Growing up, I never liked tomatoes and so once in a while, when my mom would whip up tomato “shorba” (Indian word for soup), I would sit at the dinner table for hours stubbornly refusing to eat it, and my mom would just as stubbornly refuse to let me get […]
A few years ago, I tried a green colored vegetarian soup called Pozole at Ernesto’s, a local Mexican restaurant. It was a thick flavorful broth with lots of mushrooms and hominy. It was one of the best dishes I have ever eaten from one of my favorite cuisines, and this […]
In our household, we rely on bananas a lot for that healthy and quick breakfast, especially on days when the kids are rushing to get ready for school, and hubby and I for work. We constantly replenish our stock of bananas at home, but invariably end up with a few […]
Nothing announces the arrival of Fall like pumpkins! Those blobs of orange on pumpkin patches and the huge boxes of humongous sized pumpkins outside the grocery stores are telltale signs of falling leaves and chilly weather around the corner. It’s also the time when Starbucks and other coffee shops add […]
