Cranberry -Walnut Tart

Cranberry and walnuts are a beautiful marriage of flavors. This delicious tart is a super make ahead dessert,freeing you up on the day of that big dinner, simply refridgerate overnight and warm in a moderate over for 15 minutes prior to serving. Source Food and Wine Makes one 10 inch tart PASTRY 12/3 cups all [...]

Black Pepper Chicken Curry

This great chicken curry is a specialiality of South India where the food can reach heights of spice and flavor. The addition of Cashews tames the spiciness and offers a creaminess. The beauty of Indian cusine is that the flavor intensifies with keeping ,so ,this dish is  ideal make to   ahead  Simply garnish with cashews prior [...]

Blondies with Chocolate chips ,Walnuts and coconut

Blondies are like having a super moist,dense , chocolate chip cookie. I love having these on hand.Actually I keep half out and freeze the other half,or,yes ,they would be gone in a flash. The original recipe from Martha Stewart did not feature Coconut or White chocolate chips ,but I just tried it and ….great!!! The [...]

Mee Krob

Mee Krob is a crispy noodle dish  often served as a first course in Thai meals. This vegetarian version comes from Chef Ken hom. However he has included Fish sauce as one of the ingredients. I generally substitute with light Soy sauce.It is not exact but works very well. Assemble all ingredients but put it [...]

Kashmiri Rogan Josh (Kashmiri Lamb Stew)

Rohan Josh gets its name from its rich red appearance derived from ground red chillis used in abundance. If this is too hot for your taste use a combination of Paprika and Cayenne in a proportion of your choice. Serve this dish along a dish of steamed basmati rice . Source Madhur Jaffrey Serves 4-6 [...]

Espresso Biscuits (eggless)

Whenever I entertain I like to end with an assortment of cookies along with espresso or coffee. These cookies go wonderfully with a bowl of ice cream or milk too.  These cookies are great for all your friends with egg allergies. Source Martha Stewart Makes 16 11/2 cups all purpose flour 1/2 cup Dutch process cocoa [...]

Giant Almond Crumb Cookie (eggless )

Years ago I used to visit the cookie store in the mall and marvel at the giant cookies for sale. They often had inscriptions written in some kind of frosting for special occassions. Fast forward,grew up and still loved the idea of a giant cookie. This is one of my favorites from Martha stewart. I [...]

Pine nut Cardamon Sand cookies(Eggless)

These cardamon spiced cookies melt in your mouth. They have great spice from the cardamon and texture from the pine nuts. I must admit I really loved trying these with Pistachio nuts,simply substitute the pine nuts for the Pistachios. Source Gourmet Magazine 1/4 cup unsalted butter 1/4 cup vegetable shortening 1/3 cup confectioners’ sugar 2 [...]

Shrimp in Garlic hot sauce

The gulf of Thailand boasts their abundance of seafood. They adopted the technique of stir frying from the Chinese ,which is perfect for seafood,as it involves quick,short cooking time.The beauty of this is having dinner done in no time,even on a busy week night. Serves 4 2 lbs medium shrimp,peeled with tails attached 1 medium [...]

Pumpkin or Mango creme caramel.

This satiny smooth baked custard is ideal for the fall months,but, I must admit to having switched over wirh Mango pulp, available from Asian markets,for a change in the warmer months. This recipe is a real winner from Better homes and Gardens. However,in the event you may wish to try the Mango version (sorry Better [...]

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