I was a little leery if these would turn out looking even remotely like the picture from the website I got them from, but to my surprise, they turned out pretty close! One thing that helped was the recipe page had step-by-step photos which really helped with this one.
These were filling and very flavorful, but they seemed more appetizer-ish to me. I’d like to try them in a mini-muffin pan next time. Ellie liked them because she could pick them up and eat it like a cupcake. So they get bonus points for the fun factor.
I made a double batch to last for two days and I even had enough left over to put in the freezer. I served it with green beans, mashed potatoes and a salad.
With the rain squashing our plans to frolic outside in the sunshine, a play date was set up to meet some friends over at our local indoor playground, Funtastic. It must be impossible to have a bad time at a place called Funtastic, even on a dreary cold rainy day. Well, it is possible, and I’ll tell you how.
It’s been busy around here lately, and fish always seems to be a quick good meal. I’m not really good at cooking breaded things. Not sure if it’s my pan, or my technique, but the breaded never seems to stick no matter what I do. But despite my breading challenges, we all really liked this dish. Light, simple, and good flavor.
The quinoa salad was really good too. I like quinoa in hot dishes, but I think I prefer them in a cold salad form. I really loved the flavors in this one.
Wow, this was awesome! Super simple and super fast too. I didn’t even have the fresh herbs it called for. I used dried instead and it was still awesome. I will definitely make this again once my garden herbs start growing this summer.
We ended up adding the optional feta cheese and really liked it on top.
From what I have experienced with Indian food, I really like it. I really don’t know what anything is called because I prefer to eat the lunch buffet where I get to try a little bit of everything. So I know I like the red chicken, or the green dish, or the orange dish with peas. I’ve always been curious to try making some dishes at home, but wasn’t sure where to find a good recipe. But after surfing the internet, I came across a site called Manjula’s Kitchen. It’s a site featuring all vegetarian Indian recipes. What’s really great is that every recipe had a YouTube video showing you exactly how to cook it, which works perfectly for me since I’m not familiar with how to prepare Indian food. I just needed a good excuse to give this a try. So when Aya invited an old friend over for dinner who just happened to be vegetarian, and loved Indian food, I decided to give it a try.
I figured go big, or go home. After only buying a few exotic ingredients from the Indian grocery store, I had the menu set. I made butter paneer masala as the main dish, mushrooms with peas as a side, mong dal vada (lentil fritters) with cilantro chutney, and mango cheesecake for dessert!
It was a bit ambitious, but I kinda like the challenge in a short time frame. The YouTube videos were really helpful, but for the most part, everything was fairly simple and pretty quick. The lentil fritters took the longest and was the furthest from my comfort zone. It was the first time I’ve ever deep friend anything!
I was really surprised that everything tasted like Indian food from a restaurant. I’m definitely hooked on this website now and want to try everything. The videos are great because she doesn’t have some huge commercial kitchen that’s intimidating. She’s in a normal residential kitchen that makes everything seem very accessible and do-able. And I figured if I wanted some things non-vegetarian, I could just throw some chicken in it too.
I was a little leery if these would turn out looking even remotely like the picture from the website I got them from, but to my surprise, they turned out pretty close! One thing that helped was the recipe page had step-by-step photos which really helped with this one.
