Chocolate covered strawberry

 Let's make elegant chocolate covered strawberries to celebrate Valentine's day or any other occasions such as baby shower, mother's day, father's day and birthdays etc. They are quite expensive to buy in stores and chocolates are not real chocolates most of time, just candy melts. It is so easy to make with best quality ingredients and takes just an hour or less. 

Steel Cut Porridge or Irish Oatmeal

Hello Everyone. Belated Happy New Year to you all.  It's not too late to make New Year's resolution with hearty staple breakfast on  weekday mornings.

 

A good day always starts with the wholegrain breakfast and a steaming bowl of hot porridge is the best. But porridge often gets a bad rap if prepared poorly. Porridge, dressed with fresh fruits, dry fruits, nuts, seeds, yogurt or milk tastes heavenly. I love porridge so much that I wouldn't even mind eating it again for dinner. 

Pomegranate Martini

Let's toast to a healthy and happy New Year with  delicious Martini.

I have been planning to make this cocktail since Thanksgiving. Due to various reasons, I wasn't able to make it earlier. I had focused on baking and cooking mostly. That's my top priority always. Finally I am ready to make this delightful sweet-tart  cocktail with freshly  home made juice for New YEAR'S  Eve. This is my first time making Martini. Fresh pomegranate juice mixed with good quality Vodka and Cointreau or Triple sec, lime juice and crushed ice make absolutely fantastic cocktail for any holidays. If you are hosting a party, serve this Martini to brighten up the celebration.

Eggnog

                                            

Christmas spirit is quite incomplete without Eggnog, a festive drink at most households. Traditional Eggnog is made of milk, sugar, heavy cream, raw eggs, vanilla and spices. This kid friendly Eggnog is made by slowly cooking the eggs with milk and sugar to eliminate salmonella poisoning. This will be part of our holiday tradition now on.

Turkey Shepherd's Pie

                                            

We had a big fancy Thanksgiving dinner with a soft n succulent turkey roasted by my friend and I knew I would make Sheppard's Turkey Pie with leftover turkey. What a wonderful way to gobble up leftover turkey!

                                     

Pumpkin Cheese Tart

Pumpkin Pie is the famous traditional dessert for Thanksgiving dinner in America and Canada. I am not a big fan of Pumpkin Pie because of its custardy texture. I rather bake a cake or Pumpkin Cheesecake and everyone loves this over Pumpkin Pie. Yesterday I made something bit different, Pumpkin Cheese Pie in a tart pan with fresh roasted pumpkin puree, low fat cream cheese and spices that turned out delish. This tart is a cross between cheesecake and pie.

Pumpkin Dinner Roll

Hello Everyone. Holiday season has just begun and I love being festive as usual.  A few days back I had made  Pumpkin puree from scratch that I would use in making either pie or cheese cake and dinner roll for our Thanksgiving dinner. I made slightly sweet pumpkin cranberry bread couple of years back as trial and tasted delicious. This year I will be making pumpkin shaped dinner roll and they will look fabulous on our Thanksgiving dinner table.