I am fond of Mediterranean food, so I decided to make my own version of wrap inspired by Mediterranean flavors. I used big sized roti/chapati for the wrap, eggplant pakoras/fritters along with home-made hummus and mint chutney.

I bought a new small Indoor Electric grill (George Foreman grill) this summer and have tried several grilling recipes – the most hit was the Pineapple grilled with Honey sauce – which was actually my own accidental invention. So I have used it for the eggplant-tomato-green peppers filling. The dressing is the sauce filtered out from the grill machine spread over the tortilla before putting the filling! The wrap is filled with fresh romaine lettuce and pepper jack cheese! Hope you will like it.

This Hot and Cold Bean Salad in Lettuce Cups with Tomato Lime Dressing recipe is full of color and bursting with flavors and textures. The best way to serve this salad is both hot and cold at the same time…. Confused!? Well, don’t be…. One ingredient is warm and the rest of them are cold. The best thing is that the cup in which it is served can also be eaten (so minimal washing after). That is a well deserved bonus for all the busy bees out there.

We all love chinese food. I love it too. Actually chinese is one of my favorite cuisine. Chinese food is really healthy food and aroma of sauces used in it is also very nice. It always contains so many healthy vegetables. This time I found a new version of that. How about a chinese paratha? Give it a try. Trust me, you will fall in love with it.

Me and my husband love to try different kinds of food and I enjoy trying out new recipes. Manjula aunty’s recipes are my favourite. I love the Malai Kofta recipe the most and I recommend all my friends to try her recipes. It comes out really well and tastes amazing. She never uses onion but I add them where ever I feel like as my husband loves onions. One day I registered myself for the free newsletter and got this email to participate in the contest. I explored the rules and noticed that I had to make a cold or hot wrap using roti or tortilla. I thought of this recipe as we have kathi roll in restaurants all the time and it tastes yummy. I tried it using my own style of ingredients and veggies along with Indian chutney. It came out really well and my family enjoyed it very much. I hope everyone else like it too. Its healthy meal for kids and I hope you enjoy it.

A healthy bean salad with an Indian twist is something that can bring you accolades in a party. This protein packed salad brings with it goodness of fresh and colorful veggies. Couscous adds to the fiber content of the salad while the minty yogurt gives it an Indian touch and that extra zing!, keeping the calories under count too. At times this can also serve a full meal on its own! The veggies for this salad are chosen such that you can make this salad ahead of time ( to lessen that last minute hush hush) and it will not turn soggy/watery or have that oniony smell. What more can you ask from a simple salad recipe!

Mixed Bean Salad is a simple, tasty, heart healthy, high protien and fiber, and low fat dish. You can choose beans and vegetables of your choice also.

My recipe for this month’s contest is Mixed Sprouts and Arugula Green Salad with White Bean Dressing. I have been following your website for some time and I learned many recipes from you (as well as recipes from every month contest winners). This time I got chance to participate in the contest and I am very excited.

Mushroom Sesame Fingers are a great choice for a light, crispy and low-fat appetizer. Prepare it in advance whenever there’s a party, and store it in the oven. Reheat for 10 minutes before serving.

Recipe submitted by Ayeesha Riaz Preparation Time: 15 minutes Cooking Time: 20 to 25 minutes Makes 4 Ingredients: For the sponge: Plain flour- 60 g / 2 oz Butter- 50 g / 2 oz Brown Sugar- 60 g/ 2 oz Ground Almonds( without skin)- 40 g/ just less than 2 oz Grated zest of orange- [...]

Pal Kozhukattai is a popular chettinad sweet dumpling made from rice flour. It’s typically prepared on special occasions on Ganesh chaturti. It is also known as milk modak. It can be prepared in many ways. Some recipes use jaggery instead of sugar & normal milk instead of coconut milk. Either way, it tastes delicious.

Recipe submitted by Nibedita Das As a Kindergarten teacher I have spent years observing children eating during lunch. I also raised two very picky eaters. One thing I have noticed over the years is that children truly love eating pasta. This was my inspiration to try a fusion recipe – Paneer Curry Pasta Salad. Preparation Time: [...]

Recipe submitted by Aparna Mallya When my husband came home from office this evening I welcomed him with these hot buns straight from the oven. The look on his face was priceless!! Ingredients: For the filling: 1 medium onion 7 to 8 garlic cloves 1 to 2 green chillies 1 medium tomato 1 tsp garam [...]

