Disclosure: This post was sponsored by Ling Ling, all opinions expressed in my post are my own. Love Chinese hot and sour soup, but hate the gloopy texture in restaurants? Why not make your own with a simple homemade broth, tender-crisp vegetables and silky egg ribbons? Makes a great appetizer or light meal. I love…
Cookbook Giveaway & Avgolemono Soup Recipe
Before we get to today’s recipe, I am excited to share something with you guys. It’s a GIVEAWAY! The very first one on this blog!! Last month, the good folks at Nourish Books sent me a hot-off-the-press copy of the latest cookbook by Nisha Katona. It is called Pimp My Rice, and rightly so! It…
Red Wine-Braised Chicken And Mushrooms {Almost Coq Au Vin}
I thought lady winter had forgotten all about us Texans. I was wrong. She just decided to pay us a late visit. Winters are hard, no doubt, even in this time and age when our homes are automatically heated with the flip of a button and our bodies are hugged by the warmth of fabric….
Roasted Cauliflower And Delicata Squash Soup
I love thick, creamy soups. And you know the best thing about certain vegetables? They are good at making soups smooth, rich and creamy without really having to add cream (and extra calories). Now, I’ll let you in on a secret. My secret ingredient in most of my soups is chicken stock. It gives this…
Herb Roasted Chicken With Vegetables
There is nothing as quintessentially western as a dinner of roast meat with a side of vegetables. Today I bring you my tried and tested method for oven-roasted chicken and vegetables. Extremely comforting and easy to put together, perfect for the cold wave hitting us right now. Just fill up a baking pan, place it…
Creamy Kohlrabi And Mushroom Soup
We always keep rotating the same set of vegetables for our meals. I keep seeing this stout green tuber at our grocer, but mostly walk past it without a second glance. But not this time. I was on a mission to make my family eat some kohlrabi. It is similar to a turnip and shares…
Arroz Con Pollo (Rice With Chicken) Served With Roasted Red Pepper And Garlic Yogurt
Meat with rice is a universal comfort food. Indians call it biryani, the Spanish call it Paella, Italians call it risotto, and generally, the term most commonly used is pilaf (or pilav, pulao or whatever you wish to name it). When you look at the history of a certain dish, you may be amazed at…
Fall Comfort Food – Chicken Vesuvio
Chicken Vesuvio is an American-Italian dish, made by pan frying thick pieces of chicken and potatoes in olive oil, along with garlic, chili and oregano, which is then de-glazed using generous amounts of dry white wine and stock, and finished by baking in the oven. I first saw this dish being made by the ever-effervescent…
Comforting Butternut Squash Soup
Now that the weather is getting cooler, it is time to think of warm, robust and comforting foods. And what better way to start other than with soup? There are countless varieties available in cans, packets, and what not. But, soup just might be the easiest thing to put together. Most people like soup. I…
Chinese Rice Noodle Soup
The internet is a wonderful tool, and so is blogging. There is so much inspiration around us. This is especially true in the case of foodie blogs. It is so addictive, dangerous even. You may get fixated on some mouth-watering dish created by someone half a world away, and you just have to try it…
