Fried chicken paneer sandwich

Fried Chicken Paneer Sandwich

An Indian twist on a chicken parm sandwich that uses panner cheese in the breading and is served on griddled naan bread

chili basil bacon noodles

Chili Bacon Basil Noodles

A clean out the fridge style noodle dish that turned out really good with bacon, basil, chile, and a little curry.

Beet Quinoa Salad

Beet Quinoa Salad

This healthy salad has earthy beets and yams, alongside bright and fresh ginger, lemon, and cucumber

Kashmiri Chicken Meatball Sub

Kashmiri Chicken Meatball Sub

Rice and cilantro make these meatballs unique and the spicy Kashmiri sauce makes them delicious. A cooling yogurt raita completes this awesome sandwich.

Dhal Pizza

Lentil Dhal and Broccoli Pizza

I hadn’t yet cooked pizza in my new oven with my baking steel, so I was excited to try it out. It worked fantastic with the broiler on the whole time. I was able to get the steel to around 625 degrees! The pizza I made used lentil dhal as the sauce with a little…

Pork and Summer Veggie Chili

Pork and Summer Veggie Chili

September is the time when I crave chili the most. I love a veggie packed chili, but this time of the year it is a shame to cook your veggies too long because they are so fresh and tasty! I decided to try and make this chili sort of backwards by letting the meat and spices simmer away in the crock pot all day and then adding the veggies at the last minute. The resulting dish was super tasty with a nice juxtaposition of deep slow cooked flavors and fresh light crunchy veggies.

Cauliflower Summer Roll

Curried Cauliflower and Chickpea Fresh Rolls

I had some co-workers over for a quick bite on the way out to a “Team Building Event” (bar crawl). Had to stick to veggies because one is vegetarian, but I wanted to make something light anyways. I needed it to be really delicious because these people cook my recipes at Cafe Burrito every day and I wanted to show them that I was good at cooking other types of food too. I decided on making a simple cauliflower and chickpea curry and rolling it into some fresh rolls. I made a quick yogurt raita as a dipping sauce and the rolls were a big success.