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/2016/09/butter-lettuce-chickpea-salad.html https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2016/09/butter-lettuce-chickpea-salad.html#comments Sun, 25 Sep 2016 23:19:10 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=21035 A simple, but filling salad with vegetables and garbanzo. Pinenuts add a nice crunch and the salad can be customized based on vegetables on hand. Off to the recipe. Salad ready. Enjoy!]]> https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2016/09/butter-lettuce-chickpea-salad.html/feed 1 https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/07/honeydew-melon-and-green-tomato-salad.html https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/07/honeydew-melon-and-green-tomato-salad.html#comments Thu, 31 Jul 2014 06:59:22 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=18558 We got our first bountiful basket last week and honey dew melon was offered among other fruits and veggies. Since melon is normally not on my shopping list, I wanted to make something for the blog. Added to it, we are finally seeing green tomatoes and a few red ones in the plants. Cruising the...]]> https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/07/honeydew-melon-and-green-tomato-salad.html/feed 2 https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/01/roasted-red-bell-pepper-pesto.html https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/01/roasted-red-bell-pepper-pesto.html#comments Sat, 11 Jan 2014 06:53:51 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=12717 Red bell peppers are slightly sweet and are perfect for soups, pesto, etc. and roasting them brings out its flavor even more. After trying the basic pesto, it was time to jazz it up and red bell pepper seemed to fit in. The pesto was mildly sweet and we used it as a spread and...]]> https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/01/roasted-red-bell-pepper-pesto.html/feed 2 https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/07/broccoli-pesto.html https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/07/broccoli-pesto.html#comments Sat, 06 Jul 2013 00:54:07 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=12987 Hope you all are having a fun filled Independence Day weekend. We got back from a mini vacation and it sure is tough to get back to the normal routine. With all the cleaning and washing I wanted something quick and easy for dinner and the pesto came to the rescue. I have come a...]]> https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/07/broccoli-pesto.html/feed 2 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/cilantro-pesto-pasta-with-vegetables.html https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/11/cilantro-pesto-pasta-with-vegetables.html#comments Thu, 22 Nov 2012 00:00:50 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=5354 Ever since I started buying the blocks of parmesan cheese from Costco, I have been making a lot of pesto. After the spinach pesto and basil pesto last year, it was time to move on to cilantro pesto and I am glad I did since cilantro is mostly present at home and the pesto can...]]> https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/11/cilantro-pesto-pasta-with-vegetables.html/feed 7 https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2011/07/spinach-pesto.html https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2011/07/spinach-pesto.html#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2011 04:34:00 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=76 Pesto is basically a sauce made with garlic, basil and nuts blended with cheese and olive oil. For some reason I had always thought that pesto can only be made with basil and pine nuts. So I purchased pine  nuts and was waiting to get my hands on basil, which was when I saw spinach pesto...]]> https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2011/07/spinach-pesto.html/feed 33