Christmas entertaining :

Sugar Cookies

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From the archives: These festive Sugar cookies are so yum and fun to make that they deserve a year long attention than just during the Holiday season –DK Christmas without Sugar Cookies is considered incomplete. The fun is not only[...]

Vegetable Pot Pies

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Sometimes the simplest of dishes make an outstanding centerpiece in your dinner table. It need not be elaborate or gourmet, but simply few dishes put together and showcased in an elegant manner – just like this pot pie. Its such a no[...]

Classic Carrot Cake

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My quest for that Perfect and THE Best Carrot Cake ends here! I have tried at least 8 carrot cake recipes till date. I know each and everyone of us have a different palate. With that in mind, mine always had some fault or the other to find[...]

Spanakopita triangles

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There is something to be said for combining Spinach with feta and ricotta cheese! The sensation that it creates is amazing! The Greek do know how to eat! The creaminess of the ricotta, the saltiness of feta combine with earthy spinach to[...]

Crazy for Candy Canes

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  If you’ve got lots of candy canes and you’re wondering what to do with them, here’s a few ideas I found at MarthaStewart.com.  The Candy Cane Can -tips from Martha Stewart Everyday Food and MarthaStewart.com  More[...]

Pork Stuffed with Fennel

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Pork Stuffed with Fennel - the skin protects the meat inside A husband with a sense of humor can be a mixed blessing, especially at dinnertime.  Bones, being much louder than I am, is usually charged with the tasks of calling our[...]

Beetroot Chocolate Brownie

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Its amazing how the most unlikely vegetables/fruits sometimes make delicious cakes, loaves and brownies. Like for instance, in the brownies we have the beetroots playing heroes. For a long while, if someone told me that you could use stuff[...]

Jalepeno & Cheese Cornbread

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My taste buds go into a hyper drive the minute the clouds get overcast and get their dark overcoat on! I start craving for something cheesy, something with chili and if possible, something fried! For last few days, that’s how the[...]

Brown Butter Pumpkin Risotto

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I don’t think I would be too wrong in estimating that at least 95% of the people love risotto! I am a die hard fan. Give me mushroom, give me saffron or any other vegetable, I would first think of how I can make risotto with it. And with[...]

Vegan Tofu Turkey ( Tofurkey )

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See all Thanksgiving Recipes This is the closest I am going to get as far as cooking and eating meat goes What? This looks and tastes ‘meaty’ enough for me (pun intended!). So much so I got two comments which makes this dish[...]