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/2015/09/basundi-milk-dessert.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/09/basundi-milk-dessert.html#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2015 14:00:09 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=20048 Basundi is a rich milk dessert and is made by simmering milk and adding flavorings. The only thing that is key to the recipe is patience. The milk has to reduce to half the original quantity and we need to keep stirring it every few minutes and scraping down the sides of the vessel as...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/09/basundi-milk-dessert.html/feed 0 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/08/spinach-strawberry-and-quinoa-salad.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/08/spinach-strawberry-and-quinoa-salad.html#comments Wed, 29 Aug 2012 04:23:01 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=4725 When the quinoa craze struck me, I promptly bought a big box of it and placed it in the kitchen. The picky eaters would not touch it unless it is interesting like this or colorful as in the current recipe. Salads are normally not part of the Indian menu and I hardly make them at home although...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/08/spinach-strawberry-and-quinoa-salad.html/feed 8 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/03/blueberry-banana-almond-smoothie.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/03/blueberry-banana-almond-smoothie.html#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:35:23 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=1404 For some reason it has always been K’s job to make smoothie’s or lemonade and I just gulp it down . But on seeing all the summer events I decided to go ahead and make one with the blueberries lying in my freezer. Since it was way too simple I decided to complicate it a...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/03/blueberry-banana-almond-smoothie.html/feed 0 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/03/spinach-pine-nut-salad.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/03/spinach-pine-nut-salad.html#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2012 03:10:56 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=1077 “Dish it Out” for this month is being hosted by Kokila with ingredients Bread/Burger/Sandwich and Veggie. Do send in your entries friends. The cookbook where I got this recipe from had been lying in the cupboard for years and thanks to blogging I am finally starting to use it. This sandwich is very easy to...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/03/spinach-pine-nut-salad.html/feed 0 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/01/banana-carrot-loaf-low-fat.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/01/banana-carrot-loaf-low-fat.html#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:10:00 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=255 Everybody probably has a version of banana bread and the main thing which drew me to this version is the addition of carrots. I loved the color it gave to the bread and it is also healthy. This banana bread is low fat since it contains no oil or butter. I even tried a version...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/01/banana-carrot-loaf-low-fat.html/feed 0 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2011/12/cranberry-pistachio-shortbread.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2011/12/cranberry-pistachio-shortbread.html#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:09:00 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=228 I recently landed in JoyOfBaking website and was amazed at the collection of recipes. I have bookmarked quite a few already. This shortbread caught my attention immediately because of the red and green color and I was looking for something to bake for Christmas. In fact, I was unable to decide between this and sugar...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2011/12/cranberry-pistachio-shortbread.html/feed 11 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2011/11/oatmeal-granola-bars.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2011/11/oatmeal-granola-bars.html#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:24:00 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=204 Day 1 of the blogging marathon and my theme for this week is “Guilt free snacks”. After all the deep frying and buttery desserts, I certainly needed these guilt free snacks on the menu. Granola is something which has been on my to-do list for a long time. I have seen recipes which are just...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2011/11/oatmeal-granola-bars.html/feed 0 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2011/04/masala-peanuts-baked.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2011/04/masala-peanuts-baked.html#comments Sun, 24 Apr 2011 06:15:09 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=1345 My family loves peanuts and needless to say they go crazy over masala peanuts. But I try to avoid deep frying as much as possible much to my hubby’s dismay . So when I came across the baked masala peanuts recipe from Jugalbandi I had to try it out. The masala got perfectly coated over the...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2011/04/masala-peanuts-baked.html/feed 0