Author Archives: Nirenjan

Macaroni Salad

This salad works great as a side dish and is super easy to make. Sliced onions, chopped tomatoes and a balsamic vinaigrette give this salad an incredible flavour and texture.

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Carrot Celery Soup

A few months back, I was on a soup fix – making myself all kinds of soups. Not only is it super simple to make, but it is quite filling and works well when you don’t want to make a … Continue reading

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Baked Spaghetti with Vegetables

If you like pasta, and you like cheese, you might like this layered baked pasta. Simple sauteed vegetables, layered with spaghetti and white sauce, and topped with a layer of mozzarella cheese and breadcrumbs gives this baked dish a whole … Continue reading

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Breadcrumbs

Regular breadcrumbs work fairly well for baked dishes, and serve to give a nice crunchy topping to your dish. These are very easy to make on your own, and you don’t need to buy those fancy shmancy brands.

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Basic Marinara Sauce

After a few cases of using half the bottle of the store bought sauces, leaving it in the fridge, and open it a few weeks later only to find it mouldy and quite unusable, I decided that it was time … Continue reading

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Rava Pakoda

When I was growing up in India, the monsoons would make the sky really gloomy, and we’d have a hankering for a hot masala chai. My grandmother would make rava pakodas, a small fried snack to go along with the … Continue reading

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