For the Love of Food

This is great for breakfast, brunch, lunch, or dinner. Heck, it’s even great for in between. Quiche is just yummy at any time of the day.

And, instead of using the traditional pie crust, I used the pat-in-the-pan pie crust I blogged about the other day (minus the fructose, cinnamon, and vanilla extract). Continue Reading »

This is a German recipe, that I modified, from the Internet chefkoch.de . I have posted it on various occasions.

I found this cute little container while I was on vacation in DC last summer. My son doesn’t like to eat soup, but if you serve it in a cute tiny bowl with an even tinier spoon, he will eat it all. Continue Reading »

So, after 4 weeks of not being able to eat anything sweet, I had a nice pile of these cookies. I found the original recipe on MyRecipes.com, made some substitutes, and didn’t end up with Thick, Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies, but rather thin buttery ones. They were so delicious that we couldn’t stop eating them. Continue Reading »

Back a few weeks ago I was unable to eat all forms of sweets: sugar, brown sugar, fructose, honey, agave syrup, milk, and even fruit. Luckily, those terrible4 weeks are over. You have no idea how sweet coconut milk tastes when you haven’t had one sweet piece of food for 4 weeks!

Anyways, it was a really hot summer day and I was craving ice cream. Unable to drink milk at the time, I took a nice thick and tasty coconut milk that I get here out of Thailand called Aroy-D and mixed it with rice milk to make a nice and “sweet” ice cream for myself. I made it on 2 occasions, once with cocoa powder and once without. I prefer the chocolate-free version. Ideally, it would taste better with sugar, so add to your liking if you are not on a restricted diet such as a candida diet.  This is also a great base for a vegetarian or vegan ice cream. Continue Reading »

As I mentioned last week, I have been cooking quick and simple meals lately. It is quite an adjustment on my part since I have always enjoyed cooking more elaborate meals that take 1 to 2 hours to prepare. Now, food needs to be on the table in less than 30 minutes…

But, while I am pressed for time, that in now way means that I am willing to sacrifice the quality or flavor of my food. Meals just need to be re-thought out.

I’d like to share another recipe with you that I discovered on Real Simple that really blew my mind away. Four ingredients plus some salt and pepper and you have a delicious meal in 25 minutes.

This was also the first time I have ever eaten fennel, and I am hooked! It’s delicious, easy to prepare, and dirt cheap. Continue Reading »

Back when I only had one child…

I used to cook nice elaborate meals. Now, I cook quick, uncomplicated meals. Sometimes they turn our a bit boring, and sometimes I am surprised how 5 simple ingredients plus a little salt and pepper can come together to make a mouth-watering dish in 15 minutes.

This is one of those dishes.

This is a recipe I found on Real Simple, and, as promised, it’s really simple to make, but very complex in taste. Continue Reading »

Now that my baby is sleeping through the night (yes - I have taught our 9 week old baby to sleep 12 hours through the night!!!), I am trying to use my “free” time now to blog more often now (it took me 3 days to finish writing this post!!).

On to the pie crust… Continue Reading »

Well, it has been quite a while since I last blogged about food! I have to say that being a parent of 2 children is four times the work as being the parent of once child..it’s hard to believe but it’s true.

I have been cooking and documenting my meals, but have not had time to blog. I am trying to change that, but family has priority.

I am now back to hosting Taste&Create and have taken some time to blog about a delicious meal that I made from my partner’s blog Tasty Treats…. . I made Poornima’s Penne in a Creamy Pesto Sauce with Fresh Mozzarella, Grape Tomatoes, and Chicken. And, it was absolutely delicious! We all had 2 helpings! And, another plus was that it was quick and easy to make.

I was really looking forward to trying something more Indian, but my baby has such a sensitive stomach that I have to avoid onions, beans, and spicy foods of all kinds. It limits what I can eat…especially since I love Tex-Mex so much, but in a year I will most likely not be breast feeding any more…or he will have out grown it.
These are some really delicious looking dishes from Poornima’s blog:
Khaman Dhokla
Chana Masala
Sev Puri
Chicken Biryani

Check out Tasty Treat’s delicious Creamy Pesto Sauce with Fresh Mozzarella, Grape Tomatoes, and Chicken recipe here!

Welcome to Taste&Create hosted by me at For the Love of Food. I have missed you all dearly while on “maternity leave” from the blog world. I have had very many well wishes from you and I want to thank you all for your words of encouragement.

I would like to especially thank Min from The Bad Girl’s Kitchen who hosted Taste&Create for me while I was away. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

I see that there have been quite a few new additions to our monthly event - I am glad to see that we are always growing. And, as always, I am thrilled to see the bloggers who have been coming back for quite a while now.

So, now that all the hugging is done…

Just a reminder:
-the rules can be found here.
-please do not email me your submission, go to the Taste&Create website, register/sign-in and submit your entry there by the 24th of April.

Sign-ups for November’s Taste&Create will end, as usual, on November 8th.

Here is this month’s partner list: Continue Reading »

So, where have I been for the last 4 weeks? In short: home-bound.

Three weeks ago our second son was born and 2 weeks ago our first son started preschool. So, I have been up to my ears in teeny tiny dirty diapers and an upset 2-year-old who wants more attention than I can currently stay awake for. Continue Reading »