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Healthier Salmon Cakes (Salmon Patties)

July 16, 2020 By Asha Shivakumar

These healthy Salmon Cakes are a crowd pleaser. A back pocket recipe that I’ve made so many times and is always a hit at home. Requires very few ingredients, healthy and comes together in 10 minutes plus the cooking time. I had to post the recipe when a friend of mine as me if I had a salmon cake recipe that is healthier, and here it is.

Cooking salmon was overwhelming at one point. If you’ve been intimidated by cooking fish in the past, I hear you! I spent years avoiding buying salmon because I thought it would be too complicated to make, or that worse yet, I’d mess it up and ruin a beautiful piece of fish….

Fried Cauliflower Potato Curry in Peanut Sesame Paste

April 26, 2020 By Asha Shivakumar

This Cauliflower Potato Curry dish is perfect for a weeknight dinner and for a party! It’s loaded with delicious spices and a special paste, and comes together so easily! The flavors are unique and will WOW you.

After I posted this picture of Instagram, I got so many requests for a detailed recipe for this. And you know that another curry recipe was coming, right? Looks like you guys love curries, Chickpea with Spinach Curry, I knew I had to keep these curry recipes coming. There’s my Quick 20 minute Thai Green Curry, my Mixed Daal with Vegetables and even my favorite of the blog Navratan Korma. Now finally – this Fried Cauliflower Potato Curry in Peanut Sesame Paste. SO GOOD! This is such a different, amazing, mouthwatering and comforting curry that you’ll be making it over and over again….

Asian Jalapeno Chicken and Beans

February 23, 2020 By Asha Shivakumar

This perfection of a meal comes together 20 min from start to finish. Quick and Easy Asian Jalapeno Chicken and Beans is loaded with flavor and boosts of textures. Better than take-out and so much healthier!

If you are like me and looking for quick and easy weeknight dinners, and I mean, who isn’t? Stir fry dinners are the way to go. You get your protein, your veggies, your everrrything in one skillet and less than 2o minutes later, the family is at the table eating a healthy dinner.

I am a huge fan of one skillet dinners and make them at least a few times each week.

And this Asian jalapeno chicken isn’t even breaded nor fried, so this is really more of a “skinny” dish, all smothered in a simple sauce, a sauce that you’ll clearly want to pour or dip in many things….

Honey Walnut Cauliflower

January 4, 2020 By Asha Shivakumar

Honey Walnut Cauliflower will change the way you look at cauliflower. Vegetarian version, crispy baked cauliflower tossed in a creamy, sweet sauce topped with caramelized walnuts! Tastes just like take-out, but BETTER.

We love Chinese food. I could eat it on any given night, and whenever we order take-out, the honey walnut shrimp always makes it home. It’s my little ones favorite.

While I do make shrimp for the boy at home, I prefer the vegetarian version and healthier version more. Eat it without feeling guilty and for those days you crave vegetarian or if you are a vegetarian, this is perfect.

Now this dish involves baking the cauliflower to crispy perfection tossed in a creamy, sweet sauce along with some candy-glazed walnuts….

Cozy Vegan Autumn Veggie Potato Creamy Soup

November 28, 2019 By Asha Shivakumar

This Cozy Vegan Autumn Veggie Potato Creamy Soup Soup is full of hearty seasonal vegetables and wild rice, it’s wonderfully creamy and comforting, and easy to make in the Instant Pot, Crock-Pot or on the stove top.

For those days when you’re craving a cozy, creamy, comforting bowl of soup…I have the perfect new recipe for you.

It’s a riff on a dish I grew up and love. A coconut milk stew. I’ve loaded this soup up with lots of seasonal veggies, but you can add shredded chicken to it too. And added in some bolder savory seasonings. The coconut milk is creamy and delicate, instead of heavy cream. And the result?

Basically the most delicious, hearty, sweet-and-savory, thick-and-creamy, comforting soup a girl could ask for. ♡…

Sheet pan Baked Salmon and Beans with peanut butter miso dressing

June 26, 2019 By Asha Shivakumar

The convenience and simplicity of this sheet pan meal is extra awesome. Baked Salmon with Beans is a complete meal on one pan full of flavor. Sheet pan Salmon and Beans with Peanut butter and miso is perfect.The best part, easy clean up. Change up the veggies throughout the year.

