Olive Oil Recipes

Pressing tree-ripened olives extracts a flavorful, monounsaturated oil that is prized throughout the world both for cooking (particularly in Mediterranean countries) and for salads. Today's marketp...

Tuna Salad

This recipe is inspired from Tuna Salad recipe of Food Network Star Ms. Ina Garten. I have slightly altered her recipe to meet my needs by reducing the amount of lime and replacing it with sweet blood o...

Pebble Beans and Roasted Tomato Soup

This is fall soup series and today I am sharing with you Pebble Beans and Roasted Tomato soup. This vegetarian soup gets meaty nutty taste from pebble beans and smoky flavor from roasted tomatoes. Pair...

Thyme Dusted Baked Sweet Potato Fries

Since we tasted sweet and salty sweet potato fries, we stopped ordering regular potato fries with burgers. Everyone in my family loves sweet potato fries but I often prefer to bake them instead of deep...

Masala Hummus

Masala Hummus is my spicy and aromatic twist on classic Hummus recipe. I am sure you had Hummus a number of times but this spicy, creamy and garlicky Hummus will change your perception about it. And In-...

Savory Waffle and Grilled Portobello Sandwich

Everyone loves waffle for breakfast but my family also loves to enjoy waffles for lunch. I often make savory waffles for breakfast which we eat with cilantro chutney and they taste so delicious. Last weekend, we were late for breakfast and it was almost brunch time. I decided to pair my savory waffles...

Vegetable Goulash

Nothing tastes better than a bowl of warm stew on a cold winter evening. Traditional Goulash is Hungarian meat and pasta stew, usually seasoned with paprika and served with a dollop of sour cream. For m...

Roasted Sunchokes with Lemon Sage Dressing

Few years back, in fall-winter season, I saw these fresh gingers like roots in farmer market called Jerusalem artichokes (also known as sunchokes). This time of year many hard-to-identify root vegetable...

Oven Roasted Cherry Tomatoes

Baking Season marks the beginning of Holiday Season and some days my oven works extra hours for me. To pay back to electricity Gods, I utilize my running (heating) oven to its fullest. Mostly, when you...

Meyer Lemon and Olive Oil Cake

I wanted to get into baking gear for the season but wanted to start with something semi-sweet. This cake was first for season and I love it. We both ate two slices each, even before I could click pictur...

Chicken Shish Kabab

Famous as Seekh or Shish Kababs, these easy and scrumptious marinated chicken skewers are often grilled or baked in the oven during winter season in my home. Shish Kababs taste great with side of lemon rice and grilled vegetables, but we also love eating’em as appetizer with some lemon juice squeezed...