Earlier this year, I started a new feature here on Family Food on the Table with my January meal plan and February meal plan followed by the March meal plan, April meal plan and May meal plan, each one giving you an entire month’s worth of recipe ideas for easy, healthy family dinners. (And here’s the July meal plan if you want to get ahead!) I myself love to menu plan and schedule out our meals....

Homemade North Indian beetroot and carrot kanji is slightly similar to beetroot kavas. Carrots, water, and spices are fermented to make this traditional north Indian probiotic drink. Kanji is rich in antioxidants and has good bacteria to make a healthy gut. It is also a good source of vitamin K, vitamin C, potassium, and manganese. What is kanji? Kanji is a fermented drink. It is like a probiotic drink is a beverage popular in Northern India....

The secret to a great leftover turkey sandwich is to steam leftover turkey in the oven so that the meat stays tender and juicy without drying up! Post-Thanksgiving blues are no fun. You had a fabulous meal, had a great time with family, and now you’re spending the rest of the evening with your pants unfastened to accommodate that over-sized food baby. And you think you’re done with turkey, but you have enough Thanksgiving leftovers for the next day, and a few more days after that!...

This is basically a Punjabi style lobia masala curry recipe. Lobia is also known as chawli in Maharashtra and cowpeas in English. Lobia or Rongi is a bean which is a good source of protein. So for the days when we are not eating eggs etc, we depend on the vegetarian source of protein. Beans are a great source of vegetarian protein. A ½ cup of cooked black-eyed peas or lobia contains 6....

This Homemade Macaroni Salad is made by tossing macaroni with colourful fresh fruits and served in a rich and creamy dressing. A simple hearty salad that is not fancy at all, comforting to the core. Enjoy this chilled on a hot summer day during the summertime. Macaroni salad is perfect for the days when you want a refreshing tasty side dish super quick. My version is not classic but it sure is bursting with a lot of fresh flavours....

Masale Bhat is a popular Maharashtrian spiced rice dish which literally means spicy rice. Proper comfort food and a gluten-free vegetarian meal that can be prepared in less than 30 minutes. You can enjoy this healthy vegetable masala pulao for lunch or dinner. Or you can even pack it in a lunch box for kids or the office lunch box. The best part is this vegetarian, one-pot rice recipe is super easy and quick to make....

I love all things pumpkin! For more vegan recipes, make sure to check out Vegan Pumpkin Cheesecake, Pumpkin Coffee Cake and Pumpkin French Toast. How adorable are these mini pumpkin pies!? They are so fun and festive and perfect for holiday parties. Dessert finger food? Yes please! This recipe uses my easy vegan pie crust and basically the same filling as my popular vegan pumpkin pie. The filling is so easy to make, all you have to do is blend the ingredients together....

Rummage through your big bucket of crayons and pull out all of the misfits: broken, paperless, etc. Remove all the paper wrappers. For some reason, there’s always a few wrappers that seem to be attached with super glue. (Edit: Love this tip from a reader: for hard to remove papers, place crayons in a bowl of hot water for a few minutes and they slide right off!) Divide them by color if you are like me and obsessed with organizing things by color....

Warm yourself up with a bowl of this Mushroom Bourguignon on a cold day. Every bite of the savory, gravy-soaked mushrooms with deeply flavored carrots and onions over mashed potatoes is so luscious. It’s the vegan version of a French classic you won’t be able to get enough of! You can easily make this savory stew for your whole family using just one pot. The base is made with simple ingredients like mushrooms, broth, red wine (the alcohol will evaporate), onion, carrots, and herbs....

Kerala style Spicy mushroom pepper fry has just the perfect amount of heat to tickle your taste buds. Tamarind adds just the kind of sourness that is characteristic of many South Indian dishes. The best thing is I can make it in under 20 minutes. You can serve it in any meal you want. With Masala paratha for lunch, with Rasam and rice for dinner or as a teatime snack....

