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/2015/03/farro-vegetable-soup.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/03/farro-vegetable-soup.html#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2015 03:35:14 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=17600 I like to try new grains and picked up a bag of farro sometime back. Farro has a nutty flavor and a high fiber and protein content.  It is also rich in magnesium and B vitamins. You can eat farro on its own or in salads and soups. This soup is a meal by itself...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/03/farro-vegetable-soup.html/feed 0 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/04/flaounes-cypriot-savory-easter-cheese-pies.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/04/flaounes-cypriot-savory-easter-cheese-pies.html#comments Fri, 25 Apr 2014 03:57:06 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=17917 For this month’s “We Knead to Bake” we are baking flaounes that are savoury cheese pies baked for Greek Orthodox Easter, traditionally made on Good Friday. This is usually made with “flaounes” cheese that is hard to find outside Cyprus and instead we used a mixture of mozzarella and cheddar. A couple of special ingredients namely Mahleb...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/04/flaounes-cypriot-savory-easter-cheese-pies.html/feed 3 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/09/khaliat-nahal-honeycomb-buns-or-bees-hive-buns.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/09/khaliat-nahal-honeycomb-buns-or-bees-hive-buns.html#comments Tue, 24 Sep 2013 16:00:08 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=14154 For this month’s “We Knead to Bake” we are baking honeycomb buns. If you love bread, you have to bake these buns. They not only look cute, but are soft and taste great as well. These buns felt like a smaller version of the pav buns posted a couple of years ago. We had the choice...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/09/khaliat-nahal-honeycomb-buns-or-bees-hive-buns.html/feed 6 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/08/oven-roasted-cherry-tomatoes-plum-tomatoes.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/08/oven-roasted-cherry-tomatoes-plum-tomatoes.html#comments Mon, 26 Aug 2013 05:07:04 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=14005 Who does not like these cuties? So when my friend Lisa called to check if I wanted the cherry tomatoes from her garden, I said yes without a second thought. I did not want to treat them like regular tomatoes and cook them the normal way. So the final decision was to roast them with...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/08/oven-roasted-cherry-tomatoes-plum-tomatoes.html/feed 6