We all love pasta, don't we? It's one of the easiest meals to fix on a hurried weeknight. Boil a box of pasta, whip up a quick tomato sauce, fix a salad, and you have a meal that's not only quite ...
Almond Biscotti
New year's resolutions seem a bit silly, don't they?I mean, why should a date on a calendar really motivate someone to make a life change? It's not as if the skies open and a band of angels starts ...
Orzo with Cherry Tomatoes
My vegetable garden got off to a late start this year because I was in India during the spring when I'd have normally started working on it. As a result, it is only in the past couple of weeks that I ...
Vegan Basil Pizza
Who doesn't love pizza, and we vegans are no different. But it can be a little harder for us to order takeout because even vegetarian pizza is usually covered wall to wall with thick gobs of cheese. I ...
Vegan Basil Pesto
I have been out of circulation lately because I've been swamped at work with two marathon conferences, running through two weekends. I've also been busy with blogging of another kind, for work. Let me ...
Pasta with Sun-dried Tomato Pesto
Pasta is a lifesaver on busy weeknights, and when I want to make it just a little more special without any extra effort, I mix up a pesto sauce. I like playing around with pesto, a lot. I make it ...
Pasta with Edamame Pesto
Two foods I long ago fell in love with - irrevocably- are pesto and hummus. I play around a lot with each, and usually just a slight tweak of ingredients throws up new and delightful flavors. And then ...
Mushroom Barley Risotto
Risotto is a labor of love. Cooking rice, in my kitchen, usually means bunging it into a pressure cooker or a saucepan with liquid and letting it steam away all by itself for a few minutes until it ...
Pasta with Dill Artichoke Pesto
With a unique flavor that dances on your tongue hours after a meal, Dill is perhaps one of the most potent herbs out there, and one of my favorites. In Bombay, where I grew up, we ate it as a ...
Spaghetti with Meatballs
Who doesn't love pasta? After all, there's so much to love. The slippery, satisfying bite of the noodle, the tangily tantalizing tomato, those heavenly herbs and their ethereal aromas...Simply made or ...