The easy-to-make salad contains a mixture of vegetables that provide an amazing Mediterranean flavor and taste delicious together. Plus, the recipe is also versatile and can be changed depending on what vegetables you have available. Other Mediterranean salads Fattoush salad Tabouli salad Greek pasta salad Chickpea salad You can also check my list of 40 Easy Summer Salad Recipes! If you try this recipe, let me know how it goes in the comments below....

Served in a sticky ginger and garlic sauce, Mongolian beef sounds more complicated than it is. Strips of tender beef are stir-fried and drenched in a rich, aromatic sauce – it’s so delicious that you’ll never go back to the takeout version. Made with simple ingredients and minimal cookware (which means fewer dishes later on), Mongolian beef makes for an easy weekday dinner or an impressive fakeaway for the weekends....

Dec 07, 2018, Updated May 07, 2023 This eggless chocolate cake recipe is almost same as my recipe for eggless chocolate cupcakes. Ever since, I posted those chocolate cupcakes, I have received tons of emails and messages from you guys asking me to post an eggless chocolate cake recipe and well here it is! Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. For more information on my Affiliate and Advertising Policy, please click here....

These no-bake vegan brownies are a delicious, healthier treat to replace your “traditional” brownie. They are packed with ingredients, including almond meal, dates, and cacao powder – for a treat that remains packed with flavor but is nutrient-dense and filling. Plus, they’re a great meal-prep snack to grab and go from your fridge and for days when you want a brownie without switching on the oven (especially warm summer days)....

Nov 22, 2018 It’s hard to believe but it’s already that time of the year where everyone is looking for gifts for their loved ones. I am sharing some of my favorite things which I personally love and think that they would make great gifts. Not surprisingly, they are all kitchen gift ideas! Since I pretty much spend most of my day in the kitchen, this gift guide is focused on the cooks, chefs & bakers!...

In this post, I’ll walk you through a simple DIY for making tapioca pearls, including how to cook them with dark brown sugar, and a simple brown sugar bubble milk tea recipe. Once you master the art of making boba pearls at home, you can customize them with flavors like mango (see Mango Tapioca Pearls) and add them to your favorite bubble tea, milk tea, or other fruity drinks for that perfect chewy texture....

Unfortunately, as a food blogger, I have a LOT of vegetable scraps and nowhere to put them. I live in an area where there isn’t a good food waste system (unfortunately London is a bit behind in this!). However, this homemade vegetable stock takes less than an hour to make, is cheaper than store-bought vegetable broth /stock tablets and without any nasty additives, thickeners or a high sodium level....

When it comes to potato chip alternatives, beetroot chips are my absolute favorite. The mixture of sweet and savory flavors, with the crunch pair perfectly with a little bit of sea salt and make for a delicious snack. However, this post will also show you how to make dehydrated beet chips (non-flavored), which you can also use to make beetroot powder too (for edible and cosmetic purposes). Luckily, for those that aren’t keen on beetroot either, these baked beet chips also magically forego the super-strong ‘earthy’ flavor that many hate and instead have this amazing sweet and savory flavor that even the biggest beet haters in my life have really enjoyed....

It may seem like I’m a bit chickpea obsessed, especially if you’ve noticed that my number of chickpea-related recipes and DIY’s is going up every single week. What can I say, I love this ingredient! Learning how to make chickpea flour is incredibly simple, and it can then be used for your delicious gluten-free baked goods and a variety of comfort foods. I’ve mentioned homemade flour recipes in previous posts – oat flour, almond flour, etc....

You may have noticed that I’ve recently made several powders and paste DIY’s, including garlic powder. This DIY for garlic flakes was the next on my list. Using a simple dehydrating process, you can get simple, flavourful fresh garlic substitutes with just one ingredient and little effort. Not only is it cost-efficient (especially if you’re able to find cheap bulk garlic cloves), but you get to avoid any fillers and anti-caking chemicals used in various grocery store options, and the quality and flavor is usually far better too!...

