Mini Dill Biscuits

I was in dual mind while putting together the post; should I or shouldn’t I post this recipe?  Why the quandary you ask? Well frankly, the biscuits did not turn out the way I had anticipated. They were not flaky and also they did not puff up as I had expected them to be. But then taste wise they were just fine. To avoid any confusion, I am referring to the American style Biscuitsand not the British/Indian type biscuits/cookies. Now this was my very first attempt at baking Biscuits. The biscuits that we get in the restaurants are flaky, fluffy…

Tomato Mint Pilaf

I have to give full credit to DH for this recipe of Tomato Mint Pilaf, as he took over the mantle of chopping, cooking, preparing and even cleaning. Now DH is a talented, but reluctant cook.  In a decade’s time that I have known him, it must have been a handful of times; he has done any full fledged cooking. But when he cooks he does it with passion and enthusiasm and that readily shows up in the final outcome. But then for the past few weeks (knock on the wood) DH is on a roll in churning out recipes…

Raspberry Lemon Tea

As you might already noticed the first two pictures are quite different from the last one. I did take the earlier pictures when I had the energy and enthusiasm, but not so much with the last one though. Frankly it was not meant to be that way. Two weeks ago I had brought a big box of fresh and juicy raspberries with plans of using them in some baking experiments. But alas that was not meant to be, the baking escapade did not materialize. I fell sick for few days and did not have the energy to work, cook, bake…