Healthy Breads| Baking Whole Wheat Veggie Pizza that is Totally Guiltfree

Author : Rekha Kakkar      Blog : My Tasty treats      Date : 3/20/2013 3:14:00 AM

'Pizza has become somewhat equivalent to indulgence, a convenience that we order when feeling lazy or in no mood to cook. Most of the time this indulgence comes with a tag of junk food. Many a times this generalising particular food without giving a much thought baffles me. As a society we are too busy moralising every morsel we take inside our body and some of us are obsessive to the extent that each bite for them becomes an ethical decision. Continue rea(...)'

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Parmesan Roasted Cauliflower | Simple Things can be Full of Flavours

Author : Rekha Kakkar      Blog : My Tasty treats      Date : 3/16/2013 5:16:00 PM

'Flavours and textures affects the way food looks and tastes to the extent that subtle change in both or anyone can affect the satiety levels after eating a meal. Each and every individual has some likes and dislikes about certain foods and some likes and dislikes are stronger than others. In my case one of things which I do not like is strong smelling foods and mushy texture of my vegetables. Roasted / curried or simple salads vegetables should hold the shape without(...)'

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Sarson ka Saag | Mustard Greens Cooked Punjabi Style and Story How I Learned to Cook it

Author : Rekha Kakkar      Blog : My Tasty treats      Date : 3/14/2013 7:55:00 AM

'Makki ki roti and Sarson ka Saag ,It is a winter speciality in most of the Punjabi homes. Punjabi or no Punjabi every one loves it and its always been a hit in get together, hubs can eat it day in and day out. I have got lots of memories associated with this particular dish.  When I got married I didn’t have any clue about cooking. But as my husband was staying in different city and staying away from the family due to his job, I had to takeover all the respo(...)'

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Visit to the Four Seasons Winery Baramati, Maharashtra India

Author : Rekha Kakkar      Blog : My Tasty treats      Date : 3/10/2013 7:36:00 PM

'Few days ago Four Seasons Wines invited few bloggers and media people for a glimpse of Four Seasons winery and vineyards located at Baramati Maharashtra before they open its door to public. As a keen learner any thing that’s associated with F&B draws my attention immediately, so I took it as an opportunity to absorb some more and check out the concept of wine tourism that people at four seasons are planning to promote. Continue reading'

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Smoky Paneer Tikka without Tandoor and Zansaar Giveaway Winner

Author : Rekha Kakkar      Blog : My Tasty treats      Date : 3/4/2013 12:17:00 PM

'Tandoori is most loved cooking method in Indian dishes people who are health conscious prefer tandoori dishes over any other, if rightly done tandoori food tastes delicious because of its earthy aroma and taste one by smokiness of coal other due to special tandoori masala blends that are readily available in the market, but I always prefer to make my own blends for almost all spice blends according to our preference. I just can’t get enough of aromatic spices and f(...)'

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North Italian Food Experience at The Park and a Tiramisu Taste to Remember

Author : Rekha Kakkar      Blog : My Tasty treats      Date : 2/27/2013 6:48:00 PM

'If you ask me my favourite food from a particular region in world it has to be Mediterranean cuisine, and Italian food is one of important part of Mediterranean food experience. I mean who does not love those yummy thin crust pizza, pasta, liberal use of herbs and olive oil etc. . Continue reading'

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New Chargrilled Burgers and Sober Cocktails at Underdoggs Sports Bar and Grill

Author : Rekha Kakkar      Blog : My Tasty treats      Date : 2/21/2013 8:16:00 AM

'With the pace of things at work front, during weekdays we usually do not get much time to go eat out and generally relax. Weekend is the times when usually shopping eat outs and some quality time relaxing with family happens. It’s been almost six month  that I happen to visit sports bar Underdoggs at Ambiance Mall Vasant Kunj , last time around when we were there we had such good time so this weekend when I got email regarding their new Char grilled burgers along with sober(...)'

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How To Eat Healthy When Moving Home

Author : Rekha Kakkar      Blog : My Tasty treats      Date : 2/19/2013 4:34:00 PM

'Eating healthy is a thing that is very important in my life; it fuels my family and me in right way to go through average day. So last month when I was moving home, eating right was as important as before {I did not want to pass out of exhaustion before even luggage was packed}. I tried to serve healthy food as far as possible during that period too. We did ordered out few meals many a times with great discounts with (Cuponation) a website that offers great discounts(...)'

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Moroccan Mint Tea Recipe and A Beautiful Tea Set Give Away From Zansaar

Author : Rekha Kakkar      Blog : My Tasty treats      Date : 2/18/2013 5:56:00 PM

'Tea is one of the beverages that I can keep sipping it all day long, especially winters are the time to enjoy really nice cup of hot teas that warms you up from inside out. It’s so amazing to brew variety of tea plain or in combination with herbs and spices that transforms it into something else altogether. What I love most about tea is its delicious taste and aroma comes packed with goodness of health and almost every tea has got some medicinal and healing p(...)'