Pineapple Kesaribath is an easy, simple recipe to make. The pineapple really adds to the delicious flavor.

Pineapple Kheer is a very refreshing dessert made with ripened Pineapple (annanas).

These are perfect for the wintertime; they’re hearty and warming, full of delicious spice, and easy to make. They’re also not too rich, which is a relief after a season of indulgence. If you’ve got the time, make extra and save them for a lovely breakfast with some oatmeal or yogurt.

When I was searching for different recipes i came across with quiche recipe with crescent rolls and i wanted make quiche in an Indian style. As potato was a main ingredient for this contest it inspired me more, to try my own invention of quiche Indian style recipe which I am presenting to you all. You all must try this out.

This recipe inspiration came from me visiting manjula’s website because she has a recipe contest for the month of September 2010 and in this contest we need to come up with a recipe using potato. Thought I might participate in this recipe if at all I get a new recipe idea with potatoes. It kept me thinking as to what new recipe I can make with potato other than the usual curry/sabji etc., out of potatoes. It made me scratch my head all through this week thinking about this potato recipe. So I did search in and out of Google for some new recipes. I saw this recipe in a blog …wondered as “pizza with potato?”…hmm …then said to myself “why not?”… So trying this recipe with some changes to the original recipe…

Here is my recipe of Quinoa salad. This colourful Salad is a healthy and nutritious dish perfect for spring . It’s full of flavours and texture that just bursts in your mouth. It’s perfect for picnics and can be made ahead of time kept in the fridge.

This drink is inspired by my absolute favorite drink at KAFE, a hip and healthy restaurant in the beautiful Ubud, Bali. A refreshing combination of mangoes, raspberries, and coconut, this drink rejuvenates and re-hydrates from the inside. Enjoy this drink on an empty stomach and at least a half hour before a snack or meal.

Slice Salad is a unique looking salad that is both sweet and refreshing. You can easily vary it by replacing / adding other fruit.

Soya Fruit Nut Magic is a refreshing smoothie to cool off from the summer heat.

In this Spinach and Broccoli Kofta, I have used Broccoli and Spinach as a variation which makes it more healthy especially for kids. As my kids do not eat broccoli and spinach on their own I often try to mix and match different vegetables to make it more tempting for them. The crunchiness of peanuts gives it a unique taste. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it.

These Spinach and Tofu Stuffed potato rolls have been our lunch today and we still have leftover! I hope you find it interesting and creative. I used Indian spices to appeal to my hubby’s palate as well.

Recipe submitted by Keshu Patel The dough recipe is quiet easy to follow and the filling used here is very simple. Dough can be filled with variety of vegetable, meat or sweet fillings. This coconut filling is also very versatile and can be used to fill puff pastries or even spring roll sheets to form [...]

When I saw that the ingredient was rice for the contest, I remembered one of my childhood favorites (Ila Ada and Kozhukatta). Both have the same dough and the same filling, but that they are in different shapes. Ila ada is made by spreading the dough thinly onto banana leaves and has a sweet filling in the center, while kozhukkatta is just the rice dough shaped like a ball with the same sweet filling stuffed in the center. Both are steamed, hence making both very healthy and light.

In my every day cooking I use a lot of coconut and coconut oil. But haven’t really tried them in making ice creams, until I saw a Coconut Milk Ice cream in one of the health food stores and also came across lot of recipes when I searched in internet on Coconut Milk ice cream. Most of the recipes either used sugar, agave, honey or maple. Even though the latter sweeteners are much better alternate than sugar in terms of dental health, they are high in fructose. So if you are watching your carb and sugars these are not for you. I finally nailed down a recipe using Xylitol and this was absolutely delicious. So try it out and let me know what you think. This recipe is so simple and you don’t need an Ice Cream maker for this.

This recipe is called Sweet Rice Balls set for this coming Diwali, and I hope that you will also like it. It’s a delicious dessert made with coconut milk and rice flour.

I thought of thinking outside the lettuce head- and here I came up with a different salad that turned out excellent- and oh, so colorful!

Recipe submitted by Pooja Soni Ingredients: 2 Cups All purpose flour (Maida) 1 Cup Unsalted butter 1 Cup Powdered Sugar 1 tsp Vanilla extract 4 tsp Unsweetened cocoa powder Method Pre-heat the oven to 350 degree F. In a bowl, mix the flour, sugar,salt and Add soft butter to make soft dough. Divide the dough [...]