https://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 https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2016/02/breakfast-tostada.html https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2016/02/breakfast-tostada.html#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2016 00:24:52 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=19344 Tostadas are crispy tortillas and you can top them with a variety of ingredients. It turns out that when the tortillas are not fresh enough, you can bake/fry them to make them interesting tostadas. But, since the kids love crispy tortillas, I make these irrespective of whether they are fresh or not. Here, I have...]]> https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2016/02/breakfast-tostada.html/feed 1 https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/02/pizza-pull-apart-bread.html https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/02/pizza-pull-apart-bread.html#comments Wed, 04 Feb 2015 06:40:41 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=18240 Kids love pizza and this bread was inspired by this pull-apart bread. Even the word pizza brings smiles to my kids and they were more than happy to munch on this bread. I stuck with just black olives for toppings since that is what my kids like. The bread was soft and the sauce added a...]]> https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/02/pizza-pull-apart-bread.html/feed 4 https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/09/hummus-pizza.html https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/09/hummus-pizza.html#comments Thu, 25 Sep 2014 02:52:12 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=18869 For this month’s We Knead to Bake, we were given the choice to bake a pizza that is different from the usual ones. I was definitely excited because kids love pizza and it was an opportunity for me to change it a bit. I already had the dough in the freezer made using this recipe. I...]]> https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/09/hummus-pizza.html/feed 3 https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/05/egg-casserole-with-vegetables.html https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/05/egg-casserole-with-vegetables.html#comments Sat, 03 May 2014 20:16:39 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=15919 While talking to my friend Rachel, she casually mentioned this egg casserole that she had made sometime back. I asked her for the ingredient list and decided to try it out at home. It used simple ingredients and I had this big loaf that needed to be finished. The nice part is that it takes minutes...]]> https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/05/egg-casserole-with-vegetables.html/feed 2 https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/04/flaounes-cypriot-savory-easter-cheese-pies.html https://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...]]> https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/04/flaounes-cypriot-savory-easter-cheese-pies.html/feed 3 https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/03/tofu-potato-breakfast-burrito.html https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/03/tofu-potato-breakfast-burrito.html#comments Fri, 07 Mar 2014 03:25:25 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=12219 While growing up, our breakfast was typical Indian stuff and I can safely say that we did not try any other cuisine at home. After moving to the US, the lack of Indian stores and restaurants prompted me to cook dishes from a variety of cuisines and the family is particularly fond of Mexican and...]]> https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/03/tofu-potato-breakfast-burrito.html/feed 3 https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/01/onion-cumin-pull-apart-bread.html https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/01/onion-cumin-pull-apart-bread.html#comments Fri, 25 Jan 2013 05:05:58 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=8817 I love baking bread and when I saw the event “We Knead to Bake” by Aparna, I could not resist. For this month we are baking a pull apart bread and we were able to pick our choice of filling. Since I had already posted a garlic parmesan pull apart bread I decided to use cilantro pesto....]]> https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/01/onion-cumin-pull-apart-bread.html/feed 25 https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/11/black-bean-and-bell-pepper-enchilada.html https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/11/black-bean-and-bell-pepper-enchilada.html#comments Sun, 18 Nov 2012 22:00:32 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=4574 I am on vacation this month and that is the reason for the sparse number of posts. I will be back to regular schedule in December. This post has been sitting in my drafts for quite sometime now and it was made along with the enchilada sauce that was posted months back. Enchiladas are very...]]> https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/11/black-bean-and-bell-pepper-enchilada.html/feed 7 https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/09/baked-macaroni-and-cheese-mac-and-cheese.html https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/09/baked-macaroni-and-cheese-mac-and-cheese.html#comments Mon, 01 Oct 2012 04:46:34 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=5602 Macaroni and cheese has to be the dish loved by most kids. The glow in their eyes when they hear the word is enough and no words are needed. Initially I used store bought boxes, but once it dawned on me that it was basically the white sauce I have been making it from scratch...]]> https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/09/baked-macaroni-and-cheese-mac-and-cheese.html/feed 5 https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/09/healthy-zucchini-cheese-patties.html https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/09/healthy-zucchini-cheese-patties.html#comments Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:17:54 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=5153 We are getting close to the end of zucchini season and I am pretty happy about the zucchini recipes I have tried this summer, thanks to Rachel. This recipe has been in my book for more than 5 years and it was from my daycare provider. I asked her for the recipe because she mentioned...]]> https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/09/healthy-zucchini-cheese-patties.html/feed 19