Baked beans in our household is a staple. Every other Friday you can rest assure that there will be baked beans and fried chips on the table. Baked beans also signifies the end of a fasting period, the meal that shows to the world that we are literally just holding out till the fast ends … Continue reading Baked beans

The Past Sunday night, the entire world literally prepared themselves for the premier of the finale season of Game Of Thrones. I jumped on the bandwagon and decided to do the same. Which was not a very clever idea, now that I think about it. Actually I was not thinking at all! During my varsity … Continue reading Champ

We are not huge sweet potatoe fans. That being said, whenever I see a sweet potatoe, I just have to buy them be in the raw vegetable or the recently new thing called sweet potatoe air fried chips. I never eat them though, they just chill in the cupboard and then eventually it just disappears … Continue reading High five stuffed sweet potatoes

Every once in a while, I let my mother decide what she wants to eat. To tell you the truth, I have planned what the menu is already a month in advance but she snuggles up to me and says you know what she wishes for to eat tomorrow and if I have everything in … Continue reading Jeera aloo

In our household the only way we make cabbage is the braised Indian way. There is no other way and it always the white cabbage never the purple one. I was watching My Kitchen rules Season 2 when I saw Maj, one of the contestants make a red cabbage dish. I can’t exactly remember what … Continue reading Braised red cabbage

I always make a meat mince version of this pie every now and then. I am not a huge fan, not because it doesn’t taste nice or anything. Just the fact that as soon as the pie cools down the tomatoes start drawing water and there is just soo many times I can dab up … Continue reading Vegan Shepard’s pie

Before I started my culinary journey, I had no idea what a quesadilla was. Then I watched an episode of The Pioneer women and I discovered quesadillas and after that I was hooked. I fell for quesadillas hook, line and sinker. I came across this version and I knew I just had to try it … Continue reading Vegan quesadillas

Sometimes when I am super lazy or when I forget to take something out to defrost on a fasting day to eat or when my dad says, is there anything else other than toasted cheese sandwiches. I quickly defrost a packet of soya burger and fry them. What a super quick and easy meal to … Continue reading The big veggie one

Every Friday, my mother has the habit of wanting pizza. My dad is not a cheese pizza lover and has a habit of crying big crocodile tears every Friday. I used to take it easy on a Friday as cook the bare minimum. To stop the water works I now cook a hearty of a … Continue reading Mushroom and bean caldine

Pad thai With my mother being a vegan/vegetarian there are times when all she wants to eat is toasted cheese sarmies or 2 minute noodles. Normally I would allow that during any given day of the week but not on a Sunday. Sundays are reserved for meals that are wholesome, hearty and make you feel … Continue reading Pad thai