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Triple Chocolate Chip Cookies…for CLICK and help choose

» by redchillies May 28th, 2009 at 2:00 am » Comments (34)

Update: Thank you all very much for the valuable and constructive feedback, I really appreciate it. It is interesting to hear other people’s opinion, their perspective and their view point. It lets you see things in new light, new angle which points to things that you never thought of before. It is in fact a [...]

Vegan Chocolate Orange Cake

» by redchillies May 26th, 2009 at 3:53 pm » Comments (20)

For all those in the US, hope you all had a great Memorial Day Weekend. It was after a long time that we had a 3 day weekend. It is the un-official start of summer and we are already experiencing hot, sultry dayshere in our neck of the woods. We stayed back at home and [...]

Pico De Gallo (Tomato Onion Salad)

» by redchillies May 23rd, 2009 at 10:49 am » Comments (18)

In Mexican cuisine, Pico de gallo (Spanish for “rooster’s beak”) is a fresh condiment more like a salad made from chopped tomato, onion, and chilles (typically jalapeños). The chopped vegetables are then mixed and tossed with lime juice and salt.
I heard about this salad after coming to the United States. Being new to Mexican cuisine, [...]

Simple and Easy Rava Pongal (Sooji/Semolina Khichidi)

» by redchillies May 20th, 2009 at 9:13 pm » Comments (26)

We love the regular Rice based Spicy Pongal at home. It uses a combination of Rice and Moong daal along with ginger, pepper and it is a healthy comforting food. We usually make the Rice based Spicy Pongal when we need something simple, tasty yet light on the stomach.

Last week I received this recipe [...]

Banana Chocolate Milkshake

» by redchillies May 18th, 2009 at 10:43 am » Comments (28)

Last week was pretty hectic both on the work front as well as on the personal front. Right from the get-go on Monday up to Friday we had crazy schedules and other things lined up one after the other. Dear Husband was also out of town for couple of days and that just piled more [...]

Eggless Banana Orange Pecan Muffin

» by redchillies May 11th, 2009 at 9:41 pm » Comments (31)

On some days during the weekends it is tricky and challenging to keep our 3.5 year old occupied. He is so used to his friends, teachers and school during the week days that he is crest fallen during the weekends, especially in the mornings. Thankfully most of the days, he does a good job of [...]