Asparagus, Tomato, Chickpea and Apple Salad with Orange Vinaigrette

This colorful fruity salad is fabulous for lunch or dinner, made with lightly cooked asparagus, chickpeas, apple. tomato and pecans in a homemade orange vinaigrette dressing without oil. This is another delicious way of devouring  springs bounty. It's super refreshing and delicious, healthy, filling, full of plant protein and fiber. Have it as a meal or as a side for spring and summer gathering. This is gluten free, vegan and very easy to make with simple pantry ingredients.

Quinoa Pilaf with Lentil and Avocado

I am a big fan of quinoa and I always prepare it in various styles to have with grilled fish or chicken or just like that. This pilaf is so satisfying, colorful, delicious, and full of plant goodness that can be served as breakfast, lunch and dinner. This is my “go to” pilaf when I don't have enough veggies. It can be served cold as salad as well. 

Salmon Niciose Salad

This year has been pretty challenging for everyone; but all our hope is not gone yet. We are thankful to be healthy and will get through these difficult times. Lets cheer to this holiday season!

Vegan Salad Nicoise

After all the Thanksgiving feasting we needed something lighter and vegan for a refreshing change. Vegan foods sometimes get a bad rap. But this delicious Vegan Nicoise Salad takes it to the next level with plant goodness. It can be ready within an hour and it can be served as side or main dish. Healthy eating doesn't have to be boring or tasteless. So I love to get crafty in the kitchen. I often prepare variety of salads with different veggies, chicken and seafood as a meal that look fancy yet healthy and easy to make. This roasted veggies my teen boy loves to savor without any fuss. 

Stir Fried Black Chickpeas

Stir Fried Black Chickpeas/Whole Bengal Gram is a simple Bengali salad type snack, full of flavor, seasoned with some dry spices. I grew up eating this spiced chickpeas as evening snack and it's very popular street food of India. Ours was always homemade and my mother would serve it with puffed rice. This is one of the healthiest snacks with full of fiber, protein and other vitamin and minerals that keeps fuller for longer.

Sprouted Mung Bean and Whole Bengal Gram Salad

Sprouted mung beans and Whole Bengal Gram are wholesome, high protein and fiber rich legumes and very popular in Indian households. They make great tasting salads that is full of healthy ingredients and a delicious addition to side dish. They are so easy to sprout with minimal effort within 1 1/2 days and inexpensive vegan superfoods.

Three Bean Salad

This colorful, tangy sweet(but not so sweet though)hearty salad is so tasty to munch on any time of the day. It's a simple vegan, gluten free side dish that perfectly pairs with any meal and easy to make at home using simple pantry ingredients. Store unused portions in the refrigerator up to a week.   

Chotpoti/Chickpea Salad

The good old days when I made new friends after moving in an apartments complex and we just clicked. Then we used to meet almost everyday, went for shopping together, had breakfast, lunch, late afternoon snack together, enjoyed evening stroll with unlimited chitchat. Yes, I am taking a nostalgic walk back to memory lane as I think about this lip smacking snack that I learned from my sweet Bangladeshi friend Silva. It's a very healthy snack studded with cucumber, tomato, red onion, cilantro and spicy black salt lemon dressing.