Making grape juice at home is just the latest of MANY homemade juice recipes I am sharing. My most recent ones include homemade mango juice, pineapple juice, and how to juice lemons. This grape juice recipe not only requires just one ingredient (grapes) but there are five methods to choose from to extract the sweet, refreshing juice! If you have grapevines, then learning how to make grape juice is a fantastic way to make the most of your bounty....

There’s rarely a wrong time for potatoes. I’m always digging into creamy mashed potatoes, Lebanese batata harra, or a sweet potato breakfast hash, among others. Now it’s time to make these breakfast potatoes, aka home fries. I will share with you three cooking methods, ways to prep them in advance, several optional add-ins and recipe variations, and tons of ways to enjoy them. These homemade home fries make a great, versatile potato side dish for practically any meal!...

Having previously shared methods for making homemade soy milk and homemade tofu, I’m a little surprised it’s taken me this long to share a technique on how to make miso paste at home using soybeans. Luckily, a Japanese friend’s mother stepped in to my rescue, and now I’m passing along those secrets to you (with her permission, of course!). Miso paste is complex, sweet, salty, and packed with umami flavor – making it a great addition to tons of recipes....

In the last couple of years, I’ve really taken a shine to the art of preserving. So, along with methods for pickled garlic (plain or spicy), pickled red onion, refrigerator pickled green tomatoes, and even ferments like this honey fermented ginger and lemon, it’s the turn of super simple preserved lemons (aka pickled lemons) method! What are Preserved Lemons? Preserved lemons date back to the 12th century and go by several names, including brined lemons, cured lemons, and pickled lemons....

Turkish simit (also referred to as Turkish bagel or Gevrek) is a sesame-crusted bread that lies somewhere between a homemade bagel and a homemade soft pretzel. The sesame-crusted bread is a twisted ring-shaped, golden brown, and crusty on the outside with a tender, fluffy interior – unlike bagels it’s not boiled before baking and has a softer interior texture. In Turkey, it is sold on street corners and is very popular street food and addition to a breakfast table with cheese, jams, fresh vegetables, etc....

Not only are homemade croutons a great way to use leftover stale bread, but I consider them practically a must-have meal topper for a classic Caesar salad, creamy tomato soup, and other salads and soups to add a much-needed crunchy element. Learning how to make homemade croutons is so easy, too. It can be done with almost any bread, only takes 20 minutes, and can be adapted in several ways with different herbs and seasonings....

One of my favorite winter leafy greens is fenugreek leaves (often called methi). It is a ubiquitous ingredient in practically all Indian kitchens. Hence, it is used in a plethora of Indian recipes, such as savory methi paratha, aloo methi ki sabzi, decadent methi ladoo, and crispy methi muthiya. Besides adding flavor and taste to the recipes, these leaves are also very nutritious and perfect for your diet. While speaking of its forms, it can be utilized in various ways, whether it’s methi dana, fresh leaves, dried leaves (kasuri methi), or aromatic fenugreek powder....

Indian food is renowned for its creative use of herbs and spices. The main ingredient in any Indian cuisine is spice or herbs, which is the essence of Indian food preparation. Despite being regional in nature, several spices remain a staple in practically every Indian home. Furthermore, Indian spices are unique among all other spices in the globe because of their abundance of health advantages. These Indian spices and herbs are known worldwide....

Aug 25, 2022 I love making chutneys with in season fruits like peaches, apples etc. These chutney go well with so many things and make a great accompaniment to Indian breads. With figs being in season, I had to make fig chutney. This chutney came out really well thanks to the super ripe and sweet figs that I used in the recipe. You get several types of figs in the market when they are in season....

Oct 25, 2021 Almond flour is one of my favorite ingredients to make Diwali sweets. It can be used in so many different ways in different recipes and is readily available in the market these days. There’s no peeling and soaking of the almonds involved, just get the flour from the store and you are ready to make some delicious sweets for Diwali. Couple of years back, I shared this Badam Burfi Recipe made with almond flour and it has been such a big hit ever since....