Meals

15 Plus Ways to EAT more Yogurt

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Replenish your body with boost of probiotics from yogurt. Cooling, soothing, and creamy yet far less in calories than mayo and creams, yogurt can give you ton of calcium yet will not destroy your diet routines. Other than being a great replacement to heavy creams/mayo in dressing, there are N ways to include yogurt in your diet.Ou...

Savory Bake Sale Ideas

Sunday, August 24, 2014

In my community, there is no particular season for bake sale. Every month, we are baking something to support a local organization or helping to contribute towards a noble cause. Rather than an active event organizer (I leave that to my best friends in bake sale team), I am always a cooking and baking in-charge. Recently, I mad...

Weeknight Dinners in 25 Minutes or Less

Monday, August 4, 2014

These meals come together just under or in 25 minutes, making it easy to get dinner on the table during busy weekdays. Ditch the delivery, make it happen at home, the healthy way! All of these under-25-dinner-ideas are not only quick and easy to make, these are also healthy food choices. I know!! I hear you!! Amazing!! Right?I pla...

Make-Ahead Breakfast Breads and Muffins For Busy Weekdays

Thursday, July 17, 2014

Ready breakfast on busy weekdays!! Who does not love that? I am fan of ready-to-go or heat-and-eat breakfast options for weekdays. I don't mind putting some hard work into bread making on weekends, like bake or prep-and-freeze some breads for weekdays and then just heat and eat for 5 days! Sharing with you few of my top favorite...

12 The Best Summer Salads from Only-Salad-For-Lunch Week

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

These pictures increase my determination to eat more salads!! Do you remember last year I started "Only Salad for Lunch" Challenge? I mostly posted one salad every day during that time with grocery list and budget to buy everything before-hand. Don't kill me if tell you that salad and grocery list, all I posted on ChefDeHomeTestKi...

7 Easy Recipes with Juicy Summer Strawberries

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Strawberry season is finally here. All stores are laden with pounds of fresh picked local strawberries. Fruity fragrance of fresh strawberries always allure me to buy some extra every-time I go grocery shopping. Most groceries store have lucrative deals these days to further influence you in buying more. This time of year, you can...

Dinner on the Grill

Sunday, May 18, 2014

Keep fingers crossed, but it looks like things are finally getting better around here! Most of fires around our area are above 70% contained and weather is much pleasant today. I took that as a perfect excuse to have a grill-themed dinner on the grill this weekend. I want to share few of my easy grilled dinner recipes with you all...

Cinco De Mayo Fiesta

Saturday, May 3, 2014

Across the country this weekend, Cinco de Mayo will be celebrated with festivals, music, Mexican food and plenty of bar specials. Enjoy these easy mexican recipes to make Cinco De Mayo celebration fun and festive Mexican family feast. Happy Cinco De Mayo everyone!!!

5 Easy Recipes to Make Leftover Rice Scrumptious

Thursday, April 24, 2014

In my home, rice are one thing that always left a cup or more at the end of dinner. We always eat Whole Wheat bread with rice dinners. So, it often happens that all of steamed rice are not utilized. Instead of reheating, next day, I use leftover rice to make some thing delicious. In-fact, when I have some recipe in mind, I boil so...

7 Make-At-Home Dinners That Are Better Than Takeout

Saturday, April 19, 2014

Forget takeout, cook at home and invest in healthy life-style. Cooking at home not only keeps us healthy, but also help us save some money. These recipes will help you cook at home and save money by avoiding those last-minutes takeout calls.