Do your weeknight dinners feel more like a pit stop than a family meal? Between school drop-off/pick-up, work phone calls and homework fights ... dinner time often becomes a race. People grab a plate and wolf it down in 5 minutes and fly-off in all directions. Here's the problem: Eat … [Read more...]
Family-Friendly Shawarma Options for a Fuss-Free Dinner
If you’ve got kids, you know that deciding what to make for dinner can be harder than actually making it. One kid wants something cheesy. Another suddenly determines that they hate onions. The grown-ups are happy to eat anything, but they’re all too tired to make two separate meals after a long day. … [Read more...]
Vegetarian Indian Meal Plan for a Month – Week 3
Third week of Indian vegetarian meals with different meal ideas, along with a shopping list of the required ingredients. Week 3 Day 1 - Monday: Breakfast: Rava Idli (I use the MTR Rava Idli mix to make this and we love it! P.S. I also use their Sambar Masala) Lunch: Mushroom Babycorn … [Read more...]
Vegetarian Indian Meal Plan for a Month – Week 2
Plan your second week of vegetarian Indian meals with this quick reference. Using a mix of traditional recipes handed down by our moms and moms-in-law as well as new ones from YouTube keeps things interesting! Week 2 Day 1 - Monday: I use readymade Idli/dosa batter and stock 3-4 packets in … [Read more...]
Vegetarian Indian Meal Plan for a Month – Week 1
What to cook today!!! Here are some ideas for a whole month! Mine is a vegetarian Indian household and here is some of what I make for my meals. We usually have roti during day (easier for lunch boxes also) and rice at night. Saturdays and Sundays I try to make something different. I am dividing … [Read more...]
Vegetarian Indian Lunch and Dinner Menu Ideas
Meals are such an important part of life in India. And it inadvertently falls on the Mom, or even Dads when they do the cooking, to decide what to cook for dinner. Be it for everyday lunch and dinner or when you are having guests over, 'what to cook today' has got to be the biggest challenge a … [Read more...]