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/2015/08/rainbow-carrot-pickles.html https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/08/rainbow-carrot-pickles.html#comments Sat, 22 Aug 2015 18:34:13 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=20548 My kids love the pickles in vinegar particularly dill pickles. Since I am not able to find baby cucumbers here, they usually buy it from the store. Recently I bought rainbow carrots and the first thing that I wanted to make were these pickles because as the name says the carrots were very colorful. Unlike...]]> https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/08/rainbow-carrot-pickles.html/feed 0 https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/02/french-herb-bread.html https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/02/french-herb-bread.html#comments Sat, 08 Feb 2014 22:29:57 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=17125 Recently bought a big bag of bread flour and found this recipe on the bag. The filling sounded interesting with the onions, garlic and herbs. The original recipe uses parsley, but I have used cilantro. Also rather than making a giant loaf as mentioned in the recipe I made two loaves and filled one just...]]> https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/02/french-herb-bread.html/feed 4 https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/12/chocolate-cake-eggless.html https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/12/chocolate-cake-eggless.html#comments Wed, 18 Dec 2013 03:20:43 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=14486 This is for the chocolate lovers out there and also for people looking for a quick and no fuss dessert. The mixing needs just one bowl and that means less time cleaning and more time eating . Mostly when it comes to cakes I plan in advance, but this one is an exception. We were relaxing...]]> https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/12/chocolate-cake-eggless.html/feed 4 https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/10/whole-wheat-sandwich-bread.html https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/10/whole-wheat-sandwich-bread.html#comments Fri, 25 Oct 2013 01:41:11 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=14953 For this month’s “We Knead to Bake” we are baking a whole wheat sandwich bread. I was skeptical since I have not had good results when I substitute whole wheat flour for all-purpose flour and the muffins used to turn out a tad dense and so on. After having cold feet for a while, I...]]> https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/10/whole-wheat-sandwich-bread.html/feed 4 https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/10/greek-salad.html https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/10/greek-salad.html#comments Thu, 03 Oct 2013 01:18:04 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=14437 Have you ever been in a situation where you plan to cook something and at the nick of time find out you are missing an important ingredient? Well, it happened to me AGAIN . This time it was feta cheese and my dreams of greek salad almost went down the drain. I have tasted greek...]]> https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/10/greek-salad.html/feed 6 https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/08/pickled-jalapenos-canning-recipe.html https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/08/pickled-jalapenos-canning-recipe.html#comments Thu, 22 Aug 2013 01:00:48 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=13882 Canning is something new to me and I am glad I got introduced to it by my friends Scott and Tanis. We used to make salsa and pickles and can them for later. Once you taste the home-made pickles, you will not be going back to the store bought ones. It tastes great and is...]]> https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/08/pickled-jalapenos-canning-recipe.html/feed 26 https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/03/szechwan-babycorn.html https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/03/szechwan-babycorn.html#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2013 04:38:53 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=9401 I add baby corn to pasta and that was about it until now. Only when my store stopped carrying baby corn I realized that I actually miss the corn . I am sure I did not see it in the store for a few years and recently when I spotted them I pretty much picked...]]> https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/03/szechwan-babycorn.html/feed 11 https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/09/refrigerator-dill-pickles-cucumber-pickle-in-vinegar.html https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/09/refrigerator-dill-pickles-cucumber-pickle-in-vinegar.html#comments Mon, 03 Sep 2012 05:31:09 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=5604 Being used to the Indian pickles, I was taken by complete surprise the first time I saw the pickled cucumbers in a big jar in the stores. We have bought it once from the store because my son wanted it and of course we had to be behind him to finish it. I had posted...]]> https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/09/refrigerator-dill-pickles-cucumber-pickle-in-vinegar.html/feed 9 https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/03/cucumber-pickle.html https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/03/cucumber-pickle.html#comments Sat, 24 Mar 2012 21:14:08 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=1412 This is a very easy pickle and takes only minutes to prepare. Pickles in vinegar are entirely new to me since the pickles I know of are mostly made with chilly powder, salt, etc. during the summer months and the pickle lasts a year. Although I have made a ton of Indian pickles, the thought...]]> https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/03/cucumber-pickle.html/feed 0 https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2011/11/chunky-tomato-salsa.html https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2011/11/chunky-tomato-salsa.html#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:09:00 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=191 This is by far the best salsa I have tasted, thanks to my friend Tanis for the recipe. She has also been kind enough to let us tag along each year when they made this salsa for canning. We do have a stash in the basement from last year and I made this batch just...]]> https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2011/11/chunky-tomato-salsa.html/feed 0