Category Archives: Breakfast

Breakfast Strata

Strata, Eggs, Breakfast, Healthy, Quick

Eggs are the perfect breakfast. They’re packed with essential nutrients and high quality protein. Protein helps to keep us full which is particularly important when you’re starting your day. Scrambled eggs, fried eggs, omelettes, french toast; If you’re a fan of eggs then the breakfast possibilities are endless! Like my favourite breakfast – Green Eggs. […]

Grilled Cheese Sandwiches with Caramelised Onions

Caramelised Onion and Cheese Sandwiches

Grilled cheese sandwiches are great but there’s always room to elevate them. I absolutely love adding caramelised onions to my sandwiches for that sweet and salty combination. Since there’s only three elements to this dish it’s always a good idea to invest in good quality ingredients. Choose any type of bread you like, I would […]

Mexican-ish Quinoa Bowl

Quinoa

Calling this a ‘Mexican’ bowl is definitely a bit of a stretch but naming recipes is not my strong suit, so I’m hoping you’ll forgive me. Besides, the recipe does include Mexican seasoning so I’m hoping that counts for something! Quinoa is a fantastic seed and a great alternative to rice. While both are nutritious, […]

Coconut Chutney

Coconut Chutney

There’s nothing like coconut chutney made from freshly grated coconut! A quick internet search will tell you that the name Kerala comes from ‘Kera’ meaning coconut and ‘alam’ meaning land, essentially making this the land of coconut trees. Fittingly so, since we’re obsessed with everything coconut, we use every part of the coconut tree – […]

Onion Chutney (Ullisammandhi)

Onion Chutney

Ulli meaning Onion and Sammandhi meaning chutney. Ullisammandhi meaning the most delicious chutney ever. This is truly a very, very difficult one to pen down. Ullisammandhi/Onion Chutney is more of a concept than one particular dish. There are a few generally agreed upon ingredients but proportions, cook, texture are all points of contention! Some believe […]

Kadala Curry

Kadala Curry

Kadala is Malayalam for kala chana or whole bengal gram. Kadala curry, is Malayalam for the best damn curry ever. That is, until I post the next recipe of course. LOL Kadala is a great source of protein for vegetarians, which makes this one of the rare instances when something that’s good for you also […]