Quick And Easy Healthy recipes

By saying Home Made Lasagna I mean that everything is homemade including the lasagne sheets.. Many of you are astonished when I tell you that I make my own pasta shell and sheets. Actually it is very easy to make and is almost similar to our roti dough.  Actually I enjoy making my own pasta each and every time (trying different shapes) and it cooks very fast and is very soft to eat. Lasagna sheets are very easy to make for beginners as it does'nt involve any complicated shapes, you just have to roll it thin and cut it into rectangles. And an added advantage is that my recipe is made of Wheat flour.

Hi, I hope you enjoy reading my Recipes. We always have little left over rice even if we plan and make just enough quantity, here is a way to use it in attractive and enjoyable. I know that i have been giving lots of nugget recipes here in this blog, you can you this as a kofta with curry also it tastes wonderful in curry.

Wish You all a very Prosperous  Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Instant Pizza yes you don't have to keep this pizza base for long time to raise it can cooked immediately as soon as mixed the dough. This base soft and tasty since it is made mainly with potato. It is very rich tasting base, toppings can be done to suit your own taste. For Christmas and New Year parties this is a best dish.

Many people want to eat healthy and starts with brown rice, after desperate  few days return back to normal rice again. You can try this sambar rice cooking with brown rice where you don't even have to tell your family that you have made it in brown rice because of sambar rice color and texture. They will eat it happily and wont know that they have eaten such healthy food. Click here to know the benefits of Brown rice,  Details about Brown Rice Lots of dietary fibre is there in this brown rice so when you eat even little quantity it will fill your tummy nicely. Things needed Brown rice - 1 1/2 cup  Dal - 3/4 cup Onion - 1 Tomato - 1 Vegetables like Carrot, potato, Brinjal,  Capsicum Garlic -5 Curry leaf  Tamrind juice thin - 1 cup Turmeric powder Chili Powder Sambar powder Salt For seasoning Mustard seeds Urad Dal Hing This the brown rice which i used for this recipe now a days brown rice is commonly available in all supermarket

This Coconut Chutney is ideal combination for Idly Dosa Upma Pongal even vada and pakodas like south Indian Breakfast. This Chutney is done without heating  and done in seconds. Many of them think coconut is not good for health so they try to avoid it for their shopping list. But that is a myth coconut is good when you eat it without heating once you cook coconut then starts cholesterol thing which is commonly said.

This Chutney is commonly made for Idly and all varieties of Dosa. This can be made easily and quickly. Things needed for making this Chutney

When I started writing this blog decided to do fancy recipes like pasta, pizza, burger like that, Now thought, why should we decide kids only like this kind of food. Once we start giving them our traditional food which mostly they have not thought about in a more attractive way we will see the change. So today started writing our best food to give our children. This dosa is not only healthy it is crispy like paper dosa which sometimes in restaurant like to eat. I have used little millet (Telugu Sama, Tamil Samai) you can use any millet which is available in market easily. Things needed for making this Dosa

Fresh Creamy Mushroom Soup, like  I have said this a fresh mushroom soup made with all fresh ingredients. In our house often we like to drink soup, and i hated buying the packets and making soup out of it often, so tried making this mushroom soup. Once I made this we stopped buying packets, we liked the freshness from this soup and hated it if I buy packets and make. This hardly takes time and easy to make, you can make the same with Spinach or Broccoli procedure is same. Things needed to make this Soup Butter                         - 1 tbsp. Leeks or spring onion - one stem Garlic                          - 3 Mushroom                  - 1 Packet Pepper                        - to taste Wheat flour                - 2 tsp. Milk                           - approximately 200 ml salt                             - to taste

Yes this is a delight to eat and makes you feel like you have eaten a good meal. Procedure of making this is similar to that of making a lasagna except that we use eggplants instead of lasagna sheets. Made with fresh ingredients it is a healthy but fancy dish. This dish is perfect for parties and potlucks, you can prep it well ahead and do just the baking part before serving. Tastes best when served with garlic bread. Things needed for this delightful recipe Eggplant  - 2 medium sized

Sweet Potato Cutlet Here's another variation of vegetable cutlet . As a child I loved eating root vegetables especially tapioca but today due to some myths and sayings  I don't eat much of those. My husband keeps telling me and all his Clients that it is not the quantity of food that is important but rather the quality of food.I decided to make food which is very fresh and tastes good as well so that it can be eaten without guilt.  I have used sweet potato instead of normal potato.  This cutlet will taste unique with a little sweet and spicy taste and when you cook this you will find that the texture is also different.