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Healthy Vegetarian Grilled Appetizer: Vegetarian Seekh Kebab

Author : Rekha Kakkar      Blog : My Tasty treats      Date : 2/17/2013 1:04:00 PM

'If you do not cook kebab because they are generally non vegetarians, this recipe of seekh kebab is just for you. I have always loved the look of kebab being grilled in hot tandoor, but few years back only non vegetarian version used to be the popular one.  In the name of vegetarian kebab it was usually alu tikki nothing like hubs usually described his non vegetarian version soft succulent and melt in mouth, so with trials and errors I came upon this recip(...)'

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Quick Dinners: Baked Rigati Pasta with Broccoli, Cheese and Walnuts

Author : Rekha Kakkar      Blog : My Tasty treats      Date : 2/13/2013 6:00:00 AM

'Classic Mac and cheese are totally avoided in my home, not that we do not like it or anything simply because once I cook it I just can’t stop eating that. But we love our pasta so my main aim remains same eating without guilt so I never make more than 4 servings ( that takes care of portion control) and try to improvise the recipe every time to make it light in calories and dense in nutrition and flavours.  Continue reading'

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Quick Bread Recipe: Cheese and Herbs Buttermilk Bread

Author : Rekha Kakkar      Blog : My Tasty treats      Date : 2/11/2013 6:38:00 PM

'Quick recipes are one of the best ones and always work for me when I am short on time and tired to bones kind of days. And this New Year is still keeping me on my toes, setting up new home and studio is taking forever so these days quick recipes are really my life saver, but each passing day I have that satisfied smile on my face that things are shaping up the way I planned :-). Continue reading'

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Savoury Veggie Oats | A Healthy Breakfast or a Quick Lunch

Author : Rekha Kakkar      Blog : My Tasty treats      Date : 2/6/2013 3:03:00 AM

'Hubs loves his oats sweetened with honey and some fruits or dry fruits added to it his most favourite being . But I am not a sweet lover so in the mornings I had always avoided oats for the breakfast till I started making them as savoury oats or masala oats style. Once I started cooking them like this, with bit of variations in vegetables being used or the seasonings you end up getting different flavours all the time. Continue reading'

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Typhoo Tea & Food Pairing Session with Chef Vicky Ratnani

Author : Rekha Kakkar      Blog : My Tasty treats      Date : 2/1/2013 12:20:00 PM

'A ritual, an appetizer, a drink tea is different things for different people; I am a passionate tea drinker and madly in love with this wonderful beverage. Black, green, oolong, herbal infusions I love them all and have one full cabinet in the kitchen that is dedicated to my love of tea. I was not a tea lover in the first half of my life, after getting married to a man who loved his morning cuppa I started my journey and learned to appreciate fine teas. Continue rea(...)'

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Blue Ginger, Taj Palace : Vietnamese Cuisine & a Bento Box Lunch

Author : Rekha Kakkar      Blog : My Tasty treats      Date : 1/24/2013 11:12:00 AM

'After a long long break, we got together for bloggers table at Blue Ginger at the Taj Palace New Delhi. Blue ginger is Vietnamese restaurant that serves amazing blend of flavours from Vietnam served right here in the heart of capital. Continue reading'

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Hearty Minestrone Soup : Warm and Comforting Just right for Winter Days

Author : Rekha Kakkar      Blog : My Tasty treats      Date : 1/23/2013 3:40:00 PM

'Moving home , work commitments and chasing deadlines that pretty much sum up my life in past few months. Naturally eating all healthy food somewhere took a back seat and lots of eat outs , food events and ordering out ( despite frozen food , as did not get much time to cook). All this and some more, I try to balance the indulgence and some times compulsions with some home cooked healthy food. Continue reading'

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Author : Rekha Kakkar      Blog : My Tasty treats      Date : 1/15/2013 7:36:00 AM

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Winter Recipes: Methi Pulav Recipe for Quick Dinner During Busy Days

Author : Rekha K      Blog : My Tasty treats      Date : 1/9/2013 5:44:00 AM

'We are into a brand new year 2013 and till now I have not made any appearance on the blog , start of new year is always busy time and  for me this year more so. Starting a new life in new home, so all my time these days spent either in designing the interiors of new home or shopping for the furniture, matching furnishings, walls , window treatments and doing other 100 things that come with moving home. Continue reading'

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2012 A Fantastic Year That Was and Wishing a Happy New Year 2013

Author : Rekha K      Blog : My Tasty treats      Date : 12/31/2012 6:23:00 PM

'2012 has been a fantastic year personally for me as well as this blog. In the Dec of 2011 when many of my friends who were regular readers of the blog suggested that I should blog more often, I was apprehensive like any other human being, there was fear as well as excitement. Excitement to venturing into uncharted territories and fear that what if I was not successful. Now it feels good that I did not let feeling of fear overpower the feeling of excitement. (...)'

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Amla / Indian Gooseberry Chutney Recipe

Author : Rekha K      Blog : My Tasty treats      Date : 12/29/2012 4:30:00 AM

'Winters are season of fresh amla or Indian gooseberry. Amla is a potent source of antioxidants, vitamin C, carotene, phosphorus, and iron among many more essential nutrients. One small piece of amla contains vitamin C that is almost equivalent to vitamin C content of two oranges.  Continue reading'

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