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Mini-Pumpkin Pies!
Happy happy happy thanksgiving everyone! Thanksgiving is an amazing time to celebrate the amazing year thus far and enjoy great food and good company. I am a huge fan of all thanksgiving foods (minus of course the Turkey since I don’t eat Turkey.) The warm comforting flavors of squash, cornbread, green beans, yams, mashed potatoes, & stuffing make me wish it was Thanksgiving more than once a year. But no thanksgiving is complete without pie!! Now I know most pie-litists would frown upon putting a pumpkin pie in a graham cracker crust, but I disagree. The crumble texture of the graham crackers is such a great compliment to the pumpkin…
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Red, White, & Blue Shortbread Tarts
Tomorrow is election day, so I feel the need to take this opportunity to tell everyone to VOTE! Public participation in government is so important and so it seems quite ridiculous to me that a large number of American’s choose not to exercise the right that many people have fought so hard to gain. GO VOTE GO VOTE GO VOTE! p.s. did you know that in Australia it’s against the law not to vote? Crazy. Anyway, I made these shortbread tarts for a friend’s bridal shower last week, but since they are red, white, and blue they are very appropriate for election day. …
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No Bake Cheesecake
THE GIANTS WON THE WORLD SERIES! That may not be relevant to this post at all, but I needed to put it out there because this is such a great day. Here is an easy adaptation of Julia Child’s no bake cheesecake recipe. Ingredients: 1.5 C graham cracker crumbs 6 T butter (unsalted) 2 T sugar + 1/4 C sugar 8 ounce cream cheese at room temp 1 T vanilla extract 1 C whipping cream juice of half a lemon Recipe: 1. Combine graham cracker crumbs, 2 T sugar, and melted butter. Press evenly into a pie pan and refrigerate. 2. Use the whisk attachment to whip the heavy cream…
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Pumpkin Cupcakes
So first off, sorry for the huge blogging lag. Basically I’ve been spending a bunch of time trying to move my website from tumblr to wordpress (with the help of an amazing task rabbit) and getting ready for my upcoming trip to New Orleans for the Society for Neuroscience conference. I’m really excited to go to NOLA because a) I’ve never been before and b) I absolutely love creole flavors and cannot wait to try them at the authentic local spots. YUM! Anyway, here’s a really good recipe for some pumpkin cupcakes with cheesecake frosting. It’s loosely based off the recipe from Martha Stewart but I tried to change it up to make…
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Watermelon feta salad
For some reason, people are trying to convince me that autumn has come and summer is over. I refuse to accept this (though the arrival of pumpkin spice lattes at Starbucks does make me question my resolve.) I really do love summer and am trying to hold out on accepting the arrival of cold weather for as long as possible. Though, let’s be serious, I live in California and it doesn’t get all that cold anyway. Yes, I am spoiled. Anyway this watermelon salad is a great way to use the bounty of summer watermelons. It is SUPER easy and really refreshing. I highly recommend it for an afternoon BBQ…
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Mango Sriracha crumble
There is no obsession in the Indian-American diet like mangoes. When mangos are in season, we all work tirelessly to find the exact variety we like… Alfonso is the best? no, Kent is? Our willingness to spend upwards of $3 per mango astounds many of my non-indian friends but they just don’t understand. Couple that with some Sriracha, and this recipe is bound to be a crowd pleaser. I saw this recipe online and decided to change the topping and use sriracha instead. Ingredients: 1 C chopped mangoes (about 1 inch cubes) 1.5 T sriracha hot-sauce 1/2 T cinnamon 1/2 T honey 1 C all-purpose flour 1 C oats 1/4 C butter 1/4 C brown sugar 1/2 t salt…
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Corn jalepeno salsa
Sorry guys for the blogging hiatus but I’ve had a crazy July. I went on an amazing week long vacation with some of my closest friends to Puerto Vallarta. It was so great to be away from the business of the real world and spend some time relaxing by the pool, laying out at the beach, snorkeling, and zip lining! All in all a great vaca 😀 In honor of the amazingness that was mexico and great summer produce, here is a quick and easy recipe for Corn Jalapeño Salsa off of my summer to-do list! Ingredients: 2 tomatoes diced 2-3 ears of corn cut off the cobb or a can of corn…
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Kahlua chocolate cake
One of my coworkers turned 21 today so I needed to come up with an alcoholic pastry that I could easily transport. This is actually my favorite chocolate cake recipe, but today I decided to go with a chocolate cupcakes with Kahlua buttercream frosting. They are fun and easy to make…Enjoy! Cake Ingredients: 1.25 C Flour 1 C white sugar 1/2 C unsweetened Cocoa Powder 1/2 C butter 2 eggs 1 t baking soda 1 t baking power 1 t vanilla extract 1/2 C milk 1 pudding cup Kahlua Buttercream Frosting: 1 C butter 2 C powdered sugar 1.5 C Kahlua Instructions: 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F 2. Cream together butter and sugar 3. Add in all other dry…
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Raspberry cheesecake bites
I love love love all things cheesecake. Here is a very simple and tasty recipe for raspberry cheesecake bites that can be served up as a delicious mini dessert for any occasion. I picked raspberry because with summer finally here, the berries at the market are amazingly juicy and fresh. Ingredients: 3/4 C sugar 1 T. vanilla extract 1 C Nila wafer crumbs 16 ounces Philadelphia cream cheese (at room temp).. you can use another brand, but I love the taste of this one specifically. 2 eggs Raspberries espresso flavored choc chips (optional) Mini cupcake tins Recipe: 1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F 2. Cream together room temperature cream cheese and sugar…
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A mendhi (henna) espresso cake
This is the cake I made for my cousin’s engagement. It’s an espresso cake with butter cream frosting which is meant to look like a mendhi (henna) pattern! Will post the recipe soon! P.S. Check out my cousin Swetha’s blog http://swayskitchen.tumblr.com/ for awesome Indian recipes!! (The cake right before we cut into it!) (The cake right after it was made!) My cousin Swetha and cousin-to-be Paul cutting the cake!
