I’m back to posting a recipe after a VERY long break! This is a recipe I have adapted from the blog of my dear friend Sonal. It is hugely popular with my family and I have been making it regularly. I had posted on Facebook about this a few years ago but thought of creating
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3 January, 2021
Creamy Vegan Chocolate- Easy Recipe Using Instant Pot
Posted in : Desserts, Uncategorized on by : apsaraOne of the challenges of making vegan chocolate is to get it in a creamy consistency. You can make it dark, sweet, any shape you want with the regular ingredients, but to make it just like milk chocolate, it just needs that extra…creamy ingredient? Well, I think I may have found the perfect answer for
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22 December, 2019
Spicy Molasses Cookies For Santa (GF, vegan, no refined sugar)
Posted in : Uncategorized on by : apsaraFor Santa this year, we made some festive cookies with a cookie press. The kids enjoyed making fun shapes- Christmas trees, snowflakes and wreath shaped ones! These spicy cookies will be enjoyable for any time of the year, especially in Fall and winter. The essential oils take it up a notch with the aroma and
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19 December, 2019
Easy Saffron-laced Baked Badam Burfi or Almond Fudge (gluten-free, vegan, low-sugar)
Comments : 8 Posted in : Desserts, Indian sweets, snack on by : apsaraThis year for Diwali/ Deepavali, I had made a baked version of almond burfi and my friends loved it during a potluck dinner. After a friend asked me for the recipe recently, I finally made it again to finally document the recipe and share it. It is almost Christmas now, so there is more opportunity
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21 August, 2019
Savory Mint Almond Flour Muffins (gluten free, vegan)
Posted in : Appetizer, Breakfast, Gluten free baking, snack on by : apsara Tags: savory muffin mint muffin, veganA baking enthusiast like me often gets bored of making sweet things. The taste buds crave for spicy baked goods, often! When a recipe turns out really well and the whole family loves it, it is natural for a blogger to go back to her old rusty blog and add the super simple recipe in
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1 January, 2019
Homemade Orange Flavored Dark Chocolate
Posted in : Desserts on by : apsara Tags: chocolate recipe, fair trade chocolate recipe, orange chocolate, Young Living chocolate recipeMy customary post for the New Year! Do you want to make chocolate that is soft, yet does not melt outside the fridge? Yes, it’s possible and is easy too! With fair-trade ingredients, this is the best way to enjoy chocolate without burning a hole in your pocket 😉 This is a cross between a
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5 November, 2018
Quick and Easy Moong Dal Laddu (gluten-free, low glycemic)
Posted in : Desserts, Indian sweets on by : apsara Tags: Diwali sweet, indian sweet, moong flour, mung balls, mung flourHappy Deepavali/ Diwali!! I’m here again with a new Diwali sweet to celebrate the festival of lights this year. Mung dal or lentil needs no introduction. It is widely used in various dishes in India and desserts make no exception. This year, I wanted to make a really quick gluten-free sweet and settled on a
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19 September, 2018
Roasted, Curried Spaghetti Squash or Upma
Comments : 9 Posted in : Gluten free baking, Main course, snack on by : apsara Tags: 2 ingredient upma, Indian recipe spaghatti squash, roasted squash, spaghetti sqaush, spaghtti squash upma, vegan noodlesTalk about spaghetti squash in the summer! I have been making this incredibly easy and simple snack/ meal in my home for a year now, and have had multiple friends ask for the recipe. I finally got down to posting the recipe today! Make this for your kids while we get this wonderful vegetable and
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1 January, 2018
Homemade Hazelnut Truffles For the New Year!
Posted in : Desserts, snack on by : apsara Tags: gluten free Ferrero Rocher, hazelnut truffle, vegan trufflesWishing you a very happy New Year 2018, I am back again with these delicious Hazelnut Truffles, after a long hiatus! It is my new year resolution to get my blog updated every week or every few weeks at least. You know how it is… once you lose the momentum of blogging, it is hard
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6 September, 2017
Book Review- Love Thy Legumes by Sonali Suratkar
Posted in : Book Reviews on by : apsara Tags: cookbook review, cooking with beans, guide to legumes, legume bookIf you read this blog regularly, you would know that I very occasionally post a book review. I do browse a lot of cookbooks and nutrition related books in the library, especially new ones. When a book makes a deep impression on me, I share about it. It is rare to find a cookbook that
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