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Sheet pan meals are one of the easiest and satisfies all. This dazzling Peanut Butter Miso Baked Salmon and Beans Dinner Recipe is so easy to make, it just might become one of your go-to meals this summer. It’s a great way to use up your fresh garden tomatoes too….

Chinese “Chickpea” Salad

May 20, 2019 By Asha Shivakumar

Healthy, plant based, gluten free Chinese Chickpea Salad will change your salad game forever. The crunch from the chickpeas, the sweetness from the oranges and the sweet and spicy dressing, umami of flavors.

When your little boy says, this is a “life changing salad”, you know you are on to something.

It’s no secret that we love chickpea, it’s a great protien for vegetarians. It’s so versatile, taking on the flavors of the dressing or sauce they are paired with. I love my healthy food, but it has to taste good and not feel like I am on some diet. This salad makes an appearance every week. We love our Asian flavors and salads… hence the creation of this amazingly flavorful Asian/ Chinese Chickpea Salad.

This simple, plant-based salad is fresh, hearty, has great crunch and the best flavor!…

Home made Rice Cake(Toppoki) Stir Fry with Asparagus and Tofu

May 7, 2019 By Asha Shivakumar

Korean spicy rice cakes, toppoki (Tteokbokki / Ddeokbokki,) is probably the most well-known Korean street snack in Korea. You can see mini vans or carts that sell it on the street very easily. Today I made easy Toppoki/Korean Rice Cake Stir Fry. There are many ways to make these spicy rice cakes, however today’s recipe is the most basic way of cooking it with minimalistic ingredients. So I am calling it “Easy Korean Spicy Rice Cakes!”.

While strolling the streets of San Francisco one day, we stepped into this hole in a wall place thinking we could have some ramen. What we were introduced was these korean rice cake smothered in sauce. We were addicted. Ordered a second serving and got to talk to the chef about how much I loved it. I was immediately reminded of something I grew up eating, called the Ammani Kozhukkatai. In Southern part of India we make rice cakes in the form of small balls, they are stir fried with simple tempering and enjoyed with some chutney. Made for special occasions, it’s exactly the same method that is used to make toppoki….

Carribean style Shakshuka with beans and sweet fried plantains

April 25, 2019 By Asha Shivakumar

Shakshuka is an easy and a healthy breakfast (or any time of day) recipe which comes from Israel and other parts of the Middle East and North Africa. This Caribbean style shakshuka has fried plantains and a popular spice known in that region. Shakshuka is a simple combination of tomatoes, onions, garlic, spices and gently poached eggs. It’s nourishing, filling and one recipe I guarantee you’ll make time and again.

I had shakshuka for the first time when we were travelling and it wasn’t where it originated from. Shakshuka is a North African dish that is now made throughout the Middle East and all around the world; it is especially popular in Israel, where it is often eaten for breakfast….

Creamy Veggie Sauce Pasta with Chicken/Zucchini Golden Beet Sauce Chicken Pasta

April 1, 2019 By Asha Shivakumar

Zucchini and Yellow Beet Creamy Veggie Sauce Pasta with Chicken. Zucchini so soft,some floral notes and some sweetness to it, yellow beet is sweet and crispy– nothing overpowering! The combo in a sauce is SO GOOD. This pasta is loaded with fresh vegetables and herbs, this hearty, meatless sauce is a perfect way for gardeners to make delicious use of their harvest. Add chicken for the extra protien and it is winning recipe.

Happy April!! Happy Spring!

This simple pasta primavera aka creamy veggie sauce pasta uses a combination of the earliest vegetables available in spring — beets, peas and zucchini, spring onions, asparagus— making it a true celebration of the season. The sauce works best with any pasta of your choice, preferably homemade or a good purchased brand. Make sure not to overcook it; you need the chewy bite to stand up to the gently cooked vegetables….