This mixed berry lemon ice cream is as delicious and magical as it looks! And it’s one of my favorite ice cream recipes to make every summer. The last few weeks have been pretty exciting (not to mention bone dry and hot here). I just finalized the cover page and the manuscript for my Secret Layer Cakes cookbook, and have started testing some recipes for autumn (yes, I’m slowly switching gears to Fall recipes already – ’tis the life of a food blogger!...

5 8 Published Aug 23, 2023, Updated Oct 06, 2023 Most cookie bars are made with lots of butter, white flour and brown sugar but I love making mine with with wholesome, healthier ingredients like almond butter, maple syrup, bananas and rolled oats. You won’t find any flour, oil or refined sugar here! They’re also super easy to make in just one bowl. Trust me, these bars are easily going to become a new family favorite....

I love a good oatmeal raisin cookie, but when push comes to shove, when all the cookies in all the world are on the table, I’m going for the chocolate chips first. But sometimes I need a grown-up cookie. Sometime my kids can take or leave (or just leave, that’s cool, too.) Something I can nibble on whilst sipping a Diet Coke, all alone (even if that takes place in the bathroom with the door locked)....

5 0 Published Aug 03, 2023, Updated Aug 13, 2023 These oatmeal fingers (also known as porridge fingers) are basically a simplified version of my easy baked oatmeal recipe with only 3 ingredients and no added sugar. They’re healthy, soft and easy-to-hold making them a great finger food for baby led weaning. Why You’ll Love This Recipe Easy to make: It’s made with just three simple ingredients and is ready in about 5 minutes....

Ingredient & Equipment Notes Butter – use real (salted) butter. It should be melted, but cooled slightly before mixing. If you have a dairy intolerance or other food restriction, feel free to try these with your favorite plant based butter. I’d love to know how they turn out if you try them! Brown Sugar– light brown sugar is standard, but I’ve made these with dark brown sugar before and it produces a deeper, almost caramel-y flavor....

Earlier this year, I started a new feature here on Family Food on the Table with my January meal plan and February meal plan followed by meal plans for March, April, May, June, July, August and then the September meal plan, each one giving you an entire month’s worth of recipe ideas for easy, healthy family dinners. I myself love to menu plan and schedule out our meals. It does not feel like a chore at all, and I really do enjoy it....

Happy Thanksgiving week! Today I’m bringing you a bountiful beauty of a skillet with ALL my favorites packed in there! It’s simply loaded with goodness and veggies and color. So let’s celebrate all the gorgeous autumn flavors and colors with this beautiful, one-pot easy harvest chicken skillet. We’ve got bacon and chicken and sweet potatoes and Brussels sprouts and apples and walnuts and dried cranberries and some warm spices. Cause, ALL THE THINGS!...

I’ve also had a little obsession with sheet cakes recently. They’re awesome because they’re so much lighter than a giant slice of traditional cake, and I love that they’re easy to make and can feed a crowd. So naturally I needed to make a peppermint version. I started out with the base to our Texas Sheet Cake. It’s a rich but light (light in texture, not in calories. Let’s be real, here), super tender cake made with buttermilk....

Use it to make classic lemon meringue pie, lemon meringue cocktail, passion fruit pie or any other application and learn to make different variations too with this foolproof recipe. Swiss meringue vs Italian meringue vs French meringue Three different methods of making meringue. French meringue – Adding fine white sugar to egg whites, while whisking the egg whites. This is the most common way of making meringue. Italian meringue – A hot sugar syrup with a high sugar concentration is added to the egg whites while whisking the egg whites....

Happy Friday, friends! I hope your week has been good and that you have something fun to look forward to this weekend! We had a mini scare this past week. A call from preschool, with J’s teacher saying he had a fall on the playground, busted his mouth and that it was B-A-D. Yikes. I rushed over to school and luckily, he had already started looking better. We went to the doctor just to be sure, but no stitches needed, no urgent care, just a little ice and rest and TLC....