http://cooksjoy.com/blog A vegetarian cooking blog with recipes that tickle your taste buds and leave you craving for more !!! Sat, 08 Aug 2020 00:27:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/12/chocolate-dipped-shortbread-cookies.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/12/chocolate-dipped-shortbread-cookies.html#comments Fri, 26 Dec 2014 01:54:33 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=19565 Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. This was a last minute treat that I made for the kids particularly the little one who, was eagerly waiting for Santa. Shortbread cookies uses simple ingredients namely flour, butter and sugar and is very easy to make. If you have a food processor, then these cookies are even...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/12/chocolate-dipped-shortbread-cookies.html/feed 2 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/10/eggless-chocolate-chip-cookies.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/10/eggless-chocolate-chip-cookies.html#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2012 04:42:08 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=7572 I am not against using eggs, but when I posted a picture of the peanut butter cookie in facebook I had a few people ask for egg substitute. So, I decided to try out an eggless version of a cookie and it was a success that K could not differentiate between the ones made with...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/10/eggless-chocolate-chip-cookies.html/feed 16 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/09/zucchini-chocolate-cupcakes.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/09/zucchini-chocolate-cupcakes.html#comments Wed, 26 Sep 2012 02:39:41 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=5420 For those of you who are wondering .. oh noo .. not another zucchini recipe .. let me tell you that you will not even know the presence of zucchini in this cake. I also assure you that I just have a few zucchini recipes in drafts (yes!!) and then we will be done for...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/09/zucchini-chocolate-cupcakes.html/feed 9 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/08/nutella-hazenut-spread-swirl-bread.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/08/nutella-hazenut-spread-swirl-bread.html#comments Mon, 27 Aug 2012 05:31:05 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=3956 This could come as a surprise to a few, but I had no idea what nutella was until recently. The 4 year old loves chocolate and that is how nutella made its way to the kitchen. She puts it on crackers, bread and today it was burrito and whether she finishes it or not, is...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/08/nutella-hazenut-spread-swirl-bread.html/feed 12 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/06/brownies.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/06/brownies.html#comments Mon, 11 Jun 2012 02:39:36 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=1978 Knowing how rich brownies are I kept postponing them for quite some time. Then, there was this perfect occasion where we had to make brownies for my daughter’s preschool party. So, these were made for the party and needless to say K was not happy that I was sending all the brownies away . I...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/06/brownies.html/feed 13 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/02/mocha-chocolate-shortbread.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/02/mocha-chocolate-shortbread.html#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:00:00 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/02/mocha-chocolate-shortbread/ This shortbread was something that popped out all of a sudden this weekend. My son had his scouts awards program and we had to make dessert. This whole week K was brainstorming on what I could make and he suggested making a pie and some cookies. But for some reason pie seemed to be the...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/02/mocha-chocolate-shortbread.html/feed 3 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/02/marble-cake-with-whipped-cream-frosting.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/02/marble-cake-with-whipped-cream-frosting.html#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:25:00 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=299 Marble cake is made with 2 batters, white and the chocolate. The chocolate batter is added to the white batter and is swirled around giving you streaks of chocolate in the cake. I made this cake for my boy who turned 7 this January. Time sure flies fast. I had initially planned on making a red...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/02/marble-cake-with-whipped-cream-frosting.html/feed 3 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/02/jaffa-cakes-for-the-gourmet-seven.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/02/jaffa-cakes-for-the-gourmet-seven.html#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:00:00 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=271 This is the first post for “The Gourmet Seven” and we have chosen the theme to be chocolate. It is apt as this month chocolate plays a good role . Jaffa cake is basically a small cake with a jelly layer followed by a chocolate layer. I had a very good experience making this cake...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/02/jaffa-cakes-for-the-gourmet-seven.html/feed 7 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/01/cauliflower-cabbage-paratha.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/01/cauliflower-cabbage-paratha.html#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:35:00 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=257 I had been wanting to make Gobi Paratha for quite sometime now. This month seemed to be perfect because of the cauliflower event. I included purple cabbage because of it pretty color and also because my son loves it. Purple cabbage and green cabbage taste the same for me, but there is something about that...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/01/cauliflower-cabbage-paratha.html/feed 0 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2011/12/eggless-microwave-brownie-coffee-mug-brownie.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2011/12/eggless-microwave-brownie-coffee-mug-brownie.html#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 04:00:00 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=238 This is week 12 of blog hop started by Radhika and this week I am paired with Jyoti of Pages. I am sure everyone would have come across tons of versions of nutella or peanut butter mug cake . I had it on my list so my sister could make it. There is no butter or egg and...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2011/12/eggless-microwave-brownie-coffee-mug-brownie.html/feed 2