This Butternut Squash Pear Salad makes a flavorful salad for the holidays. Roasted butternut squash is tossed with pears, walnuts, dried cranberries and drizzled with a creamy dressing made with tahini, maple syrup and olive oil. The pomegranates on top add to the festive touch! This salad is easy to put together and can be made vegan by skipping the goat cheese.
A large plate of salad is definitely one thing which you cannot miss on the holiday table. For me a good salad...
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This Fresh Corn Salad with Kale, Quinoa is filling, wholesome and great for summer picnics and potlucks. Drizzled with a tahini-lemon dressing, the salad is also vegan and gluten-free. Toasted walnuts add a nice crunch to the salad.
I love biting into sweet juicy corn this time of the year. Every weekend we go to the farmer’s market and come home with these sweet corn during summer. Our most favorite way to eat is the Indian way- by roasting it directly on heat and...
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Make the classic Tabbouleh more filling by adding lentils to it in this Lentil Tabbouleh Salad. An easy meal which is perfect for quick lunches and is also vegan and gluten-free.
As an Indian, I eat a lot of lentils. It’s a staple for me and I cook them at least 3 times a week if not more (as a kid I ate them every day!). But as you would probably guess, 99% of the time, I eat lentils as dal. I make all kinds of dals from simple dals like moong dal, masoor dal to my favorite dal tadka and dal...
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A simple salad made with spinach, strawberries, toasted almonds, goat cheese all tossed with a fresh, homemade strawberry vinaigrette. This Spinach Strawberry Salad makes the perfect summer salad!
This recipe is inspired by a salad that I recently had at one of the local restaurants. It was fresh, tasty and made just the perfect summer salad. It was just a bit too sweet for my liking so I re-created a similar version...
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Easy Vegan Tomato Soup made in the Instant Pot!
This simple soup made with basic ingredients will warm you up on a cold day.
Tomato Soup was one of the only 2-3 soups that I was aware as a kid, the other being sweet corn and mixed vegetables soup.
We always made quick tomato soup during winters and it was almost always made from that packet of Knorr soup,...
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Vegan and gluten-free, this Chickpea Salad is my absolute favorite.
It has cucumber, onions, dates and olives tossed together in a flavorful dressing. It’s also great for meal-prep.
As a vegetarian, chickpeas are one of my absolute favorites!
There’s so much you can do with them. Make hummus, chana masala, add to burgers and of course they make the best...
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This refreshing Mango Arugula Salad is just the perfect summer salad.
Tossed with a balsamic dressing, it is also vegan and gluten-free.
During summers, if there’s one thing that you would always find in my house, it’s the mangoes.
Since Sarvesh is a huge fan, he keeps ordering them from all stores possible (just to try his luck at the best tasting...
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Roasted Cauliflower Sweet Potato Salad with a creamy curry cashew dressing!
This flavorful salad is packed with so much flavor and will be a great salad for the warm days ahead. It is also vegan and gluten-free.
Say hello to my favorite salad these days!
It has all my favorite things- there’s cauliflower, sweet potato, cilantro, green onion and a dressing made with...
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Cherry Quinoa and Chickpea Salad with arugula, pistachios and feta cheese makes a light and refreshing summer salad.
Topped with balsamic vinaigrette, it has quickly become my go to salad this cherry season!
Come summer and I am all for light and fresh salads.
Since fruits are in abundance during the summer...
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Vegan Broccoli Salad with a creamy cashew tahini dressing!
This fresh summer salad has blueberries, onion, cranberries and pecans for that extra crunch. Great for potlucks and summer picnics.
It was really warm here last week with temperatures in mid 80s. When it gets that hot, all I crave is salad and ice creams and popsicles.
While I do...
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Vegan Tom Kha Gai aka Thai Coconut Soup is creamy, delicious and has so much flavor to it. You only need the right ingredients to make this at home in no time!
January is a hard month to get through. There are many reasons for this. One, it’s the first month after the holidays and it’s hard to get back to work and daily life.
And two it’s so dark and cold that basically you...
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Lightly spiced and comforting Vegan Lentil Soup. This soup makes a nutritious and filling meal.
Serve it as such or along side a piece of bread.
I love the soup season, Sarvesh not so much!
I think he can never have soup only for dinner. He think soup is like an appetizer and he...
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