastry cream or cherry preserve. When I first noticed this cake in French Bakery (sl...

Turkey Stuffing Salad with Arugula and Crab Apples

This salad reminds me of Italian Panzanella Bread salad. Lite, refreshing yet very filling salad with my fall favorite fruits like crab apples and pomegranates. Call it a leftover turkey stuffing makeov...

Spiced Lamb Pies

Homemade Spiced Lamb Pies have special space in my home. Growing up, we had lots of vegetarian and ground spiced lamb stuffed samosas (deep fried hand pies) and this pie always reminds my of those. Howe...

Curried Yellow Beets and Peanut Hash

What are your favorite holiday dinner sides? Curried Yellow beets hash always make its place on my thanksgiving dinner table. Among all beets variety, yellow and dark red beets are my favorite. We often...

Roasted Game Hen with Stuffing

Roasted Game Hen is my favorite dinner idea for two people. Whole roasted turkey can be overwhelming for a small family like ours. Turkey roast works perfect when you have big group of family and friends joining you for dinner.

Whenever, it is just two of us, we prefer to roast a smaller bird....

Quinoa Salad with Roasted Corn and Mango

My first introduction to quinoa was about two years ago. Until then I just heard all good hype about this whole grain which is actually not a grain. I first tasted quinoa in a vegan restaurant where I e...

Cardamom Infused Chunky Cranberry Sauce

There are hundreds of cranberry sauce recipes online and I added my cranberry orange butter to that list last year. Cranberries guys, we can’t get enough of these bright and beautiful little berries dur...

Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Apple

Sweet and tender roasted sweet potatoes with lemony, sweet and tart pan roasted apples were like many holiday flavors singing on my palate. This delicious sweet side dish is as simple as it looks and as...

Lime Scented Cloverleaf Dinner Rolls

On my way to school, day always started with fragrance of freshly baked bread (baked every morning in small town bakery). My mom always packed us breakfast and lunch for school, everything homemade, no...

Strawberry Basil Mojito

A refreshing, seasonal fresh strawberries, tropical lychee nuts and basil mojito for your next Outdoor BBQ Party. This is a drink, your guest will be asking 'recipe' for, I'm telling yaa! It is healthy and satisfying to use local ingredients and home grown herbs to mix up drinks for friends and family...