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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Talk 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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When the weather gets cold, there are days that you just want a big bowl of hearty soup and nothing else. Yes, I woke up one Sunday morning and decided that we were going to have only soup for lunch. If that is the case, you want everything in that soup to make a full
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As school reopens after summer break, the dilemma of what to pack in the lunch box begins.When Sonal of SimplyVegetarian 777 announced that she was doing a collective for lunch box ideas, I took this opportunity to put forth some ideas. We could always use more recipes for a good lunch, right? Something that is nutritious,
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It has been a couple of weeks since I posted a recipe. I hate when this happens; it is so hard to get back on track again! Well, since Mother’s day is coming up and I take this opportunity to get over the inertia and  post something to celebrate  that occasion. What better way to
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  Enjoy the winters with Team DFT with Greens Overload! Bringing some hearty dishes with seasonal greens. I have been trying to make the “perfect” gluten-free roti for the past year, making it as close to the “real” wheat roti. It is not easy to make a wheat-less flat bread; the absence of gluten as
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I am a proud DFT blogger. To learn about DFT, read this link. To view more DFT recipes, Click here! This week, DFT goes easy and cooks a one pot meal for you!! Khichdi is an Indian one-pot meal made with rice and lentils. Most often, rice is paired with mung lentils and cooked along
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To all my Muslim Friends: Celebrate the Eid Dinner with Team DFT’s Biryanis and Pulavs! Eid Mubarak! Celebrate the Eid Dinner with Team DFT’s Biryanis and Pulavs! Eid Mubarak! We are a “brown rice family”. Having switched to whole rice two years ago, brown rice has become our daily staple. In fact, I started to blog
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Grill away the summers with team DFT! I have made some black bean burger patties using my panini grill for this grill theme! They are great in a sandwich or just eaten plain with some ketchup. Beans in general are one of the best sources of protein in a vegetarian/vegan diet. Black beans, just like
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Bitter gourd is one of those vegetables that I have a love-hate relationship with. I always disliked it in childhood, but as I learn to cook it in interesting ways, I’ve begun to love it. I have started cooking it more for its immense health benefit (lowering blood sugar) and the folates and phyto-nutrients it
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