Fresh homemade coleslaw can be eaten with Nachos or on bread as a spread and also inside wraps and rolls.

Eggplant Nuggets Bored with the usual Potato nuggets? Here is anvariation for all vegetarians. Eggplant is a meaty vegetable and hence serves as a good stuffing ingredient. I have made nuggets with eggplant and it is quite easy and is very tasty as well. Do not worry if your family members are not very fond of the taste of eggplant as these nuggets hardly taste like it. I have also shown you how I served this Eggplant Nugget for my family but you can just eat it plain as a tea time snack.

Paneer Pinwheel Rolls This is a vegetarian version to my recipe, Chicken Salami Pinwheel Rolls . This is the perfect evening snack for vegetarians. Things needed.

Salami Pinwheel Rolls It has been a long time since I've posted. I hope this recipe will be worth the wait. Baked Salami Pinwheel Rolls will become an immediate hit among kids. This is perfect for parties and also as evening snacks. You can make small bite sized pinwheel rolls with different stuffings, both veg and non veg.Today I will show you one stuffed with Chicken salami slices and also a veg version - paneer pinwheel rolls. You can substitute the salami for pepperoni as well. If you are planing to make this as an evening snack or for an evening party then prepare the pizza dough in the morning and let it  rise till evening. This will give a good texture to your finished rolls.  If you have any doubts please let me know in the comment section and I'll be more than happy to help you.

Spring roll sheet cups with Spinach stuffing. This is the best dish to make if you are short of time. I have used spinach and potato in this recipe but you can use whatever vegetables you have at home, like baby corn, mushroom, carrot or you could even use chicken or fish fillets. It can be made with samosa sheet or spring roll sheet or even filo pastry. If you do not have any of this make your own samosa skin and use it. Use your imagination and enjoy it. Ingredients

Sorry for taking such a long time to post my next recipe. Try this at your house ,this is worth the waiting time. Veg Satay with peanut Sauce Who says Satay is Non veg? Here is a veg version of the satay chicken with peanut sauce. Try it with different veggies and enjoy.

Gnocchi with Red Sauce  Gnocchi is one of the good flavored pasta made with potato. I have given the recipe on how to make basic Gnocchi separately . Here I have made red sauce to go with Gnocchi. Try this out with different vegetables and you can also add chicken or seafood to this.

Basic Potato Gnocchi  One variety of Pasta Gnocchi is one of the best variety of pasta which is made basically with lots of potatoes. You can mix puree of spinach and make spinach Gnocchi in the same way. here is my recipe on how to make a light and absolutely delicious Gnocchi.

Spiced Chicken Nuggets Nuggets are one of the most favorite food among kids. Instead of buying processed and frozen ones which have lost most of its nutrients, you can make fresh Nuggets for your loved ones in just few minutes. Try it out and I guarantee you that your kids will love it. Vegetarians, I shall upload a veg version soon. For Grinding  Chicken breast - 2 Ginger Garlic Chili Pepper Salt (all the above things used as per Taste) For Coating  Atta - 1 Tbsp Salt Pepper Homemade Flavored Bread crumbs Mix atta, salt and pepper powder into a watery paste. Grind all the grinding ingredients together and shape it. Dip chicken shapes in atta paste and coat it with homemade flavored breadcrumbs. Fry the coated chicken nuggets until they turn golden brown ( I chose to pan fry it, you may go ahead and deep fry it or bake it) and serve it with dip or Ketchup.

Homemade Flavored Breadcrumbs Make your own flavored breadcrumbs which is much more tastier than store bought with less items. This breadcrumbs will uplift our dish very much. Bread 2 slice (if you have rinds and bottom and top piece use it for breadcrumbs) Chili flakes or chili Garlic 2 cloves Oregano or basil olive oil 2 Tbsp Grind all the ingredients to coarse powder and use it for featured recipes.