Classic Genoise (Sponge Cake) by Navaneetham Krishnan

Super light and super moist with a buttery richness.

Nescafe Walnut Tiramisu by Navaneetham Krishnan

Pleasurable; assembled with store bought ingredients; lady fingers drizzled with Nescafe and layered with cream cheese, crunchy walnuts and cocoa powder.

Fusion Greek slad by Hina Gujral

Indian Twist to Greek Salad with Homemade Herb Paneer. Serve this cool Mediterranean - style dish alongside grilled chicken, fish or pork, or on its own with crusty bread. I have grilled the bell peppers for the salad but that is totally personal choice, even if you like salad vegetables can be dressed in vinaigrette few hours before…

Hubby's Meatballs and sauce recipe by Denise Sherin

My husband wanted to make something for dinner, so he decided to look online and find something to make. The first time he did that, it wasnt pretty! But this one was a hit, it was good. And he was very, very proud of himself!

Cous Cous Salad by Denise Sherin

I love Cous-Cous and this salad is a nice change from cous- cous as a side dish. Its great cold or room temp. I used to make it with a white wine vinaigrette, but it doesn't need it. So now I just offer some raspberry vinaigrette on the side for those who want it but most people eat it plain. I will include the vinaigrette recipe…

Lemon Pound Cake by Hina Gujral

This pound cake batter is so versatile that it can be baked into a loaf or Bundt pan or pound cake mold, stir in some fresh raspberries, blueberries or dark chocolate chips but keeping in mind the dry and dull weather I added fresh lemon juice for the flavor and the combination is totally divine, I made one loaf for ourselves and…

Shoo-Fly Pie by Denise Sherin

This is probably the most well known amish pie. When we were small children our Grandfather used to take great pleasure in telling us that shoo-fly pie was made of actual flies! As we gasped in horror, he would wave his hand as if "shoo'ing a fly away" and say we got tired of shooing the flies away as the pie was cooling so we just…

Strawberry and Cranberry Slush by Hina Gujral

I had one last box of strawberry with me and I was in no mood to use it for dessert so stirred up this simple slush, which is perfect to quench thirst in this hot weather, it has freshness of lemon, tartness of strawberries and sweetness of cranberry juice.

Low Fat Plum Brownies by Hina Gujral

I searched for some low calorie recipe of brownie and end up with this Low Fat version, with some plums in hand and frozen cranberries I got excited about adding a splash of red with plums and cranberries in my brownie, with this Plum Brownie I think I should end my Plum experiments until next season of stone fruits, I don't want my…

Cucumber - Lemongrass Lemonade by Hina Gujral

After my first successful experimentation with cocktail recipe (Hot Apple Toddy) I am on a high spirit to style and shoot more and more drinks, sometimes when first trial comes out well it in a way gives you so much confidence to explore new horizons of possibilities and opportunities. Likewise, I always confined my blog to non…

Chocolate Genoise by Navaneetham Krishnan

Light, crumbly and melt in the mouth cake.

Spinach and Eggplant Rigatoni with Lemon Cream Sauce by Hina Gujral

Spinach and Eggplant Rigatoni is one of the simplest pasta recipes and yet so full of flavors though the original recipe had spicy sausages, to give the recipe a pure vegetarian twist I added chili flakes, eggplant and spinach.

Creamy Spinach and Corn Pasta in Whole Wheat White Sauce by Hina Gujral

Spinach Corn Pasta is a great wholesome dish laced with goodness of spinach and cooked in whole wheat white sauce. There are certain apprehensions about pasta being unhealthy food but if cooked in a right way with vegetables and along with whole-wheat sauce it makes it wholesome. It is also important to know the kind of pasta you need…

Mushrooms stuffed with anchovies and smoked cheese. by Aherrera

Cherries stuffed with cream cheese and tuna by Aherrera