A healthy living starts with a healthy diet…….. There is always a trade off between taste and a healthy recipe. Even then we can find recipes that tastes wonderful with healthy ingredients and preparation styles. My interest is always look for tasty and healthy recipes to my family and to my blog, that intention I believe is justified by the recipe count in this category ….
Stuffed Capsicum
In this typical Punjabi cuisine recipe, capsicum or green bell peppers is stuffed with spiced mashed potatoes. There are many variations of making the stuffing and even with different ingredients like paneer/cottage cheese, besan/gram flour and green peas. The possibility of variety of filling option – even non vegetarian- makes this ...
Matha Ila Thoran
Matha Ila Thoran (മത്ത ഇല തോരൻ-Pumpkin leaf stir fry) is traditional vegetable side dish from Malayalee’s Kitchen. I used to have this in my child hood days when Mom put this together as a quick side dish from our own vegetable garden. These leaves are a good source of different types ...
Jackfruit Stem Thoran
The jackfruit is a fruit variety commonly seen in the south west costal states of India and is well known as the largest tree-born fruit. As a fruit, jackfruit is very popular is most of the Indian states and even in western word (as a frozen fruit). Multiple raw-jackfruit dishes are ...
Avacado Smoothie
Smoothie recipes are an easy way to increase our intake of fruits and vegetables as well as help the nutrient quality of your diet. Avocados are always a better choice for smoothies as it can add creaminess and consistency, same time giving the great benefit of nearly 20+ vitamins and ...
Salmon with Spinach and Mushrooms
A combination of super healthy food ingredients, prepared in a super healthy way!!!. Salmon and spinach paired with mushroom, to form a delicious side-dish bowl. Serve it with a French bread, baked potatoes even a bowl of steamed rice to complete the weekend dinner balanced and complete. ...
Methi Chicken
Another North-Indian curry recipe with methi (fenugreek) leaves, that goes well with chapathi/naan or rice. I have shared a few methi leaf recipes previously and have listed the health benefit of it already. Methi chicken is another common preparation to integrate the benefits of methi with chicken to get a ...
Green Bean Casserole
A classic dish very popular during the festival occasion of thanksgiving in the United States! Green bean casserole is a casserole consisting of green beans, cream of mushroom soup, and french fried onions. I was thinking of this dish for quite a while to add to my international recipe category. ...
Palak Dal Curry
Palak (Spinach) dal (lentil) curry is a great nutrition balanced recipe, blending spinach (vitamins & minerals), lentil (protein and starch) along with health benefit of ingredients like garlic. This palak recipe goes great with rice, chapatti or naan, and can even be served as a single-dish meal. Those who really ...
Whole Wheat Nut Cake
Making a healthy recipe without relaxing on the taste is always challenging. Regular cake recipes always use all-purpose- flour as its main ingredient, which is known to be a trouble maker. In this recipe, I used whole-wheat instead, along with one of the best known healthy nut variety, walnut ...
