Semi Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread (Pan De Mie)
A Semi Whole Wheat Sandwich Loaf which is not too sweet but tasty all the same.
Chipotle Red Beans and Rice
Chipotle Red Beans and Rice is a favorite of mine and a very easy dish to throw together if you have canned or cooked kidney beans on hand. Chipotle Chili is a smoked dried jalapeno. I love the smokey taste of the pepper and am quite liberal while using it as we love spicy food.Read more
Greek Chicken and Veggies in a Sheet pan.
This Greek chicken and veggies recipe is very easy to put together. Especially as it is a sheet pan recipe, where you need to just put everything on the pan and bake for an hour or so. This means I can finish cleaning up and spend time with the kids while dinner cooks. While IRead more
Homemade Pita Chips
Homemade pita chips are an easy to make snack. While I prefer to use homemade pita bread to make my chips, this batch of chips were made with store bought pita bread. For me the biggest advantage of making my own chips is I can control the oil and salt added to the chips. IRead more
Homemade Spicy Hummus
Spicy Hummus is an easy to make and healthy dip or spread. We like it spicy and this is my go to recipe, whenever I am making it for the family. When I am making it for guests I skip the chili powder ( Indian, similar in spice levels to Thai chili’s) and use FancyRead more
Egg in a Hole
Egg in a hole is a quick and easy breakfast for kids. Using cookie cutter to cut out some cute shapes makes it fun for the kids. I have used a butterfly shaped cookie cutter to make the hole in the bread and toasted the butterfly cutout separately on the pan. Make sure your cookie cutterRead more
Belgian Liege Waffles
Waffles for Breakfast is a favorite breakfast for my kids. I chanced across the Belgian Liege Waffles a while back but because the packaged varieties have preservatives in them I wanted a healthier version for the kids. A search for them resulted in a variety of different recipes. A few experiments later I came up withRead more
Mixed Fruit Smoothie
The weather is warming up in the Bay Area and this is a refreshing and healthy mixed fruit smoothie to cool down with. It is sweetened with a dash of honey and frozen fruit add a refreshing chill to the drink. Yogurt is another addition that I try and add to all my smoothies, asRead more
Homemade Biscuits
Soft and fluffy biscuits are not that difficult to make. Keep in mind a few pointers and surprise yourself with some amazing biscuits. These have egg in them, but eggless biscuits follow the same principles in general. Making Biscuits is a bit of a messy process. The picture you see above is a batch ofRead more